History of art Books

Berlin 1945 zeigt fast 200 schwarz-weiße Fotos von Berlin unmittelbar nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, die von sowjetischen Armeefotografen aufgenommen worden sind, darunter Mark Redkin and Jewgenij Chaldej, aber auch von Deutschen, die für die Rote Armee...

Los inicios del arte islámico presenta un recorrido por el gran florecimiento artístico y cultural que dio origen a la fase de formación del arte islámico durante los siglos VII y VIII. Los omeyas unificaron el...

Ein Handbuch zur Geschichte der Photographie in Bezug auf Fashion und Beauty im 20. Jahrhundert. In diesem 2. Band wird die Zeit von 1918-1945 behandelt. Bis heute das erste Werk dieser Art, einzigartig und unentbehrlich für alle, die das Studium der...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,1, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mit dem Siegeszug der digitalen Fotografie erfährt die Diskussion um...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 2,00, Universität Salzburg (Kunst-, Musik- und Tanzwissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Rahmen des „Kunstprojekts Salzburg" wurde Christian Boltanski von der Salzburg...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Universität Wien (Institut für Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Proseminar IV, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ausgangspunkt dieser Arbeit sind sieben römische Märtyrerzyklen...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Universität Potsdam, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1.1 Thema, Fragestellung und VorgehenAm Anfang der griechischen Geschichtsschreibung steht Herodot (ca. 485-424)1. In...

The issue of representation of gender difference in visual culture and art in the Balkans is the main concern of this book. Its central claim is that gender difference needs a discourse that would examine the affirmative ways and processes of...

Archaeologists have been interested in amber and its value for prehistoric societies ever since H. Schliemann (1822-1890) discovered artefacts made of succinite in the Shafts Graves of Mycenae. The book looks for answers about the role of the lands...

Der vorliegende Band soll Lesern einen verständlichen Zugang zu Wilhelm Raabe verschaffen. Bei den Einzelanalysen ist dabei auf möglichst präzise Erläuterungen geachtet worden. Die Breite der ausgewählten ca. 30 Erzählungen gibt einen repräsentativen...

The book offers a deep insight into specific artistic strategies and development of modernist paradigm in the art of Polish avant-garde artists in Berlin both in the pre- and post-Second World War period, from the perspective of the migration experience,...

Сборник включает в себя статьи и материалы по истории литературы, искусства, духовной и религиозной жизни русской диаспоры на протяжении XX и в начале XXI в., обращаясь к малоизученным аспектам культуры эмиграции и привлекая свидетельства архивных...

This book critically reflects upon how images are mobilised within certain knowledge traditions, beyond the established categories of art, scientific visualisations and religious images. Thinking through and with images across ages, the authors seek to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

This book is a fascinating and well-argued collection of exceptional essays in archaeology. It covers digs in Turkey, Greece, Central America, and provides insights into our evolution, how tools made us human, and examines the fraudulent claim of...

On September 11, 2001, with hijacked airliners being used as missiles to destroy the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon, brave passengers scared to death took over Flight 93 and crashed it in an open field in Pennsylvania.  The small...

Charles A. A. Dellschau was born on June 4, 1830, in Brandenburg, Prussia, and immigrated to the United States in 1853, first settling in Texas. The historical record falls silent until 1860, when he is again shown living in Texas, where he marries...

This collection argues that Roland Barthes has much to teach us about intermediality. Analysing works by Breton, Hitchcock, Sebald, Spielberg and Tawada and more, the book demonstrates that Barthes' critical practice provides a means of exploring crucial...

Beautiful. Disturbing. Enlightening. Beginning in the 1920s, a man named Julius Streicher published a small weekly German newspaper called Der Stürmer. Its mission was straightforward: to warn the German people about the threats posed by foreign and...

Photo Pandemica is a Hardcover, 8.5X11, coffee table book, (96) pages of fine art color photo prints, which documents and memorializes the "Face of Covid-19 in the City of Brotherly Love", which is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The book captures the faces...

Exquisite Species is a Wildlife Artbook by Sherrie Spencer Explore over 100 pieces of artwork along with learning some facts about the animals that I create this beautiful artwork of. From huge Elephants to tiny Lizards and every creature in between this...

The story of Christ is one that needs to be available for all to read. When we consider the Words of the Lamb of God, we recognize that Jesus is fully present in our lives today. His sacrifice was one beyond our understanding and is one that leads us...

Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that he himself felt he stood before his work "as though before some puzzle." A clue to the Ring's...

Create beautiful paintings using Chinese Meticulous painting techniques34 step-by-step projects from line drawing to completed paintingFull range of subjects covered - flower and bird, fruit, vegetables, landscape, figuresHints and tips throughoutEach...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

Bringing together scholars from around the world, this collection examines many of the historical developments in making data visible through charts, graphs, thematic maps, and now interactive displays. The contributors analyze this fascinating history...

This book brings together for the first time David Morley and Charlotte Brunsdon's classic texts, Everyday Television: Nationwide and The Nationwide Audience. Originally published in 1978 and 1980 these two research projects combine innovative textual...

Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with.　A wealth of contributions from directors, scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics,...

Beyond the Rhetoric of Pain presents a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to the current research on pain from a variety of scholarly angles within Literature, Film and Media, Game Studies, Art History, Hispanic Studies, Memory Studies, Anthropology,...

One of the issues underlying current debates between practitioners of art history, visual culture and aesthetics is whether the visual is a unique, irreducible category, or whether it can be assimilated with the textual or verbal without any significant...

With the words 'A new manifestation of art was ... expected, necessary, inevitable,' Jean Moréas announced the advent of the Symbolist movement in 1886. When Symbolist artists began experimenting in order to invent new visual languages appropriate for...

The Social Museum As An Instrument Of University Teaching (1911) is a book written by Francis Greenwood Peabody. The book explores the concept of social museums and their potential as an educational tool for universities. Peabody argues that social...

L������������uvre grav����� des Van de Passe (1881) par Franken, Daniel est un livre qui explore l'�����uvre grav����� de la famille Van de Passe. La famille Van de Passe �����tait une famille d'artistes et de graveurs n�����erlandais qui ont...

Le Train Jaune est un roman �����crit par Gustave Toudouze en 1888. L'histoire se d�����roule dans les Pyr�����n�����es et suit les aventures de deux jeunes hommes, Jacques et Pierre, qui voyagent ������ bord du c�����l�����bre train jaune. Le train est...

Le livre ""Etudes Sur Le Moyen Age Espagnol (1894)"" de Lucien Dollfus est un recueil d'essais sur l'histoire m�����di�����vale de l'Espagne. L'auteur examine les �����v�����nements cl�����s de cette p�����riode, y compris l'invasion musulmane de...

Le livre ""Etudes Sur L'Architecture Egyptienne"" (1873) de De Merval et Du Barry est une �����tude approfondie de l'architecture �����gyptienne. Les auteurs ont examin����� les diff�����rents styles architecturaux de l'�����gypte antique, en se...

Le Remouleur est un roman de l'�����crivain fran�����ais Eugene Chavette, publi����� en 1874. L'histoire se d�����roule dans la France rurale du XIXe si�����cle et suit la vie d'un remouleur, un artisan qui voyage de ville en ville pour aff�����ter les...

Essai Sur L'Histoire De La Peinture En Italie V1: Depuis Les Temps Les Plus Anciens Jusqu'a Nos Jours (1823) est un livre �����crit par Gregoire Orloff. Ce livre est une �����tude compl�����te de l'histoire de la peinture en Italie, depuis les temps les...

Le livre ""Dante Et Le Moyen Age (1860)"" de Magnie, Edmond, est une analyse approfondie de l'�����uvre de Dante Alighieri, consid�����r����� comme l'un des plus grands po�����tes de la litt�����rature italienne et mondiale. L'auteur explore la vie et...

L'Histoire du Palais-Royal (1830) de Jean Vatout est un livre qui raconte l'histoire du c�����l�����bre Palais-Royal de Paris. L'auteur d�����crit l'histoire de ce lieu embl�����matique depuis sa construction au XVIIe si�����cle jusqu'������ son...