History of art Books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Drawing on expertise in art history, exhibition studies and cultural studies as well as politics and international relations, China in Australasia presents significant new perspectives on the role of art in the cultural diplomacy of the People's Republic...

This is a skillfully written book that describes the basic rules and grammar of heraldry observed in designing a heraldic device. As it is quite impossible for the genealogist to interpret a blazon or to design a coat of arms without full mastery of...

Curating Dramaturgies investigates the transformation of art and performance and its impact on dramaturgy and curatorship. Addressing contexts and processes of the performing arts as interconnecting with visual arts, this book features interviews with...

During the early modern period there was a natural correspondence between how artists might benefit from the knowledge of mathematics and how mathematicians might explore, through advances in the study of visual culture, new areas of enquiry that would...

This book is the first study of the portico and its decorative program as a cultural phenomenon in Renaissance Italy. Focusing on a largely neglected group of porticoes decorated with painted pergolas that appeared in Rome and environs in the sixteenth...

Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing re-examines the early graphic practice of the preeminent northern Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) in light of early modern traditions of eloquence, particularly as promoted in the late sixteenth-...

Early Modern Merchants as Collectors encourages the rethinking of collecting not as an elite, often aristocratic pursuit, but rather as a vital activity that has engaged many different groups within society. The essays included in this volume consider...

In early modern Europe, discernment emerged as a key notion at the intersection of various domains in both learned and artisanal cultures. Often used synonymously with judgment, ingenuity, and taste, discernment defined the ability to perceive and...

Popular culture in the latter half of the twentieth century precipitated a decisive change in style and body image. Postwar film, television, radio shows, pulp fiction and comics placed heroic types firmly within public consciousness. This book...

"Is Paris Still the Capital of the Nineteenth Century?" The question that guides this volume stems from Walter Benjamin's studies of nineteenth-century Parisian culture as the apex of capitalist aesthetics. Thirteen scholars test Benjamin's ideas about...

Numerous American women artists built successful professional careers in the mid-twentieth century while confronting challenging cultural transitions: shifts in stylistic avant-gardism, harsh political transformations, and changing gender expectations...

There are as many meanings to drawing and painting as there are cultural contexts for them to exist in. But this is not the end of the story. Drawings and paintings are made, and in their making embody unique meanings that transform our perception of...

Postcolonial theories have transformed literary, historical and cultural studies over the past three decades. Yet the study of medieval art and visualities has, in general, remained Eurocentric in its canon and conservative in its approaches...

This book traces the emergence of modernism in art in South Asia by exploring the work of the iconic artist George Keyt. Closely interwoven with his life, Keyt's art reflects the struggle and triumph of an artist with very little support or...

Despite the tremendous number of studies produced annually in the field of Dutch art over the last 30 years or so, and the strong contemporary market for works by Dutch masters of the period as well as the public's ongoing fascination with some of its...

This monograph is a study of the artistic production that formed part of the various lists of the Seven Wonders that lasted beyond Antiquity and were recovered during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The study focuses in depth on the way they...

Published in 1981: This book is two-hundred Catalogues of the Major Exhibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.

Published in 1981: This is two-hundred catalogues of the Major Exhibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.

From a doting dad to determined humanitarian, Mark Collins has leveraged his challenges into philanthropic success. Founder of YOUschool, a learning organisation with the purpose of helping young people choose their best path in life, it is...

Beyond the Frame: The Films and Film Theory of Andrei Tarkovsky is a vibrant and critically informed exploration of one of the giants of twentieth century film. Despite Tarkovsky's almost canonized position in the pantheon of great directors and his...

Because some authors couldn't imagine what might be unacceptablea century later, certain classics need to be rewritten for currentconsumption. This I have done, initially with a retitling that I think moreaccurately defines its subject. Anybody...

Antennae-Earthly Observatory explores how we sense, portray, and engage our deep planetary entanglements. Through crafted visions, close listening, and histories of conquest and protest, the exhibition examines the contested relations of ecology to...

'I get it now. They want humanity to consume in every single corner of the planet. I'm a cave hyena with a golden credit card chewing on Karl Lagerfeld's ankle bone after midnight. Expensive. Luxurious. Comfort food. Lovely.'Pop Killer takes up arms...

La cultura islámica en la Sicilia medieval ilustra cómo el gran patrimonio artístico y cultural de los árabes, que gobernaron la isla en los siglos X y XI, fue asimilado y reinterpretado durante el posterior reinado normando,...

Kunstgeschichte und Bildung: Mit der Sektion zu diesem Thema auf dem 31. Kunsthistorikertag in Würzburg 2011 hat sich der Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker vorgenommen, nach dem Beitrag und nach der Verantwortung der Kunstgeschichte sowie nach dem...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,7, Universität Regensburg (Institut für Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Malerei des Impressionismus, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Zweifellos kann man sagen, dass die Maler...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1.3, Freie Universität Berlin (Kunsthistorisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Wasser. Zugänge zu Bildkulturen des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,7, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (ZEGK - Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Kunst für die Unsterblichkeit großer Menschen. Memorialkultur um...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Institut für Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Auge und Avantgarde, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 13. Dezember 2020 referierte ich im...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 3,0, Universität Osnabrück (Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit), Veranstaltung: Cranach - Dürer, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Bologneser Künstler Guido Reni (1575 - 1642) und mit...

Relax with coloring therapy and enjoy this tour of historic Hawaiian stamps, from the earliest "Missionary" stamps to the bicentennial Hawaiian flag stamp. Printed on a single side, with space on the back of each sheet to record name, date, and...

Art & Life contains extracts from diaries, letters, essays, travelogues and poetry written by Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000) over the course of seven decades. With wit and candour, the writing reveals some of the most important influences and episodes -...

Classic Italian film poster art is renowned as being among the most accomplished, creative and dynamic of its kind. From the post-war period through to the 1980s, Italian artists consistently produced posters with sumptuously stunning designs and imagery...

Assassinating Custer is Book One of The Disclosure Files. Based on the never before published Manuscript of William D. Nugent who fought and survived the Battle of Little Bighorn.William Nugent gives us insider information from one of Custer's...

Üniversitemizin öğretim üyelerinden Prof. Dr. Nadir Devlet, Türk Dünyası ile ilgili çalışmaları ile tanınmıştır. Özellikle Rusya, Çarlık Rusyası, Sovyetler Birliği ve şimdiki Rusya Federasyonunda yaşayan...

Les Robinson grew up propitiously in St. Alnbans, West Virginia, where his father organized and hosted the best college basketball players in America to a summer tournament.  The Charleston (WV) Sportsmens' Classic brought in players like Hot...

This book explores artists' visualisations of Dublin during a key period of the city's political and social history. Based on close and contextual readings of original paintings and prints, along with new archival research, it shows how artists in...

PJ McMouse is a character for all ages. Becoming weary of a complicated life he really can't rewind, PJ decides to start life anew, shunning his past and deciding to live a life of kind-hearted adventure with the friends he loves! His innate ability to...