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In Jamaican dancehalls competition for the video camera's light is stiff, so much so that dancers sometimes bleach their skin to enhance their visibility. In the Bahamas, tuxedoed students roll into……続きを見る

As an artist, art critic, museum director, and art educator, Jerry Bywaters reshaped the Texas art world and attracted national recognition for Texas artists. This first full-scale biography explore……続きを見る

Moteuczoma, the last king who ruled the Aztec Empire, was rarely seen or heard by his subjects, yet his presence was felt throughout the capital city of Tenochtitlan, where his deeds were recorded i……続きを見る

"The publication of Porter's letters marks an occasion for a renewed celebration of his painting and an appreciation of his quirky, indeed ornery, personality. Porter was a feisty correspondent, who……続きを見る

This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing furniture makers during the post-Revolutionary per……続きを見る

Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. Bu……続きを見る

After World War II, the concept of borders became unsettled, especially after the rise of subaltern and multicultural studies in the 1980s. Art at the U.S.-Mexico border came to a turning point at t……続きを見る

María Izquierdo (1902–1955) and Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) were the first two Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition. During the height of the Mexican muralist movement, they establ……続きを見る

The states of Northern MexicoーTamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California Norte and Surーhave architecture, urbanism, and landscape design that offer ……続きを見る

Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations……続きを見る

Over the course of a career that spanned fifty years, Agnes Martin's austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define Minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solit……続きを見る

A sampling of photographic images 1975-2015, using the various instruments in vogue at the time, whether 35mm or iPhone, black & white or digitally manipulated. Ecology is both the art and the scien……続きを見る

American Civil War–era art critics James Jackson Jarves, Clarence Cook, and William J. Stillman classified styles and defined art in terms that have become fundamental to our modern periodization of……続きを見る

Through close readings of the painted images in a major sixteenth-century illustrated manuscript, this book demonstrates the critical role that images played in ethnic identity formation and politic……続きを見る

For over three decades, contemporary Native American artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds has pursued a disciplined practice in multiple media, having shown his paintings, drawings, prints, and ……続きを見る

Os textos presentes neste livro abordam novas indagações que se colocam a partir da relação da dramaturgia com as mídias emergentes, analisando a sua convivência com noções fundamentais da teoria do……続きを見る

By examining the stunning stone buildings and dynamic spaces of the royal estate of Chinchero, Nair brings to light the rich complexity of Inca architecture. This investigation ranges from the parad……続きを見る

The concept behind fractal geometry is extremely difficult to explain . . . but easy to see and enjoy. Eric Hammel, a professional author of military history books, is unable to explain fractals in ……続きを見る

The concept behind fractal geometry is extremely difficult to explain . . . but easy to see and enjoy. Eric Hammel, a professional author of military history books, is unable to explain fractals in ……続きを見る

Arts as intimate as a piece of needlework or a home altar. Arts as visible as decorative iron, murals, and low riders. Through such arts, members of Tucson's Mexican American community contribute mu……続きを見る

Frida Kahlo est devenue plus familière aux amateurs d’art après la sortie d’un film sur sa vie. Son OEuvre n’en reste pas moins compliqué dans son approche et sa compréhension. L’auteur, Gerry Soute……続きを見る

Georgia O’Keeffe (Sun Prarie, Wisconsin, 1887 – Santa Fe, 1986) En 1905, Georgia O’Keeffe suivit des cours à l’ Art Institute de Chicago et débuta sérieusement sa carrière artistique. Elle s’install……続きを見る

À l’époque où l’expressionnisme abstrait, mode de peinture alors dominant, mettait l’accent sur l’expression dramatique à travers des coups de pinceaux audacieux et de larges compositions abstraites……続きを見る

It is impossible to reflect upon Frederic Remington’s art without thinking of the merely human elements. Remington became interested in the American Indian, probably because he became interested in ……続きを見る

Hopper stellt in seinen Werken auf poetische Weise die Einsamkeit des Menschen im Angesicht des sich in den 1920er Jahren entwickelnden American Way of Life dar. Inspiriert von Filmen und besonders ……続きを見る

Zu einer Zeit, als der abstrakte Expressionismus die amerikanische Malkunst beherrscht und die Betonung auf kühnen Farben, einem fast brutalen malerischen Duktus und zumeist abstrakten Kompositionen……続きを見る

Sie lernten sich 1928 kennen, als Frida Kahlo gerade einundzwanzig Jahre und Diego doppelt so alt war. Er genoss bereits internationale Anerkennung, als sie noch davon träumte. Aus ihrer stürmischen……続きを見る

Edward Hopper exprime avec poésie la solitude de l’homme face à cet american way of life qui se développe dans les années 1920. S’inspirant du cinéma par les prises de vue ou les attitudes des perso……続きを見る

« Je connaissais Diego Rivera, le muraliste mexicain, bien avant de découvrir les nombreux autres « Diego Rivera » qui hantèrent le monde du début du XXe siècle à la fin des années 1950. […] Si ses ……続きを見る

Am Zeitraum zwischen Geburt und Tod der Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) streift die gesamte moderne Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten vorbei wie ein Hollywood-Film. Aus einer kleinen Stadt stammend, s……続きを見る