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Long before the photo op, political rulers were manipulating visual imagery to cultivate their authority and spread their ideology. Born just decades after Gutenberg, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximili……続きを見る

THE CHAOS OF GENIUS Leonardo da Vinci and the Myth of the Perfect Mind By Alessandro Bellandi History remembers Leonardo da Vinci as the ultimate Renaissance genius. Painter of the Mona Lisa. Creato……続きを見る

This book develops an original theory of performative beauty by reconsidering and reworking Deweyan pragmatic aesthetics through the lens of somaesthetics, contemporary embodiment theories, and phil……続きを見る

Imperial Animations in Transpacific Contemporary Artsituates the Japanese Empire as a world-historical event that persists today through pervasive and deep impacts on regional and global politics. C……続きを見る

The Dark Ages by Charles Oman is a foundational historical work examining the transition from the Roman Empire to medieval Europe. With clarity and academic rigor, Oman explores political upheaval, ……続きを見る

The Vicomte of Bragelonne is the monumental final installment of Alexandre Dumas's Musketeers cycle. Spanning royal courts, political conspiracies, and personal sacrifices, the novel brings the lege……続きを見る

Part of Alexandre Dumas's sweeping Musketeers cycle, Louise de la Vallière immerses readers in the intrigues of Louis XIV's court. Rich in romance, political maneuvering, and dramatic tension, the n……続きを見る

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a cornerstone of American literature and a timeless guide to self-education, industry, and civic virtue. Franklin recounts his rise from humble beginnings t……続きを見る

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Novels Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane: Emma Balzac, Ho……続きを見る

This book places the discourse surrounding stigmata within the visual culture of the late medieval and early modern periods, with a particular focus on Italy and on female stigmatics. Echoing, and t……続きを見る

This book urges for an understanding of contemporary art as being core to creative responses which intervene in the lived experience of forced displacement. Contemporary Art and Forced Displacement ……続きを見る

William Bouguereau (1825-1905) war ein Vertreter des französischen akademischen Klassizismus und des klassischen Realismus. Als der vielleicht größte Maler des menschlichen Körpers, liebte er klassi……続きを見る

Schools of art represent one of the building blocks of art history. The notion of a school of art emerged in artistic discourse and disseminated across various countries in Europe during the early m……続きを見る

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His portraits are admired for their virtuoso brushwork and their seemingly spontaneou……続きを見る

Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation……続きを見る

This ground-breaking book brings theoretical perspectives from twenty-first century media, film, and cultural studies to medieval hagiography. Medieval Saints and Modern Screens stakes the claim for……続きを見る

The 1919 May Fourth movement was the breeding ground for experiments by authors inspired by new world literary trends. Under Mao Zedong, folk songs accompanied political campaigns such as the Great ……続きを見る

Bosnia-Herzegovina is still considered a post-war country. The concept of post-war implies that the country and its people are tied more strongly to the past than they are oriented towards the futur……続きを見る

This collection embraces the increasing interest in the material world of the Renaissance and the early modern period, which has both fascinated contemporaries and initiated in recent years a distin……続きを見る

This is the first study to bring together all twenty-nine extant copies of the medieval Commentary on the Apocalypse, which was originally written by Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana. John Williams, a……続きを見る

Film archives are fast spreading around the world, and with them issues surrounding archival digitisation, artistic appropriation, and academic reinterpretation of film material that demand scholarl……続きを見る

What is the role of the humanities at the start of 21st century? In the last few decades, the various disciplines of the humanities (history, linguistics, literary studies, art history, media studie……続きを見る

The Dutch Republic was a cultural powerhouse in the modern era, producing lasting masterpieces in painting and publishing, and in the process transforming those fields from modest trades to booming ……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Vie des formes est sans doute l’ouvrage le plus connu d’Henri Focillon (1881-1943). Publié à Paris en 1934, il avait été précédé par ……続きを見る

In Grime, Glitter, and Glass, Nikki A. Greene examines how contemporary Black visual artists use sonic elements to refigure the formal and philosophical developments of Black art and culture. Focusi……続きを見る

Most people agree that witnessing a live performance is not the same as seeing it on screen; however, most of the performances we experience are in recorded forms. Some aver that the recorded form o……続きを見る

An elaborately crafted and decorated tomahawk from somewhere along the North American east coast: how did it end up in the royal collections in Stockholm in the late seventeenth century? What does i……続きを見る

Gentrification is reshaping cities worldwide, resulting in seductive spaces and exclusive communities that aspire to innovation, creativity, sustainability, and technological sophistication. Gentrif……続きを見る

A Matter of Detail inspires new ways of thinking about detail by bringing anthropology, philosophy, art history, and aesthetics into direct conversation. Co-editors Brandel, Das, Laugier, and Pitrou……続きを見る

Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. As a painter, he never considered glamorizing what he saw, and he was a master of c……続きを見る