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A brilliant brief account of romanticism and its influence from one of the most important philosophers and intellectual historians of the twentieth century In The Roots of Romanticism, one of the tw……続きを見る

In 1942, Executive Order 9066 mandated the incarceration of 110,000 Japanese Americans, including men, women, children, the elderly, and the infirm, for the duration of the war. Allowed only what th……続きを見る

The Devil, like the poor, is always with us. Evil has been personified in every religion and culture, and Christianity in particular developed a highly graphic view of him from its earliest period. ……続きを見る

Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada offers two separate but interconnected strategies for reading alternative culture in Canada from the 1940s through to the present: first, ……続きを見る

This is a Mexican codex, one in a series of ten codexes from the Aztec empire which the are being published for the first time ever in digital form this year. They're hundreds of years old, and date……続きを見る

„Vater Pissaro“, wie seine Freunde ihn gern nannten, war wohl der nüchternste der Impressionisten. Vielleicht lag es an seinem Alter (welches weitaus fortgeschrittener war, als das seiner Kollegen M……続きを見る

Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 – 1675) Vermeer est le seul peintre correspondant à l'idée que l'on se fait habituellement de la placidité hollandaise. Peutêtre incarne-t-il un genre héroïque de placi……続きを見る

Whistler taucht zu einem entscheidenden Zeitpunkt der Kunstgeschichte auf und übernimmt die Rolle eines Vorläufers. Den Impressionisten gleich hat er den Willen, seine Ideen durchzusetzen. In einer ……続きを見る

In Baroque Science, Ofer Gal and Raz Chen-Morris present a radically new perspective on the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Instead of celebrating the triumph of reason and rationa……続きを見る

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The New York Times bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization reveals how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world. • “Cahill is our king of popul……続きを見る

The emblem, an image accompanied by a motto and a verse or short prose passage, is both art and literature: in the emblem tradition, the image presents a story – often with pictorial symbols – and t……続きを見る

Condamné par les Nazis comme étant un artiste « dégénéré », Franz Marc (1880-1916) est un peintre allemand dont l’utilisation des lignes sèches et de la couleur exprime de manière éloquente la doule……続きを見る

The Thought Behind the Shot describes everyday care for an allergic or asthmatic child or adult using physical conditioning from a blend of principals of play, exercise, and sport. Illustrated by Le……続きを見る

Ian Haywood explores the 'Golden Age' of caricature through the close reading of key, iconic prints by artists including James Gillray, George and Robert Cruikshank, and Thomas Rowlandson. This appr……続きを見る

“People like us . . . have different rights, different values than do ordinary people because we have different needs which put us . . . above their moral standards.” ーModigliani Amedeo (“Beloved o……続きを見る

Famed poet and critic Cosmo Monkhouse discusses the works of Edward Burne-Jones, artist in oil and stained glass who is closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. 続きを見る

John Ruskin overturned Victorian society’s ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is……続きを見る

This book, the first in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory, offers a comprehensive analysis and reassessment of major trends in European art theory and its development from the time of Plato to th……続きを見る

This introduction to theatre design explains the theories, strategies, and tools of practical design work for the undergraduate student. Through its numerous illustrated case studies and analysis of……続きを見る

Gustav Klimt werd geboren op 14 juli 1862 en stief in Wenen op 6 februari 1918. Hij was een Oostenrijkse symbolistische schilder en een van de meest prominente leden van de Wiener Sezession, de Ween……続きを見る

Subverting stereotypical images of women, a new generation of feminist artists is remaking the pin-up, much as Annie Sprinkle, Cindy Sherman, and others did in the 1970s and 1980s. As shocking as co……続きを見る

The formative memories of one of Britain's greatest contemporary artists, now with a new introduction from Emin herself 'Honest and extraordinary' GUARDIAN 'A remarkable book - and an original, beau……続きを見る

This handbook provides the definitive guide to commissioning contemporary art. Every step and stage is revealed and demystified from the initial invitation to an artist to the financing of a project……続きを見る

What happens when a Native or indigenous person turns a video camera on his or her own culture? Are the resulting images different from what a Westernized filmmaker would create, and, if so, in what……続きを見る

This book explores the fusion of myth, history and geography which leads to ideas of primitivism, and looks at their construction, interpretation and consumption in Western culture. Contextualized b……続きを見る

Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo (1584) is the most widely known Florentine document on the subject of the Counter-Reformation content of religious paintings. Despite its reputation as an art-historic……続きを見る

In this volume, anthropologists, art historians, fiber artists, and technologists come together to explore the meanings, uses, and fabrication of textiles in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Bo……続きを見る

Design and Aesthetics: A Reader is a comprehensive student reader on design history and aesthetic theory. It includes contributions from many of the writers whose work has been foundational to these……続きを見る

In this witty and compelling defence of the art field itself, Joan Murray, one of the country’s most outspoken art historians, discusses the great figures of Canadian art and the rise of our nationa……続きを見る