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Robert Brain traces the origins of artistic modernism to specific technologies of perception developed in late-nineteenth-century laboratories. Brain argues that the thriving fin-de-siècle field of ……続きを見る

Of the conceptual artists who began their careers in the 1960s and 1970sーBruce Nauman, Chris Burden, Vito Acconci, and Mel Bochner among themーBarry Le Va may be the most elusive. As this first stu……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE 2014 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT AWARD WINNER OF THE 2016 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER OF THE 2016 WESTERN AUSTRALIA PREMIER'S LITERARY AWA……続きを見る

In A Brief History of the Artist from God to Picasso, Paul Barolsky explores the ways in which fiction shapes history and history informs fiction. It is a playful book about artistic obsession, abou……続きを見る

No pictorial device in nineteenth-century French painting more clearly represented the free-ranging self than the loose brushstroke. From the romantics through the impressionists and post-impression……続きを見る

Monumentale Klassieker Voor de tweede keer verschijnt een herziene editie van de Nederlandse vertaling van de zogeheten Dode Zeerollen. Deze bevat alle niet-bijbelse teksten die vanaf 1947 zijn gevo……続きを見る

Julian Barnes heeft kunst en literatuur zelf moeten ontdekken, en dat gebeurde pas op latere leeftijd. Op een dag bezocht hij het Musée Gustave Moreau, zonder precies te weten wie de schilder was, e……続きを見る

The combination of portrait statue, monumental support, and public lettering was considered emblematic of Roman public space even in antiquity. This book examines ancient Roman statues and their bas……続きを見る

Widely acknowledged as the most authoritative art critic of his generation, Hilton Kramer advanced his comments and judgments largely in the form of essays and short pieces. Thus this first collecti……続きを見る

Décryptez l’art de William Hogarth en moins d’une heure ! Considéré comme le père de l'art anglais, celui que ses contemporains surnomment le Shakespeare de la peinture lutte avec ferveur, toute sa ……続きを見る

Décryptez l’art du Greco en moins d’une heure ! Né en Crète, le Greco quitte rapidement son île natale pour se rendre à Venise, puis à Rome, avant de finalement s'installer à Tolède. Ainsi, on ne s'……続きを見る

Décryptez l’art de Rogier van der Weyden en moins d’une heure ! En dépit d'une vie voilée de mystères, Rogier van der Weyden est l'un des plus illustres artistes flamands du XVe siècle. Peintre offi……続きを見る

The book presents a range of articles and discussions that offer critical insights into the development of contemporary Chinese art, both within China and internationally. It brings together selecte……続きを見る

Designing the French Interior traces France's central role in the development of the modern domestic interior, from the pre-revolutionary period to the 1970s, and addresses the importance of various……続きを見る

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The “biennale culture” now determines much of the art world. Literature on the worldwide dissemination of art assumes nationalism and ethnic identity, but rarely analyzes it. At the same time there ……続きを見る

Chagall wurde in einer strenggläubigen jüdischen Familie geboren, in der das Verbot, den Menschen bildlich darzustellen, zum religiösen Dogma gehörte. Zwar lebte Chagalls Familie in ärmlichen Verhäl……続きを見る

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), der unkonventionelle und umstrittene Maler aus Weißrussland, vereint Einflüsse der klassischen europäischen Malerei mit denen des Post-Impressionismus und des Expressionis……続きを見る

De retour en Allemagne en 1921, Kandinsky développera sa théorie d’une « science de l’art » dans son ouvrage Du Spirituel dans l’Art à Weimar. La période du Bauhaus est celle de sa plus intense prod……続きを見る

Der russische Maler Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) gilt als einer der Ersten, die sich auf das Feld der abstrakten Kunst gewagt haben. Trotz negativer Reaktionen einiger Kollegen bestand er darauf, s……続きを見る

Tra gli artisti più noti del XX secolo, Kandinsky si distinse per il valore internazionale della sua parabola esistenziale e della sua arte, che congiunse Russia, Germania e Francia; per il suo impe……続きを見る

1921, im Jahr seiner Rückkehr nach Deutschland, entwickelt Kandinsky seine Theorie einer "Wissenschaft der Künste" in Weimar. Die Bauhaus-Periode ist seine intensivste künstlerische Phase, hier komm……続きを見る

The Crown of Arsinoë II is a detailed study of a unique crown that was created for the Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Arsinoë II which has important conclusions for ancient Egyptian history. Images of Ars……続きを見る

This is the first major analysis of the Roman pottery from excavations in Lincoln (comprising more than 150,000 sherds). The pottery is presented in seven major ware groups. Fine wares include a mod……続きを見る

In this volume, which is the outcome of the four-year long collaboration project SARA (Scandinavian and Atlantic Rock Art) between the archaeology department at University of Gothenburg and the Labo……続きを見る

This volume derives from a workshop held at the University of Kalmar (now Linnaeus University), Sweden between the 20-24 of October 2008. The aim of this gathering was to provide a forum for rock ar……続きを見る

The rock art found in the World Heritage sites in the Alta area, Arctic Norway, comprise thousands of images including reindeer and elk as well as fish, birds, boats, humans and geometric patterns. ……続きを見る

Prehistoric imagery is enigmatic and has been largely overlooked by archaeologists; it is only in the last two decades that it has garnered serious academic attention. This volume addresses this lac……続きを見る

Der russische Maler Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) gilt als einer der Ersten, die sich auf das Feld der abstrakten Kunst gewagt haben. Trotz negativer Reaktionen einiger Kollegen bestand er darauf, s……続きを見る

This book invites readers on a journey through time, to explore the multifaceted history of Central Asia. Through transcontinental passages such as the Silk Road, the book provides links among the m……続きを見る