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The Aesthetics of Desire and Surprise: Phenomenology and Speculation covers issues central to contemporary continental philosophy (desire, expectations, excess, rupture, transcendence, immanence, su……続きを見る

Design Objects and the Museum brings together leading design historians, curators, educators and archivists to consider the place of contemporary design objects within museums. Contributors draw on ……続きを見る

This book is a collection of studies on the general theme of Orthodox icons. 1) As the title of the book indicates, the first article deals with the similarity between religious images of the Romane……続きを見る

Step into the haunting world of The Red Shoes and follow a young girl’s fateful dance in this richly illustrated keepsake edition from Pook Press’ Golden Age of Illustration Series, celebrating the ……続きを見る

The Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594) is an ambiguous figure in the history of art. Critics and writers such as Vasari, Ruskin and Sartre all placed him in opposition to the established……続きを見る

Majismo, a cultural phenomenon that embodied the popular aesthetic in Spain from the second half of the eighteenth century, served as a vehicle to “regain” Spanish heritage. As expressed in visual r……続きを見る

An abrupt break in the prevailing modes of artistic expression, for many, marks the advent of modernism in the early twentieth century, but revisionary attempts to pin down a precise moment of its e……続きを見る

Emily Carr, often called Canada’s Van Gogh, was a post-impressionist explorer, artist and writer. In Artist Emily Carr and the Spirit of the Land Phyllis Marie Jensen draws on analytical psychology ……続きを見る

As a recording device, photography plays a unique role in how we remember places and events that happened there. This includes recording events as they happen, or recording places where something oc……続きを見る

Originally published in 1905, Bosanquet’s translation of Hegel’s Philosophy of Fine Art brings Hegel’s commentary and analysis of what constitutes beauty and fine art to an English audience as well ……続きを見る

Evocative works in Tonalism, Impressionism, and Naturalism that offer relief from the urban world The radical changes wrought by the rise of the salon system in nineteenth-century Europe provoked an……続きを見る

Mobility and Migration in Film and Moving Image Art explores cinematic and artistic representations of migration and mobility in Europe from the 1990s to today. Drawing on theories of migrant and di……続きを見る

Heroes of the Icon is a book about people, events and ideas related to the phenomenon called the Orthodox icon. 1) The first of the chapters deals with the three decisive points in history which for……続きを見る

From Oaxacan wood carvings to dessert kitchens in provincial France, Critical Craft presents thirteen ethnographies which examine what defines and makes 'craft' in a wide variety of practices from a……続きを見る

As stories of Indian dance’s renaissance span almost a full century, there has emerged a globally dispersed community of Indian dancers, scholars and audiences who are deeply committed to keeping th……続きを見る

"Performance" has multiple and often overlapping meanings that signify a wide variety of social behaviors. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores many of it……続きを見る

Les images chrétiennes sont à la mode. Les livres qui en traitent sont nombreux : études archéologiques, recherches sur l'histoire de l'art, analyses théologiques, confrontation entre différents cou……続きを見る

The Roman army was one of the most astounding organizations in the ancient world, and much of the success of the Roman empire can be attributed to its soldiers. Archaeological remains and ancient te……続きを見る

To Midwesterners tucked into small towns or farms early in the twentieth century, the landscape of the American heartland reached the horizonーand then imagination had to provide what lay beyond. Bu……続きを見る

St. Epiphanius of Salamis lived in Cyprus during the 4th century. He is a Father of the Church known for his determined fight against heresy. And yet, five texts denouncing any use of images have be……続きを見る

Saint Épiphane de Salamine vécut à Chypre au IVe siècle. Père de l'Église connu pour son combat acharné contre l'hérésie, on lui attribue pourtant cinq textes dénonçant le recours aux images. Ces éc……続きを見る

Afterlives of Romantic Intermediality addresses the manifold, even global artistic developments that were initiated by European Romantics. In the first section, the contributors show how the rising ……続きを見る

For the past nearly three years (2013-2015) the author, Dr. Franklin Lamb, has traveled Syria wherever and whenever security conditions allowed, in order to research, photograph and document endange……続きを見る

Before he joined the staff of Punch and designed its iconic front cover, illustrator Richard “Dicky” Doyle was a young man whose father (political caricaturist John Doyle) charged him with sending a……続きを見る

Extrait : "– Parce que je ne veux pas ! – Mais pourquoi ne veux-tu pas ? – Parce que je ne veux pas. – Ma foi ! voilà un raisonnement auquel je ne trouve rien à répliquer ! Et une voix, pleine de ri……続きを見る

Ce recueil de textes est le fruit d'une longue période de recherche qui a commencé avec la lecture du livre de Léonide Ouspensky, La Théologie de l'icône dans l'Église orthodoxe. L'auteur cite et co……続きを見る

Providing a lively snapshot of the state of art and social justice today on a global level, Entry Points accompanies the inaugural Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, launched at The New Sc……続きを見る

Hélio Oiticica (1937–80) was one of the most brilliant Brazilian artists of the 1960s and 1970s. He was a forerunner of participatory art, and his melding of geometric abstraction and bodily engagem……続きを見る

The leading figure of the Spanish Golden Age, Diego Velázquez is universally acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest artists. Celebrated for his naturalistic style and remarkable power of observ……続きを見る

In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese art,……続きを見る