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Two of the key theoretical shifts over the past two decades of critical work have been the 'visual turn' and the 'material turn'. This book argues that these hitherto distinct fields should be under……続きを見る

Urban planners and conservationists in historic cities around the world grapple with the competing interests of conservation, urban design, and economic and social development. This book offers an i……続きを見る

Pasargadae is the location of the tomb of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Through the ages it was Islamised and the tomb was ascribed to the Mother of Solomon. It was only at the ……続きを見る

This book presents the Persian Baburnama, a key primary source andthe earliest record of Babur’s memoirs. The authoritative translation uses paintings from the original work and draws on contemporar……続きを見る

This book provides an exciting portrayal of the history of the Duveen family in the art business up to 1939. "THOUGH MANY REASONS have contributed to impel me to write this hook, the chief one is th……続きを見る

This book documents the creation of the Bichitra Online Tagore Variorum, a publicly accessible database of Rabindranath Tagore's complete works in Bengali and English totaling some 140,000 pages of ……続きを見る

L’“Amante notevole” è un libro di versi liberi disposti in sonetti, odi e altri tipi di strutture poetiche di valore rilevante, in cui Miguel D’Addario si manifesta nella sua scrittura semplice, dal……続きを見る

At least one in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage, yet pregnancy loss remains a taboo topic and effective aftercare is rarely available for those who have experienced it. Grief Unseen explains th……続きを見る

The legal and humanitarian response to the world's growing population of refugees and migrants has created more awareness of not only the physical but also the psychological needs of displaced peopl……続きを見る

What is the relation of art to the practice of radical politics today? Strike Artexplores this question through the historical lens of Occupy, an event that had artists at its core. Precarious, inde……続きを見る

This book examines how we can conceive of a ’postcolonial museum’ in the contemporary epoch of mass migrations, the internet and digital technologies. The authors consider the museum space, practice……続きを見る

The first comprehensive study on the role of Italian fashion and Italian literature, this book analyzes clothing and fashion as described and represented in literary texts and costume books in the I……続きを見る

Taking the significant Faro Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Council of Europe 2005) as its starting point, this book presents pragmatic views on the rise of the local and t……続きを見る

The sixteenth century was a critical period both for Spain’s formation and for the imperial dominance of her Crown. Spanish monarchs ruled far and wide, spreading agents and culture across Europe an……続きを見る

Visits to museums have long been an important aspect of the education of young people and in recent years it has been increasingly recognised that education is core to the purpose of the museum. Not……続きを見る

Bringing to bear the latest developments across various areas of research and disciplines, this collection provides a broad perspective on how Western Europe made sense of a complex, multi-faceted, ……続きを見る

Analyzing the artistic patronage of famous and lesser known women of Renaissance Mantua, and introducing new patronage paradigms that existed among those women, this study sheds new light the social……続きを見る

Almost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in a myriad of ways. Yet despite some three decades of critical museolo……続きを見る

This book is about contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism, taking the form of a project for The Corviale Void, a one kilometre long strip of urban space, immured in the notorious Corviale ……続きを見る

Browsing for information is a significant part of most research activity, but many online collections hamper browsing with interfaces that are variants on a search box. Research shows that rich-pros……続きを見る

Art, in its many forms, has long played an important role in people’s imagination, experience and remembrance of places, cultures and travels as well as in their motivation to travel. Travel and tou……続きを見る

Drawing on approaches from literary studies, history, linguistics, and art history, and ranging from Late Antiquity to the sixteenth century, this collection views 'translation' broadly as the adapt……続きを見る

Memory is a fundamental aspect of being and becoming, intimately entwined with space, time, place, landscape, emotion, imagination and identity. Memory studies is a burgeoning field of enquiry drawi……続きを見る

Cámaras y claustros, piedras con historia, duendes y guardianes… La luz y el misterio de las catedrales nos descubre las leyendas y secretos, el arte y la historia de siete de las más importantes ca……続きを見る

You won't believe how much fun you can have with just three coloured ballpoint pens! This engaging and anarchic little book takes the art of doodling and drawing to new heights, using the most basic……続きを見る

Esta obra aborda la cuestión de los proyectos de digitalización en los centros de conservación y difusión del patrimonio. Se encontrarán las claves de los procesos de digitalización así como el esta……続きを見る

Por Tierras de la Mora Encantada: El arte islámico en Portugal descubre los cinco siglos de civilización islámica que dejaron su impronta en la población del antiguo Garb al-Andalus. Desde Coimbra h……続きを見る

El libro intenta contribuir a los estudios sobre patrimonio científico, un universo inmenso que requiere inversión, políticas claras y también apoyo académico desde las universidades, tradicionalmen……続きを見る

La Interpretación del patrimonio constituye una eficaz estrategia para hacer compatible la preservación del patrimonio natural y cultural con el desarrollo económico y social generado a partir del t……続きを見る

És veritat que per a alguns aquesta crítica pot resultar obsoleta, atès que actualment veiem exemples de qualitat al nostre voltant. Però, tal com suggereix el títol "la història dels pecats", pot m……続きを見る