wired - Art History 5

This book reinterprets Wifredo Lam’s work with particular attention to its political implications, focusing on how these implications emerge from the artist’s critical engagement with 20th-century a……続きを見る

This second book in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory surveys the development of the field from the early eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. During this period theories of the visual art……続きを見る

Theory for Art History provides a concise and clear introduction to key contemporary theorists, including their lives, major works, and transformative ideas. Written to reveal the vital connections ……続きを見る

This volume is an anthology of current groundbreaking research on social practice art. Contributing scholars provide a variety of assessments of recent projects as well as earlier precedents, define……続きを見る

Trzy tysiące lat starożytności zaznaczyło się wieloma znakomitymi dziełami sztuki i architektury, z których kilka najbardziej znamiennych znane są jako „Siedem cudów Świata Starożytnego”. Splendor i……続きを見る

This book looks at art historical explorations, matters of archival legitimacy, the survival of fakes and forgeries and many other aspects of Jewish art. It commemorates the life and work of Isaiah ……続きを見る

Windows for the worldexplores the display and reception of nineteenth-century British stained glass in a secular exhibition context. International in scope, the book focuses on the global developmen……続きを見る

This collection investigates the wide array of local antiquarian practices that developed across Europe in the early modern era. Breaking new ground, it explores local concepts of antiquity in a per……続きを見る

In the 1970s, Manhattan’s west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict neighborhood was alive with queer people forging new ……続きを見る

First published in 1997, this volume will revolutionise the study of watercolour painting in Britain. The Royal Watercolour Society archive constitutes a major academic resource covering two hundred……続きを見る

A beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift. "A charming look at the history of ……続きを見る

Looking at works by Carrie Mae Weems, Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, Dorothy Allison, Carson McCullers, and Zora Neale Hurston, Claire Raymond uncovers a pattern of femininity co……続きを見る

Inspired by newly discovered antiquities of the ancient world exhibited in the museums of Europe and celebrated in the illustrated press of the day, the leading British history painters Sir Lawrence……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis C’est en juin 1755 que Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) fait paraître les Réflexions sur l’imitation des œuvres grecques en pei……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis L'histoire de l'art, écrit-on souvent, commencerait avec Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) assignant pour la première fois aux œ……続きを見る

Le livre se compose de deux parties bien distinctes, la première, consacrée au motif du signum triciput (la forme tricéphale), la seconde à celui de l'Hercules prodicius (Hercule à la croisée des ch……続きを見る

Keeping the Dream Alive contains full-color images of Harriet Lorence Nesbitt's art, giving an overview of her unique life and style. This monographic reflection explores the historical context of N……続きを見る

The first biography of the epic life of one of the most important, enigmatic and private artists of the 20th century. Drawn from almost 40 years of conversations with the artist, letters and papers,……続きを見る

Francis Douce's 'The Dance of Death' is a fascinating exploration of medieval art and culture, specifically focusing on the theme of mortality in the form of allegorical visual representations. Thro……続きを見る

Beholding considers the spatially situated encounter between artwork and spectator. It argues that artworks created for specific places or conditions structure a reciprocal encounter, which is compl……続きを見る

“Wild Art” refers to work that exists outside the established, rarified world of art galleries and cultural channels. It encompasses uncatalogued, uncommodified art not often recognized as such, fro……続きを見る

Interdisciplinary collection of essays on fine art painting as it relates to the First World War and commemoration of the conflict Although photography and moving pictures achieved ubiquity during t……続きを見る

Michelangelo's Notebooks is an intimate celebration of the artist's sketches, architectural drawings, letters, and love poems. Michelangelo Buonarroti is considered to be one of the greatest artists……続きを見る

Neu mit Ortsverzeichnis!Die Kunst der muslimischen Bevölkerung, die auch nach der Reconquista in Spanien blieb, nimmt unbestritten eine einzigartige Stellung innerhalb der islamischen Kunstformen ei……続きを見る

An illustrated examination of Glenn Ligon's iconic Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988)ーa quotation, an appropriated text turned into an artifact. The iconic work Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988) by the import……続きを見る

What is 'performance drawing'? When does a drawing turn into a performance? Is the act of drawing in itself a performative process, whether a viewer is present or not? Through conversation, intervie……続きを見る

Analysing a broad range of texts by inventors, cultural critics, photographers, and novelists, this book argues that Victorian photography ultimately defined the concept of memory for generations to……続きを見る

An examination of Pierre Huyghe's post-apocalyptic Untitled (Human Mask), which asks whether our human future may be one of remnants and mimicry. Pierre Huyghe's 2014 film Untitled (Human Mask) comb……続きを見る

By foregrounding a first-person perspective, this text enacts and explores self-reflection as a mode of inquiry in educational research and highlights the centrality of the individual researcher in ……続きを見る

In this study, Josefine Wikström challenges a concept of performance that makes no difference between art and non-art and argues for a new concept. This book confronts and criticises the way in whic……続きを見る