Allen - Art History 1

How an ancient Indigenous earthwork traveled from Ohio to Washington state in the mid-1970s. In Transit, Chadwick Allen chronicles the surprising history of how the ancient snake effigy known as Ser……続きを見る

“Taken all together, Ginsberg’s poems are X-rays of a considerable part of American society during the last four decades.” ー The New Yorker This magnificent volume gathers the published verse of Al……続きを見る

A New Yorker Book of the Year 2024 A Ryan Holiday '(Very) Best Book I Read in 2024' 'Excellent' Ian Samson, TLS 'From plans for flying machines to philosophy - the remarkable joy of jotting things d……続きを見る

This book advances the conversation about the presence, aesthetic appropriation, and re-interpretation of the foundational English author John Bunyan (1628–1688), whose works and legend have had a v……続きを見る

Reconstructing Ancient Athens is a year-by-year discussion of events in the late Archaic and Classical periods integrating all facets of Greek society: art and architecture; poetry, music, and drama……続きを見る

Maurice Blanchot and Theodor W. Adorno are among the most difficult but also the most profound thinkers in twentieth-century aesthetics. While their methods and perspectives differ widely, they shar……続きを見る

The Revolutionary War is a recent memory for all early settlers of America, and the War of 1812 looms. The trials and triumphs of the Massie family are chronicled here. Establishing a Southeastern V……続きを見る

A strange thing happened to Roman sarcophagi in the third century: their Greek mythic imagery vanished. Since the beginning of their production a century earlier, these beautifully carved coffins ha……続きを見る

An acclaimed journalist on contemporary China lays bare the country's two-decade quest for global dominance and how the Chinese Communist Party coopted what Western leaders have long considered thei……続きを見る

Imperfect Fit: Aesthetic Function, Facture, and Perception in Art and Writing since 1950 is an expansive and incisive examination of the patterns of connectedness in contemporary art and poetry. All……続きを見る

In "Ivan Greet's Masterpiece," Grant Allen crafts a captivating narrative that intertwines themes of artistic ambition, societal expectations, and the tension between reality and aspiration. Set aga……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 book is a steppingstone on a journey across tempestuous seas of mind and ego in this tumultuous time in the 21st century. I will introduce you to the Grandmothers and Grandfathers who have guid……続きを見る

This visually stunning and technically detailed book is an in-depth analysis of the materials and techniques used on thirty eight of the V&A's Renaissance frames. The book will teach the reader to r……続きを見る

Before the late sixteenth century, the churches of Florence were internally divided by monumental screens that separated the laity in the nave from the clergy in the choir precinct. Enabling both se……続きを見る

Plein-air painting became standard practice for French landscape artists early in the nineteenth century, and by the 1850s landscape was the most popular artistic genre. Landscape painting in genera……続きを見る