Art History 96

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of al……続きを見る

This volume examines the motives behind rejections of beauty often found within contemporary art practice, where much critically acclaimed art is deliberately ugly and alienating. It reflects on the……続きを見る

Invented during a period of anxiety about the ability of human memory to cope with the demands of expanding knowledge, photography not only changed the way the Victorians saw the world, but also pro……続きを見る

Since cinema's earliest days, literary adaptation has provided the movies with stories; and so we use literary terms like metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche to describe visual things. But there is an……続きを見る

Why is it important to go back to the past? Maybe because you want to understand the present and even foresee the future. It could also be because you want to see the struggles and experience the vi……続きを見る

Il cosiddetto 'epistolario' manoscritto di Girolamo Borsieri è la fonte privilegiata per accostarci dall'interno a uno dei momenti più entusiasmanti dell'arte lombarda di età moderna, il primo Seice……続きを見る

Starkey is the former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, CA. One of the only books of its kind, it can be marketed as a tourist's guide to Rome (in verse). All of the poems are inspired by major Roman ……続きを見る

Is it possible, at all, to visit ancient Greece without leaving the comforts of home? Of course, it is! You have this educational book to take you where you want to go in Athens. The next pages will……続きを見る

Egypt is one of the really mysterious and very interesting topics in the world of history. Your child should be able to see it too. This book’s goal is to spark interest in history for all children ……続きを見る

Unleash both the historian and architect in your kids with this Ancient Roman Roads and Architecture History Book. There is a whole different but beautifully thought-of world in the ancient Rome tha……続きを見る

Let’s visit Ancient Rome, and have some great learning fun with the Romans. The Roman way of living has been the subject of many history books, and the source of knowledge widely used today. This bo……続きを見る

Storia urbana, politica e sociale della periferia romana. Le borgate nate in epoca fascista rappresentano una pagina fondamentale della storia di Roma contemporanea. Additate come i luoghi più malfa……続きを見る

Palaces like the Aljafería and the Alhambra rank among the highest achievements of the Islamic world. In recent years archaeological work at Córdoba, Kairouan and many other sites has vastly increas……続きを見る

Modernism: The Basics provides an accessible overview of the study of modernism in its global dimensions. Examining the key concepts, history and varied forms of the field, it guides the reader thro……続きを見る

From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation……続きを見る

Postcolonial theories have transformed literary, historical and cultural studies over the past three decades. Yet the study of medieval art and visualities has, in general, remained Eurocentric in i……続きを見る

Graffiti crews are willing to risk anything for their art. Called vandals, criminals, even creative terrorists, graffiti artists set out to make their voices heard and alter the way people view the ……続きを見る

“It is not about provocation, reaction or even invocation, it is about transformation: mentally and physically.”ーMarina Abramovic, artist “Art is subjective, and if one sees something in an image, ……続きを見る

An Ideal Theater is a wide-ranging, inspiring documentary history of the American theatre movement as told by the visionaries who goaded it into being. This anthology collects over forty essays, man……続きを見る

When the Edmonton Museum of Arts opened in 1924 it was only the second art gallery in Canada west of Toronto. Spaces and Places for Art tells the story of the financial and ideological struggles tha……続きを見る

Presenting two decades of work by Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Photography after Photography is an inquiry into the circuits of power that shape photographic practice, criticism, and historiography. As t……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte du néo-classicisme avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! La définition que les dictionnaires usuels donnent du terme néo-classicisme est assez évasive. « Tendance artistique et ……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de la néolithisation au Proche-Orient et en Turquie orientale avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! L'étude de la néolithisation au Proche-Orient offre un intérêt particulier : ……続きを見る

Les plus grands spécialistes pour comprendre la Préhistoire Composé de textes empruntés à l’Encyclopædia Universalis, Le Dictionnaire de la Préhistoire réunit plus de deux cent cinquante articles qu……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de la poterie avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! On distingue deux catégories essentielles de poteries : la poterie tendre et la poterie dure. C'est la poterie tendre qui app……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte de la Méso-Amérique avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! L'Amérique moyenne a fait l'objet, sous le nom de Mesoamerica, d'une proposition de définition de la part de l'ethno-hi……続きを見る

Let’s go visit the ancient people and see the world as they see it. This educational book will tackle history by bringing it to the consciousness of the young. There is the use of pictures and texts……続きを見る

Did you know that there’s so much you can learn from the early civilizations that are applicable today? You get to learn about useful systems, and concepts that you can apply in your everyday life. ……続きを見る

With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the Kushan Empire of southe……続きを見る

Art and Public History: Approaches, Opportunities, and Challenges examines the relationship between art and public history, outlining opportunities, challenges, and insights drawn from recent initia……続きを見る