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He was the son of a citizen in comfortable circumstances, and had been, in Vasari’s words, “instructed in all such things as children are usually taught before they choose a calling.” However, he re……続きを見る

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter credited as being among the first to truly venture into abstract art. He persisted in expressing his internal world of abstraction despite negativ……続きを見る

This book explores the history and continuing relevance of melancholia as an amorphous but richly suggestive theme in literature, music, and visual culture, as well as philosophy and the history of ……続きを見る

This book traces the influence of the changing political environment on Czech art, criticism, history, and theory between 1895 and 1939, looking beyond the avant-garde to the peripheries of modern a……続きを見る

The reception of Thomas Gainsborough’s Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in ……続きを見る

In this ingenious study, Kathryn Rudy takes the reader on a journey to trace the birth, life and afterlife of a Netherlandish book of hours made in 1500. Image, Knife, and Gluepot painstakingly reco……続きを見る

For centuries artists, diplomats, and merchants served as cultural intermediaries in the Mediterranean. Stationed in port cities and other entrepôts of the Mediterranean, these go-betweens forged in……続きを見る

This book examines the work of several modern artists, including Fortunato Depero, Scipione, and Mario Radice, who were working in Italy during the time of Benito Mussolini’s rise and fall. It provi……続きを見る

In the great world of dance, Galina Ulanova is considered by many to be as great, if not greater, than Pavlova. Onstage, the miracle of her performances has enraptured vast audiences. But offstage, ……続きを見る

The late Roger Fry was an art critic of unequalled perception and influence. One of his missions was to work for a better understanding of the Impressionist school and, above all, to claim for Cézan……続きを見る

Im Frühling 1941 treffen sich Henri Matisse und der Schweizer Literaturkritiker Pierre Courthion zu mehreren Gesprächen - »Plaudereien«, wie Matisse sie genannt haben will. Er erholt sich gerade von……続きを見る

This new study examines how nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire became a leading national and international art centre. By the end of the century almost every major town possessed an art galler……続きを見る

Theatre and empire looks at the genesis of British national identity in the reign of King James VI and I. While devolution is currently decentralising Britain, this book examines how the idea of a u……続きを見る

Having been mistakenly perceived as a follower of Salvador Dalí, Catalan surrealist painter and writer Àngel Planells (1901–1989) has passed through the history of art practically unnoticed. Yet his……続きを見る

"El público" es tal vez la más compleja creación teatral de Lorca, sólo estrenada recientemente desde que se escribiera entre 1929 y 1930, supone la cima del Lorca introvertido y complejo, y una de ……続きを見る

This book investigates the pictorial figurations, aesthetic styles and visual tactics through which visual art and popular culture attempt to appeal to "all of us". One key figure these practices br……続きを見る

The untold story of Michelangelo's final decadesーand his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian Renaissance As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance art……続きを見る

In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture. The……続きを見る

A Subtileza da luz é um livro que resume vários textos relacionados com pensamentos filosóficos, altruístas, metafísicos e existencialistas. A abordagem é feita através de formas poéticas, ensaios o……続きを見る

The French Revolution had a marked impact on the ways in which citizens saw the newly liberated spaces in which they now lived. Painting, gardening, cinematic displays of landscape, travel guides, p……続きを見る

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 With the dramatic rise of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century, art played a fundamental role in its practice, rhetoric, and global dissemination, while F……続きを見る

Censorship in Polish Art After 1989 is a pioneering work on censorship in Polish art after the fall of the USSR available in English for the first time with a skilled translation by Lukasz Mojsak. P……続きを見る

Pop art was essential to the Americanization of global art in the 1960s, yet it engendered resistance and adaptation abroad in equal measure, especially in Paris. From the end of the Algerian War of……続きを見る

The book investigates the aesthetic theology embedded in the Franciscan artistic tradition. The novelty of the approach is in applying concepts gleaned from Franciscan textual sources to create a de……続きを見る

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. **'**The grand object o……続きを見る

Gold of Their Bodies, first published in 1955, is a fascinating biography of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist artist, most famous for his colorful paintings of life in Tahiti ……続きを見る

Il periodo degli anni sessanta in Olanda è caratterizzato politicamente da un rigido compromesso tra le diverse forze religiose, economiche e sociali del paese, un sistema definito Zuilen, ovvero de……続きを見る

This book brings together thirteen scholars to introduce the newest and most cutting-edge research in the field of Russian and East European art history. Reconsidering canonical figures, re-examinin……続きを見る

De nombreuses manifestations ont, en 1999, salué le centenaire de l'École de Nancy, dans la ville et la région qui l'ont vue naître. Plus qu'un événement précis, c'est une «période» que l'on a voulu……続きを見る

Partez à la découverte du classicisme avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Comme d'autres termes généraux et vagues qui désignent une époque littéraire et artistique, un idéal esthétique et quelque g……続きを見る