The history of post-revolutionary political parties is told through the photographic archives of the group Tercerunquinto. This book analyses of the use of public murals as spaces for political party propaganda and the way in which murals become an economic opportunity for the inhabitants of Mexico's marginalised areas. Text in English and Spanish. Contents: Restoration of a Mural Painting by Taiyana Pimentel; Preface, José Woldenberg; Petrified Memory by Sergio Raúl Arroyo; Images of Restorat...
Persian Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Sussan Babaie and Marie Lukens Swietochowski
(This title was originally published in 1989/90.)
Toward the middle of the 13th century, a revolution in perception and expression occurred in southern Europe. Philosophy and art, which for centuries had been preoccupied by the mysteries of the Christian faith, began to turn to the beauties of life on earth. Faith, of course, remained firm, and thinkers and artists still took their themes from the Old and New Testaments and the writings of the Church Fathers. But as men and women began to ponder not the next life, but this one, the manner of ar...
Byzantium
The fall of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople to the Latin West in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade abruptly interrupted nearly nine hundred years of artistic and cultural traditions. In 1261, however, the Byzantine general Michael VIII Palaiologos triumphantly re-entered Constantinople and reclaimed the seat of the empire, initiating a resurgence of art and culture that would continue for nearly three hundred years, not only in the waning empire itself but also among rival Eastern Christi...
(This book was originally published in 1969/70.)
The Robert Lehman Collection
by Charles Sterling, Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, Martha Wolff, and Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann
(This title was originally published in 1998/99.)
Musee D'Orsay (Art & Architecture) (Ullmann Art & Architecture)
by Peter J Gartner
This captivating volume provides a detailed exploration into the exceptional array of art to be discovered in the Musee d'Orsay, including information on the impressive building itself. This brand new edition is in lightweight softcover which combined with the compact format makes it perfect for on-the-spot reference whilst in the museum, as well as a fascinating background read and beautiful souvenir. This is an extremely comprehensive guide covering all the most important works of art, includi...
The Guennol Collection, Volume 2
(This title was originally published in 1982/83.)
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art
by Miranda Lash
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art is one of the foremost sculpture gardens in the United States. The nearly five-acre Garden opened in 2003 with fifty works of art by modern and contemporary artists of international renown, including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, George Segal, and Louise Bourgeois. Today the Garden boasts sixty-four works of art (a number which continues to grow), showcased in a unique natural setting of meandering footpaths, reflec...
Each piece of American sculpture in the Museum's collection is discussed in detail, and there is a concise biography of each of the sculptors. The more than 350 works represent all major American sculptors and schools from the early nineteenth century to the present day, making this a valuable survey in a field where little published information is available. Many of the biographies include characteristic or diverting excerpts from heretofore unpublished letters written to the Museum by the scul...
2018 Planner Weekly and Monthly (2018 Planners Journals, #1) (Weekly Planner Calendar 2018, #1)
by 2018 Planners and Organizers for Women and Planners and Calendar Notebooks 2018
Nicknamed 'the French Borromini', Gilles Marie Oppenord (1672-1742) was born in Paris, the son of a royal cabinet maker. He was a royal pensioneer at the Academie de France in Rome. There he devoted much of his studies to Mannerist and Baroque architecture and ornament and the Louvre's carnet (acquired in 1972) is a testament to this period of intense study. Only three sketchbooks of this period survive. When he returned to Paris he was trained as an architect by Jules-Hardouin Mansart and he so...
John Singer Sargent, Carnation Lily Lily Rose - Wide Lined Journal (Art Lovers Journals Collection, #7)
by New Nomads Press
Flowers Underfoot (Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hardcover))
by Daniel Walker
The catalogue of an exhibition of forty-two pile-woven carpets focuses also on the Mughal era and technical characteristics of the carpets.
Against the Current
Francis La Flesche (1857–1932) lived between two worlds: as an Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), he fought for their rights, and as a scholar he researched his own culture. He is regarded as the first indigenous ethnologist of North America and stands representatively for the many indigenous protagonists without whom ethnological collections would never have come into being. We are no longer familiar with most of these individuals, since the focus until today has been on European and North American collectors. F...
The Rijksmuseum's substantial costume collection, the oldest in the Netherlands, bears witness to a host of stories. Virtually every garment bespoke and catered to the wishes of its intended wearer. How did the wealfhy Dutch choose the fabrics and cut? Who made and embellished these clothes, and on what occasions were they worn? Why have these costumes - many of them hundreds of years old - been preserved? From the Frisian branch of the Orange dynasty in the Duch golden Age to Yves Saint Lauren...
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), a major figure in the German Romantic movement, painted sublime works representing nature at its most melancholic and desolate. One of his most famous motifs was that of two intimate figures, seen from behind, gazing at the moon. Friedrich painted three versions of this theme, one of which -"Two Men Contemplating the Moon" - has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The text discusses the Metropolitan's painting in conjunction with the other two ver...