Flying Carpets catalogues the exhibition of the same name that took place at the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici. The book includes an extensive collection of images that document the exhibition as well as insightful introductions by Eric de Chassey, director of the French Academy in Rome and Oliver Michelon, Director of the Musee des Abattoirs of Toulouse and a critical essay by the author, Philippe-Alain Michaud. While modern tradition maintains that the carpet was used as a paradigm for...
A provocative and absorbing analysis of the unprecedented eruption of misogyny at the turn of the century in the works of the key artists of the age. Illustrated throughout.
History and Art History (Routledge Research in Art History)
Through a series of cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary interventions, leading international scholars of history and art history explore ways in which the study of images enhances knowledge of the past and informs our understanding of the present. Spanning a diverse range of time periods and places, the contributions cumulatively showcase ways in which ongoing dialogue between history and art history raises important aesthetic, ethical and political questions for the disciplines. The volum...
This ambitious book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of the texts of several thousand charters, indentures, brieves and other written sources that record the business conducted in royal and baronial courts across the length and breadth of the medieval kingdom between 1150 and 1400. Under the broad themes of land,...
Mariano Cornejo (Serie Documentos de Trabajo / Universidad Catolica Argentina)
by Mariano Cornejo and Santiago Sylvester
This book offers a holistic view of ceramic art, including its history, theory, and materiality, and discusses ideas of ceramics and sculpture in which students and professional artists can find solutions and inspiration. It focuses on the structures behind forms and colors that constitute ceramic art. The book also provides images of distinguished ceramic art, along with descriptions of their history, techniques, and concepts described, and will serve as an engaging and essential resource for t...
Voyage d'Italie, Ou Recueil de Notes Sur Les Ouvrages de Peinture & de Sculpture. T. 3 (Ed.1758) (Arts)
by Charles Nicolas Cochin
aka Marcel Duchamp is an anthology of recent essays by leading scholars on Marcel Duchamp, arguably the most influential artist of the twentieth century. With scholarship addressing the full range of Duchamp's career, these papers examine how Duchamp's influence grew and impressed itself upon his contemporaries and subsequent generations of artists. Duchamp provides an illuminating model of the dynamics of play in construction of artistic identity and legacy, which includes both personal volitio...
Der Maler Max Weiler
by Gottfried Boehm, Gottfried Bhm, and Gottfried Bahm
Die Monographie zu Werk und Person Max Weilers verfolgt dessen Entwicklung von den zwanziger Jahren bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die erste Auflage erschien 2001 und avancierte zum beliebten Hauptwerk der Max Weiler-Literatur. Die Kunst dieses grossen europaischen Malers verkorpert eine spezifisch osterreichische Form der internationalen Moderne. Sie spricht eine eigene Sprache und reagiert doch sensibel auf die Veranderungen der Zeit. Das Geistige in der Natur mit dieser Formel lasst sich...
Winner of a 2017 Christianity Today Book Award ***** Some of the greatest painters, musicians, architects, writers, filmmakers, and poets have taken their inspiration from their faith and impacted millions of people with their stunning creations. Now readers can discover the stories behind seventy-five of these masterpieces and the artists who created them. From the art of the Roman catacombs to Rembrandt to Makoto Fujimura; from Gregorian Chant to Bach to U2; from John Bunyan and John Donne t...