Painting and Sculpture in Europe (Pelican History of Art)
by Fritz Novotny
This catalogue of the works of Athens artist Art Rosenbaum accompanies his first major retrospective exhibition and is fully illustrated, with fifty-one full-page color images reflecting the entire checklist of the exhibition. Rosenbaum's paintings show many influences, from the American Scene to self-taught art to German Expressionist prints, and their large scale, complexity, and vivid color draw the viewer in. Dennis Harper (Georgia Museum of Art curator of exhibitions), Paul Manoguerra (Geor...
Although the Gospels of Matthew and Luke support the tradition that there were two Jesus children, the idea was not adopted by the Church. Something of the idea lingered on in Christian art and symbolism, but the full tradition was preserved only in the literature of such esoteric sects as the Gnostics, who did not adopt all the official teachings of institutionalized Christianity. David Ovason explores the literature and art in which these symbols have been preserved, in particular, the ancient...
About Bridget Riley
by Nadia Chalbi, Eric de Chassey, Lynne Cooke, Jonathan Crary, John Elderfield, Lucius Grisebach, Martin Hentschel, Dave Hickey, and Robert Kudielka
Bergbilder (Historisch-Anthropologische Studien, #10)
by Helga Dirlinger
Bergbilder schildert die Konstruktion der Wahrnehmung von Natur durch kulturelle Pragungen. Die Autorin spurt diesen ideengeschichtlichen Prozessen nach und analysiert die verschiedenen Formen von Naturwahrnehmung in einem Zeitraum, in dem Wildnis zunehmend als Gegenentwurf zur zivilisatorisch uberformten Kulturlandschaft erlebt wurde: Anhand englischer Bergerlebnisse und -schilderungen zwischen dem Ende des 17. und der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts werden die Wurzeln unseres heutigen Naturverstand...
Biennial Report of the State Geologist [serial]; 1919/1920
by Joseph Hyde 1870-1942 Pratt
Musealisierung mittelalterlicher Kunst
For quite a long time medieval works were not always recognized as art. They found their way into useums only with resistance, at first even as proof of their inferiority. Creating suitable presentations of these works remains a challenge for curators and collections to this day. This analysis of presentation methods, in the context of exhibitions, traces how museums have treated the Middle Ages from the early modern period to the present, and investigates a change in perception towards medieval...
A World in Art - Masterpieces from the Last 5 Centuries of Traditional Chinese Paintings
by Yang Guanghe
Now reissued, having been unobtainable for many years, this spectacular book, the first to be devoted entirely to the period of the automaton's apogee, is an essential addition to the library of the collector, the specialist, and all who are interested in automata. An introductory chapter depicts the Paris in which automaton-makers lived and worked, its atmosphere, preoccupations and amusements. There follow the little-known histories of the seven leading makers, from their foundation in the mid...
Text (Roemische Tempel in Syrien, #1)
by Daniel Krencker and Willy Zschietzschmann