Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General

Current discourse on Indigenous engagement in museum studies is often dominated by curatorial and academic perspectives, in which community voice, viewpoints, and reflections on their collaborations can be under-represented. This book provides a unique look at Indigenous perspectives on museum community engagement and the process of self-representation, specifically how the First Nations Elders of the Blackfoot Confederacy have worked with museums and heritage sites in Alberta, Canada, to represent their own culture and history. Situated in a post-colonial context, the case-study sites are...

Welche Strategien nutzen zeitgenossische Kunstler im Umgang mit dem Katalog, wie prasentieren sie dort ihre Arbeiten und sich selbst, was lasst sich daraus fur den Kunstbegriff ableiten? Wie wird eine Ausstellung in ein Buch ubersetzt und dadurch neu aufbereitet? Wie eng oder weit ist der Bezug zur Ausstellung gefasst, und wie ist das Verhaltnis zwischen Katalog und Kunstlerbuch, dienender Funktion und Autonomie? Der vorliegende Band analysiert exemplarisch Text- und Bildinszenierungen in Ausstellungskatalogen im Bezug auf Geschichte und Konventionen des Mediums. Einbezogen werden auch die...

Presenting stunning reproductions of oil paintings by landscape artist Philip Juras, this exhibition catalogue offers a glimpse of the presettlement southern wilderness as late eighteenth-century naturalist William Bartram would have experienced it during his famed travels through the region. Juras's work combines direct observation with historical, scientific, and natural history research to depict, and in some cases reimagine, landscapes as they appeared in the 1770s. Juras spent years researching Bartram and revisiting important sites the naturalist wrote about in his celebrated...

From the Middle Ages to the present, master draftsmen have used the technique of metalpoint to create some of the most beautiful and technically accomplished drawings in the history of art. Drawing in Silver and Gold examines the history of this evocative medium, in which a metal stylus is used on a specially prepared surface to create lines of astonishing delicacy.

This beautifully illustrated book examines the practice of metalpoint over six centuries, in the work of artists ranging from Leonardo, Durer, and Rembrandt to Otto Dix and Jasper Johns. A team of...