Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Group Shows

Heads and Tails looks at a selection of archaeological artifacts that have only very rarely been presented to a broader audience, presenting an impressive gallery of masterpieces of miniature sculpture, such as coins, medals, plaques and statuettes, in which man always takes pride of place. The perception and depiction of the human figure by artists of different periods, the development of artistic styles, and the close links between the iconographic repertoire and mythology, religion, history, literature and philosophy of the classical world are discussed by international...

How should we understand post-war art? How were issues
of cultural transfer and curatorial strategies dealt with in the
extended 1960s - the era of pop?

Art in Transfer in the Era of Pop juxtaposes issues and contexts
approaching the concept and reception of Pop Art.
Contributors from Europe and beyond weave a web that
resists the notion of universialism, adding to art historian
Piotr Piotrowski's "horizontal" art history. This volume avoids
the historiographic stance where the US--Europe relationship
appears to be a one-way...

Featuring works by Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein and Robert Longo, Proof offers insight into the singularity of vision through which artists can reflect the social, cultural and political complexities of their times. Spanning eras and continents, each of these artists witnessed the turbulent transition from one century to another, experiencing the seismic impacts of revolution, civil rights movements and war.While Goya served church and king, Eisenstein the state, and Longo emerged during the rise of the contemporary art market--the dominant benefactors of each period--they all...

Made in Rome assembles the work of artists and researchers in 2015-16, sponsored by scholarships from the Spanish Royal Academy of Rome. The volume marks a period of growth for the Spanish Royal Academy, which supports the growth of Spanish and Latin American creative culture.