Kategoria BISAC: Art >> History - General

One of the foremost artists to emerge in Philadelphia in the 1960s, Edna Andrade (1917-2008) is now recognized as an early leader in the Op Art movement. Characterized by pulsating patterns, vivid colors, and a visual immediacy that surpasses narrative meaning, her work explores symmetry and rhythm through geometric design and structures inspired by nature. Andrade sought to create "democratic art" that dispensed with the need for elite aesthetic education or intricate explanations. As a result, her accessible and appealing compositions were often repurposed for commercial art and...

Still life celebrates the commonplace. But in these simple objects we invest meaning--meaning that can be culturally specific but also universal. From the seventeenth century onward in Europe, a shared visual language developed around the practice of still life painting. In early nineteenth century America, artists adapted established formats to suit new circumstances. Drawing examples from three American and one French museum, this catalogue traces the development of American still life painting and its European precedents. American Enounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life is...

..".profound scholarly reflections on the distributed effects of Alfred Gell's endeavor to identify an anthropological theory of ...a captivating pendant piece to Gell's original publication. Itis not meant as a guidebook to understanding Gell's work; rather it is a collection of complex studies that capture distinct engagements with Gell's ideas around an anthropology of art." - Material World

"Chua and Elliott have pulled together an excellent volume to address a real problem in the interdisciplinary discussions of art... While I think the volume is most useful for those teaching...

With contribiutions Francesco Bandarin, Minja Yang and Mechthild Rossler

This publication is the fourth in the Heritage Studies series and aims to reflect upon the many dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development within the Heritage Studies discourse. Sustainability as a concept and sustainable development as a goal are presented in official policies within UNESCO's understanding of heritage, in its paradigmatic reflections and in the diversity of theories and methods, including many different and sometimes conflicting understandings of sustainability within this...

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) ist vor allem als Erfinder der Fotografie bekannt. Basierend auf neuen Quellen wird die Leistung Talbots hier erstmals im Hinblick auf sein Gesamtoeuvre untersucht. Dies ermoglicht neue Interpretationen seiner Fotografien, die die Autorin primar als Hilfsmittel fur seine vielfaltigen wissenschaftlichen Interessen und somit als Teil eines epistemischen Gedankengebildes versteht.
Da Talbot selbst mageblich an der Entzifferung von Keilschriften beteiligt war, propagierte er zunachst den Einsatz des Mediums im Museum und in der Archaologie. Als er...

A publishing collaboration between Gagosian Gallery and Phaidon.

An in‐depth study of painters and photographers studios with examples from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Introductory essays and catalogue entries on individual works by two experts in their respective fields John Elderfield forA"In the Studio: Paintings"Aand Peter Galassi forA"In the Studio: Photographs."

An invaluable and unprecedented art historical resource that will also appeal to a general audience.

The slipcased two‐book set accompanies simultaneous exhibitions, one each on...

From the fifteenth century onwards, as European explorers sailed forth on grand voyages of discovery, their encounters with exotic plants and animals fanned intense scientific interest. Scholars began to examine nature with fresh eyes, and pioneering artists transformed the way nature was seen and understood. In Amazing Rare Things, renowned naturalist and documentary-maker David Attenborough joins with expert colleagues to explore how artists portrayed the natural world during this era of burgeoning scientific interest.

The book focuses on an exquisite selection of...