Kategoria BISAC: Art >> History - General

Catalogue for an exhibition of the same name, held at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, in 2008, drawn from the national museums in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum, and private collections.

Though the Drigung Kagyu was one of the most prominent and powerful schools of Tibetan Buddhism during its early period (12th - 14th century), its art is still relatively poorly known, even among Tibetans. With its mother monastery destroyed twice, once in the late 13th century and again during the Great Cultural Revolution, much of the art was lost or dispersed. The iconography of the Drigung School is examined with regard to its three main periods - early, middle, and late - in combination with the distinctive influences of the Sharri, Khyenri, and Driri styles. The book aims elucidate...

In this new monograph, the latest in Phaidon s "Art & Ideas" series, Wayne Franits examines the work of Vermeer within the framework of his times, one of the most intellectually creative periods in this history of art. Written in a lively and accessible style, and incorporating the latest scholarship on the artist, Franits provides fresh insights into many of Vermeer s most famous works, uncovering the creative process behind them and their wealth of meanings."

This volume brings together a range of essays that offer a new perspective on the dynamic history of the museum as a cultural institution in South Asia. It traces the museum from its origin as a tool of colonialism and adoption as a vehicle of sovereignty in the nationalist period, till its role in the present, as it reflects the fissured identities of the post-colonial period.

Ausgehend von der traditionsreichen Berliner Wissenschaftsakademie, ehemals Preuische Akademie der Wissenschaften, wird in diesem Buch auf ungewohnliche Weise groe Wissenschaftsgeschichte erzahlt: Von Leibniz, dem Universalgenie und Akademiegrunder, bis hin zu den renommierten Reprasentanten der Preuischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, seien es Albert Einstein und Max Planck, Lise Meitner und Otto Hahn, Theodor Mommsen und Heinrich von Treitschke oder Ernst von Baer und Adalbert von Chamisso. Durch Doppelportraits, die Zeitgenossen, Weggefahrten oder Konkurrenten miteinander kontrastieren,...