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5 produkter
Visual Culture of Catholic Enlightenment
Inbunden, 2014
1299 kr
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Until relatively recently, most scholars considered the notion of a Catholic enlightenment either oxymoronic or even illusory, since the received wisdom was that the Catholic Church was a tireless and indefatigable enemy of modernist progress. According to Christopher Johns, however, the …
China and the Church
Chinoiserie in Global Context
Inbunden, 2016
447 kr
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This ground breaking study examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Art-historical examinations of …
Antonio Canova and the Politics of Patronage in Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe
E-bok, 1998
357 kr
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The Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) was Europe''s most celebrated artist from the end of the ancien régime to the early years of the Restoration, an era when the traditional relationship between patrons and artists changed drastically. Christopher M. S. Johns''s refreshingly original …
Intimate Interiors
Sex, Politics, and Material Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Bedroom and Boudoir
Av Tara Zanardi, Christopher M. S. Johns
Inbunden, 2023
1384 kr
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Available as an Open Access publication, Intimate Interiors explores how a growing desire for individual expression, the concealment of domestic labor and enslavement, and an increasing appetite for comfort and solace reshaped eighteenth-century interiors. By examining architectural, visual, and …
Intimate Interiors
Sex, Politics, and Material Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Bedroom and Boudoir
Av Tara Zanardi, Christopher M. S. Johns
Häftad, 2024
446 kr
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Available as an Open Access publication, Intimate Interiors explores how a growing desire for individual expression, the concealment of domestic labor and enslavement, and an increasing appetite for comfort and solace reshaped eighteenth-century interiors. By examining architectural, visual, and …
