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Artist in Edo
Studies in the History of Art, Volume 80
Av Yukio Lippit
Inbunden, 2018
670 kr
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During the early modern period in Japan, peace and prosperity allowed elite and popular arts and culture to flourish in Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto. The historic first showing outside Japan of Itō Jakuchū's thirty-scroll series titled Colorful Realm of Living Beings (ca. 1757–66) in 2012 prompted a …
Beauty Born of Struggle
The Art of Black Washington, Volume 83
Inbunden, 2023
702 kr
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A collection of illustrated essays highlights the works of influential Black artists from Washington, DC, from the 1920s to the presentIn a twentieth century during which modern art largely abandoned beauty as its imperative, a group of Black artists from Washington, DC, made beauty the center of …
Boundary Trouble in American Vanguard Art, 1920-2020
Volume 84
Av Lynne Cooke
Inbunden, 2022
702 kr
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A profound examination of the complex constructs that have kept “outsider” and self-taught artists on the margins of the mainstreamThe artists in Boundary Trouble in American Vanguard Art defy binary constructs of insider and outsider. Some are credentialed professionals, others are self-identified …
Hans Holbein
Paintings, Prints and Reception, Volume 60
Av Mark Roskill, John Oliver Hand
Inbunden, 2001
588 kr
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This study brings together leading scholars from Europe and the United States to consider the art of Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543) from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Generously illustrated and based on the most up-to-date research, the book is essential reading for anyone …
Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica
Volume 58
Häftad, 2006
329 kr
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This handsome volume presents the creations of Mesoamerica’s most ancient societies in their archaeological contexts. The Olmec—best known for a unique style of monumental stone head and jade were-jaguar—were based along the Gulf of Mexico but have also been linked to other Mesoamerican …
Circa 1700
Architecture in Europe and the Americas, Volume 66
Inbunden, 2006
517 kr
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The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. This era saw the creation not only of palatial complexes and urban spaces appropriate to autocratic power, but also of essential infrastructure such as roads, ports, and fortifications. In addition, many …
Modernist Museum in Perspective
The East Building, National Gallery of Art, Volume 73
Inbunden, 2009
544 kr
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This fascinating book is the first critical examination of the East Building, I. M. Pei’s celebrated addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Distinguished contributors consider this iconic building from various historical vantage points, from the evolution of its design to its …
Collecting Sculpture in Early Modern Europe
Volume 70
Av Nicholas Penny, Eike D. Schmidt
Inbunden, 2008
544 kr
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Among the precursors of today’s public museums, perhaps the most important are collections of sculpture formed in the early modern era by royal families, aristocratic amateurs, and artists. In this, the first book to survey the practice of collecting sculpture from late medieval times to the 19th …
Romare Bearden, American Modernist
Volume 71
Av Ruth Fine, Jacqueline Francis
Inbunden, 2011
678 kr
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Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was a modernist artist renowned for his experimental and socially conscious works. Bearden is best known for his paintings and collages but also made significant contributions to the fields of printmaking, theatrical design, film, and other visual formats. While …
Dialogues in Art History, from Mesopotamian to Modern
Readings for a New Century, Volume 74
Inbunden, 2009
611 kr
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This spirited and challenging book presents dialogues between eminent art historians on current topics and dilemmas in the field. The essays consider world art of all periods, covering ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, preconquest Mexico and Peru, Islam, China, Japan, Renaissance and baroque Italy, 18th- …
Woodcut in Fifteenth-Century Europe
Volume 75
Inbunden, 2009
746 kr
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More than a generation before the invention of Gutenberg’s celebrated press, the new technology of image printing emerged. In this book, a distinguished group of scholars treats the earliest manifestations of printing in all aspects: technical experimentation, the complex relation of printed books …
Modernism and Landscape Architecture, 1890–1940
Volume 78
Av Therese O'Malley, Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn
Inbunden, 2015
678 kr
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In the period from 1890 to 1940, landscape architects organized as a profession distinct from art and architecture, bringing to the fore a variety of theories and aspirations—to influence urban growth, reinforce national identity, and shape land conservation and land-use planning, among other …
Global Reception of Heinrich Wolfflin's Principles of Art History
Studies in the History of Art, Volume 82
Av Evonne Levy, Tristan Weddigen
Inbunden, 2020
1018 kr
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Can the reception of a single, widely disseminated book offer a historical road map for a global art history? This is the question posed by the editors of this volume of essays, which charts the enduring response to the Swiss art historian Heinrich Wölfflin’s Principles of Art History, first …
