Art History category: 15294 books
by Rosario (Chary) Castro-Marín, Emilio Ichikawa Morín
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Charys visual expression reveals simultaneously her displacement from and re-encounter with a nation that is marked by a long history of dispossession and cultural intermixing. Her art can perhaps be best understood in the context of the Cuban avant-garde movement, which, in turn, resonates against...
Fighting Colors
The Creation of Military Aircraft Nose Art
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrews a sense of pride in ""their war bird."" This comprehensive volume covers the technical aspect on how nose art was applied to vintage...
The Art of Awakening
A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
A presentation on the Tibetan Buddhist path to enlightenment, through the lens of an artist's eye and experience.
The sacred arts play an essential, intrinsic role in Tibetan Buddhist practice. Here, one of the great practitioners and master artists of our time presents a guide to the Tibetan...
by Kristine Kolrud, Marina Prusac
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The phenomenon of iconoclasm, expressed through hostile actions towards images, has occurred in many different cultures throughout history. The destruction and mutilation of images is often motivated by a blend of political and religious ideas and beliefs, and the distinction between various kinds...
Wonder Beyond Belief
On Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
What happens when one of Germany’s most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Kermani is awestruck by a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and wonder, the irrational and the unfathomable, the deeply human and the divine...
by Lee M. Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Artistic representations were of significant value to early Christian communities. In Christ the Miracle Worker in Early Christian Art, Lee Jefferson argues that images provided visual representations of vital religious and theological truths crucial to the faithful and projected concepts beyond the...
Mosaics in the Medieval World
From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context....
by O. du Sartel
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
The art of porcelain manufacturing is linked closely to China and its history, appearing in the 7th century when it became an important symbol of royalty or high status. The masterpieces of the genre featured in this book range from simple tea bowls and fantastic vases to hair ornaments, figurines...
The Experimenters
Chance and Design at Black Mountain College
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2014
In the years immediately following World War II, Black Mountain College, an unaccredited school in rural Appalachia, became a vital hub of cultural innovation. Practically every major artistic figure of the mid-twentieth century spent some time there: Merce Cunningham, Ray Johnson, Franz Kline, Willem...
Palace of Culture
Andrew Carnegie's Museums and Library in Pittsburgh
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one of the world’s great philanthropists. As a boy, he witnessed the benevolence of a businessman who lent his personal book collection to laborer’s apprentices. That early experience inspired Carnegie to create the “Free to the People” Carnegie Library in...
The Island of Lace
Drawn Threadwork on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2019
Nicknamed the “Island of Lace,” the Caribbean island of Saba is the smallest special municipality in the Netherlands. Folklorist Eric A. Eliason, at the behest of the president of the Saba Lace Ladies’ Foundation and Saba’s director of tourism, traveled to the island with the intent to document...
Asmat Art
Woodcarvings of Southwest New Guinea
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Asmat Art features the world renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New Guinea
This book presents a full range of Asmat woodcarving art, but emphasizes the rare early shields and figure sculptures. Drums, canoe prowheads and the larger, more...
by Melvin Jahss, Dalby
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The most comprehensive book covering Japanese inro and netsuke this book an in-depth guide to Japanese miniature laquer art.
Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art is designed both for the novice in Japanese lacquer art and for the advanced collector who specializes in such...
by Christina Riggs
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the architecture of Egyptian temples and pyramids has attracted tourists to Egypt for centuries. But what did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people...