Art History category: 15294 books
by Lyudmila Milyayeva
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
This book analyses the evolution of iconic art from its beginning in Byzantium to the time of the Russian Empire. Icons are a fundamental element in the history of art, and it is therefore crucial to understand how this form of expression began and how it developed over centuries. Icons are discussed...
by Natalia Voinova
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Art - History of Art, grade: 2.1, , language: English, abstract: Science fiction is always political as it has the power to stage contemporary problems through the lens of impossible events, it imagines theoretical futures out of present issues. The...
The Amorous Heart
An Unconventional History of Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol from scripture and tapestry to T-shirts and text messages, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquity
The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy...
by Valentyn Moiseienko
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
This research album through many illustrations shows history of most frequent symbols on traditional Ukrainian embroidered clothing.
Early Illustrated Books
A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Early Illustrated Books: A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries written by Alfred W. Pollard who was an English bibliographer. This book was published in 1927. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original...
Patron Saints
Five Rebels Who Opened America to a New Art 1928-1943
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
This lively work of cultural history tells the stories of five young art patrons who, in the last 1920s and 1930s, were instrumental in bringing modern painting, sculpture, and dance to America. A combination of wealth, Harvard education privilege, and family connections enabled Lincoln Kirstein,...
Art, Nature, and Religion in the Central Andes
Themes and Variations from Prehistory to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
From prehistory to the present, the Indigenous peoples of the Andes have used a visual symbol system—that is, art—to express their sense of the sacred and its immanence in the natural world. Many visual motifs that originated prior to the Incas still appear in Andean art today, despite the onslaught...
Homemade Esthetics
Observations on Art and Taste
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2000
Thanks to his unsurpassed eye and his fearless willingness to take a stand, Clement Greenberg (1909 1994) became one of the giants of 20th century art criticism a writer who set the terms of critical discourse from the moment he burst onto the scene with his seminal essays Avant Garde and Kitsch (1939)...
The Freak-garde
Extraordinary Bodies and Revolutionary Art in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges capitalism from within. The Freak-garde traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney...
by Bill Manley
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
An insightful volume delving into the enduringly compelling art of ancient Egypt, from a new historical perspective
The art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Among the great creative achievements of ancient Egypt...
A Town Built to Build Ships
The History of Pembroke Dock
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
The story of Pembroke Dock is one of triumph and disaster, of hope and terrible failure. Nearly three hundred ships were built in the yards, including some of the most powerful ships in Queen Victoria's navy - as well as four famous Royal Yachts. Then in 1926, the dockyard was suddenly closed, leaving...
Picturing the Proletariat
Artists and Labor in Revolutionary Mexico, 1908–1940
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
In the wake of Mexico’s revolution, artists played a fundamental role in constructing a national identity centered on working people and were hailed for their contributions to modern art. Picturing the Proletariat examines three aspects of this artistic legacy: the parallel paths of organized labor...
Mirror Affect
Seeing Self, Observing Others in Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
For decades, contemporary artworks with reflective properties have stimulated public forms of spectatorship. According to Cristina Albu, these artworks, which can include elements such as mirrors, live video feedback, or sensors, draw attention to affective interdependence and mechanisms of social control. In...
Refiguring the Spiritual
Beuys, Barney, Turrell, Goldsworthy
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
Mark C. Taylor provocatively claims that contemporary art has lost its way. With the art market now mirroring the art of finance, many artists create works solely for the purpose of luring investors and inspiring trade among hedge funds and private equity firms. When art is commodified, corporatized,...