History

It is a commonplace of modern scholarship that the Athenians hated and despised the Persians, but the claims of contempt are disproved by the evidence of archaeology, epigraphy, iconography and literature, all of which reveal some facet of Athenian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735278421Author Marin F. HansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 175Imprint International Quilt MuseumPublisher International Quilt Museum

The first investigation of how race and gender shaped the presentation and marketing of Modernist decor in postwar AmericaIn the world of interior design, mid-century Modernism has left an indelible mark still seen and felt today in countless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783906915098Author Richard JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hauser & WirthPublisher Hauser & WirthWeight(grams) 2699gDimensions(mm) 284mm * 246mm...

The most famous designs of the twentieth century are not those in museums, but in the marketplace. The Coca-Cola bottle and the McDonald's logo are known all over the world, and designs like the modernistic `Frankfurt Kitchen' of 1926, or the 1954...

Using an interdisciplinary approach that also considers legal, literary, and religious documents of the period, Magali Carrera focuses on eighteenth-century portraiture and casta paintings to understand how the people and spaces of New Spain were...

Empires of Vision brings together pieces by some of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of visual culture studies and the history of European imperialism. The essays and excerpts focus on the paintings, maps, geographical surveys,...

The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca artThe most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a...

This book maps key moments in the history of postwar art from a global perspective. The reader is introduced to a new globally oriented approach to art, artists, museums and movements of the postwar era (1945-70). Specifically, this book bridges the gap...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955047848Author Lesley YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Cornerhouse PublicationsPublisher Cornerhouse Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692807040Author Angel Rafael ColonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint AR ColonPublisher AR ColonWeight(grams) 410g

When and why did large-scale exhibitions of Old Master paintings begin, and how have they evolved through the centuries? In this book an eminent art historian examines the intriguing history and significance of these international art exhibitions...

One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, A Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912554614Author Philippe CordezFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1542gDimensions(mm) 284mm...

Picturing Kingship presents the first comprehensive art-historical study of the personal prayerbook of King Louis IX. The book approaches the St. Louis Psalter through a rich range of perspectives and methodologies and positions it within the contexts of...

Paul Klee-one of the preeminent artists of the twentieth century-was associated with all of the major movements of the first half of the century: expressionism, cubism, surrealism, and abstraction. In this economic and political history, O. K...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865653788Author John E. BowltFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Vendome PressPublisher Vendome Press

New Ways: The Founding of Modernism features the rise during the interwar period of a group of engineers, architects, sculptors, ceramicists, artists, furniture-makers, craftsmen and patrons to the forefront of British art and design. Important to the...

In 1970 photography curator Peter C. Bunnell organized an exhibition called Photography into Sculpture for the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The project, which brought together twenty-three photographers and artists from the United States and Canada,...

How have two-dimensional images of ancient Greek vases shaped modern perceptions of these artefacts and of the classical past? This is the first scholarly volume devoted to the exploration of drawings, prints, and photographs of Greek vases in modernity...

In May 1950 Isamu Noguchi (1904-88) returned to Japan for his first visit in 20 years. He was, Noguchi said, seeking models for evolving the relationship between sculpture and society-having emerged from the war years with a profound desire to reorient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788129150431Author Rima HoojaFormat PaperbackPage Count 900Imprint Rupa & CoPublisher Rupa & Co

An important new examination of Islamic themes in the art of Albrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürer’s depictions of Muslim figures and subjects are considered by many to be among his most perplexing images. This confusion arises from the assumption that the artist...

Baroque art flourished in seventeenth-century Seville during a tumultuous period of economic decline, social conflict, and natural disasters. This volume explores the patronage that fueled this frenzy of religious artistic and architectural activity and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262527620Author Devin ForeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913029531Author Yves MettlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Urbanomic Media LtdPublisher Urbanomic Media Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545648Author Amanda WasielewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

With this book, Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen brings a new formal and conceptual rubric to the study of turn-of-the-century modernism, transforming our understanding of the era's canonical works. Butterfield-Rosen analyzes a hitherto unexamined formal...

Winner, 2022 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show in the Scholarly Illustrated Category A significant contribution on the development and aftermath of post-World War II Concretism in Brazil Form and Feeling features a...

What does it mean for a sculpture to be described as 'organic' or a diagram of 'morphological forces'? These were questions that preoccupied Modernist sculptors and critics in Britain as they wrestled with the artistic implications of biological...

Baroque between the Wars is a fascinating and new account of the arts in the twenties and thirties. We often think of this time as being dominated by modernism, yet the period saw a dialogue between modern baroque - eclectic, playful, camp, open to...

The redecoration of the exhibition spaces at the Borghese palace and villa, undertaken together with the reinstallation of the family's vast art collections, was one of the most important events in the cultural life of eighteenth-century Rome. In this...

This volume addresses the question of the relation between sculpture and coins-or large statuary and miniature art-in the private and public domain. It originates in the Harvard Art Museums 2011 Ilse and Leo Mildenberg interdisciplinary symposium...

This edited collection explores a subject of great potential for both art historians and museologists - that of the nature of the specimen and how it might be reinterpreted. Through its cross-disciplinary contributions, written by a team of art...

This book examines contemporary artistic practices since 1990 that engage with, depict, and conceptualize history. Examining artworks by Kader Attia, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji, Michael Blum, Matthew Buckingham, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki and Andrei...

Under the Skin: Feminist Art and Art Histories from the Middle East and North Africa Today is set out to show what is beneath the surface, under the appearances of skin, body, colour and provenance, and not the cultural fixities or partial views detached...

Curating Dramaturgies investigates the transformation of art and performance and its impact on dramaturgy and curatorship. Addressing contexts and processes of the performing arts as interconnecting with visual arts, the volume features interviews with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627951050Author David WadeFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Shelter Harbor PressPublisher Shelter Harbor Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262600668Author Amelia JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 726g

During the years 1627 and 1628, Charles I of England purchased the cream of the Gonzaga art collection, belonging to the dukes of Mantua, in what would become the greatest art deal of the 17th century. Among the treasures sold were ancient statues and...