This study sheds light on an as yet unstudied aspect of the Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA) preeminent role in establishing the definition of the problematic term Latin American art in the United States....Loe edasi...
This edited volume foregrounds new and vital scholarship shaping Scandinavian art historical research on the representations of the natural world....Loe edasi...
Focusing on the period between the beginning of the eighteenth century and the late twentieth century, this edited volume examines the histories of objects, museums, exhibitions, and collections in Portugal or outside Portugal but representing Portu...Loe edasi...
First published in 1928, Colour in Art and Daily Life presents a series of fascinating essays analysing and expounding the beauty of colours, their relationship to one another and to line, surface and form....Loe edasi...
The Architecture of Exhibitions embarks on a comprehensive exploration of creativity and design innovation within exhibition spaces. It describes the fundamental principles of exhibition design, tracing the origins of creativity and considering its...Loe edasi...
Women, Fertility and Maternal Art in Renaissance Florence examines maternity-centered art to reveal womens crucial function in saving Florence from a depopulation catastrophe. It appeals to both students and scholars in field of Art History, Renaiss...Loe edasi...
Art Collecting and Gifts to Museums questions why private collectors donate their collection, or parts of it, to museums and examines what the implications of this gifting process might be....Loe edasi...
This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal role in the cultural history of Australia....Loe edasi...
First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear for the first time on the walls of Moscow and other Soviet cities in the late 1970s. Fully illustrated with over eighty drawings and pho...Loe edasi...
Drawing on history, art history, literary criticism and theory, gender studies, theology and psychoanalysis, this interdisciplinary study analyzes the cultural significance of the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham, through the Middle Ages to the pres...Loe edasi...
This book traces the history of the Annunciation, exploring the deep and lasting impact of the event on the Western imagination. Waller explores the Annunciation from its appearance in Lukes Gospel, to its rise to prominence in religious doctrine an...Loe edasi...
This book explores the multiple resonances and representations of the Arma Christi, the instruments of the Passion, in medieval and early modern culture. From the weapons used to torment and sacrifice the body of Christ sprang a reliquary tradition...Loe edasi...
This book traces an evolution of equine and equestrian art in the United States over the last two centuries to counter conventional understandings of subjects that are deeply enmeshed in the traditions of elite English and European culture....Loe edasi...
This study examines theories of postmodern visuality and representation and identifies concepts that resonate with Orthodox theology and iconography....Loe edasi...
