Paintings and painting

Originally published in 1950, this book shows that the religious and ethical values that St.

Originally published in 1950, this book shows that the religious and ethical values that St.

This volume is a groundbreaking discussion of the role of digital media in research on ancient painting, and a deep reflection on the effectiveness of digital media in opening the field to new audiences.

This volume is a groundbreaking discussion of the role of digital media in research on ancient painting, and a deep reflection on the effectiveness of digital media in opening the field to new audiences.

Italian Painting in the Age of Unification reconstructs the artistic motivations and messaging of three artists-Tommaso Minardi, Francesco Hayez, and Gioacchino Toma-from three distinct regions in Italy prior to, during, and directly following political unification in 1861.

Italian Painting in the Age of Unification reconstructs the artistic motivations and messaging of three artists-Tommaso Minardi, Francesco Hayez, and Gioacchino Toma-from three distinct regions in Italy prior to, during, and directly following political unification in 1861.

This book offers microhistories related to the transnational circulations of impressionism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This book offers microhistories related to the transnational circulations of impressionism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors.

This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors.

This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in US genre paintings during the second half of the long nineteenth century (c.

This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in US genre paintings during the second half of the long nineteenth century (c.

This book investigates Jimmie Durham's community-building process of making and display in four of his projects in Europe: Something .

This book investigates Jimmie Durham's community-building process of making and display in four of his projects in Europe: Something .

This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.

This interdisciplinary study examines painted portraiture as a defining metaphor of elite self-representation in early modern culture.

The work aims at bringing the Persian texts into the study of the arts and technology of the Indo-lranian world - an approach much neglected so far.

The work aims at bringing the Persian texts into the study of the arts and technology of the Indo-lranian world - an approach much neglected so far.

This book examines Theodore Gericault's images of black men, women and children who suffered slavery's trans-Atlantic passage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including his 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa.

This book examines Theodore Gericault's images of black men, women and children who suffered slavery's trans-Atlantic passage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including his 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa.

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Caroline Walker (b.

Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, German writer and artist Unica Z rn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material within psychiatric institutions across Germany and France.

The dominant form of Ottoman pictorial art until the eighteenth century, miniatures have traditionally been studied as reflecting the socio-historical contexts, aesthetic concerns and artistic tastes of the era within which they were produced.

Painting has often been declared dead since the 1960s and yet it refuses to die.

The dominant form of Ottoman pictorial art until the eighteenth century, miniatures have traditionally been studied as reflecting the socio-historical contexts, aesthetic concerns and artistic tastes of the era within which they were produced.

Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, German writer and artist Unica Zürn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material within psychiatric institutions across Germany and France.

Alberto Giacometti's attenuated figures of the human form are among the most significant artistic images of the twentieth century.

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Through the eyes of a creative genius, Journey into Barbary is both an inimitable portrait of Morocco and one of the first truly modern accounts of a country that had for so long remained an enigma to generations of travellers.

Painting has often been declared dead since the 1960s and yet it refuses to die.

Women's painting is undergoing a vibrant revival, yet has been little explored in writing or modern visual culture.

This extraordinary examination of the work of 'colour field' painter Helen Frankenthaler overturns assumptions about the artist, whose work has been burdened by its label as 'the bridge between Pollock and what was possible'.

"e;One of contemporary fiction's most gifted sentence builders"e; Beejay Silcox, GuardianBehind the ornate doors of 30, rue du M tal in Brussels, twenty students begin their apprenticeship in the art of decorative painting - that art of tricksters and counterfeiters, where each knot in a plank of wood hides a secret and every vein in a slab of marble tells a story.

The first full-length critical analysis of the paintings of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, this book focuses on Smith's role as a modernist in addition to her status as a wellknown Native American artist.

Winner of the 2012 Zia Award from New Mexico Press WomenIn 1973 Georgia O'Keeffe employed C.

Taking aim at the mostly male bastion of art theory and criticism, Mira Schor brings a maverick perspective and provocative voice to the issues of contemporary painting, gender representation, and feminist art.

Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-born artist who lived in exile in the United States, was one of the most provocative and complex personalities of the 1970s' artworld.

This study of colonialism and art examines the intersection of visual culture and political power in late-eighteenth-century British painting.

Henry Darger (1892-1973) was a hospital janitor and an immensely productive artist and writer.

Often featuring lighthouses, bridges, or quaint country homes, Thomas Kinkade's soft-focus landscapes have permeated American visual culture during the past twenty years, appearing on everything from Bibles to bedsheets to credit cards.

Between 1940 and 1960, many Native American artists made bold departures from what was considered the traditional style of Indian painting.

Painting Culture tells the complex story of how, over the past three decades, the acrylic "e;dot"e; paintings of central Australia were transformed into objects of international high art, eagerly sought by upscale galleries and collectors.

In My Father's House, the political philosopher Thomas Dumm explores a series of stark and melancholy paintings by the American artist Will Barnet.

In Portrait of a Young Painter, the distinguished historian Mary Kay Vaughan adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s.