This volume uses the art of Rome to help us understand the radical historical break between the fundamental ancient pre-supposition that there is a natural world or cosmos situating human life, and the equally fundamental modern emphasis on human imagination and its creative power.
The pictorial turn in the humanities and social sciences has foregrounded the political power of images and the extent to which historical, political, social, and cultural processes and practices are shaped visually.
Für die Jahre unmittelbar nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs diagnostiziert die Forschungsliteratur eine Schwerpunktverlagerung des künstlerischen Zentrums westlicher Kunst von Paris nach New York.
Aristoteles hatte die Erregung von Furcht und Mitleid streng begrenzt auf die kathartische Wirkung der Tragödie bezogen: Weder ein Zuviel noch ein Zuwenig an Leid, an Ethos oder an Nähe ist erlaubt, wenn sich die gewünschte Wirkung einstellen soll.
To what extent have developments in global politics, artworld institutions, and local cultures reshaped the critical directions of feminist art historians?
';Recipes for ArtFull Success'; is a comprehensive guide compiled and fully illustrated by two professional educators with a combined total of over 80 years of classroom experience.
Provides an overview of Johann Gottfried Herder''s aesthetics, interpreted as a naturalist theory with transformative historical significance for European philosophy.
In this fascinating work of cultural theory and philosophy, Robert Pfaller explores the hidden cost of our contemporary approach to pleasure, belief and illusion.
Examining the extraordinary influence of Darwin's theory of evolution on French thought from 1875 to 1910, Rae Beth Gordon argues for a reconsideration of modernism both in time and in place that situates its beginnings in the French cafe-concert aesthetic.
Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue celebrates ten years of Ginger Dunnills podcast of the same name and exalts the intersectionality of contemporary artists.
Zwischen den 1830er und 1870er Jahren zeichnete, kritzelte und kleckste der französische Schriftsteller Victor Hugo auf tausenden kleinformatigen Papieren.
Examining the extraordinary influence of Darwin's theory of evolution on French thought from 1875 to 1910, Rae Beth Gordon argues for a reconsideration of modernism both in time and in place that situates its beginnings in the French cafe-concert aesthetic.
Hot Art, Cold War - Northern and Western European Writing on American Art 1945-1990 is one of two text anthologies that trace the reception of American art in Europe during the Cold War era through primary sources.
Croces philosophische Akademieabhandlung von 1893, für die Philosophische Bibliothek erstmals ins Deutsche übertragen, gehört zu den fundamentalen Texten der neueren Geschichtstheorie.
Problematic assumptions which see humans as special and easily defined as standing apart from animals, plants, and microbiota, both consciously and unconsciously underpin scientific investigation, arts practice, curation, education, and research across the social sciences and humanities.
As museums worldwide shuttered in 2020 because of the coronavirus, New York-based cultural strategist Andras Szanto conducted a series of interviews with an international group of museum leaders.
Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established itself in numerous disciplines.
In a struggling global economy, education is focused on core subjects such as language arts and mathematics, and the development of technological and career-readiness skills.
The view from above, or the 'bird's-eye' view, has become so ingrained in contemporary visual culture that it is now hard to imagine our world without it.
Considering how culturally indispensable digital technology is today, it is ironic that computer-generated art was attacked when it burst onto the scene in the early 1960s.
Erasures and Eradications in Modern Viennese Art, Architecture and Design challenges the received narrative on the artists, exhibitions, and interpretations of Viennese Modernism.
There exists a series of contemporary artists who continually defy the traditional role of the artist/author, including Art & Language, Guerrilla Girls, Bob and Roberta Smith, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Lucky PDF.
In 1922, Adolphe Shrager having made his fortune during the First World War, approached the London dealer Basil Dighton for advice on purchasing antique furniture.
