Near the end of his life, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) created three colossal candelabra mainly from fragments of sculpture excavated near the Villa Hadriana in Tivoli, two of which are now in the Ashmolean Museum, and one in the Louvre.
Fashioning the Future in Roman Greece: Memory, Monuments, Texts uses literature, inscriptions, art, and architecture to explore the relationship of elite Greeks of the Roman imperial period to time.
The first expert critical treatment of Mormon visual art, featuring over 200 high-quality color illustrationsWinner of the 2024 AML Award for CriticismNearly every major religion has a significant artistic tradition, and religion's relationship with art--sometimes inspirational, sometimes antagonistic, often complex--has generated a substantial body of writing stretching back centuries.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (Kunsthistorisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Die Darstellung der Apokalypse im Mittelalter, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, inwiefern sich der Deutsche Orden im Bildprogramm der drei Handschriften wiederfindet.
Victorian Ethical Optics asks how artists and authors in the Victorian period answer the ethical question of how one should live with others by turning to a more specific one: how should one look at others?
Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Ursprünge der Villenkultur gehen bis in die Antike zurück, in der die Villen als Sommerwohnsitz auf dem Lande die Stadtpaläste des Adels ergänzen.
Victorian Ethical Optics asks how artists and authors in the Victorian period answer the ethical question of how one should live with others by turning to a more specific one: how should one look at others?
Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Universität Münster (Kunstgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Fragestellung für die vorliegende Arbeit kann wie folgt formuliert werden: Mit welchen räumlichen, malerischen und ikonografischen Mitteln setzt Martin Schongauer das Thema des Weltgerichts in Szene?
In Alfredo Jaar, the first critical academic survey devoted to the prominent Chilean-born artist, Florencia San Martin shows how his work takes up mourning, accountability, and failure, offering a new model for how to think about global contemporary art today.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,3, Universität Münster (Institut für Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: Proseminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Gemälden Maja Desnuda und Maja Vestida von Francisco de Goya.
Shakespeare and the Royal Actor argues that members of the royal family have identified with Shakespearean figures at various times in modern history to assert the continuity, legitimacy, and national identity of the royal line.
Shakespeare and the Royal Actor argues that members of the royal family have identified with Shakespearean figures at various times in modern history to assert the continuity, legitimacy, and national identity of the royal line.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der vorliegenden Seminararbeit ist es zu untersuchen, inwiefern Elisabeth I.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 1,0, Universität Regensburg (Kunstgeschichte), Veranstaltung: HS zur Kunstgeschichte des MA (8LP) (31523 Kunst des Sterbens, Kunst des Todes: Todesthemen und Sepulkralskulptur in der Kunst des Spätmittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Obwohl in den letzten Jahren die Zahl der Publikationen rund um den Topos der Totentänze steigt, stellt sich doch die Literatur- und Forschungslage zum Berner Totentanz als relativ überschaubar dar.
Developed out of the aesthetic philosophy of cha-no-yu (the tea ceremony) in fifteenth-century Japan, wabi sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
How scribes of the ancient Maya pictured sound and meaning through inventive hieroglyphic writing that pulsed with vitality and witFor two millennia, the ancestral Maya of Mexico and Central America created a rich legacy of image and text.
A classic introduction to Indian art by acclaimed scholar Heinrich ZimmerIn this landmark study of Indian art and religion, Heinrich Zimmer offers a compelling introduction to the visual language of India's sacred traditions.
A classic introduction to Indian art by acclaimed scholar Heinrich ZimmerIn this landmark study of Indian art and religion, Heinrich Zimmer offers a compelling introduction to the visual language of India's sacred traditions.
How Black painters use color to create meaning, provoke remembrance, stir emotion, and uplift the spiritColor does more than capture a viewer's attention.
For too long, the story of Morecambe's culture has been written by outsiders artists "e;sent down"e; to tell us who we are, as if our own talent wasn't quite "e;good enough.
How Black painters use color to create meaning, provoke remembrance, stir emotion, and uplift the spiritColor does more than capture a viewer's attention.
The second volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian artThe Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of scholarship and photography in two volumes (each sold separately).
A landmark account of how artistic expression arises from the collective unconsciousThis book brings together four essays by analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, who explores the connections between creativity and the unconscious mind.
The second volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian artThe Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of scholarship and photography in two volumes (each sold separately).
A landmark account of how artistic expression arises from the collective unconsciousThis book brings together four essays by analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, who explores the connections between creativity and the unconscious mind.
A panoramic history of Japan's iconic mountain from the Ice Age to the presentMount Fuji is everywhere recognized as a wonder of nature and enduring symbol of Japan.
A panoramic history of Japan's iconic mountain from the Ice Age to the presentMount Fuji is everywhere recognized as a wonder of nature and enduring symbol of Japan.
A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet's family to his artAll families are complicated, but the family of Edouard Manet (18321883) was more complicated than most.
Essay aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, Note: 3,0, Technische Universitat Dresden (Kunstgeschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der kurzen, aber intensiven Phase des Jugendstils (circa 1890-1910) entstand eine neue Auffassung von Kunst und Kunstgewerbe, die als internationales Phanomen die gesamte westliche Kunstszene beeinflusste.
A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet's family to his artAll families are complicated, but the family of Edouard Manet (18321883) was more complicated than most.
Rilke ist auch ein Jahrhundert nach seinem Tod noch eine unverwechselbare Gestalt: durch seine ebenso kunstvolle wie kühne Art zu schreiben, die ihn zu einem der großen Autoren des frühen 20.
Rilke ist auch ein Jahrhundert nach seinem Tod noch eine unverwechselbare Gestalt: durch seine ebenso kunstvolle wie kühne Art zu schreiben, die ihn zu einem der großen Autoren des frühen 20.
A groundbreaking study of one of the most important and influential artists of the postwar periodJoseph Beuys (19211986) was one of the most significant artists of the twentieth centuryand one of the most controversial.
