History of art

Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious offers paradigm-breaking insights into the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of humour and comedy.

This book examines how the Embassy members approached, selected, and represented information, and how, in doing so, they helped to shape European perceptions of China.

This book examines for the first time how ancient Egypt is reflected in early modern Venetian sources.

This volume focuses on artists and writers associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, Scottish Symbolism and the Celtic Revival.

This volume examines the ways in which Scottish identity was expressed through visual and material culture in the early to mid-nineteenth centuries, culminating in Victoria's romanticisation of Scotland, or 'Balmorality'.

This book contends that the development of modern Chinese international thought has been profoundly shaped by the distinctive nature of the Chinese state as a contender state and its global positioning since 1912.

This book investigates how immersive environments, across architecture, art, and media, shape spatial perception, cultural identity, and the construction of reality.

This volume delves into the complex topic of race relations in 1980s Britain by examining the concept of 'whiteness' and how it was portrayed visually in popular art and mass media.

This volume delves into the complex topic of race relations in 1980s Britain by examining the concept of 'whiteness' and how it was portrayed visually in popular art and mass media.

The definitive biography of a transformational American artist and the city that shaped himBarnett Newman (19051970), a founding member of the abstract expressionist movement, was a contemporary of such figures as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still.

'Brings Rolex's incredible story alive like none before it.

Across Mexico, human rights abuses take many forms, as do the strategies designed to denounce and resist them.

Drawing together key areas of cybernetic art practice in the UK and USA, this book assesses British and American cybernetic art as relating to the intersecting field of Behaviourism.

This book explores modern art in India, tracing its evolution from the setting-up of the Progressive Artists Group in the 1940s to the contemporary movements today.

A new volume of essays exploring the on-screen politics and real-world implications of the Marvel Cinematic Universes expansion into the multiverse.

How do ambiances shape our sensory, social, and built environments?

Als Epoche ist Romantik Vergangenheit, als Phänomen bleibt Romantik aktuell.

"Great wits jump" - Originelle Geister vollführen Gedankensprünge: Für Sterne ist dieser Anspruch zugleich seine ästhetische Grundüberzeugung, denn ungewöhnliche Assoziationen können verschüttete oder schamhaft verschwiegene Gedanken blitzartig erhellen.