Ähnlichkeit ist ein zentrales, doch theoretisch oft marginalisiertes ästhetisch-epistemologisches Paradigma, das Literatur-, Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften aktuell vermehrt in den Blick nehmen.
Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon-and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselvesIn The Entanglement, philosopher Alva Noe explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, arguing that we have greatly underestimated what this entangled reality means for understanding human nature.
Within this book, Gray argues that moments of profound existential importance are given to us in the presence of Art, and that such moments are important motivators in our personal, civic, and moral lives.
Within this book, Gray argues that moments of profound existential importance are given to us in the presence of Art, and that such moments are important motivators in our personal, civic, and moral lives.
This is the first English-language account of the modern history of China's art market that explains the radical transformations from the end of the Cultural Revolution, when a market for art and artifacts did not exist, to today.
This is the first English-language account of the modern history of China's art market that explains the radical transformations from the end of the Cultural Revolution, when a market for art and artifacts did not exist, to today.
The novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and the painter Harry Weinberger engaged in over twenty years of close friendship and intellectual discourse, centred on sustained discussion of the practice, teaching and morality of art.
How does a visual artist manage to narrate a story, which has a sequential and therefore temporal progression, using a static medium consisting solely of spatial sign elements and, what is more, in a single image?
Unlike traditional textbooks, which leave students without a clear understanding of the different tenses and moods, the Collins College Outline for Spanish Grammar is organized conceptually, explaining in detail subjunctive and imperative moods, passive voice, negatives, idioms, and the rules of accentuation.
Religion and Contemporary Art sets the theoretical frameworks and interpretive strategies for exploring the re-emergence of religion in the making, exhibiting, and discussion of contemporary art.
Religion and Contemporary Art sets the theoretical frameworks and interpretive strategies for exploring the re-emergence of religion in the making, exhibiting, and discussion of contemporary art.
Shortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-FictionSurviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the fin-de-si cle and interwar periods both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit.
Shortlisted for the Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Non-FictionSurviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the fin-de-si cle and interwar periods both the renowned cultural luminaries and their many anonymous coreligionists all share a striking sartorial detail: the tailored suit.
The emergence of a master artist alongside his first major collection, created during a golden age of art in the nations capitalRenowned for his innovative work with silkscreen printing, Lou Stovalls works are part of numerous collections, including the National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Phillips Collection.
This book broadens the discussion of pottery and china in the Victorian era by situating them in the national, imperial, design reform, and domestic debates between 1840 and 1890.
This book broadens the discussion of pottery and china in the Victorian era by situating them in the national, imperial, design reform, and domestic debates between 1840 and 1890.
In Insignificant Things Matthew Francis Rarey traces the history of the African-associated amulets that enslaved and other marginalized people carried as tools of survival in the Black Atlantic world from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.
Continuing her feminist reconceptualisation of the ways we can experience and study the visual arts, world renowned art historian and cultural analyst, Griselda Pollock proposes a series of new encounters through virtual exhibitions with art made by women over the twentieth century.
Continuing her feminist reconceptualisation of the ways we can experience and study the visual arts, world renowned art historian and cultural analyst, Griselda Pollock proposes a series of new encounters through virtual exhibitions with art made by women over the twentieth century.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWATERSTONES' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORYThe boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.
This volume challenges existing notions of what is "e;Indian,"e; "e;Southeast Asian,"e; and/or "e;South Asian"e; art to help educators present a more contextualized understanding of art in a globalized world.
Jürgen Kaumkötter zeigt, welche große Bedeutung das als "Selbstbildnis mit Judenpass" bekannt gewordene Werk von Felix Nussbaum für die Holocaust-Kunst hat.
Die Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Symbolforschung hat in diesem Band die Ergebnisse der vier Tagungen 2018 bis 2021, deren Themenbereiche einander bestens ergänzen, zusammengestellt.
This edited collection examines art resulting from cross-cultural interactions between Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous people, from the British invasion to today.
Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing.
Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing.
Enriching the existing scholarship on this important exhibition, Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today (1950-53), this book shows the dynamic role art, specifically sculpture, played in constructing both Italian and American culture after World War II (WWII).
This book is the first critical interdisciplinary examination in English of Italian women's contributions to intellectual, artistic, and cultural production in modern Italy.
Enriching the existing scholarship on this important exhibition, Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today (1950-53), this book shows the dynamic role art, specifically sculpture, played in constructing both Italian and American culture after World War II (WWII).
This book examines the ways in which women in the contemporary Middle East and North Africa have re-imagined revolutionary discourses through creativity and collective action as a means of resistance.
Comedy in Crises provides a novel contribution to an emerging comedy studies field, offering a fresh approach and understanding toward both the motivation and reception of humour in diverse contemporary art contexts.
