How artists at the turn of the twentieth century broke with traditional ways of posing the bodies of human figures to reflect modern understandings of human consciousness.
Los ensayos reunidos en Crítica cultural entre política y poética fueron escritos, en su mayoría, al calor de acontecimientos traumáticos cuyos ecos aún resuenan en el presente.
Istoria ne-a demonstrat că imaginile erotice, fie ele acceptate sau respinse, au scos în evidenţă idei noi ale erotismului, aşa cum se poate observa şi în reproducerile din această carte.
Laura Malosetti Costa se ocupa aquí del retrato como soporte de la memoria afectiva y la idealización o deformación caricaturesca de ciertos personajes públicos a lo largo del tiempo, en su doble dimensión de arte y documento.
Migrating the Black Body explores how visual mediafrom painting to photography, from global independent cinema to Hollywood movies, from posters and broadsides to digital media, from public art to graphic novelshas shaped diasporic imaginings of the individual and collective self.
A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time.
Intersecting art, science and the scenographic mise-en-sc ne, this book provides a new approach to anatomical drawing, viewed through the contemporary lens of scenographic theory.
La efigie de una joven indígena –que aparece tanto en monedas como en grabados, pinturas y otras producciones visuales desde el siglo XV hasta nuestros días– condensa dos sentidos políticos y culturales muy diferentes.
The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (18521925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard Munch.
From early photographs of disfigured slaves to contemporary representations of bullet-riddled rappers, images of wounded black men have long permeated American culture.
Was sagen die abertausenden Bilder von BHs und Unterwäsche an perfekten Körpern, die wir täglich auf unzähligen Plakaten und in Magazinen sehen, über unsere Gesellschaft aus?
The image most indelibly linked to the term Pin-Up Girl is a busty, longlegged, beautiful woman posing provocatively on calendars, posters, and in magazines primarily during the World War II years, most often in the U.
Due to popular demand, the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author, Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, is back with a second collection of 'ultra realistic' pet portraits.
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Durer's depictions of human diversity, focusing particularly on his depictions of figures from outside his Western European milieu.
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Durer's depictions of human diversity, focusing particularly on his depictions of figures from outside his Western European milieu.
A cultural history of the face in Western art, ranging from portraiture in painting and photography to film, theater, and mass mediaThis fascinating book presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media.
Commonly known as the "e;Arnolfini Wedding"e; or "e;Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride,"e; Jan van Eyck's double portrait, painted in 1434, is probably the most widely recognized panel painting of the fifteenth century.
Este é mais uma obra em que analiso obras de artes, lógico que com um olhar de reflexão e na qual tiro as minhas impressões pessoais e também trago informações de outros admiradores e especialistas.
"Hemos creído de la mayor oportunidad, con motivo de los 360 años de la fundación del Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, publicar este texto, editado inicialmente por la Academia Colombiana de Historia y que hoy se encuentra agotado, por cuanto con el rigor propio de su autor se narran en él todos los hechos que condujeron a dotar a nuestar institución de ese símbolo fundacional, grato a propios y extraños.
El corazón de los Yoga Sûtras es un estudio de la esencia filosófica del yoga: los Yoga Sûtras de Patañjali, 196 aforismos, concisos e ilustrativos, que constituyen el fundamento de la ancestral filosofía del yoga.
La representación del cuerpo humano es uno de los géneros artísticos más estimulantes y fascinantes, pero también uno de los más difíciles de resolver.
El retrato es una acción casi mágica por medio de la cual el artista establece una sorprendente relación de semejanza entre un conjunto de pinceladas y trazos, más o menos acertados, y un personaje real; se convierte así en una metáfora visual capaz de capturar sus rasgos externos e internos más característicos, aquellos que lo distinguen de las demás personas.
