The Arts: treatments and subjects

This interdisciplinary collection of essays brings together scholars in the fields of art history, theatre, visual culture, and literature to explore intersections between the European avant-garde (c.

In April 1968, ten months after the Arab defeat of the 1967 June War, Aref El-Rayess's Dima?

Though None Go With Me is a series of observations and challenges as seen through the eyes of a Maine pastor on his first trip to India.

We are living in the Golden Age of Data Visualization.

This book examines early modern drama's depiction of non-standard forms of masculinity grounded in superficiality, inauthenticity, affectation, and the display of the extravagantly clothed body.

A silent crisis has been taking place for some time now: an ongoing eclipse in mission, whereby our understanding of what it is has been obscured by the idols of our Christian passions and biblical perspectives.

In this first study of art, law, and the legislator, Jonathan Ribner provides a revealing look at French art from 1789 to 1848, the period in which constitutional law was established in France.

The essential guide to successfully designing, conducting and reporting primatological research.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt founded the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, newspapers relating to the organization were launched almost immediately.

Marginal to Mainstream: French Modernism Between the Wars traces the near-miraculous progress of modern art in France in the first half of the twentieth century.

Explores China''s rich visual culture from the founding of the People''s Republic of China in 1949 to the present day.

A cornerstone introduction for the study of ancient Egypt, with an overview of geography, history, society, religion and culture.

Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought.

The triumph of avant-gardes in the 1920s tends to dominate our discussions of the music, art, and literature of the period.

A thrilling account of treachery, loyalty and martyrdom in Elizabethan England from an exceptional new writer.

The appreciation of nature and natural beauty demands our attention as environmental issues become ever more urgent.

How the medieval study of ancient bronzes influenced the production of knowledge and the making of things in East Asia.

This research project investigates the concepts of absence across the disciplines of theatre, visual art, and performance.

Woher kommt das Ultramarinblau?

This book explores the effects of the Instagram platform on the making and viewing of art.

One of the most distinctive voices in mainstream comics since the 1970s, Howard Chaykin (b.

Die Bruegels – allen voran Pieter der Ältere, zusammen mit seinen Söhnen Pieter („Höllenbruegel“) und Jan („Samt- oder Blumenbruegel“) – sind die bedeutendste flämische Malerfamilie.

Vince has provided a useful and, for the most part, usable reference work.

This book analyzes recent artistic and activist projects in order to conceptualize the new roles and goals of a critical theory and practice of art and photography.

This edited collection sets forth a new understanding of aesthetic-moral judgment organized around three key concepts: pleasure, reflection, and accountability.

Liang Fa holds a unique place in the history of Christianity in China.

Bringing together an international team of scholars, this book offers new perspectives on the impact that the Bauhaus and its teaching had on a wide range of artistic practices.

'One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress'Karl LagerfeldNinety years after Vogue dubbed Coco Chanel's simple short black 'Ford' dress 'the frock that all the world will wear', Chloe Fox celebrates the best LBDs in Vogue Essentials: Little Black Dress.

Explores contemporary art that challenges deadly desires for mastery and dominion.

Richly illustrated, this is the first study in English to explore the longevity of Orientalist art in Spain over a period of 120 years.

Die kunstwissenschaftliche Perspektivierung auf Heiner Müllers Werk lässt gänzlich neue Bezugssysteme und Lesarten zu und widmet sich der Erforschung bislang wenig erschlossener Dimensionen seines Gesamtkunstwerks.

This hands-on workbook has been designed for two kinds of people: those who have a deep desire to serve God overseas and those who want to help them.

The long-awaited biography of one of Canada's most intriguing and beguiling artists.

Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms.

This volume contains a translation of four early manuscripts by Alfred Schutz, unpublished at the time, written between 1924 and 1928.

In Working South, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures in exquisite detail the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from across ten states in the American South with sensitivity and reverence for her subjects.

I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and painting is in the very marrow of my bones The life of Van Gogh has gone down in legend as the archetypal artist's existence.

Paul Klee gehört zu den Künstlern, die sich nur schwerlich einer bestimmten kunstgeschichtlichen Bewegung zuordnen lassen.

Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves.

Looks at the politics of the Catholic Church during a turbulent period in central MozambiqueThis book is concerned with the internal diversity and complexity of the Roman Catholic Church.

The seventh installment in the EMS series provides presentations originally given at meetings held in November 1998.

Cities are synonymous with the production and consumption of culture.