History of art Books
Cambridge University Press Homer and the Artists Text and Picture in Early Greek Art
Book SynopsisThis is a book about Homer, myth and art. The Iliad and Odyssey so dominate our view of ancient Greece that our natural reaction on viewing certain works of early Greek art is to identify them as 'scenes from Homer'. However, Anthony Snodgrass argues that, so far from 'illustrating' the Homeric poems, these works very rarely show signs of acquaintance with the Iliad or Odyssey, seldom even choosing their subject-matter from them. When the subjects do overlap, the artists occasionally give positive signs of preferring a non-Homeric version of the episode. He then attempts to explain why this should be so: despite Homer's unique standing in antiquity, the artists inhabited an independent world, where their own inspirations and concerns dominated their production. It is only the traditional dominance of the literary study of antiquity which has hidden this from us.Trade Review'Snodgrass's bid for the independence and artistic quality of the Geometric painter is closely argued and outlined with a scholarly eye for detail and a characteristic clarity of expression which makes it comprehensible to expert and non-expert alike … undoubtedly a radical reinterpretation, he has valuably opened up the discussion of this difficult but vital period in Greek art.' Art HistoryTable of Contents1. The prestige of Homer; 2. Learning to read in the dark; 3. The Geometric artist reassessed; 4. Beyond the Geometric; 5. The inscribed image; 6. The burden of proof; 7. The question of composition in art and in literature; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press The Rhetoric of Power in the Bayeux Tapestry
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Cambridge University Press Signifying Art
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Cambridge University Press Salvador Dalis Art and Writing 19271942 The Metamorphoses of Narcissus
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Cambridge University Press Picturing the Passion in Late Medieval Italy
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Cambridge University Press Art Myth Ritual Classical Greece
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Cambridge University Press The Florentine Academy and the Early Modern State
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Cambridge University Press Watteau and the Cultural Politics of EighteenthCentury France
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Cambridge University Press Art and the Culture of Love in SeventeenthCentury Holland
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Cambridge University Press Art Myth and Ritual in Classical Greece
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Cambridge University Press Rediscovering Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix
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Cambridge University Press Jewish Texts on the Visual Arts
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Cambridge University Press The Arts of Collecting
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Piero della Francesca
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix
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Cambridge University Press Contemporary American Playwrights
Book SynopsisA leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.Trade Review"Bigsby's study helps fill the void in criticism of contemporary American drama and will be useful as introductions to the playwrights for high school students and college undergraduates." Libraries UnlimitedTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. John Guare; 2. Tina Howe; 3. Tony Kushner; 4. Emily Mann; 5. Richard Nelson; 6. Marsha Norman; 7. David Rabe; 8. Paula Vogel; 9. Wendy Wasserstein; 10. Lanford Wilson; Index.
£89.87
Cambridge University Press AngloSaxon Gestures and the Roman Stage 28 Cambridge Studies in AngloSaxon England Series Number 28
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Cambridge University Press Defining the Renaissance Virtuosa
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Cambridge University Press The Language of Images in Roman Art
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Velázquez
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Cambridge University Press The Parthenon Frieze
Book SynopsisThe Parthenon frieze, one of Western civilization's major monuments, has been the subject of intense study for over two hundred years. Most scholarship has sought an overall interpretation of the monument's iconography and therefore neglects the visual language of the sculpture, an essential tool for a full understanding of the narrative. Dr Jenifer Neils's study provides an in-depth examination of the frieze which decodes its visual language, but also analyzes its conception and design, style and content, and impact on the visual arts over time. Unique in its wide-ranging approach, The Parthenon Frieze also brings ethical reasoning to bear on the issue of repatriation as part of the ongoing debate on the Elgin Marbles.Trade Review'… a valuable book that will appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike … The Parthenon Frieze will certainly find a place in many libraries, both institutional and personal, and it establishes high standards for other scholars aspiring to reexamine a significant monument of classical art.' The Classical JournalTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Polis: the context of ritual; Paradeigma: designing the frieze; Techne: carving the frieze; Mimesis: the high classical style; Iconographia: identifying the players; Iconologia: interpreting the frieze; Kleos: the impact of the frieze; Thauma: whose heritage?
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Cambridge University Press The Look of the Past
Book SynopsisAnalysing visual and material culture is central to the historian's craft and The Look of the Past provides a much-needed introduction to the use of artefacts as evidence. Accessibly written and generously illustrated, this textbook develops the skills students need in order to describe, analyse and contextualise images and objects.Trade Review'Few scholars can match Jordanova's ability to further historical practice through precise analysis, originality and thought-provoking questions, and this pioneering publication is a 'how-to' book in the best possible sense. Beautifully illustrated and offering carefully selected bibliographical advice, The Look of the Past significantly enriches the historians' toolbox and throws out rusty remains. A winner!' Ulinka Rublack, author of Dressing Up: Cultural Identity in Renaissance Europe'A master historian of visual culture brings the subject to life, shows its importance to understanding any period of history, and offers concise and compelling guidelines for making sense of how it works. The Look of the Past strikes just the right tone in offering an accessible, wondrously wide-ranging, and intellectually satisfying account of visual objects from handbags to Baroque paintings.' Lynn Hunt, University of California, Los Angeles'A staunchly argued, exceptionally lucid demonstration of the enlightenment, and also pleasure, to be derived from alert, informed, enquiring looking at the myriad artefacts surrounding us. Enlivened by wide-ranging case studies and a provocative choice of illustrations, it is a timely and invaluable resource for students of history and art history alike.' Elizabeth Cowling, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsA handbag?; Introduction; 1. Description and evidence; Essay – a 'sumptuous structure': the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge; 2. Craft, skills and visual intelligence; Essay – 'the jewel of the church': Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa; 3. Periodisation; Essay – photographing 'the family of man'; 4. Audiences and display; Essay – deposits of friendship: Renoir's 1908 portrait of Ambroise Vollard; 5. Comparative analysis; List of reference works.
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Cambridge University Press The Material World of Ancient Egypt
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting the Images of Greek Myths
Book SynopsisIn ancient Greece and Rome textual and pictorial versions of myths coexisted. This 2011 book provides a concise introduction to the interpretation of the images of Greek myths and describes the strategies ancient artists used in order to instruct and persuade.Trade Review'Junker's work is an excellent tool for myth classes, both for undergraduates and graduates, since he stimulates discussion in his text and gives good suggestions for further reading in the bibliography … [This book] leaves the reader with many thoughts that yield a fresh and well- instructed way to view myths depicted in ancient art.' Eric M. Moormann, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of Contents1. Achilles and Patroklos in the Trojan War: an introductory case study; 2. Definitions: myth and mythological image; 3. The production of myths and of mythological images - stages in the historical development; 4. Types of monument and fields of function; 5. Methods; 6. Content and intention.
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Cambridge University Press Romes Cultural Revolution
Book SynopsisDrawing equally on archaeological and literary evidence, this book offers an original interpretation of the fundamental transformations of Rome's society, culture and identity during the period of its imperial expansion. It represents the culmination of a lifetime's work by one of the most important Roman historians alive today.Trade Review'A brilliant analysis of cultural change, by a historian with an unrivalled mastery of both the literary and the archaeological evidence.' Peter Wiseman, University of Exeter'Rome's Cultural Revolution uses the author's deep knowledge of Italy and his involvement with excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum to bring together the material evidence for changes in taste and lifestyle with the literary evidence. The result is a brilliant new analysis of the cultural and social history, not only of later Republican Rome, but of its wider Italian setting.' Fergus Millar, University of Oxford'This is a profound and challenging new look at a decisive period (ca.200 BC to AD 200) in Roman history, the product of years of close study and analysis.' Contemporary Review'Wallace-Hadrill does not waste words. His writing is at all times persuasive and readable.' David J. Newsome, RosettaTable of ContentsPart I. Cultures and Identities: 1. Culture, power and identity; 2. Dress, language and identity; Part II. Building Identities: 3. Roman Italy: between Roman, Greek and local; 4. Vitruvius: building Roman identity; Part III. Knowledge and Power: 5. Knowing the ancestors; 6. Knowing the city; Part IV. The Consumer Revolution: 7. Luxury and the consumer revolution; 8. Waves of fashion; Epilogue: a cultural revolution?
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Cambridge University Press The Architecture of Roman Temples
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Cambridge University Press Before the Bauhaus Architecture Politics and the German State 18901920 Modern Architecture and Cultural Identity
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond
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Cambridge University Press Australian Fashion Unstitched The Last 60 Years
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Cambridge University Press Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture
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Cambridge University Press Material Culture and Social Identities in the Ancient World
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Cambridge University Press Christianity Art and Transformation
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Cambridge University Press Artist and Identity in TwentiethCentury America
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Giotto
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Cambridge University Press Michelangelos Last Judgment
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Cambridge University Press Venices Mediterranean Colonies
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Cambridge University Press Michelangelos Last Judgment
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Cambridge University Press beyondaesthetics
Book SynopsisBeyond Aesthetics brings together philosophical essays addressing art and related issues by one of the foremost philosophers of art at work today. Countering conventional aesthetic theories - those maintaining that authorial intention, art history, morality and emotional responses are irrelevant to the experience of art - NoÃl Carroll argues for a more pluralistic and commonsensical view in which all of these factors can play a legitimate role in our encounter with art works. Throughout, the book combines philosophical theorizing with illustrative examples including works of high culture and the avant-garde, as well as works of popular culture, jokes, horror novels, and suspense films.Trade Review"Beyond Aesthetics is but the latest in a series of important works in which Carroll undertakes to expose the shortcomings of traditional and conventional modes of interpretation and appreciation." Journal of Aesthetic EducationTable of ContentsForeword Peter Kirvy; Introduction; Part I. Beyond Aesthetics: 1. Art and interaction; 2. Beauty and genealogy of art theory; 3. Four concepts of aesthetic experience; Part II. Art, History, and Narrative: 4. Art, practice, and narrative; 5. Identifying art; 6. Historical narratives and the philosophy of art; 7. On the narrative connection; 8. Interpretation, history and narrative; Part III. Interpretation and Intention: 9. Art, intention, and conversation; 10. Anglo-American aesthetics and contemporary criticism: intention and the hermeneutics of suspicion; 11. The intention of fallacy: defending myself; 12. Intention and interpretation: the debate between hypothetical and actual intentionalism; Part IV. Art, Emotion, and Morality: 13. Art, narrative, and emotion; 14. Horror and humor; 15. The paradox of suspense; 16. Art, narrative, and moral understanding; 17. Moderate moralism; 18. Simulation, emotions, and morality; Part V. Alternative Topics: 19. On jokes; 20. The paradox of junk fiction; 21. Visual metaphor; 22. On being moved by nature; 23. Emotion, appreciation, and nature.
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Cambridge University Press Images of Myths in Classical Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press German Encounters with Modernism 18401945
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Cambridge University Press Conrad and Impressionism
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Cambridge University Press Fairies in NineteenthCentury Art and Literature 33 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 33
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Cambridge University Press The Culture of the High Renaissance
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Cambridge University Press German Encounters with Modernism 1840 1945
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Titian
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Cambridge University Press Velazquezs Las Meninas
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Cambridge University Press Text and Picture in AngloSaxon England Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript 31 Cambridge Studies in AngloSaxon England Series Number 31
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