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Das Lexikon erläutert die zentralen Leitideen, Methoden und Hilfsmittel der Kunstgeschichte bis hin zu jüngsten Forschungsansätzen. In etwa 150 Stichwörtern, z.B. Original, Fälschung, Repräsentation, Kunsthändler, Kunstmarkt, Manierismus, Ende der Kunst, wird dabei auch die wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklung der Disziplin ausführlich dargestellt. Damit steht das Werk außer Konkurrenz. Die Autoren erläutern Begriffe und Theorien aus der Zeit vor der eigentlichen Begründung der Kunstwissenschaft im 19.Jahrhundert, beginnend mit der Antike. Auf diese Weise erfährt der Leser mehr über die historischen Voraussetzungen heutiger Diskussionen über Kunst und erkennt zugleich die Andersartigkeit der damaligen Kunstbetrachtung. Damit unterscheidet sich das unter Mitarbeit von 50 renommierten Kunsthistorikern entstandene Handbuch wesentlich von bisherigen, großenteils personen- und sachkundlich orientierten Nachschlagewerken.

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The art of the Sistine Chapel, decorated by artists who competed with one another and commissioned by popes who were equally competitive, is a complex fabric of thematic, chronological, and artistic references. Four main campaigns were undertaken to decorate the chapel between 1481 and 1541, and with each new addition, fundamental themes found increasingly concrete expression. One theme in particular plays a central role in the chapel: the legitimization of papal authority, as symbolized by two keys-one silver, one gold-to the kingdom of heaven. "The Sistine Chapel: Paradise in Rome" provides a concise, informative account of the decoration of the Sistine Chapel. In unpacking this complex history, Ulrich Pfisterer reveals the remarkable unity of the images in relation to theology, politics, and the intentions of the artists themselves, who included such household names as Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Through a study of the main campaigns to adorn the Sistine Chapel, Pfisterer argues that the art transformed the chapel into a pathway to the kingdom of God, legitimising the absolute authority of the popes. First published in German, the prose comes to life in English in the deft hands of translator David Dollenmayer.

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The visualization of power takes place until today quite significantly via visualizations of the body. Expressed pointedly: there is no power without pictures of the body. This also applies in particular to the European societies of the Middle Ages and early modern period, in which the body of the ruler was both a guarantee and a preferred projection figure for the politicalorder. In this body, not only was power legitimized, but also constituted in the first place by means of countless documents of representation — and thus through pictures of the body in actu.This volume strives for the first time to “spell out” an “iconography of the political in action”.

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One of the most mysterious buildings in the Western hemisphere, King Henri Christophe’s lavish neoclassical palace in the rain forest, enthrones the small Haitian town of Milot. Begun less than a decade after the Haitian Revolution for independence (1804) by the first black African king in the Americas, this massive monument was built to showcase Haiti’s power and self-confidence. Despite its status as UNESCO World Heritage and a tourist attraction, the unusual building has never before been the subject of a study. On the basis of unpublished archival sources and exact photographic documentation, this book is the first to publish detailed information about the genesis this extraordinary architecture and the story of its builder.

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