933円 WIth full-color illustrations throughout From the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn and one of our most acclaimed cultural critics, here is an enthralling journey through Western art’s defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas’s...

675円 Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture and the other visual arts. In this Very Short Introduction, Dana Arnold presents an introduction to the issues, debates, and artefacts that make up art history. Beginning with a consideration of what art histo...

12,478円 Politically and militarily powerful, early modern Scandinavia played an essential role in the development of Central European culture from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. In this volume, Kristoffer Neville shows how the cultural ambitions of Denmark and Sweden were inextricably bound to ...

7,739円 Lorca, Bunuel and Dali were, in their respective fields of poetry and theatre, cinema, and painting, three of the most imaginative creative artists of the twentieth century; their impact was felt far beyond the boundaries of their native Spain. But if individually they have been examined by many,...

9,948円 Liberalism, Nationalism and Design Reform in the Habsburg Empire is a study of museums of design and applied arts in Austria-Hungary from 1864 to 1914. The Museum for Art and Industry (now the Museum of Applied Arts) as well as its design school occupies a prominent place in the study. The book a...

1,100円 Who the Hell is Erwin Panofsky? looks not only at Panofsky the person, but also at a defining moment in art history – where one man brought together several existing approaches to evaluating art and added powerful new ones of his own. This book brings the man and his times to life, before deciphe...

10,280円 This collection of essays by major scholars in the field explores how the rich intersections between Italy and Spain during the early modern period resulted in a confluence of cultural ideals. Various means of exchange and convergence are explored through two main catalysts: humansーtheir trips o...

14,292円 “The Spanish Element in Our Nationality” delves beneath the traditional “English-only” narrative of U.S. history, using Spain’s participation in a series of international exhibitions to illuminate more fully the close and contested relationship between these two countries. Written histories invar...

450円 In "The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq," John Galt offers a meticulous biography of the famed American artist Benjamin West, who played a crucial role in the transition of art in Britain and America during the 18th century. Galt employs a narrative style rich with detail, blending...

300円 In 'Stained Glass Tours in France', Charles Hitchcock Sherrill offers an immersive exploration of the rich tapestry of stained glass artistry across France, inviting readers on a journey through historical churches and cathedrals. The book is characterized by Sherrill's meticulous attention to de...

310円 In "Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte" präsentiert Anton Springer ein umfassendes und systematisches Werk, das die Entwicklung der Kunst von der Antike bis zur Moderne detailliert untersucht. Der literarische Stil ist geprägt von einer klaren, präzisen Sprache, die es dem Leser ermöglicht, komplexe Zu...

310円 In "Belgiens Volkscharakter, Belgiens Kunst" entführt Ernst Wilhelm Bredt den Leser in die tiefgründige Analyse des belgischen Volksgeistes und seiner kulturellen Ausdrucksformen. Bredt verbindet sorgfältige ethnografische Beobachtungen mit einem eleganten, essayistischen Stil, der das Wesen der ...