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  • The Greening of Art

    Shifting Positions Between Art and Nature Since 1965

    by Marga Bijvoet ...
    The Greening of Art describes the shifts in position between art and nature which took place during the past fifty years, to set out re-establishing a new relationship between art and the landscape-environment, and attempt in various ways to re-connect art with nature. From the 1960s onward, when artists went outdoors to explore the environment as extended space of the self, via land reclamation ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art

    by Michelle Facos ...
    Using the tools of the "new" art history (feminism, Marxism, social context, etc.) An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art offers a richly textured, yet clear and logical, introduction to nineteenth-century art and culture. This textbook will provide readers with a basic historical framework of the period and the critical tools for interpreting and situating new and unfamiliar works of art ... Read more

    $155.99 CAD

  • The Gothic: 250 Years of Success. Your Guide to Gothic Literature and Culture

    by A J Blakemont ...
    “If you are looking for a clear and concise guide to all aspects of The Gothic, ranging from literature to architecture, history to visual arts, music to fashion, horror to fantasy, subculture to philosophy, and more besides, then this is for you.”John Nicholls, University of HullWhat is the Gothic? A genre, a style, a movement, a subculture? The Gothic is all of this, and so much more; it is one ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • 149 Paintings You Really Should See in Europe — Rome and Vatican City

    by Julian Porter, Q.C. ...
    This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Rome and the Vatican, including the Sistine Chapel. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he discusses works by masters such as Michelangelo, ... Read more

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  • Wartime Kiss

    Visions of the Moment in the 1940s

    by Alexander Nemerov ...
    Series series Essays in the Arts
    A deeply personal meditation on the haunting power of American photos and films of the 1940sWartime Kiss is a personal meditation on the haunting power of American photographs and films from World War II and the later 1940s. Starting with a stunning reinterpretation of one of the most famous photos of all time, Alfred Eisenstaedt's image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art

    by James Elkins ...
    Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? John Updike calls modern art "a religion assembled from the fragments of our daily life," but does that mean that contemporary art is spiritual? What might it mean to say that the art you make expresses your spiritual belief?On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art explores the curious disconnection between spirituality and current ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Medusa's Gaze

    The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese

    by Marina Belozerskaya ...
    Series series Emblems of Antiquity
    The Tazza Farnese is one of the most admired objects from classical antiquity. A libation bowl carved from banded agate, it features Medusa's head on its outside and, inside, an assembly of Egyptian gods. For more than two millennia, these radiant figures have mesmerized emperors and artists, popes and thieves, merchants and museum goers. In this, the first book-length account of this renowned ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Impressions of Ukiyo-E

    Floating world prints of Japan’s golden age

    by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Dora Amsden ...
    Ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’) is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the collective work of an artist, an engraver, and a printer. Created on account of their low cost thanks to the progression of the technique, they represent daily life, women, actors of kabuki theatre, or even ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • China's Porcelain Capital

    The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of Ceramics in Jingdezhen

    by Dr Maris Boyd Gillette ...
    Maris Boyd Gillette's groundbreaking study tells the story of Jingdezhen, China's porcelain capital, from its origins in 1004 in Song dynasty China to the present day.Gillette explores how Jingdezhen has been affected by state involvement in porcelain production, particularly during the long 20th century. She considers how the Chinese government has consumed, invested in, taxed and managed the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Ornament and European Modernism

    From Art Practice to Art History

    Edited by Loretta Vandi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Art History
    These in-depth, historical, and critical essays study the meaning of ornament, the role it played in the formation of modernism, and its theoretical importance between the mid-nineteenth century and the late twentieth century in England and Germany. Ranging from Owen Jones to Ernst Gombrich through Gottfried Semper, Alois Riegl, August Schmarsow, Wilhelm Worringer, Adolf Loos, Henry van de Velde, ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Vinnie Ream

    An American Sculptor

    by Edward Cooper ...
    An intriguing biography of the American woman sculptor and Civil War–era Washington, DC, fixture.One of America's least known and most controversial women artists of the Civil War era was Vinnie Ream, who sculpted a bust of Abraham Lincoln from life when she was only sixteen years old and had almost no artistic training.She was able, through clever maneuvering and dogged determination, to achieve ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Design Objects and the Museum

    Edited by Joanna Weddell, Ms Liz Farrelly ...
    Design Objects and the Museum brings together leading design historians, curators, educators and archivists to consider the place of contemporary design objects within museums. Contributors draw on a wide range of 20th century and contemporary examples from international museums to consider how design objects have been curated and displayed within and beyond the museum. The book continues ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD