History of Art, Paperback

Description"The authoritative book on the origins, history, and influence of illustration. Bravo " David Brinley, University of Delaware, USAHistor...

Reducere. DescriptionThis engrossing anthology gathers together a remarkable collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. G rard Chaliand has ranged...

Like previous series entries, this volume covers rock art research and management all over the world over a 5-year period, in this case 2015-19. Co...

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DescriptionFor forty years, as New York's Lower East Side went from disinvested to gentrified, residents lived with a wound at the heart of the nei...

Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret ...

Investigates the idea of beauty over time and space. This book offers a chronological account whose conceptual and historical paradigms have been r...

This thought-provoking and original book argues that hyperimages-calculated displays of images on walls or pages-have played a major role in the hi...

Reducere. DescriptionThe phrase 'art therapy' was first coined in 1942, but Susan Hogan's study begins in the latter part of the eighteenth century, when the...

Reducere. "Simply put, Harry Mathias has done it again. "The Death & Rebirth of Cinema" solidifies Mathias's standing as THE great translator of film-to-digi...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Steve (Brunel University) DixonIllustration(s): 235 illus.; 235 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 828Co...

The most detailed set of studies ever on all aspects of one of the most beautifully decorated Egyptian non-royal tombs, new in paperback This lavis...

Reducere. Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500-1577) was arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance. He oversaw the preparation of meals for several Card...

Featuring texts by leading scholars of the history and culture of medieval Armenia, this book offers an in-depth look at its art, trade, and religi...

Prof. Daniel Arsenault, a leading exponent of Canadian Shield rock art, sadly passed away in 2016. This book contains 14 thought-provoking chapters...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Hannah Star RogersIllustration(s): 42 figuresNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 3...

First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age ...

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This is the first book to analyse art from the northern frontier zones of Roman Britain and to interpret the meaning and significance of this art i...

An innovative approach to the study of an under-appreciated topic of the place of art in ancient religion and will be essential reading for researc...

DescriptionArab graphic design emerged in the early twentieth century out of a need to influence, and give expression to, the far-reaching economic...

This edited collection traces the impact of monographic exhibitions on the discipline of art history from the first examples in the late eighteenth...

Ontologies of Rock Art is the first publication to explore a wide range of ontological approaches to rock art interpretation, constituting the basi...

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From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare is full of recreations of fam...

Hans Delbruck's four-volume History of the Art of War is recognized throughout the world as the definitive work on the subject. Appearing in an Eng...

Considers developments including the use of gunpowder, the invention of firearms and iron balls. After reviewing the establishment of a European in...

"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. But questions about the categ...

Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings...

The Art of Ancient Music discusses music's role in the long story of human creativity. While emphasizing broad human themes, the text has a special...

A chronical of one of the most controversial art movements of the 20th century. A broad range of articles trace the emergence of the movement in En...

Description Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock ar...

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Reducere. The Book of the Mystery: Art and the Imaginal Realm is now available for purchase online or by calling the Foundation of the Law of Time. This book...

Reducere. Over the last three decades, a new generation of conceptual artists has come to the fore in the Arab Middle East. As wars, peace treaties, sanction...

A History of Video Art is a revised and expanded edition of the 2006 original, which extends the scope of the first edition, incorporating a wider ...

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Employs the full range of material and written evidence to explore four key questions around Roman funerary customs that alter our view of the soci...

DescriptionThis anthology is remarkable not only for the selections themselves, among which the Schelling and the Heidegger essays were translated ...

A historical-conceptual perspective on the concept of "the political"

DescriptionDuring the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of Ameri...

Herschel B. Chipp's Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book By Artists and Critics is a collection of texts from letters, manifestos, notes and inter...

Reducere. This collection includes the major writings of General Giap, who, on the evidence of his record as well as his theoretical work, has long been reco...

Al Filreis recasts 1960 as a turning point to offer a groundbreaking account of postwar culture. He examines an eclectic group of artistic, literar...

DescriptionOver the past four decades, the volumes published in the landmark History of Cartography series have both chronicled and encouraged scho...

To Life Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic respons...

Reducere. An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this authoritative book, the first of its kind in E...

Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey a polit...

As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched--from Afghanistan ...

DescriptionHistory of Art in Japan is a fully illustrated overview of Japanese art, written by one of Japan's most distinguished art historians. Th...

Reducere. The Moon held little interest for most scientists after its basic astronomic properties had been determined and before direct exploration appeared ...

DescriptionFor much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an "art of living." This practical aspect...

Reducere. Collected here in this 4-in-1 omnibus are the most important books ever written on the art of war. The Art of War By Sun Tzu translated and comment...

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Reducere. - English translation of the military manual that guided the German Army in World War II - This book was carried into battle by officers and NCOs a...

Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Culture...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book provides the most comprehensive and coherent discussion and analysis of wargaming ever written. It starts by looking at the hi...

Reducere. "Cullen's strength comes from his understanding of how the different strands of American society intertwine in imaginative, unpredictable ways ... ...

DescriptionA distinguished historian chronicles the rise of music and musicians in the West from lowly balladeers to masters employed by fickle pat...

Reducere. Fry The Brain is a detailed, original study of urban guerrilla sniping and its employment in modern unconventional warfare. Fry The Brain strives t...

Reducere. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO's Game of Thrones series depict a medieval world at war. But how accurate are they? The ...

The politics, art, and culture of Perth's Workers Art Guild are detailed in this comprehensive history, as well as the personal and professional li...

Featuring decorative, religious, and utilitarian objects from the Geometric period to the Hellenistic Age, this is the ideal introduction to Greek ...

DescriptionIn an increasingly polarized world, Social Forms surveys those artists at the forefront of political resistanceIn Social Forms: A Short ...

" A] tart, funny, lurid little bomb of a book. It's all p.c., of course, but not at all predictable, and a lot of righteous information gets disper...

Reducere. WHAT IS THE SECRET ART? The history of radionics is the story of how various inventors designed devices that employ directed intent to affect the r...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Lachlan GoudieIllustration(s): 181 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. The main concepts and development of art from about 1900 to the present are analyzed in authoritative essays by some of the most distinguished art ...