Art
Art and artists from the earliest rock art to the flowering of the Renaissance and diverse contemporary work.
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Art in the Archaeological Imagination [Paperback]
Dragos Gheorghiu (Editor)
£36.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789253528
Published by : Oxbow Books
The present volume shows the archaeological thinking as a form of art, revealing the poetics of the archaeological imagination. It shows that, in their work, archaeologists, without being inspired by contemporary artists, use creative methods... .... Learn More
Dead or Alive [Hardback]
Maria Fabricius Hansen (Editor); Rosanna Tindbæk (Editor); Gundhild Ravn Borggreen (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9788771843514
Published by : Aarhus University Press
The image is an ontological paradox; it is made of dead matter, yet simultaneously appears to be alive. For millennia, artists have created images of the living world – images that are static and yet possess the power to bring to life a frozen mom... .... Learn More
Art in the Eurasian Iron Age: Context, Connections and Scale [Hardback]
Courtney Nimura (Editor); Helen Chittock (Editor); Peter Hommel (Editor); Chris Gosden (Editor)
£48.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789253948
Published by : Oxbow Books
Since early discoveries of so-called Celtic Art during the 19th century, archaeologists have mused on the origins of this major art tradition, which emerged in Europe around 500 BC. Classical influence has often been cited as the main impetus for ... .... Learn More
Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art [Paperback]
Jennifer Stettler Parsons (Author)
£24.50ISBN: 9781880897317
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Motivated by the inexorable rise of urban-industrial development and the subsequent deterioration of our planet, artists confront the contemporary vulnerability of our natural world, and illustrate the continued relevance of ecology and nature con... .... Learn More
Coins of England and the United Kingdom 2020: Decimal Issues, 6th Edition [Paperback]
Emma Howard (Editor)
£9.99Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912667215
Published by : Spink Books
From the earliest of times, coins have been used by states or monarchs to communicate with people; Coins of England is therefore not only a reference book for collectors, but a fascinating snapshot of British history, illuminating its economics, t... .... Learn More
Coins of England and the United Kingdom 2020: Pre-decimal Issues, 55th Edition [Hardback]
Emma Howard (Editor)
£30.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912667208
Published by : Spink Books
From the earliest of times, coins have been used by states or monarchs to communicate with people; Coins of England is therefore not only a reference book for collectors, but a fascinating snapshot of British history, illuminating its economics, t... .... Learn More
Knowing and Seeing: Reflections on Fifty Years of Drawing Cities [Hardback]
Douglas Cooper (Author)
£58.00ISBN: 9780822945703
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
In Knowing and Seeing, muralist Douglas Cooper reflects on his long career as a muralist in various cities around the world. Part memoir and part an examination of his art, Cooper looks back on his half-century career from two points of view. Firs... .... Learn More
Jingdezhen to the World: The Lurie Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Late Ming Dynasty [Hardback]
Teresa Canepa (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781912168095
Published by : Ad Ilissum
This lavishly illustrated book celebrates one of the most comprehensive and meticulously assembled private collections of Chinese export porcelain from the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) made at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province. The Lurie Collection,... .... Learn More
Studies in the Islamic Decorative Arts [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597506
Published by : Pindar Press
Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly termed the "decorative arts" or even "the mino... .... Learn More
Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams, 1857−1907 [Hardback]
Eve M. Kahn (Author)
£25.95ISBN: 9780819578747
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Revolutionary artist Mary Rogers Williams (1857−1907), baker’s daughter from Hartford, Connecticut, biked and hiked from the Arctic Circle to Naples, exhibited from Paris to Indianapolis, trained at the Art Students League, chafed against art worl... .... Learn More
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