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Exuberant Apotheoses: Italian Frescoes in the Holy Roman Empire
In Exuberant Apotheoses: Italian Frescoes in the Holy Roman Empire, Daniel Fulco offers a vivid account of large-scale Italian frescoes that embellished eighteenth-century German baroque palaces and expressed noble patrons’ claim to princely power and political authority during the Enlightenment.
Gateways to the Book
An investigation of the complex image-text relationships between frontispieces and illustrated title pages with the following texts in European books published between 1500 and 1800.
Exiled in Modernity
Notions of civilization and barbarism were intrinsic to Eugène Delacroix’s artistic practice: he wrote regularly about these concepts in his journal, and the tensions between the two were the subject of numerous paintings, including his most ambitious mural project, the ceiling of the Library of the Chamber of Deputies in the Palais Bourbon. Exiled in Modernity delves deeply into these themes, revealing why Delacroix’s disillusionment with modernity increasingly led him to seek spiritual release or epiphany in the sensual qualities of painting. While civilization implied a degree of control and the constraint of natural impulses for Delacroix, barbarism evoked something uncontrolled and...
Somerset Record Society
Annual report and list of subscribers in each vol. (except v. 10, 14).
Re-inventing Ovid’s Metamorphoses
This volume explores early modern recreations of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, focusing on the creative ingenium of artists and writers who freely handled the original text so as to adapt it to different artistic media and genres.
The Throne of the Great Mogul in Dresden
A masterful deciphering of an extraordinary art object, illuminating some of the biggest questions of the eighteenth century The Throne of the Great Mogul (1701–8) is a unique work of European decorative art: an intricate miniature of the court of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb depicted during the emperor’s birthday celebrations. It was created by the jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger in Dresden and purchased by the Saxon prince Augustus the Strong for an enormous sum. Constructed like a theatrical set made of gold, silver, thousands of gemstones, and amazing enamel work, it consists of 164 pieces that together tell a detailed story. Why did Dinglinger invest so much time and effort in ma...
Joshua Johnson
Through interpretive essays and a catalogue of exhibited works, this publication explores the work of Joshua Johnson, the first professional African-American artist (ca. 1763-1824) and a freed slave who became one of the most successful portrait painters in early 19th-century Baltimore. This catalogue aims to comprehensively contextualize Johnson both historically and culturally and it features paintings by him and his contemporaries from the early to mid-19th century. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Joshua Johnson: Portraitist of Early American Baltimore (July 12-October 25, 2020), organized by and held at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (WCMFA), this catalogue examines works drawn from the collections of the WCMFA, the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Charles Ethan Porter
The first study of the artistry of a noted African-American painter
History and Art History
Through a series of cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary interventions, leading international scholars of history and art history explore ways in which the study of images enhances knowledge of the past and informs our understanding of the present. Spanning a diverse range of time periods and places, the contributions cumulatively showcase ways in which ongoing dialogue between history and art history raises important aesthetic, ethical and political questions for the disciplines. The volume fosters a methodological awareness that enriches exchanges across these distinct fields of knowledge. This innovative book will be of interest to scholars in art history, cultural studies, history, visual culture and historiography.
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