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Contemporary Cultures of Display
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Art, commerce and colonialism 1600–1800
The book re-examines the field of Renaissance art history by exploring the art of this era in the light of global connections. It considers the movement of objects, ideas and technologies and its significance for European art and material culture, analysing images through the lens of cultural encounter and conflict.
Art & Visual Culture 1600-1850
"Anthology [of] key texts that document the history of art over the past one thousand years"--Back cover.
Charlie Barker and the Secret of the Deep Dark Woods
Ten-year-old Emma Barker's life is touched by ancient evil when her schoolfriend mysteriously disappears. With her friend, Charlie, she is thrown into an adventure, beyond her wildest nightmares.
Greuze and the Painting of Sentiment
This reassessment of the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, the eighteenth-century painter, reconstructs the broader movement in French painting of which he was the leading figure. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, it notes the extraordinary popularity that Greuze enjoyed in his lifetime. The volume reveals that the family life scenes he produced in the 1760s promoted an enlightened social vision and argues that the painting of sentiment was subsequently appropriated to serve a more conservative agenda.
Inspiration - Iconic Works
A number of works in the history of Western art have achieved landmark status throughout the world. Often such works depict mythological or religious subjects or notable people or events.
The Changing Status of the Artist
"This is the second of six books in the series Art and its histories, which form the main texts of an Open University second-level course of the same name"--Preface.
Art & Visual Culture 1600-1850: Academy to Avant-Garde
An innovatory exploration of art and visual culture. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey, the volumes approach the process of looking at works of art in terms of their audiences, functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting, sculpture and architecture, it also explores a wide range of visual culture in a variety of media and methods. "1600-1850 Academy to Avant-Garde" interrogates labels used in standard histories of the art of this period (Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classicism and Romanticism) and examines both established and recent art-historical methodologies, including formalism, iconology, spectatorship and reception, identity a...
The Magical Adventures of Emma and Jake
Recently, I visited with my great nieces,their parents and grandmother. They were as excited about my visit as I was to experience them and all their tales of wonder. Most of their chit chat was very lively and reminded me to not be an adult in their company. Upon getting ready to leave, they were thrilled to show me (their aunt who they know as an artist) their artwork on canvas boards. Well to say the least their artistic abilities blew me away. Without regard for shape or color co-ordination, there was paint, applied on every inch of the surface and texture created by whatever means possible. It instantly impressed on me how like a child one has to think when creating art and story line f...
