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Shakespeare and the Visual Arts
Drawing on the poetics of intertextuality and profiting from the more recent concepts of cultural mobility and permeability between cultures in the early modern period, this volume’s tripartite structure considers the relationship between Renaissance material arts, theatre, and emblems as an integrated and intermedial genre, explores the use and function of Italian visual culture in Shakespeare’s oeuvre, and questions the appropriation of the arts in the production of the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. An afterword, a rich bibliography of primary and secondary literature, and a detailed Index round off the volume.
Painting a People
Analyzes the life, work, and reception of a founding father of modern Jewish art in Eastern Europe.
National Galleries
Are national galleries different from other kinds of art gallery or museum? What value is there for the nation in a collection of international masterpieces? How are national galleries involved in the construction national art? National Galleries is the first book to undertake a panoramic view of a type of national institution – which are sometimes called national museums of fine art – that is now found in almost every nation on earth. Adopting a richly illustrated, globally inclusive, comparative view, Simon Knell argues that national galleries should not be understood as ‘great galleries’ but as peculiar sites where art is made to perform in acts of nation building. A book that fun...
State Construction and Art in East Central Europe, 1918-2018
This volume offers a comprehensive perspective on the relationship between the art scene and agencies of the state in countries of the region, throughout four consecutive yet highly diverse historical periods: from the period of state integration after World War I, through the communist era post 1945 and the time of political transformation after 1989, to the present-day globalisation (including counter-reactions to westernisation and cultural homogenisation). With twenty-three theoretically and/or empirically oriented articles by authors from sixteen countries (East Central Europe and beyond, including the United States and Australia), the book discusses interconnections between state polic...
A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art
A comprehensive review of art in the first truly modern century A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Art contains contributions from an international panel of noted experts to offer a broad overview of both national and transnational developments, as well as new and innovative investigations of individual art works, artists, and issues. The text puts to rest the skewed perception of nineteenth-century art as primarily Paris-centric by including major developments beyond the French borders. The contributors present a more holistic and nuanced understanding of the art world during this first modern century. In addition to highlighting particular national identities of artists, A Companion to Nine...
Place in Modern Jewish Culture and Society
Bringing together contributions from a diverse group of scholars, Volume XXX of Studies in Contemporary Jewry presents a multifaceted view of the subtle and intricate relations between Jews and their relationship to place. The symposium covers Europe, the Middle East, and North America from the 18th century to the 21st.
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Spojrzenie na całość publikacji i prac Barbary Sosień pozwala docenić połączenie spójnej metody analizy z różnorodnością badanych tematów, motywów i autorów. Erudycja i jasność spojrzenia, kunszt analiz, które z finezją sondują głębie i meandry poetyckiego uniwersum, wreszcie znakomity styl pisarski opatrują prace Pani Profesor pieczęcią oryginalności i niepodważalnej wartości naukowej. Jeśli do tego dodać niezwykle żywą ciekawość intelektualną, talent polemiczny i umiejętność prowadzenia debaty literackiej, otrzymamy wierny portret niezwykłej osobowości, jaką jest Jubilatka w oczach swoich kolegów i studentów. Ta księga, której tytuł i tematyka są zainspirowane pracami Pani Profesor Barbary Sosień, jest tylko skromnym wyrazem wdzięczności i uznania, jakim darzą Ją wszyscy przyjaciele w Polsce, we Francji, w Hiszpanii, we Włoszech... Regina Bochenek-Franczakowa
