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A Private Passion
"For the Winthrop collection's international debut exhibition, curators at the Fogg Art Museum of the Harvard University Art Museums, headed by Stephan Wolohojian, organized the selection and invited more than sixty specialists to write on artworks in their particular area of expertise. Works include such highlights in their creator's oeuvre as Jacques-Louis David's sketchbooks for The Coronation of Napoleon and the Crowning of Josephine, Theodore Gericault's Mutiny on the Raft of the Medusa, Vincent van Gogh's The Blue Cart, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's Odalisque with the Slave, William Blake's illustrations for the Divine Comedy, Dante Gabriel Rosetti's Blessed Damozel, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler's Nocturne in Blue and Silver. In addition, an essay by Wolohojian provides a fascinating and informative description of Winthrop and the growth of his collection."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Art History and Visual Studies in Europe
Reflection on the history and practice of art history has long been a major topic of research and scholarship, and this volume builds on this tradition by offering a critical survey of many of the major developments in the contemporary discipline, such as the impact of digital technologies, the rise of visual studies or new initiatives in conservation theory and practice. Alongside these methodological issues this book addresses the mostly neglected question of the impact of national contexts on the development of the discipline. Taking a wide range of case studies, this book examines the impact of the specific national political, institutional and ideological demands on the practice of art history. The result is an account that both draws out common features and also highlights the differences and the plurality of practices that together constitute art history as a discipline.
The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War
"Cultural heritage has become increasingly "conflict prone". Today, systematic exploitation, manipulation, attacks, and destruction of cultural heritage by states and non-state actors form part of most violent conflicts across the world. Such acts are often intentional and based on well-planned strategies for inflicting harm on groups of people and communities. We have therefore progressed from seeing conflict-related destruction of cultural heritage just as a "cultural tragedy" to understanding it also as a "security issue." It is a shift from protecting cultural property from the harms of war for the sake of cultural property itself to viewing it as intricately connected to the broader pea...
In His Milieu
Gathered in honor of John Michael Montias (1928–2005), the foremost scholar on Johannes Vermeer and a pioneer in the study of the socioeconomic dimensions of art, the essays in In His Milieu are an essential contribution to the study of the social functions of making, collecting, displaying, and donating art. The nearly forty essays here by—all internationally recognized experts in the fields of art history and the economics of art—are especially revealing about the Renaissance and Baroque eras and present new material on such artists as Rembrandt, Van Eyck, Rubens, and da Vinci.
Leonardo Da Vinci Master Draftsman
This handsome book offers a unified and fascinating portrait of Leonardo as draftsman, integrating his roles as artist, scientist, inventor, theorist, and teacher. 250 illustrations.
Museum Worthy
Museum Worthy examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands for display in museums, embassies, ministries, and other public buildings.
Sacred Possessions
This innovative study explores how interpretations of religious art change when it is moved into a secular context.
Niederländische Zeichnungen 1450-1800: Tafeln
Das Kupferstichkabinett der Hamburger Kunsthalle besitzt eine der renommiertesten Sammlungen niederländischer Handzeichnungen aus der Zeit von 1450 bis 1850. Dieser hochwertige Bestand von 1400 Zeichnungen wird nun erstmals in seiner Gesamtheit dokumentiert. Der dreibändige Katalog präsentiert 400 Jahre niederländischer Zeichenkunst in ihrer ganzen thematischen, technischen und stilistischen Bandbreite. Schwerpunkt der Sammlung ist das holländische 17. Jahrhundert. Neben dem Schwerpunkt Landschaft und einer großen Anzahl von Seestücken enthält der Bestand biblische und allegorische Szenen, topographische Darstellungen, Bildnisse, Genrestücke und Stillleben sowie Figuren- und Tierstudien. Sämtliche im Bestandskatalog enthaltenen Werke werden ausführlich wissenschaftlich kommentiert und mit ihren jeweiligen Vorder- und Rückseiten abgebildet. 1. Katalog I: Van Aken - Murant 2. Katalog II: Van Musscher - Zegelaar 3. Tafeln
Rabelais in Context
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