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50 Paintings You Should Know
Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. Spanning seven centuries, this selection of 50 iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing through Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring as well as works by Monet, van Gogh, Cassatt, Cézanne, Dalí, Kahlo, Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, and O’Keeffe, nearly every important painter is represented in this book.
Existentialist Themes and Education
The existentialists presented a philosophical approach which raised questions and illustrated ideas that addressed the grounds and essence of human existence. Among the questions were those that related to the essences of truth, being, human existence, freedom, and of love. The major purpose of this book, is the attempt to counter the expansive reign of the 'passion for the mediocre'. The authors hold that the widespread acceptance of mediocrity effaces all excellence, degrades everyday human existence, and ruins spiritual life. The manner here of countering mediocrity is to present and carefully think about the thought-provoking questions and enlightening ideas which existentialists brought...
Impressionist Camera
From its earliest days, photography could not escape the pictorial traditions that had gone before it. This book, the first comprehensive study of Pictorialism in Europe, analyses the remarkable diversity of approaches taken by photographers across the continent whose practice was infused with contemporary debate about photography's relationship to art. Written by an international team of art and photography historians, Impressionist Camera examines the ways in which practitioners realized their pictorial vision, from the re-creation of Academic painting in photography to the use of soft focus to lend images an impressionistic quality. Also explored are the cross-currents with photography in America - where Pictorialism went on to flourish - including the seminal work of Alfred Stieglitz.
Koloniale Tiere?
Löwen, Elefanten, Okapis, Giraffen und Strauße – Tiere aus Kolonialgebieten bevölkerten die Bildwelten der europäischen Moderne um 1900. Sie waren Ausdruck eines sich im Zuge der Industrialisierung, Nationalstaatenbildung und imperialen Expansion wandelnden Verhältnisses europäischer Gesellschaften zu menschlichen und nicht-menschlichen Lebewesen sowie zur Natur. Während einige Wissenschaftler*innen, Großwildjäger*innen und Künstler*innen in europäische Kolonien reisten, um Tiere zu studieren, zu malen und auf Film zu bannen, oder als Jagdtrophäen, Präparate und Exponate heimzuholen, bekam ein Großteil der Bevölkerung diese vor allem in Zoologischen Gärten, Zirkussen und Mu...
Ästhetik des (Nicht)Wissens
Kann zeitgenössischer Kunst im Feld ethnologischer Museen ein epistemisches Potenzial zuerkannt werden, das sich jenseits herkömmlicher Erkenntnisformen zeigt? Beatrice Barrois konzentriert sich auf die Kategorie des (Nicht)Wissens als ästhetische Erfahrung im Ausstellungsraum und entfaltet so neue Sichtweisen auf künstlerische Positionen, die sich kritisch mit ethnografischen Sammlungen auseinandersetzen. Dabei wird schwerpunktmäßig die Ausstellung „Ware&Wissen (or the stories you wouldn´t tell a stranger)“ fokussiert, die 2014/15 im Frankfurter Weltkulturen Museum stattfand. Darüber hinaus werden Bezüge zu anderen ethnologischen Ausstellungen und Künstlern wie etwa Fred Wilson hergestellt. Mit ihrer epistemologischen Exkursion liefert die Autorin eine Perspektive, die Grenzen des Wissens deutlich und das künstlerische Experiment zum Gegenstand neuer Wissens(un)ordnungen macht.
Schnitzlers "Fräulein Else" und die Nackte Wahrheit
Im Zentrum von Arthur Schnitzlers Novelle 'Fräulein Else' (1924) steht ein Skandal: Eine junge Frau entkleidet sich öffentlich im Musiksalon eines Hotels. Mit der Nacktszene greift Schnitzler ein Motiv auf, das um die Jahrhundertwende zu einem zentralen Thema avanciert und allseits präsent ist. Enthüllt wird dabei weniger der weibliche Körper als die 'Nackte Wahrheit'. Schnitzler geht es vor allem um ein Spiel mit der Sprachlosigkeit sowie der schamlosen Enthüllung der (Sprach-)Zeichen. Die zahlreichen Adaptionen und Bearbeitungen in Film, Fernsehen, Hörfunk, Bildender Kunst, Internet und Comic kreisen ebenfalls um diese Darstellungsproblematik, wie die Studie in ausführlichen Einzelanalysen erstmals zeigt.
50 Architects You Should Know
A colorful introduction to the most important architects in history from Brunelleschi to Rem Koolhaas Starting with the Renaissance, this introduction to fifty visionary architects traces the major aesthetic movements over the past six centuries and offers concise portraits of the geniuses behind them. This accessible and lively survey takes readers around the world and through history, from Filippo Brunelleschi to Antoni Gaudi to Frank Gehry. Double-page spreads feature full-color illustrations, informative sidebars, and a timeline that extends throughout the book. A concise and accessible architectural history, this book is a fascinating look at the enormous variety of ways architects have helped define their eras. AUTHOR: Isabel Kuhl is an art historian based in Barcelona. She is the author of 50 Buildings You Should Know. Kristina Lowis is an art historian at the Staatlichen Museen in Berlin. Sabine Thiel-Siling is an art historian and editor whose titles include Icons of Architecture: The 20th Century. She lives in Brisbane, Australia. 200 colour illustrations
Blacks and Blackness in European Art of the Long Nineteenth Century
Compelling and troubling, colorful and dark, black figures served as the quintessential image of difference in nineteenth-century European art; the essays in this volume further the investigation of constructions of blackness during this period. This collection marks a phase in the scholarship on images of blacks that moves beyond undifferentiated binaries like ?negative? and ?positive? that fail to reveal complexities, contradictions, and ambiguities. Essays that cover the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century explore the visuality of blackness in anti-slavery imagery, black women in Orientalist art, race and beauty in fin-de-si?e photography, the French brand of blackface minstrelsy, and a set of little-known images of an African model by Edvard Munch. In spite of the difficulty of resurrecting black lives in nineteenth-century Europe, one essay chronicles the rare instance of an American artist of color in mid-nineteenth-century Europe. With analyses of works ranging from G?cault's Raft of the Medusa, to portraits of the American actor Ira Aldridge, this volume provides new interpretations of nineteenth-century representations of blacks.
50 Artists You Should Know
Now available in an updated edition, this attractive, useful, and entertaining collection of great artists and great art is a course in art history for readers of all ages. This bestselling reference guide profiles 50 major artists alongside their representative works. The entries are presented in an eye-catching format that features superb illustrations, brief biographies, and critical analyses. A glossary of important terms is also included in the book. Arranged chronologically, the selection of artists includes every major artistic movement and development since the Gothic period, giving readers a clear understanding of the evolution of the visual arts. Perfect for casual reading or easy reference, this accessible overview is a fun and practical art history lesson that everyone can enjoy.
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