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Auch Museum of the Americas. Collection Catalogue
Le nouveau catalogue des collections du musée des Amériques – Auch présente au travers de ses 320 pages et de plus de 500 illustrations la diversité et la richesse de ses collections réunies pendant plus de deux siècles. Premier musée de France à recevoir du ministère de la Culture le label " Pôle national de référence ", le musée des Amériques – Auch conserve notamment la seconde plus grande collection d'art précolombien et d'art sacré latino-américain en France après le musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Dans cet ouvrage, une large place leur est consacrée évoquant les cultures andines (Chavin, Mochica, Nasca, Inca ...), centro et mésoaméricaines (Teotihuacan, Zapotèque, Maya, Aztèque, Huaxtèque, Totonaque ...). Plusieurs cahiers internes proposent également des focus sur différentes thématiques relevant des sections américaines comme locales : les céramiques érotiques péruviennes, l'orfèvrerie andine, l'art de la plumasserie mexicaine, les fresques gallo-romaines de Roquelaure, l'abbaye de Saint-Orens à Auch, ou les peintres Jean-Louis Rouméguère et Mario Cavaglieri.
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Les collections archéologiques dans les musées de France
Les 935 notices et index précisent d'une manière très détaillée le contenu, la localisation et les spécificités de chaque collection archéologique en France. «Copyright Electre»
ReVisioning
ReVisioning: Critical Methods of Seeing Christianity in the History of Art examines the application of art historical methods to the history of Christianity and art. As methods of art history have become more interdisciplinary, there has been a notable emergence of discussions of religion in art history as well as related fields such as visual culture and theology. This book represents the first critical examination of scholarly methodologies applied to the study of Christian subjects, themes, and contexts in art. ReVisioning contains original work from a range of scholars, each of whom has addressed the question, in regard to a well-known work of art or body of work, "How have particular methods of art history been applied, and with what effect?" The study moves from the third century to the present, providing extensive treatment and analysis of art historical methods applied to the history of Christianity and art.
Rethinking the Baroque
Rethinking the Baroque explores a tension. In recent years the idea of ?baroque? or ?the baroque? has been seized upon by scholars from a range of disciplines and the term ?baroque? has consequently been much in evidence in writings on contemporary culture, especially architecture and entertainment. Most of the scholars concerned have little knowledge of the art, literature, and history of the period usually associated with the baroque. A gulf has arisen. On the one hand, there are scholars who are deeply immersed in historical period, who shy away from abstraction, and who have remained often oblivious to the convulsions surrounding the term ?baroque?; on the other, there are theorists and ...
Golden Kingdoms
This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity until the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century. Presenting spectacular works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico, this exhibition focuses on specific places and times—crucibles of innovation—where artistic exchange, rivalry, and creativity led to the production of some of the greatest works of art known from the ancient Americas. The book and exhibition explore not only...
History of Design
A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years
