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At the Dawn of a New Consciousness
The Italian Renaissance is considered by many to mark the beginning of the modern age. The name itself (literally "rebirth") accurately expresses the innovation that took place during that period. Renaissance thinkers took a vital interest in history, literature, and the arts, focusing on the human world as much as, if not more than, that of God. The rapid development of the arts and sciences reflected their study of the visible, physical world in all its three-dimensional glory. The source of these new impulses, says the author, can be found in what Rudolf Steiner calls the birth of "the consciousness soul"--the faculty for objective self-awareness. Instead of a primarily inward-looking con...
Visualizing the Past in Italian Renaissance Art
A team of specialists addresses a foundational concept as central to early modern thinking as to our own: that the past is always an important part of the present.
The Sacred Architecture of Byzantium
The churches of the Byzantine era were built to represent heaven on earth. Architecture, art and liturgy were intertwined in them to a degree that has never been replicated elsewhere, and the symbolism of this relationship had deep and profound meanings. Sacred buildings and their spiritual art underpinned the Eastern liturgical rites, which in turn influenced architectural design and the decoration which accompanied it. Nicholas N Patricios here offers a comprehensive survey, from the age of Constantine to the fall of Constantinople, of the nexus between buildings, worship and art. His identification of seven distinct Byzantine church types, based on a close analysis of 370 church building ...
Design & Intuition
Scholarship has sought to explain design primarily as developments and trends by understanding the influential ideas of a period. These processes are resourceful to the analysis, however they don't explain why people become attached to design and cultivate it in time. For this purpose we must also gain understanding of collective cognitive processes and the meaning of design to people.The study traces the development of respective design observed first in ancient structures, and then in interiors and artefacts that are associated to architecture by design. Design form migrates usually from technology to material culture (i.e. from buildings to interiors and crafts), though this direction is ...
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.
superficies
Dreidimensionale Bildwerke werden nicht nur als gestaltete Volumina, sondern auch als gestaltete Oberflächen wahrgenommen. Die superficies – das "gemachte äußere", aber auch die "Erscheinung" – gibt Auskunft über Wertvorstellungen, künstlerische Konzepte, wandelnde ästhetische Ansprüche und Erhaltungszustände. Sie kann das Ausgangsmaterial betonen und die Spuren der Bearbeitung sichtbar machen oder die Auskunft über Materialien und Produktionsprozesse verweigern. Indem sie einfallendes Licht reflektiert und auf Wärme oder die Zusammensetzung der Luft reagiert, wirkt sie als eine Art Membran, über die das Bildwerk Verbindung zu seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung aufnimmt. Damit beeinflusst sie die Wirkung der plastischen Körper und lässt diese "lebendig" oder auch besonders artifiziell erscheinen. Der vorliegende Band geht dem Umgang mit der Oberfläche anhand ausgewählter Werke des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit nach. Die Beiträge stellen unterschiedliche gestalterische Konzepte vor und fragen mit Blick auf Material, Technik, Funktion und kunsttheoretischer Diskussion nach der Rolle der superficies in der Bildhauerei.
God's Word in Stone
For centuries, the Bible's dramatic accounts have inspired artists to express the beauty, emphasize the power, and elaborate on the meaning of God's Word. Each elective study in the Through Artists' Eyes series is designed to help people connect classic art to the Bible and then apply the truths discovered to their own lives. In God's Word in Stone you'll experience the artistry of six masterpieces of sculpture while discovering and discussing the scriptural inspiration behind each one. You'll explore the lives of Moses, Habakkuk, Haggai, Mary Magdalene, Paul the apostle, and the apostles. Each of the six sessions includes: • Selecting the Stone—an introductory, group-building activity t...
Florence
Each volume of the Art & Architecture series is opulently illustrated. The highly readable texts provide concentrated information on accessing well-known and less-known sites in the world of art. An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original in situ. Insets on cultural and historical topics and illustrated glossaries, summaries and timelines supplement the body text - leaving a deeper, more lasting impression of the works discussed.
Semiotics
This series of HANDBOOKS OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCE is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction. For "classic" linguistics there appears to be a need for a review of the state of the art which will provide a reference base for the rapid advances in research undertaken from a variety of theoretical standpoints, while in the more recent branches of communication science the handbooks will give researchers both an verview and ...
