A social history of reception, this study focuses on sacred art and Catholicism in Rome during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The five altarpieces examined here were painted by artists who are admired today - Caravaggio, Guercino, and...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487569020)
Dragons have roamed human consciousness throughout time and across cultures. A dragon is the embodiment of death and destruction in the Apocalypse battles of the Christian Bible and the evil that is vanquished by chivalrous knights in Medieval sagas...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780271099255)
Examines visual and artistic representations of Japanese embassies to Europe between 1573 and 1615. Argues that these images served not only as curiosities but also as tools to promote European elites power, missionary efforts, and global influence...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 09-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198746300)
Walter Paters first book, Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), is a landmark in Victorian intellectual and cultural history. The first book-length study of the Renaissance by a British writer, it was also described as the gold...Lasīt vairāk
Marika Spring, Jacob Simon, Rachel Billinge, Bart Cornelis, Jill Dunkerton, Catherine Higgitt, Helen Howard, Larry Keith, Britta New, David Peggie...
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: National Gallery Company Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781857096781)
An authoritative annual record of scientific research and conservation carried out at the National Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery Technical Bulletin is an annual record of the research carried out at the National Gallery...Lasīt vairāk
An up-to-date reading of the ways in which the public image of a Venetian prelate came to be defined through his portraitureThis exquisite, richly illustrated catalog documents a dossier exhibition held at Venices Museo di...Lasīt vairāk
A unique, illustrated history of Tudor England told through its art and artefacts. The volatile years of Englands Tudor dynasty (14851603) and the five monarchs who ruled England during this period continue to fascinate and intrigue. Than...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Sep-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Rizzoli International Publications, ISBN-13: 9780789346087)
This is one of the few books to focus on the full range of Cuban architecture, both geographically and stylistically. It is an insiders view, presented by a lauded Cuban architectural historian, made available at a time when the country is on the...Lasīt vairāk
Francisco de Holandas Dialogues record Michelangelos participation in art discussions hosted by Vittoria Colonna, revealing his thoughts and world as he painted The Last JudgementThe Dialogues by Portuguese painter and writer Fra...Lasīt vairāk
Condivis unparalleled biography presents his friend Michelangelos life, work and struggles in the world of Papal politics and Italian warsMichelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) remains arguably the most powerful artist in the Wester...Lasīt vairāk
When the term, Grotesques, first arose around the year 1500 in Italy, it referred specifically to ornamental frescoes featuring exceptionally inventive, noteworthy, humorous, or monstrous motifs. These paintings became a preferred decoration in t...Lasīt vairāk
An important monograph dedicated to one of the most important protagonists of German Renaissance painting, Mathis Grünewald (c. 1480-1528), in the light of significant archival and iconographic novelties....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: The University of Michigan Press, ISBN-13: 9780472057627)
In September 1666, a fire sparked in a bakery on Pudding Lane grew until it had destroyed four-fifths of central London. The rebuilding efforts that followed not only launched the careers of some of Londons most famous architects, but also transform...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 04-Sep-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: The University of Michigan Press, ISBN-13: 9780472077625)
In September 1666, a fire sparked in a bakery on Pudding Lane grew until it had destroyed four-fifths of central London. The rebuilding efforts that followed not only launched the careers of some of Londons most famous architects, but also transform...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
(Izdošanas datums: 02-Sep-2025, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: State University of New York Press, ISBN-13: 9798855801538)
The first philosophical engagement with the pictorial work of Leonardo, seen as a systematic whole.Presented here is the first philosophical engagement with the pictorial work of Leonardo, seen as a systematic whole. It is not writte...Lasīt vairāk
A revealing portrait of class relations during the Italian Renaissance explored through the artistic representations of clothing. In late sixteenth-century Rome, artists found inspiration in bustling streets and taverns, depicting so...Lasīt vairāk
The story of the use of the drill in European sculpture has not yet been written, although it should be fascinating, stated Rudolph Wittkower in 1970 in Cambridge, where he was invited to give a series of lectures on the processes and principles of s...Lasīt vairāk
Cristina Cruz Gonzįlez, Montserrat A. Bįez Hernįndez, Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Arturo Balandrano Campos, James M. Córdova, Ray Hernįndez-Durįn, Anna M. Nogar, Gabriela Sįnchez Reyes, Mark A. White
An exploration of how sacred art evolved in early Mexico, adapting to local cultures and featuring over sixty breathtaking paintings, sculptures, and engravings.This beautifully illustrated book reveals the importance of saints in New...Lasīt vairāk
Leonardo da Vinci is a key figure of the Italian Renaissance. This updated monograph presents all his paintings and almost 700 drawings the most comprehensive survey to date on the master artist, architect, and inventor. Discover the finest subtlet...Lasīt vairāk
