Gombrich Among The Egyptians And Other Essays In The History Of Art

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Gombrich Among the Egyptians and Other Essays in the History of Art

Author : Robert W. Bagley
Publisher : Lucia Marquand Books
ISBN 13 : 9780692397145
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book Gombrich Among the Egyptians and Other Essays in the History of Art written by Robert W. Bagley and published by Lucia Marquand Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of essays, five previously published and three new in this volume, a western historian of Chinese art examines the received ideas of art history from the vantage point of another culture. On the premise that what we feel a need to explain and how we explain it alike depend on what we assume to be normal, the essays all adopt a comparative approach. Whatever body of material is taken as case study--Gothic churches, Egyptian reliefs, Chinese bronzes, Insular gospel manuscripts--the problems addressed are of broad general relevance to the discipline. They include the nature of art history's styles and periods, iconography as explanation, the rationale for art historical description, technical studies and the artistic imagination, and histories of representation. Clear and accessible, this book will interest anyone concerned with the conduct of art historical scholarship and the origins and consequences of its practices.

The Cambridge World History: Volume 4, A World with States, Empires and Networks 1200 BCE–900 CE

Author : Craig Benjamin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316298302
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge World History: Volume 4, A World with States, Empires and Networks 1200 BCE–900 CE written by Craig Benjamin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1200 BCE to 900 CE, the world witnessed the rise of powerful new states and empires, as well as networks of cross-cultural exchange and conquest. Considering the formation and expansion of these large-scale entities, this fourth volume of the Cambridge World History series outlines key economic, political, social, cultural, and intellectual developments that occurred across the globe in this period. Leading scholars examine critical transformations in science and technology, economic systems, attitudes towards gender and family, social hierarchies, education, art, and slavery. The second part of the volume focuses on broader processes of change within western and central Eurasia, the Mediterranean, South Asia, Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania, as well as offering regional studies highlighting specific topics, from trade along the Silk Roads and across the Sahara, to Chaco culture in the US southwest, to Confucianism and the state in East Asia.

Visualizing Coregency

Author : Lisa Saladino Haney
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004422153
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Visualizing Coregency written by Lisa Saladino Haney and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Visualizing Coregency, Lisa Saladino Haney explores the practice of co-rule during Egypt’s 12th Dynasty and the role of royal statuary in expressing the dynamics of shared power. Though many have discussed coregencies, few have examined how such a concept was expressed visually. Haney presents both a comprehensive accounting of the evidence for coregency during the 12th Dynasty and a detailed analysis of the full corpus of royal statuary attributed to Senwosret III and Amenemhet III. This study demonstrates that by the reign of Senwosret III the central government had developed a wide-ranging visual, textual, and religious program that included a number of distinctive portrait types designed to convey the central political and cultural messages of the dynasty.

Athens at the Margins

Author : Nathan T. Arrington
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691175209
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Athens at the Margins written by Nathan T. Arrington and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the interactions of non-elites influenced Athenian material culture and society The seventh century BC in ancient Greece is referred to as the Orientalizing period because of the strong presence of Near Eastern elements in art and culture. Conventional narratives argue that goods and knowledge flowed from East to West through cosmopolitan elites. Rejecting this explanation, Athens at the Margins proposes a new narrative of the origins behind the style and its significance, investigating how material culture shaped the ways people and communities thought of themselves. Athens and the region of Attica belonged to an interconnected Mediterranean, in which people, goods, and ideas moved in unexpected directions. Network thinking provides a way to conceive of this mobility, which generated a style of pottery that was heterogeneous and dynamic. Although the elite had power, they were unable to agree on the norms of conspicuous consumption and status display. A range of social actors used objects, contributing to cultural change and to the socially mediated production of meaning. Historiography and the analysis of evidence from a wide range of contexts—cemeteries, sanctuaries, workshops, and symposia—offers the possibility to step outside the aesthetic frameworks imposed by classical Greek masterpieces and to expand the canon of Greek art. Highlighting the results of new excavations and looking at the interactions of people with material culture, Athens at the Margins provocatively shifts perspectives on Greek art and its relationship to the eastern Mediterranean.

Fantasies of Precision

Author : Ashley Lazevnick
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452969361
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Fantasies of Precision written by Ashley Lazevnick and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Redefining the artistic movement that helped shape American modernism In the early decades of the twentieth century, a loose contingent of artists working in and around New York City gave rise to the aesthetic movement known as precisionism, primarily remembered for its exacting depictions of skyscrapers, factories, machine parts, and other symbols of a burgeoning modernity. Although often regarded as a singular group, these artists were remarkably varied in their subject matter and stylistic traits. Fantasies of Precision excavates the surprising ties that connected them, exploring notions of precision across philosophy, technology, medicine, and many other fields. Bookended by discussions of the landmark First Biennial Exhibition of Painting at the Whitney Museum in 1932, this study weaves together a series of interconnected chapters illuminating the careers of Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth. Built on a theoretical framework of the writing of modernist poets Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams, Fantasies of Precision outlines an “ethos of precision” that runs through the diverse practices of these artists, articulating how the broad range of enigmatic imagery they produced was underpinned by shared strategies of restraint, humility, and slowness. Questioning straightforward modes of art historical classification, Ashley Lazevnick redefines the concept that designated the precisionist movement. Through its cross-disciplinary approach and unique blend of historiography and fantasy, Fantasies of Precision offers a comprehensive reevaluation of one of the defining movements of artistic modernism.

A Maya Universe in Stone

Author : Stephen Houston
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606067451
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A Maya Universe in Stone written by Stephen Houston and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first study devoted to a single sculptor in ancient America, as understood through four unprovenanced masterworks traced to a small sector of Guatemala. In 1950, Dana Lamb, an explorer of some notoriety, stumbled on a Maya ruin in the tropical forests of northern Guatemala. Lamb failed to record the location of the site he called Laxtunich, turning his find into the mystery at the center of this book. The lintels he discovered there, long since looted, are probably of a set with two others that are among the masterworks of Maya sculpture from the Classic period. Using fieldwork, physical evidence, and Lamb’s expedition notes, the authors identify a small area with archaeological sites where the carvings were likely produced. Remarkably, the vividly colored lintels, replete with dynastic and cosmic information, can be assigned to a carver, Mayuy, who sculpted his name on two of them. To an extent nearly unique in ancient America, Mayuy can be studied over time as his style developed and his artistic ambition grew. An in-depth analysis of Laxtunich Lintel 1 examines how Mayuy grafted celestial, seasonal, and divine identities onto a local magnate and his overlord from the kingdom of Yaxchilan, Mexico. This volume contextualizes the lintels and points the way to their reprovenancing and, as an ultimate aim, repatriation to Guatemala.

Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History

Author : Paul R. Goldin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317681916
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History written by Paul R. Goldin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefacts. Excavations of settlements and tombs have demonstrated that most people did not lead their lives in accordance with ritual canons, while previously unknown documents have shown that most received histories were written retrospectively by victors and present a correspondingly anachronistic perspective. This handbook provides an authoritative survey of the major periods of Chinese history from the Neolithic era to the fall of the Latter Han Empire and the end of antiquity (AD 220). It is the first volume to include not only a comprehensive review of political history but also detailed treatments of topics that transcend particular historical periods, such as: Warfare and political thought Cities and agriculture Language and art Medicine and mathematics Providing a detailed analysis of the most up-to-date research by leading scholars in the field of early Chinese history, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese history, Asian archaeology, and Chinese studies in general.

The Royal Inca Tunic

Author : Andrew James Hamilton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691256969
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Inca Tunic written by Andrew James Hamilton and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art The most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a long-lost writing system. But very little is really known about it. The Royal Inca Tunic reconstructs the history of this enigmatic object, presenting significant new findings about its manufacture and symbolism in Inca visual culture. Andrew James Hamilton draws on meticulous physical examinations of the garment conducted over a decade, wide-ranging studies of colonial Peruvian manuscripts, and groundbreaking research into the tunic’s provenance. He methodically builds a case for the textile having been woven by two women who belonged to the very highest echelon of Inca artists for the last emperor of the Inca Empire on the eve of the Spanish invasion in 1532. Hamilton reveals for the first time that this imperial vestment remains unfinished and has suffered massive dye fading that transforms its appearance today, and he proposes a bold new conception of what this radiant masterpiece originally looked like. Featuring stunning photography of the tunic and Hamilton’s own beautiful illustrations, The Royal Inca Tunic demonstrates why this object holds an important place in the canon of art history as a deft creation by Indigenous women artists, a reminder of the horrors of colonialism, and an emblem of contemporary Andean identity.

Story of Art

Author : Ernst Hans Gombrich
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785793427
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Story of Art written by Ernst Hans Gombrich and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1995-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous and popular book on art ever published, this quintessential "introduction to art," now in its sixteenth edition, has been a worldwide bestseller for over four decades.

Ideals & Idols

Author : E.H. Gombrich
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714831275
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Ideals & Idols written by E.H. Gombrich and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 1994-03-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on values and their place in humanity.

Topics of Our Time

Author : Ernst Hans Gombrich
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520075160
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Topics of Our Time written by Ernst Hans Gombrich and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Little History of the World

Author : E. H. Gombrich
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300213972
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Little History of the World written by E. H. Gombrich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.

The Analysis of Beauty

Author : William Hogarth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Analysis of Beauty written by William Hogarth and published by . This book was released on 1772 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Preference for the Primitive

Author : E.H. Gombrich
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714846323
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book The Preference for the Primitive written by E.H. Gombrich and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Gombrich's last book and first narrative work in over 20 years.

The Art of Describing

Author : Svetlana Alpers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Describing written by Svetlana Alpers and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sight and Insight

Author : John Onians
Publisher : Phaidon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sight and Insight written by John Onians and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 1994-03-28 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays written in affectionate tribute to Gombrich.

The Art of Art History

Author : Donald Preziosi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019155202X
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Art History written by Donald Preziosi and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is art history? Why, how, and where did it originate, and how have its methods changed over time? The history of art has been written and rewritten since classical antiquity. Since the foundation of the modern discipline of art history in Germany in the late eighteenth century, debates about art and its histories have intensified. Historians, philosophers, psychologists, and anthropologists among others have changed our notions of what art history has been, is, and might be. This anthology is a guide to understanding art history through critical reading of the field’s most innovative and influential texts, focusing on the past two centuries. Each section focuses on a key issue: art as history; aesthetics; form, content, and style; anthropology; meaning and interpretation; authorship and identity; and the phenomenon of globalization. More than thirty readings from writers as diverse as Winckelmann, Kant, Mary Kelly, and Michel Foucault are brought together, with editorial introductions to each topic providing background information, bibliographies, and critical elucidations of the issues at stake. This updated and expanded edition contains sixteen newly included extracts from key thinkers in the history of art, from Giorgio Vasari to Walter Benjamin and Satya Mohanty; a new section on globalization; and also a new concluding essay from Donald Preziosi on the tasks of the art historian today.