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Book Murmurs at Every Turn

Download or read book Murmurs at Every Turn written by Raymond Moore and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book comprises chiefly the photographic work of Raymond Moore.

Book Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics

Download or read book Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics written by Douglas Howland and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to question, challenge, supplement, and revise current understandings of the relationship between aesthetic and political operations. The authors transcend disciplinary boundaries and nurture a wide-ranging sensibility about art and sovereignty, two highly complex and interwoven dimensions of human experience that have rarely been explored by scholars in one conceptual space. Several chapters consider the intertwining of modern philosophical currents and modernist artistic forms, in particular those revealing formal abstraction, stylistic experimentation, self-conscious expression, and resistance to traditional definitions of “Art.” Other chapters deal with currents that emerged as facets of art became increasingly commercialized, merging with industrial design and popular entertainment industries. Some contributors address Post-Modernist art and theory, highlighting power relations and providing sceptical, critical commentary on repercussions of colonialism and notions of universal truths rooted in Western ideals. By interfering with established dichotomies and unsettling stable debates related to art and sovereignty, all contributors frame new perspectives on the co-constitution of artworks and practices of sovereignty.

Book Stradanus  1523 1605

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  • Author : Jan van der Straet
  • Publisher : Brepols Publishers
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9782503529967
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Stradanus 1523 1605 written by Jan van der Straet and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: versatility of the artist's oeuvre. --Book Jacket.

Book Hollstein s German Engravings  Etchings and Woodcuts

Download or read book Hollstein s German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book  Cuckoldry  Impotence and Adultery in Europe  15th 17th century

Download or read book Cuckoldry Impotence and Adultery in Europe 15th 17th century written by SaraF. Matthews-Grieco and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Renaissance and early modern Europe, various constellations of phenomena-ranging from sex scandals to legal debates to flurries of satirical prints-collectively demonstrate, at different times and places, an increased concern with cuckoldry, impotence and adultery. This concern emerges in unusual events (such as scatological rituals of house-scorning), appears in neglected sources (such as drawings by Swiss mercenary soldier-artists), and engages innovative areas of inquiry (such as the intersection between medical theory and Renaissance comedy). Interdisciplinary analytical tools are here deployed to scrutinize court scandals and decipher archival documents. Household recipes, popular literary works and a variety of visual media are examined in the light of contemporary sexual culture and contextualized with reference to current social and political issues. The essays in this volume reveal the central importance of sexuality and sexual metaphor for our understanding of European history, politics and culture, and emphasize the extent to which erotic presuppositions underpinned the early modern world.

Book Peasants  Warriors  and Wives

Download or read book Peasants Warriors and Wives written by Keith Moxey and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Peasants, Warriors, and Wives, Keith Moxey examines woodcut images from the German Reformation that have often been ignored as a crude and inferior form of artistic production. In this richly illustrated study, Moxey argues that while they may not satisfy received notions of "art," they nevertheless constitute an important dimension of the visual culture of the period. Far from being manifestations of universal public opinion, as a cursory acquaintance with their subject matter might suggest, such prints were the means by which the reformed attitudes of the middle and upper classes were disseminated to a broad popular audience.

Book Catalogue of the Leeser Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the Leeser Library written by Isaac Leeser and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism

Download or read book Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism written by Lance J. Sussman and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other person of his time, Isaac Leeser 0806-1868) envisioned the development of a major center of Jewish culture and religious activity in the United States. He single-handedly provided American Jews with many of the basic religious texts, institutions, and conceptual tools they needed to construct the cultural foundation of what would later emerge as the largest Jewish community in the history of the Jewish people. Born in Germany, Leeser arrived in the United States in 1824. At that time, the American Jewish community was still a relatively unimportant outpost of Jewish life. No sustained or coordinated effort was being made to protect and expand Jewish political rights in America. The community was small, weak, and seemingly not interested in evolving into a cohesive, dynamic center of Jewish life. Leeser settled in Philadelphia where he sought to unite American Jews and the growing immigrant community under the banner of modern Sephardic Orthodoxy. Thoroughly Americanized prior to the first period of mass Jewish immigration to the United States between 1830 and 1854, Leeser served as a bridge between the old native-born and new immigrant American Jews. Among the former, he inspired a handful to work for the revitalization of Judaism in America. To the latter, he was a spiritual leader, a champion of tradition, and a guide to life in a new land. Leeser had a decisive impact on American Judaism during a career that spanned nearly forty years. The outstanding Jewish religious leader in America prior to the Civil War, he shaped both the American Jewish community and American Judaism. He sought to professionalize the American rabbinate, introduced vernacular preaching into the North American synagogue, and produced the first English language translation of the entire Hebrew Bible. As editor and publisher of The Occident, Leeser also laid the groundwork for the now vigorous and thriving American Jewish press. Leeser's influence extended well beyond the American Jewish community An outspoken advocate of religious liberty, he defended Jewish civil rights, sought to improve Jewish-Christian relations, and was an early advocate of modern Zionism. At the international level, Leeser helped mobilize Jewish opinion during the Damascus Affair and corresponded with a number of important Jewish leaders in Great Britain and western Europe. In the first biography of Isaac Leeser, Lance Sussman makes extensive use of archival and primary sources to provide a thorough study of a man who has been largely ignored by traditional histories. Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism also tells an important part of the story of Judaism's response to the challenge of political freedom and social acceptance in a new, modern society Judaism itself was transformed as it came to terms with America, and the key figure in this process was Isaac Leeser.

Book From a Mighty Fortress

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  • Author : Martin Luther
  • Publisher : [Detroit] : Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book From a Mighty Fortress written by Martin Luther and published by [Detroit] : Detroit Institute of Arts. This book was released on 1983 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Illustrated Bartsch

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  • Author : Walter L. Strauss
  • Publisher : Abaris Books
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN : 9780898350043
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Illustrated Bartsch written by Walter L. Strauss and published by Abaris Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marketing Maximilian

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  • Author : Larry Silver
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2022-06-14
  • ISBN : 0691245894
  • Pages : 724 pages

Download or read book Marketing Maximilian written by Larry Silver and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before the photo op, political rulers were manipulating visual imagery to cultivate their authority and spread their ideology. Born just decades after Gutenberg, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) was, Larry Silver argues, the first ruler to exploit the propaganda power of printed images and text. Marketing Maximilian explores how Maximilian used illustrations and other visual arts to shape his image, achieve what Max Weber calls "the routinization of charisma," strengthen the power of the Hapsburg dynasty, and help establish the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A fascinating study of the self-fashioning of an early modern ruler who was as much image-maker as emperor, Marketing Maximilian shows why Maximilian remains one of the most remarkable, innovative, and self-aggrandizing royal art patrons in European history. Silver describes how Maximilian--lacking a real capital or court center, the ability to tax, and an easily manageable territory--undertook a vast and expensive visual-media campaign to forward his extravagant claims to imperial rank, noble blood, perfect virtues, and military success. To press these claims, Maximilian patronized and often personally supervised and collaborated with the best printers, craftsmen, and artists of his time (among them no less than Albrecht Dürer) to plan and produce illustrated books, medals, heralds, armor, and an ambitious tomb monument.

Book Issigonis

Download or read book Issigonis written by Gillian Bardsley and published by Totem Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alec Issigonis is the creator of some of the most celebrated car designs of the 20th century. Gillian Bardsley tells the personal story of this complex and truly gifted man.

Book The Guilt of Nations

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  • Author : Elazar Barkan
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2001-10-09
  • ISBN : 9780801868078
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book The Guilt of Nations written by Elazar Barkan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2001-10-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author takes a sweeping look at the idea of restitution and its impact on the concept of human rights and the practice of politics. She confronts the difficulties of determining victims and assigning blame.

Book The Year s Art

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1894
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 572 pages

Download or read book The Year s Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Justice Illuminated

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  • Author : Irvin Ungar
  • Publisher : Frog Limited
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9781583940105
  • Pages : 95 pages

Download or read book Justice Illuminated written by Irvin Ungar and published by Frog Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twentieth century political cartoonist, Szyk.

Book Marc Chagall

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  • Author : James Johnson Sweeney
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 112 pages

Download or read book Marc Chagall written by James Johnson Sweeney and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jewish Heritage in American Folk Art

Download or read book The Jewish Heritage in American Folk Art written by Norman L. Kleeblatt and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1984 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: