BiennialsThe Exhibitions we Love to Hate

Biennials: The Exhibitions We Love to Hate examines one of the most signi­ficant recent transitions in the contemporary-art world: the proliferation of large-scale international recurrent survey shows of contemporary art, commonly referred to as contemporary biennials. Since the mid-1980s biennials have been instrumental in shaping curating as an autonomous practice. They have also been respon…

The Civil Contract of Photography

In this groundbreaking work, Ariella Azoulay thoroughly revises our understanding of the ethical status of photography. It must, she insists, be understood in its inseparability from the many catastrophes of recent history. She argues that photography is a particular set of relations between individuals and the powers that govern them and, at the same time, a form of relations among equals that…

Art Against EmpireToward an Aesthetics of Degrowth

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The Space of SexThe Porn Aesthetic in Contemporary Film and Television

As film and television become ever more focused on the pornographic gaze of the camera, the human body undergoes a metamorphosis, becoming both landscape and building, part of an architectonic design in which the erotics of the body spread beyond the body itself to influence the design of the film or televisual shot. The body becomes the mise-en-scène of contemporary moving imagery. Opening Th…

Histoire de la peinture en Italie

Histoire de la peinture en Italie (Seule edition complete entierement revue et corrigee) / par de Stendhal (Henri Beyle) Date de l'edition originale: 1860 Sujet de l'ouvrage: Peinture -- Italie -- Histoire Ce livre est la reproduction...

Art in Diverse Social Settings

This edited collection examines the important and multi-varied role that art plays in today's diverse society. Art is linked to the worldviews and mind-sets from which it results and, as a complex and ambiguous product of culture and perception, it can only be truly understood from multiple perspectives. Recognising this, Art in Diverse Social Settings brings together contributions from a div…

The Great Illustrators of Edgar Allan Poe

Although there have been over 700 illustrators of Poe's work over the past two centuries, this book chooses to examine only the best of them. Beginning with the French in the nineteenth century and tracing the great illustrators of Poe to the present, this book not only provides close analyses of individual visualizations but also seeks to supply an art history context to understanding their em…

Romantik : Journal for the Study of Romanticisms (Edition 1)

"Romantik. Journal for the Study of Romanticisms" is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of romantic-era cultural productions and concepts. The journal promotes innovative research across disciplinary borders. It aims to advance new historical discoveries, forward-looking theoretical insights and cutting-edge methodological approaches. The articles range over the full variety of …

Studi sulla circolazione del mosaico in area nord-adriatica

I mosaici paleocristiani che si possono ammirare nel nord Italia nascondono trame complesse, celate sotto il loro diaframma luminoso e seducente. Lo studio delle botteghe, dei motivi iconografici e ornamentali, l'approvvigionamento, la circolazione e la lavorazione dei materiali, le vie percorse per portare a compimento i cantieri possono apparire come una matassa aggrovigliata, fatta di questi…

Experiencing MaterialityMuseum Perspectives

Representing a cutting-edge study of the junction between theoretical anthropology, material culture studies, religious studies and museum anthropology, this study examines the interaction between the human and the nonhuman in a museum setting usually defined as 'non-Western', 'non-scientific' and 'religious.' Combining an on-site analysis of exhibitive spaces with archival research and intervi…