Imagination des Himmels

Bilder des Himmels und des Weltalls, von den ersten Sternwarten bis zu aktuellen Aufnahmen vom Mars, markieren jenen spannungsvollen Grenzverlauf zwischen künstlerischer und wissenschaftlicher Imagination, der gerade in dem Versuch, das Ungreifbare greifbar zu machen, starke Bildtraditionen ausgeprägt hat. Um himmlischer Phänomene, die der direkten Wahrnehmung prinzipiell entzogen sind, in F…

Kontaktbilder

"Kontaktbilder" entstehen durch Berührung oder Abdruck, als Spur, Einprägung oder Abreibung einer Sache. Sie sind Mittler von etwas, das durch sie zugleich Unmittelbarkeit beansprucht. Während die mimetische Nachahmung Präsenz und Ähnlichkeit erzeugt, indem sie Gegenstände in sichtbaren Formen gleich welcher Machart reproduziert, stehen Kontaktbilder aufgrund ihres mechanischen Herstellun…

Since ’45America and the Making of Contemporary Art

Art histories of the recent past usually depict art after World War II as wrested from a ravaged Europe by a triumphant United States, or in formal terms, floating free of social meaning. These histories fail to describe how the particularities of American culture shaped contemporary art. Without the European triumvirate of academy, aristocracy, and avant-garde, American artists instead respond…

British Women and Cultural Practices of Empire, 1770-1940

Correspondence, travel writing, diary writing, painting, scrapbooking, curating, collecting and house interiors allowed British women scope to express their responses to imperial sites and experiences in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Taking these productions as its archive, British Women and Cultural Practices of Empire, 1775-1930 includes a collection of essays from different disciplines …

Vino BusinessThe Cloudy World of French Wine

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How the Other Half AteA History of Working-Class Meals at the Turn of the Cen…

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class Americans had eating habits that were distinctly shaped by jobs, families, neighborhoods, and the tools, utilities, and size of their kitchens—along with their cultural heritage. How the Other Half Ate is a deep exploration by historian and lecturer Katherine Turner that delivers an unprecedented and thoroughly researched stu…

Wide Awake in SlumberlandFantasy, Mass Culture, and Modernism in the Art of W…

Cartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934) is rightfully celebrated for the skillful draftmanship and inventive design sense he displayed in the comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. McCay crafted narratives of anticipation, abundance, and unfulfilled longing. This book explores McCay's interest in dream imagery in relation to the larger preoccupation with fantasy tha…

Personal Recollections of Vincent Van Gogh

Rejected in their day by painters, critics, and collectors, the visions of Vincent Van Gogh now rank among the most beloved and influential works in the history of Western art. The artist sold only a single painting in his lifetime, despite an abundant oeuvre of more than 2,000 artworks. Today his paintings fetch tens of millions at auction, and visitors from around the world flock to Amsterdam…

No Man's Land

What force of will and circumstance drove a woman from a comfortable life painting china tea services to one of hardship and loneliness in the battle zones of France and Belgium following the Great War? For western Canadian artist Mary Riter Hamilton (1868-1954), art was her life's passion. Her tale is one of tragedy and adventure, from homestead beginnings, to genteel drawing rooms in Winnip…

So Much to CelebrateEntertaining the Ones You Love the Whole Year Through

Create meaningful, extraordinary celebrations and events that foster lifelong memories with the ones you love with inspiration from Katie Jacobs through her essential guide to entertaining. Create beautiful memories for your family and friends with help from Katie Jacobs, a stylist for Reese Witherspoon's lifestyle brand Draper James. She reveals her secrets for throwi…