"Raphael" by Estelle M. Hurll. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet undiscovered gems?of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers a…
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A collection of 15 pictures (in black and white) with a portrait of the painter with Introduction and interpretation by Estelle Hurll. According to Wikipedia: "Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an influential eighteenth-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imp…
In Virtual Memory, Homay King traces the concept of the virtual through the philosophical works of Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, and Giorgio Agamben to offer a new framework for thinking about film, video, and time-based contemporary art. Detaching the virtual from its contemporary associations with digitality, technology, simulation, and speed, King shows that using its original meaning—whi…
The book provides the first broad survey of church textiles of Spanish America and demonstrates that, while overlooked, textiles were a vital part of visual culture in the Catholic Church. When Catholic churches were built in the New World in the sixteenth century, they were furnished with rich textiles known in Spanish as "church clothing." These textile ornaments covered churches' altars, st…
MS IM-PORT//EX-PORT: Ein 100 Jahre altes Fahrgastschiff diente einen Sommer lang auf der Fulda in Kassel dem freien Austausch von Kunst und Wissenschaft. Thematische Leitlinie war die Idee des Austauschs – das Leben am Fluss. Dieses Buch dokumentiert die künstlerischen und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten der Akteure und zeigt: Als schwimmendes Experimentierfeld für Kunst, Wissenschaft und Tech…
Im ersten Teil behandelt Sedlmayr die >>Symptome >Gesamtaufgaben >der 'Befreiung' zum Ende der Kunst >als Ganzes gesehen, gerade auch im Chaotischen, den Charakter eines >geschlossenen< Zeitalters<< gewinnen kann. Vorläufig erweist sich als ihr einigendes Kriterium das Leiden an der Gottferne, die nirgends in gleicher Weise zum Ausdruck kommt wie in der Kunst.
Renowned artist and architect Maya Lin's visual and verbal sketchbook—a unique view into her artwork and philosophy. Walking through this parklike area, the memorial appears as a rift in the earth -- a long, polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth. Approaching the memorial, the ground slopes gently downward, and the low walls emerging on either side, growing out o…