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A Companion to French Art
A comprehensive exploration of the evolutions, innovations, and legacies of French art from the late eighteenth-century to the present Charting the artistic eras from the transformative upheavals of the French Revolution to the dynamic global intersections of contemporary art in the 21st century, A Companion to French Art, 1789 to the Present provides an unparalleled analysis of French art. Ed…
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Art et civilisation de la perseArt, splendeur et héritage à travers les dyn…
Dans Art et civilisation persane : Splendeur et héritage à travers les dynasties, avec des extraits du Rub??iyy?t d'Omar Khayy?m, nous explorons l'héritage magnifique de la Perse, depuis la splendeur opulente des cours sassanides jusqu'à l'art raffiné de l'époque qadjare. Cette édition introduit un chapitre richement annoté dédié aux Rub??iyy?t d'Omar Khayy?m, comportant de nouvelles …
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The Bucolic Mode in Byzantine ArtSound, Weather, Imperium
Bucolic imagery—of shepherds with flocks in idyllic surroundings—has barely been studied in Byzantine art history. These images elude our usual analytical categories of imperial, sacred, and secular art, and challenge our assumptions about visual narrative. This book demonstrates that a "bucolic mode" existed in Byzantium in diverse media, such as textiles, sculpture, mosaics, silver, and m…
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ShamanismThe Shamanic Traditions of Siberia and its Korean counterpart
Ethnographic Insights and Rare Photographs from the Early 20th Century. This remarkable volume brings together rare archival photographs from the Ethnological Museum of St. Petersburg and a deeply researched ethnographic narrative that illuminates the spiritual worlds of Siberian and Korean shamans. Captured in the early 1900s, these images bear witness to a time when ritual, myth, and everyday…
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Animism, Materiality, and MuseumsHow Do Byzantine Things Feel?
Byzantine art is normally explained as devotional, historical, highly intellectualized, but this book argues for an experiential necessity for a fuller, deeper, more ethical approach to this art. Written in response to an exhibition the author curated at The Menil Collection in 2013, this monograph challenges us to search for novel ways to explore and interrogate the art of this distant culture…
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ChamanismeLes traditions chamaniques de Sibérie et son équivalent coréen
Regards ethnographiques et photographies rares du début du XXe siècle. Ce volume remarquable réunit des photographies d'archives rares du Musée ethnologique de Saint-Pétersbourg et un texte ethnographique approfondi qui éclaire les mondes spirituels des chamanes de Sibérie et de Corée. Capturées au début des années 1900, ces images témoignent d'une époque où le rituel, le mythe et…
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The Social Lives of Medieval Rings
The essays in this volume focus on rings as small objects that have touched upon people, places, and events; rings have also featured in scholastic debates and form our modern museum collections. Contributors collectively argue that a closer look at these diminutive artifacts—both precious and mundane—alongside an assessment of their place within the visual, archaeological, and written reco…
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Henri Matisse. Une quête de lumière, de couleur et de liberté
Cet ouvrage brosse un portrait saisissant d'Henri Matisse, l'un des artistes les plus emblématiques du XXe siècle. Né en 1869 au Cateau-Cambrésis, Matisse commence par une carrière juridique avant de se tourner vers la peinture, sous l'influence des impressionnistes. Maître incontesté de la couleur, il est également reconnu pour sa technique révolutionnaire de découpage et son rôle f…
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Network Analysis for Book HistoriansDigital Labour and Data Visualization Tec…
Researchers and archivists have spent decades digitizing and cataloguing, but what does the future hold for book history? This book explores the potential of network analysis as a method for medieval and early modern book history. Presented through case studies of the Cotton Library, the Digital Index of Middle English Verse, and the Pforzheimer Collection, this book offers a blueprint for draw…
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Art and Civilization of PersiaArt, Splendour and Heritage Across Dynasties
In Art and Civilization of Persia: Splendour and Heritage Across Dynasties, with excerpts from Omar Khayy?m's Rubaiyat, we explore the magnificent legacy of Persia, from the opulent splendour of the Sassanid courts to the exquisite artistry of the Qajar era. This edition introduces a richly annotated chapter dedicated to the Rubaiyats of Omar Khayyam, featuring new translations accompanied by h…
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