Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee documents the Knoxville Museum of Arts core collection of works by artists from or with close ties to East Tennessee from roughly the mid nineteenth to the late twentieth century. The book accompanies a permanent exhibition of the same name. Both book and exhibition make the case that the visual culture of Knoxville and its Appalachi…
No artist, critic, or art historian disputes the importance of recording how and why our conceptions and methods of depicting pictorial space have changed from ancient to modern times, and yet no previous book has provided a comprehensive history centered around these changing images of pictorial space and the ways in which their evolution reflects ideological changes in society. Dunning trac…
In Aprire lo sguardo Alessandra Mauro raccoglie 15 fotografie memorabili che, nel comporre il «mosaico visuale» del nostro paese, testimoniano «come lo abbiamo ritratto e come ci siamo ritratti» negli anni. È un viaggio che abbraccia l’Italia intera e che inizia quasi due secoli fa, con una delle prime vedute di Roma realizzata da Giacomo Caneva nel 1847. In…
There's far more to Italian food than pasta and pizza. Discover the history and culture of Italy through its rich culinary traditions. Part of the Global Kitchen series, this book takes readers on a food tour of Italy, covering everything from daily staples to holiday specialties. In addition to discovering Italy's long culinary history, readers will learn about recent trends, foreign influenc…
In einer Welt, in der Essen oft inszeniert wird, will dieses Buch etwas anderes: Lust machen aufs einfache, gute Kochen – ohne Chichi, ohne Sterne, ohne Angst vor Flecken. Von herzhaften Klassikern bis zu spontanen Improvisationen – diese Rezepte sind inspiriert von europäischen und asiatischen Küchen, immer mit Respekt vor denen, die sie erfunden, erweitert und weitergegeben haben. Begle…
This is an escape story.' Annah, Infinite turns dominant narratives of Paul Gauguin's famous painting Annah la Javanaise (c.1893-94) on its head. The work argues a simple point: there is the possibility that the portrait is a depiction of a pained child. In highlighting the plausibility of this particular scenario in light of how contradictory 'facts' surrounding Annah's life have been assemble…
Desde que comienzan a aparecer las primeras luces por el este hasta que se vuelve a hacer de noche, se abren un sinfÃn de posibilidades para el fotógrafo de paisajes. Paisajes naturales, paisajes urbanos... durante el amanecer, el atardecer, o a plena luz del dÃa. Cualquier momento es bueno para hacer fotos si conocemos la luz y cómo usarla a nuestro favor. En este libro veremos cómo me e…
A ground-breaking exploration of how art responds to democratic crisis. Is democracy over? Did we ever really have it? Most people would agree that today democracy finds itself in crisis. As this crisis has intensified, art has emerged as an important means of experimenting with new democratic processes and possibilities. In Model collapse, an incisive group of art historians and theorists in…
A Practice of Pleasure is an intimate and panoramic entrée into the life and work of Joanna Frueh (1948-2020), an art historian and performance practitioner for whom life and art were inseparable. Written during a key transitional moment in her life and work (2005-2012), the volume makes available primarily unpublished performance texts and writings that give an intimate insight both into Frue…
Melchior Lorck (born in Flensburg in 1526 or 1527, died c. 1583) was the first Danish artist to achieve international renown. Trained in the tradition of the German Kleinmeister, Lorck is considered one of the most original artists of sixteenth-century Europe, with a style and choice of motifs that are both austere and unique. Lorck was an itinerant Renaissance master, always on the lookout for…