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"In this widely anticipated book, two leading contemporary art historians offer a subtle and profound reconsideration of the problem of time in the Renaissance. Alexander Nagel and Christopher Wood examine the meanings, uses, and effects of chronologies, models of temporality, a…
Om sällsamma eller abnorma fenomen och dessas tolkning inom vetenskap, konst och litteratur under medeltiden, renässansen och tidigmodern tid.
Claudio Lomnitz explores Mexico's rich and unique use of death imagery. Unlike Europeans and Americans, whose denial of death permeates their cultures, the Mexican people display and cultivate a jovial familiarity with the Grim Reaper. This intimacy has become a cornerstone of t…
In this book, sinologist Francois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi - meaning disposition or circumstance, power or potential - as a touchstone to explore Chinese culture and to uncover the structure underlying Chinese modes of thinking.
