Photography was long regarded as a "middlebrow" art by the art institution. Yet, at the turn of the millennium it became the hot, global art of our time. In this book - part institutional history, part account of shifting photographic theories and practices - Alexandra Moschovi …
Rembrandt: portrait of a man
by Národní galerie v Praze, Brink, Peter van den, Buschhoff, Anne, Dekiert, Marcus, Franits, Wayne E., Haist, Iris, Kazlepka, Zdeněk, Kubíková, Blanka, Lange, Justus, Pokorný, Adam, Saint-George, Caroline von, Seelig, Gero, Seifertová, Hana, Sloten, Leonore van, Thiel-Convery, Laura E., Yeager-Crasselt, Lara, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum - Fondation Corboud, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, Schaefer, Iris, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn
This publication will accompany the eponymous exhibition project (in partnership with Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne), whose central theme is the painting "Scholar in his Study", housed in NGP's collections. The representative catalogue focuses on the themes of learning and sc…
This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the Sahel ("shore" in Arabic), a vast area on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert that includes present-day Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Cha…
"The powerful and culturally prolific Seljuqs--an empire whose reach extended from Central Asia to the eastern Mediterranean--dominated the Islamic world from the eleventh to the fourteenth century. The age of the Seljuqs was one that celebrated magnificence, in this world and t…
Contemporary Curating, Artistic Reference and Public Reception' undertakes a unique critical survey and analysis of prevailing group exhibition-making practices in Europe, the UK and North America.0Drawing on curatorial literature and two in-depth case studies of group exhibitio…
"Fashion Game Changers traces radical innovations in Western fashion design from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Challenging the traditional silhouettes of their day, fashion designers such as Madeleine Vionnet and Cristóbal Balenciaga began to liberate the fem…
When spontaneous student protests erupted in Hong Kong on 28 September 2014 as a reaction to proposed changes in the electoral process, the global media was rife with images not only of the protesters themselves, but also the myriad informal structures and designs they had creat…
"Alexander Girard (1907-1993) was one of the most important modern textile artists and interior designers of the twentieth century. He worked closely with designers such as Charles Eames and George Nelson and combined Pop Art and Folk Art influences to create a colourfully opule…
Innovation, technology, and spectacle combine in wondrous works of decorative art and furniture that embody the splendor and luxury of the royal courts of Europe. At once beautiful works of art and technological wonders, the objects featured in Making Marvels demonstrate how Eur…
"Inspired by the archive of Richmond native Louis Draper, VMFA has organized an unprecedented exhibition that chronicles the first twenty years of the Kamoinge Workshop, a group of African American photographers he helped to found in 1963. More than 180 photographs by fifteen of…
"How did China's Communist revolution transform the nation's political culture? In this rich and vivid history of the Mao period (1949-1976), Denise Y. Ho examines the relationship between its exhibitions and its political movement"--
The patriarchal construction of maternity is held by such efficient cultural, social, political and economical structures that they submerge the ones who experiment it into a sort of Stockholm Syndrome. In this way, the patriarchy ensures its survival and allows for an acritic r…
Carthage: fact and myth
Carthage is mainly known as the city that was utterly destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. This book tells the story about this fascinating city, which for centuries was the center of a far-flung trade network in the Mediterranean. Carthage was founded by Phoenician migrants, who …