The basic premise of the book at hand is that there is meaning to be 'excavated' (in both meanings of the word) from Christian responses to pagan sculpture in the period from the fourth to the sixth century. More than mindless acts of religious violence by fanatical mobs, these …
Art and architecture of the Buddhist monastic complex at Sanchi, India.
Ranging from the Ancient to the Modern world, and investigating the function of artistic reproduction in cultures as diverse as the Catholic Spain of the Golden Age and the avant-garde of early twentieth century Germany, these essays significantly add to our understanding of a n…
This collection of essays is the first of its kind to focus on issues concerning sculpture and reproduction, and to explore their theoretical and practical consequences. What does it mean for a sculpture to be reproduced? Does it diminish or add to the authenticity and authority…
Our environment is negatively affected by the way plastics are currently designed. Plastic waste is a growing problem. One such solution would be to redesign plastics for reusability and recyclability. This book makes the topic of plastic design approachable for students and car…
Plastics in the Circular Economy
by Voet, Vincent, Voet, Vincent, Folkersma, Rudy, Jager, Jan
Our environment is negatively affected by the way plastics are currently designed. Plastic waste is a growing problem. One such solution would be to redesign plastics for reusability and recyclability. This book makes the topic of plastic design approachable for students and car…
"The book begins in the late eighteenth century, when a systematic formal distinction began to be made between painting and sculpture. Following changing attitudes toward sculpture through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Potts analyses for the first time the radical tran…
"The book begins in the late eighteenth century, when a systematic formal distinction began to be made between painting and sculpture. Following changing attitudes toward sculpture through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Potts analyses for the first time the radical tran…
Explores the common elements of Romanesque sculpture from the perspective of gaining a better understanding the culture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries--a time when society was marked by violence and feudal divisions. Rather than emphasizing regional diversity in Romanesqu…