Baroquemania explores the intersections of art, architecture and criticism to show how reimagining the Baroque helped craft a distinctively Italian approach to modern art. Offering a bold reassessment of post-unification visual culture, the book examines a wide variety of media …
by Klose, Alexander, Steininger, Benjamin
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Republication of a 1911 work in which the author offers step-by-step instruction on the techniques of sculpting animals, discussing topics such as anatomy, motion, measurements, framing, tools, and plaster casting.
by Melvani
fromStudies in the visual cultures of the Middle Ages
This book provides a detailed description and interpretation of multiple aspects of sculpture from late Byzantine monuments. Although individual monuments of the late Byzantine period have been exhaustively published and analyzed, the role of their sculptural decoration is usual…
"This book provides a detailed description and interpretation of multiple aspects of sculpture from Late Byzantine monuments. Although individual monuments of the Late Byzantine period have been exhaustively published and analyzed, the role of their sculptural decoration is usua…
This work develops a new theoretical concept for the understanding of the Roman art of images. It establishes a connection between artistic forms and content and expressions of ideology, such as the glorification of state and ruler, war and triumph.
On the history of Roman portraiture -- Greek portraits and their Roman copies -- Portraits of Roman emperors -- Portraits of men and youth -- Portraits of women and girls -- Portraits on grave reliefs and tomb altars -- Disputed portraits
