Posted on Jul-28-2009

The Artistic Culture between the Wars 1920-1945: ART of the 20th Century Volume II (Art of the Twentieth Century)


The Artistic Culture between the Wars 1920-1945: ART of the 20th Century Volume II (Art of the Twentieth Century)


Author:
  • Garbriella Belli
  • Carlo Bertelli
  • Germano Celant
ISBN: 8876248048
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

Product Description:
This second volume in the Art of the Twentieth Century series analyzes and presents the diverse world of artistic production between the two world wars, beginning with the environment that took shape in the immediate wake of World War I. The Artistic Culture Between the Wars is an interdisciplinary survey of this period’s changing artistic climate that included the re-emergence of a figurative approach (the New Objectivity), and the evolution of an avant-garde that is now historicized by its second-generation artists. Also considered are phenomena such as Surrealism, the change in taste from Art Deco to Novecentismo, and the expression of the totalitarian regimes during the outbreak of World War II. The book’s chronological boundaries stretch from the birth of the Dada in Germany to the birth of Abstract Expressionism (1943-1945).

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Posted on Jul-27-2009

Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West (Reaktion Books - Picturing History)


Global Interests: Renaissance Art Between East and West (Reaktion Books - Picturing History)


Author:
  • Lisa Jardine
  • Jerry Brotton
ISBN: 1861891660
Number Of Pages: 224
Languages:
Original Language: English
Unknown: English
Published: English

Product Description:
Looking outward for confirmation of who they were and what defined them as "civilized," Europeans encountered the returning gaze of what we now call the East, in particular the attention of the powerful Ottoman Empire. Global Interests explores the historical interactions that arose from these encounters as it considers three less-examined art objects—portrait medals, tapestries, and equestrian art—from a fresh and stimulating perspective. As portable artifacts, these objects are particularly potent tools for exploring the cultural currents flowing between the Orient and Occident.

Global Interests offers a timely reconsideration of the development of European imperialism, focusing on the Habsburg Empire of Charles V. Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton analyze the impact this history continues to have on contemporary perceptions of European culture and ethnic identity. They also investigate the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically during the century-long span of 1450 to 1550. Ultimately, their study offers a radical and wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art.


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