Art & Visual Culture

The crusades had a profound impact on medieval and early modern societies, but there have been few studies dedicated to investigating how the crusading movement influenced medieval visual cultures. Written by scholars from around the world working in the domains of art history and history, the essay..

The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century Porcelain presents new interpretative frameworks for the study of eighteenth-century porcelain. Contributors analyze the porcelain's aesthetic qualities, particularly the way those qualities reinforce and challenge the social processes within which porc..

The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century Porcelain presents new interpretative frameworks for the study of eighteenth-century porcelain. Contributors analyze the porcelain's aesthetic qualities, particularly the way those qualities reinforce and challenge the social processes within which porc..

Eleonora di Toledo was a powerful and influential woman who, over the course of nearly a quarter century (1539-62), contributed profoundly to the cultural flowering of ducal Florence. But in spite of all these contributions, Eleonora has attracted little attention from scholars. The examination of..

Eleonora di Toledo was a powerful and influential woman who, over the course of nearly a quarter century (1539-62), contributed profoundly to the cultural flowering of ducal Florence. But in spite of all these contributions, Eleonora has attracted little attention from scholars. The examination of..

What is design? What are the main design disciplines, and how to they interrelate? How does design theory and context help you improve your studio work? What do you need to know by the end of your course to get a good career? What can you do to become a knowledgeable designer and improve your skills..

Adopting a broad chronological framework and expanding the regional scope beyond Florence and Venice to include domestic interiors from less studied centers such as Urbino, Ferrara, and Bologna, this collection offers new perspectives on the home in early modern Italy. The volume’s dual emphasis is ..

Adopting a broad chronological framework and expanding the regional scope beyond Florence and Venice to include domestic interiors from less studied centers such as Urbino, Ferrara, and Bologna, this collection offers new perspectives on the home in early modern Italy. The volume’s dual emphasis is ..

Adopting a broad chronological framework and expanding the regional scope beyond Florence and Venice to include domestic interiors from less studied centers such as Urbino, Ferrara, and Bologna, this collection offers new perspectives on the home in early modern Italy. The volume’s dual emphasis is ..

Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames across the world-the culmination, not the beginning of the story of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. This essay collection explores caricature's rise, its spread across North America and Europe, and the visual cultures of..

Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames across the world-the culmination, not the beginning of the story of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. This essay collection explores caricature's rise, its spread across North America and Europe, and the visual cultures of..

Searing disputes over caricature have recently sparked flames across the world-the culmination, not the beginning of the story of one of modernity's definitive artistic practices. This essay collection explores caricature's rise, its spread across North America and Europe, and the visual cultures of..