Art & Visual Culture

This study argues that Diego Velázquez painted two of his most famous works, The Spinners and Las Meninas, as theoretically informed manifestos of painterly brushwork. Knox presents a Velázquez who was much more aware of the art theory of his era than previously acknowledged, leading to his new inte..

Based on a close study of Van Dyck's Self-portrait with a Sunflower, this book examines the picture's context in the symbolic discourses of the period and in the artist's oeuvre. John Peacock analyzes the motif of looking - the ways in which figures regard or disregard each other - throughout Van Dy..

Based on a close study of Van Dyck's Self-portrait with a Sunflower, this book examines the picture's context in the symbolic discourses of the period and in the artist's oeuvre. John Peacock analyzes the motif of looking - the ways in which figures regard or disregard each other - throughout Van Dy..

Addressing a strangely neglected key issue in the history of art, this volume engages the variety and complexity of medieval representations of the unclothed human body. The Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art breaks ground by offering a variety of approaches to explore the meanings of both male and ..

Addressing a strangely neglected key issue in the history of art, this volume engages the variety and complexity of medieval representations of the unclothed human body. The Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art breaks ground by offering a variety of approaches to explore the meanings of both male and ..

The commemorative tradition in early American art is considered for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a coherent early history of the carved symbolic language of American..

The commemorative tradition in early American art is considered for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a coherent early history of the carved symbolic language of American..

This interdisciplinary volume in the AVISTA series is the first book to focus solely on the north transept of Reims Cathedral. Despite the importance of its sculpture and stained glass the north transept remains one of the least understood portions of the cathedral, in part because its sequence of c..

In this book, the "pictorial turn" is considered from the perspectives across the humanities and social sciences in order to consider what pictures or images are, how they operate on observers and the world, and how their history is to be understood. _x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a specia..

In this book, the "pictorial turn" is considered from the perspectives across the humanities and social sciences in order to consider what pictures or images are, how they operate on observers and the world, and how their history is to be understood. _x000D_ This book was published as a special issu..

This collection explores how the heritage industry and cultural policy have responded to questions of nation and national identity..

A leading critic and historian of nineteenth-century art and society explores in nine essays the interaction of art, society, ideas, and politics...