The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity
The Renewal of Pagan Antiquity

Author: Aby Warburg

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 872

ISBN-13: 9780892365371

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A collection of essays by the art historian Aby Warburg, these essays look beyond iconography to more psychological aspects of artistic creation: the conditions under which art was practised; its social and cultural contexts; and its conceivable historical meaning.

The Cambridge History of Medicine
The Cambridge History of Medicine

Author: Roy Porter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-06-05

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 0521864267

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Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.

Primary Documents
Primary Documents

Author: Laura J. Hoptman

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780262083133

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This text presents documents drawn from the artistic archives of Eastern and Central Europe during the second half of the 20th century.

Utopia
Utopia

Author: Thomas More

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-04-08

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 8027303583

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Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

Author: Natalie Zemon Davis

Publisher: Walters Art Gallery

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 9780911886788

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"This publication accompanies the exhibition Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, held at the Walters Art Museum from October 14, 2012, to January 21, 2013, and at the Princeton University Art Museum from February 16 to June 9, 2013."