Great Art Critics (1750-2000)
Great Art Critics (1750-2000)

Author: J. Pedro Lorente

Publisher: Mimesis International

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 886977256X

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The art world has become a point of contention within a range of debates and yet, strangely enough, while art criticism has been discussed at length, very little is said about art critics. Following in the footsteps of Lionello Venturi’s History of Art Criticism, in the current volume Lorente provides an updated reassessment of the great art critics from the Enlightenment down to the turn of the millennium. Conceived as a didactic handbook with a recommended bibliography at the end of each chapter, this concise work tells the history of a profession in permanent crisis, while also paying homage to its most infl uential practitioners in different cultural contexts.

Beauty and Art
Beauty and Art

Author: Elizabeth Prettejohn

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2005-05-05

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0191516511

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What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that are all too often ignored in discussions of art today. Prettejohn argues that we simply cannot afford to ignore these questions. Charting over two hundred years of western art, she illuminates the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art, from the works of Kauffman to Whistler, Ingres to Rossetti, Cézanne to Jackson Pollock, and concludes with a challenging question for the future: why should we care about beauty in the twenty-first century?

Art of the United States, 1750-2000
Art of the United States, 1750-2000

Author: John Davis

Publisher: Terra Foundation for the Arts

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780932171689

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John Adams on the arts -- The Nation vs. Prang et Co. -- Should women artists marry? -- Dorothea Lange on documentary photography -- Emory Douglas, the Black Panther Party, and revolutionary art -- Fred Wilson exhibits suppressed histories.

Religion, Children's Literature, and Modernity in Western Europe, 1750-2000
Religion, Children's Literature, and Modernity in Western Europe, 1750-2000

Author: Jan de Maeyer

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9789058674975

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In this book some 25 scholars focus on the relationship between religion, children's literature and modernity in Western Europe since the Enlightenment (c. 1750). They examine various aspects of the phenomenon of children's literature, such as types of texts, age of readers, position of authors, design and illustration. The role of religion in giving meaning both in a substantive sense as well as through the institutionalised churches is studied from an interdenominational point of view (Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Anglicanism). Finally, the contribution of pedagogy and child psychology in the interaction between modernity, religion and children's literature is also discussed.Various articles give a broad overview of the tensions between aesthetics and ethics and the demand for cultural autonomy in the development of children's literature. Children's bibles and missionary stories played an important part in the growing diversification of children's literature, as did the publication of illustrated reviews for children. Remarkable differences are highlighted in the involvement of religious societies and institutions, episcopally approved publishing houses and supervisory bodies in the publication, distribution and supervision of children's literature. This volume adopts a comparative approach in exploring the underlying religious, ideological and cultural dimensions of children's literature in modern society.)

The Recovery of Beauty: Arts, Culture, Medicine
The Recovery of Beauty: Arts, Culture, Medicine

Author: Corinne Saunders

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-22

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1137426748

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An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'.

PULCHRISM: Championing Beauty as The Purpose of Art
PULCHRISM: Championing Beauty as The Purpose of Art

Author: Jesse Waugh

Publisher: JESSE WAUGH

Published: 2015-07-31

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1943730040

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Pulchrism is an art movement founded by Jesse Waugh which champions Beauty as the purpose of art. "Pulchrism: Championing Beauty as The Purpose of Art" illustrates - with images and words - the core meaning and value of the Pulchrist movement. Pulchrism realizes the highest, ultimate, and most absolute Truth - that "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,-that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

Aesthetics of Music
Aesthetics of Music

Author: Stephen Downes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-27

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1136486917

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Aesthetics of Music: Musicological Approaches is an anthology of fourteen essays, each addressing a single key concept or pair of terms in the aesthetics of music, collectively serving as an authoritative work on musical aesthetics that remains as close to 'the music' as possible. Each essay includes musical examples from works in the 18th, 19th, and into the 20th century. Topics have been selected from amongst widely recognised central issues in musical aesthetics, as well as those that have been somewhat neglected, to create a collection that covers a distinctive range of ideas. All essays cover historical origins, sources, and developments of the chosen idea, survey important musicological approaches, and offer new critical angles or musical case studies in interpretation.

A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics
A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics

Author: Pierre Destrée

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-04-28

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 1119009782

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The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media—oral, aural, visual, and literary. Investigates the many ways in which the arts were experienced and conceptualized in the ancient world Explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media, treating literary, oral, aural, and visual arts together in a single volume Presents an integrated perspective on the major themes of ancient aesthetics which challenges traditional demarcations Raises questions about the similarities and differences between ancient and modern ways of thinking about the place of art in society

The New York Times Book Reviews 2000
The New York Times Book Reviews 2000

Author: New York Times Staff

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1284

ISBN-13: 9781579580582

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This anthology examines Love's Labours Lost from a variety of perspectives and through a wide range of materials. Selections discuss the play in terms of historical context, dating, and sources; character analysis; comic elements and verbal conceits; evidence of authorship; performance analysis; and feminist interpretations. Alongside theater reviews, production photographs, and critical commentary, the volume also includes essays written by practicing theater artists who have worked on the play. An index by name, literary work, and concept rounds out this valuable resource.

International Review of Biblical Studies, Volume 49 (2002-2003)
International Review of Biblical Studies, Volume 49 (2002-2003)

Author: Bernhard Lang

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2004-02-01

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 9047412710

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Formerly known by its subtitle “Internationale Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete”, the International Review of Biblical Studies has served the scholarly community ever since its inception in the early 1950’s. Each annual volume includes approximately 2,000 abstracts and summaries of articles and books that deal with the Bible and related literature, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, Non-canonical gospels, and ancient Near Eastern writings. The abstracts – which may be in English, German, or French - are arranged thematically under headings such as e.g. “Genesis”, “Matthew”, “Greek language”, “text and textual criticism”, “exegetical methods and approaches”, “biblical theology”, “social and religious institutions”, “biblical personalities”, “history of Israel and early Judaism”, and so on. The articles and books that are abstracted and reviewed are collected annually by an international team of collaborators from over 300 of the most important periodicals and book series in the fields covered.