Author: Michael Ivanovitch RostovzeffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The animal style in South Russia and China
Author: Michael Ivanovitch RostovzeffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Animal Style in South Russia and China
Author: Michael Ivanovitch RostovtzeffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The animal style in South Russia and China; being the material of a course of lectures delivered in August 1925 at Princeton university under the auspices of the Harvard-Princeton fine arts club
Author: Michail Ivanovič RostovcevPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Animal Style in South Russia and China
Author: Michael Ivanovitch RostovtzeffPublisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
ISBN: 9788882651060
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Origins of Monsters
Author: David WengrowPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691202397
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite figurations are intriguingly rare and isolated in the art of the prehistoric era. Instead it was with the rise of cities, elites, and cosmopolitan trade networks that "monsters" became widespread features of visual production in the ancient world. Showing how these fantastic images originated and how they were transmitted, David Wengrow identifies patterns in the records of human image-making and embarks on a search for connections between mind and culture. Wengrow asks: Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced by institutions and technologies? Wengrow considers the work of art in the first age of mechanical reproduction, which he locates in the Middle East, where urban life began. Comparing the development and spread of fantastic imagery across a range of prehistoric and ancient societies, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and China, he explores how the visual imagination has been shaped by a complex mixture of historical and universal factors. Examining the reasons behind the dissemination of monstrous imagery in ancient states and empires, The Origins of Monsters sheds light on the relationship between culture and cognition.
Art in the Eurasian Iron Age
Author: Courtney NimuraPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789253950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Since early discoveries of so-called Celtic Art during the 19th century, archaeologists have mused on the origins of this major art tradition, which emerged in Europe around 500 BC. Classical influence has often been cited as the main impetus for this new and distinctive way of decorating, but although Classical and Celtic Art share certain motifs, many of the design principles behind the two styles differ fundamentally. Instead, the idea that Celtic Art shares its essential forms and themes of transformation and animism with Iron Age art from across northern Eurasia has recently gained currency, partly thanks to a move away from the study of motifs in prehistoric art and towards considerations of the contexts in which they appear. This volume explores Iron Age art at different scales and specifically considers the long-distance connections, mutual influences and shared ‘ways of seeing’ that link Celtic Art to other art traditions across northern Eurasia. It brings together 13 papers on varied subjects such as animal and human imagery, technologies of production and the design theory behind Iron Age art, balancing pan-Eurasian scale commentary with regional and site scale studies and detailed analyses of individual objects, as well as introductory and summary papers. This multi-scalar approach allows connections to be made across wide geographical areas, whilst maintaining the detail required to carry out sensitive studies of objects.
The Animal Style in South Russia and China
Author: Mihail Ivanovič RostovcevPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More Books
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Issues consist of lists of new books added to the library ; also articles about aspects of printing and publishing history, and about exhibitions held in the library, and important acquisitions.
Books in Series
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 1858
Book Description
Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.
Art Books
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Including an international directory of museum permanent collection catalogs.