In the later decades, art historical writing has focused strongly on the use and reception of images. The articles of this publication are devoted ...

This book presents an amazing mixture of classical Turkish illumination patterns and their contemporary interpretations. It illustrates how illumin...

3 books & slipcase. This three volume set is the most comprehensive visual document ever published of Spanish colonial and frontier artefacts o...

This volume contains a collection of essays in honour of the late Professor of Comparative Literature, C Clifford Flanigan, who died suddenly in 19...

The anthropology of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is studied with special referecne to his frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, both the Ceiling (...

Die Autoren liefern Einblicke in eine von der Kritik weitgehend unbeachtete, aber dennoch extrem präsente Baukultur vom Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts b...

New investigations have demonstrated that a number of pseudepigrapha provided the textual basis for features in biblical representations in early a...

More than 350 beautiful color photographs and a descriptive text depict 18th to mid-20th century Mexican devotional art including danced masks, dev...

This superb book, originally published in 1899, has been completely reset for this new edition. Whether it be at the Louvre or a thousand museums, ...

Of all the world's great religions, where art is used to reflect the happenings, teaching, and values of various beliefs, none is believed to have ...