What is art history? Why, how, and where did it originate, and how have its methods changed over time? The history of art has been written and rewritten since classical antiquity. Since the foundation of the modern discipline of art history in Germany in the late eighteenth century, debates about art and its histories have intensified. Historians, philosophers, psychologists, and anthropologists among others have changed our notions of what art history has been, is,and might be.

This antholog...

The Sociology of News reviews and synthesizes not only what is happening to journalism but also what is happening to the scholarly understanding of journalism. In the Second Edition, each chapter of the book has been updated to account for the radical changes that have reshaped the news industry over the last decade. With a new chapter on the sharp contraction of the news business in the United States since 2007, The Sociology of News examines journalism as a social institution and analyzes t...

The first global history of architecture to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes, Architecture since 1400 is unprecedented in its range, approach, and insight. From Tenochtitlan's Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown's suburban tract housing and the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, its coverage includes the world's most celebrated structures and spaces along with many examples of more humble vernacular buildings. Lavishl...

New Surrealism introduces an overview of the history of Surrealism and then shows how the themes explored by the early Surrealists are still present in contemporary drawing and composition.

Alongside a survey of contemporary Surrealism, the book also features a special section devoted to the working methods of fourteen artists from today, taking you into their studios to see how they create their artwork.

The Surrealist movement may be over a hundred years old, but it is still relevant to th...

Comedian and art historian Verity Babbs journeys through 50 of the most important art movements throughout history, answering ten key questions for each movement in just one sentence at a time.

Is it best to screen the error for the sake of preserving the art? Or should the art be sacrificed for the sake of truthfulness? Again and again in history a dominant church has utilised art to maintain its sway over men. Reformers (early Christians, Mohammedans, Puritans, and others) have perceived that art bound people to the old faith, and they were angry with art.

These works, in chronological order,are " My Confession ". A Criticism of Dogmatic Theology, which has never been translated....

Ben je geïnteresseerd in kunst door de eeuwen heen en wil je graag meer weten over de verschillende stromingen en stijlen en hun hoogtepunten? Met behulp van de nieuwste editie van Kunstgeschiedenis voor Dummies maak je kennis met de belangrijkste kunstperioden, de evolutie van de kunst en het werk van vele bekend en minder bekende genieën. Je leest bijvoorbeeld over Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Picasso en Botticelli en waarom we nog steeds gefascineerd zijn door hun werk. Ontdek de plaatsen waa...

File catalog, consisting of two volumes, in cassette.

Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken, former (chief) curator of Teylers Museum and head of the department of prints and drawings at the Louvre, spent more than twenty years researching this collection of approximately 900 drawings at Teylers Museum. Some drawings have been re-attributed, including two drawings that have now been definitively attributed to Bernini.