Lavishly illustrated volume showcasing nearly 200 objects from the collection of George Loudon relating to the nineteenth-century life sciences, revealing the artistic expression of these historic curiosities.

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"Dolnick brilliantly re-creates the circumstances that made possible one of the most audacious frauds of the 20th century. And in doing so Dolnick plumbs the nature of fraud itself . . . an incomparable page turner." --Boston Globe

As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren man...

This beautifully illustrated, expansive overview of Dutch and Flemish art during the 17th century illuminates the creative achievements of one of the most important eras in Western art.

One of the most important collections of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, available to the public for the first time.

Offers an overview on the development of British painting in the eighteenth century, which anticipated themes, and techniques that later became paradigms of modernity. This book focuses on the English context at a time when the growth of artistic standing was accompanied by the country's conquest of hegemony on a political and economic plane.

We are no strangers today to visual representations of human suffering at sea: the refugee crisis that continues to play out in the seascape between Europe and Africa (and not only there) yields an ever-growing archive of humanitarian tragedy. As both a visual backdrop and a lethal medium of unequal mobility, maritime space and landscape play a significant role in mediating the ethical demands of this crisis. Yet there has been little exploration of the longer history of morality’s role in ...

"Making and Meaning" präsentiert ausgewählte Werke aus dem Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center des Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. In bebilderten Essays, Werktexten, Gedichten und einer Zeitleiste offenbart der Band den überwältigenden Reichtum einer Sammlung, die sich von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart erstreckt.Der Band verdeutlicht die enorme Vielfalt der Sammlung anhand von Gemälden, Grafiken, Fotografien, Skulpturen und Kunsthandwerk. Die Texte von Kurator*innen und Dozent*inn...