Art & Visual Culture

This book brings together cutting-edge research from leading international scholars which explores the geographies of making and craft, and the different understandings of ‘making’. It traces the geographies of making practices from the body, to the workshop and studio, to the wider socio-cultural, ..

During his lifetime, the work of architect George Hadfield (1763-1826) was highly regarded, both in England and the United States. Since his death, however, Hadfield's contributions to architecture have slowly faded from view, and few of his buildings survive. In order to reassess Hadfield's career ..

The complex gestures of artwork remain an under-explored theoretical topos in contemporary visual culture studies. In  In this volume, contributors ask: How may one speak not only of the gestures of the body but also of the gestures of the image? What constitutes gesturality in the image and, more b..

The complex gestures of artwork remain an under-explored theoretical topos in contemporary visual culture studies. In  In this volume, contributors ask: How may one speak not only of the gestures of the body but also of the gestures of the image? What constitutes gesturality in the image and, more b..

The first focused study of Vasari’s original contributions to museum formation, this collection presents a cross-disciplinary overview of Vasari’s approaches to collecting and display, and his impact and legacy with respect to the museum institution. Vasari specialists unite with scholars of histori..

The first focused study of Vasari’s original contributions to museum formation, this collection presents a cross-disciplinary overview of Vasari’s approaches to collecting and display, and his impact and legacy with respect to the museum institution. Vasari specialists unite with scholars of histori..

A comprehensive annotated bibliography of texts relating to the Northern European artist, with an historiographic essay on various aspects of Holbein's reception. This is volume 2 in the ARTISTS RESOURCE MANUALS series...

This volume presents a wide-ranging exploration of modern receptions of ancient Greek material culture in various modern cultural traditions and practices, such as literature, architecture and the fine and performing arts, and spans the seventeenth century to the present day. The volume is distincti..

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Sources are the bedrock of history. But over the past few years the question of 'what is a historical source' has become an increasingly prominent concern. In History Beyond the Text, Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston-Bird, open up the discussion on sources to those beyond the 'traditional' ones...

This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors...

This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors...