Konsthistoria / konst- & designstilar ca 1600 – ca 1800
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This book establishes the cultural background to the productions of Milton's Comus that were staged in the 1740s by Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, at Exton Hall, his …
18th Century Male Tailoring: Theatrical and Historical Tailoring c1680-1790 introduces the reader to English eighteenth century tailoring and covers the drafting of patterns, …
This book illuminates the original meanings of seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century mural paintings in Britain.At the time, these were called 'histories'. Throughout the …
Revealing the connections between the veneration of national landscape and eighteenth-century English vocal music, this study restores English music's relationship with the …
This is an analysis of the diverse facets of Alexander the Great's image from the Renaissance era through the Baroque into the nineteenth century.Perceived as the first sovereign …
The reception of Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse …
Emphasizing on the one hand the reconstruction of the material culture of specific residences, and on the other, the way in which particular domestic objects reflect, shape, and …
Chinese-Islamic studies have concentrated thus far on the arts of earlier periods with less attention paid to works from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). This book focuses on works of …
The early modern period inherited a deeply-ingrained culture of Christian remembrance that proved a platform for creativity in a remarkable variety of forms. From the literature of …
This second book in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory surveys the development of the field from the early eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. During this period theories …