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Shining Fields and Dark Towers (Hardcover): John Joseph Leo Bunker Shining Fields and Dark Towers (Hardcover)
John Joseph Leo Bunker
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
La Typographie À Bruxelles Au Début Du Xxe Siècle... (Hardcover): Julius Maria Joseph Leo Perquy (in Re, Université... La Typographie À Bruxelles Au Début Du Xxe Siècle... (Hardcover)
Julius Maria Joseph Leo Perquy (in Re, Université Catholique de Louvain (1835
R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Spirituality and Your Health - Reflections of a Pharmacology Teacher (Hardcover): Joseph Leo Borowitz Spirituality and Your Health - Reflections of a Pharmacology Teacher (Hardcover)
Joseph Leo Borowitz
R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Bosch and Bruegel - From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life (Hardcover, Bollingen Series XXXV: 57): Joseph Leo Koerner Bosch and Bruegel - From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life (Hardcover, Bollingen Series XXXV: 57)
Joseph Leo Koerner
R1,751 R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Save R241 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the painting of everyday life was born from what seems its polar opposite: the depiction of an enemy hell-bent on destroying us. Supreme virtuoso of the bizarre, diabolic, and outlandish, Bosch embodies the phantasmagorical force of painting, while Bruegel, through his true-to-life landscapes and frank depictions of peasants, is the artistic avatar of the familiar and ordinary. But despite their differences, the works of these two artists are closely intertwined. Bruegel began his career imitating Bosch's fantasies, and it was Bosch who launched almost the whole repertoire of later genre painting. But Bosch depicts everyday life in order to reveal it as an alluring trap set by a metaphysical enemy at war with God, whereas Bruegel shows this enemy to be nothing but a humanly fabricated mask. Attending closely to the visual cunning of these two towering masters, Koerner uncovers art history's unexplored underside: the image itself as an enemy. An absorbing study of the dark paradoxes of human creativity, Bosch and Bruegel is also a timely account of how hatred can be converted into tolerance through the agency of art. It takes readers through all the major paintings, drawings, and prints of these two unforgettable artists--including Bosch's notoriously elusive Garden of Earthly Delights, which forms the core of this historical tour de force. Elegantly written and abundantly illustrated, the book is based on Koerner's A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, a series given annually at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Lucian Freud - The Self-portraits (Hardcover): David Dawson, Joseph Leo Koerner, Jasper Sharp, Sebastian Smee Lucian Freud - The Self-portraits (Hardcover)
David Dawson, Joseph Leo Koerner, Jasper Sharp, Sebastian Smee 1
R1,054 R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Save R244 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1964 Lucian Freud set his students at the Norwich College of Art an assignment: to paint naked self-portraits and to make them 'revealing, telling, believable... really shameless'. It was advice that the artist was often to follow himself. Visceral, unflinching and often nude, Freud's self-portraits give us an insight into the development of his style as a painter. The works provide the viewer with a constant reminder of the artist's overwhelming presence, whether he is confronting the viewer directly or only present as a shadow or in a reflection. Essays by leading authorities - including those who knew him well - explore Freud's life and work, and analyse the importance of self-portraiture in his practice and the intensity that he maintained when studying his own.

The Image of the Black in Western Art: Volume III From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition, Part 1 - Artists of the... The Image of the Black in Western Art: Volume III From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition, Part 1 - Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque (Hardcover, New)
David Bindman, Henry Louis Gates; Edited by (associates) Karen C. C. Dalton; Contributions by Joseph Leo Koerner, Paul H. D. Kaplan, … 1
R2,591 R2,229 Discovery Miles 22 290 Save R362 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became collector's items. A half-century later, Harvard University Press and the Du Bois Institute are proud to publish a complete set of ten sumptuous books, including new editions of the original volumes and two additional ones.

The much-awaited "Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque" has been written by an international team of distinguished scholars, and covers the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The rise of slavery and the presence of black people in Europe irrevocably affected the works of the best artists of the time. Essays on the black Magus and the image of the black in Italy, Spain, and Britain, with detailed studies of Rembrandt and Heliodorus's "Aethiopica," all presented with superb color plates, make this new volume a worthy addition to this classic series.

Crossroads - Drawing the Dutch Landscape (Hardcover): Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Susan Anderson Crossroads - Drawing the Dutch Landscape (Hardcover)
Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Susan Anderson; Contributions by Yvonne Bleyerveld, Anne Driesse, Joseph Leo Koerner, …
R1,246 Discovery Miles 12 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An investigation into how landscape drawing informed a new Dutch identity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, amid enormous expansion in global commerce and colonization, landscape drawing played a key role in forging Dutch national identity. Featuring works on paper by Rembrandt, Bruegel, and Ruisdael, among dozens of other artists, this study examines how a hyperlocal impulse in many of these drawings inspired domestic pride and a sense of connection to the land, as they also reflected aspects of the broader ecological and social change taking place. Incisive essays offer close readings that push our understandings of these artists and their work in important new directions, including eco-criticism, land use and environmentalism, race, and class. Distributed for the Harvard Art Museums Exhibition Schedule: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (May 21-August 14, 2022)

William Kentridge - Smoke, Ashes, Fable (Hardcover): Margaret K. Koerner William Kentridge - Smoke, Ashes, Fable (Hardcover)
Margaret K. Koerner; Contributions by Margaret K. Koerner, Benjamin H. D Buchloh, Joseph Leo Koerner, Harmon Siegel
R1,175 R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Save R261 (22%) View more sellers Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The well-known South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) has become famous for his time-lapse animation movies and installations, as well as his activities as an opera and theater director. This book offers a unique selection of Kentridge's work curated for Sint-Janshospitaal in Bruges-at 800 years one of Europe's oldest surviving hospital buildings - organized around the themes of trauma and healing. The book features an introduction by Margaret K. Koerner, and also includes essays by diverse distinguished contributors: Benjamin Buchloh considers Kentridge's alternate reception of the historical avant-garde from a perspective of exile; Joseph Leo Koerner explores the artist's work as a self-styled process of working in which the past simultaneously disfigures and redeems; and Harmon Siegel examines Kentridge's approach to film history.

Red Girl - Shield Maiden (Paperback): Joseph Leo Decelle Red Girl - Shield Maiden (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Decelle
R371 R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Save R59 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Well-Grounded Rubyist (Paperback): David Black, Joseph Leo The Well-Grounded Rubyist (Paperback)
David Black, Joseph Leo
R1,154 R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Save R58 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Description Ruby is a dynamic language perfect for creating applications, development tools, and administrative scripts. The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Third Edition is a perfect tutorial for newcomers to Ruby and a great way for experienced Rubyists to deepen their understanding of the language. Key features * Fully updated to cover the latest in Ruby 2.5 * Clear explanations of Ruby concepts and how to apply them * Simple examples to seal in the learning * Prepares readers to use Ruby anywhere for any purpose Audience This book teaches Ruby from the ground up. The reader should have command of basic programming concepts in another language. About the technology Because it's the backbone of the well-loved Ruby on Rails web framework, Ruby has become one of the most popular programming languages in the world. David A. Black is an internationally-known Ruby developer, author, trainer, speaker, and event organizer, as well as a co-founder of Ruby Central. Joseph Leo III is a Ruby teacher, mentor, and community advocate. He is the lead organizer of the Gotham Ruby Conference (GoRuCo) and founder of Def Method.

A New History of German Literature (Hardcover, New): David E. Wellbery A New History of German Literature (Hardcover, New)
David E. Wellbery; Edited by (general) Judith Ryan; Edited by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Anton Kaes, Joseph Leo Koerner, …
R1,226 Discovery Miles 12 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The revolutionary spirit that animates the culture of the Germans has been alive for at least twelve centuries, far longer than the dramatically fragmented and reshaped political entity known as Germany. German culture has been central to Europe, and it has contributed the transforming spirit of Lutheran religion, the technology of printing as a medium of democracy, the soulfulness of Romantic philosophy, the structure of higher education, and the tradition of liberal socialism to the essential character of modern American life.

In this book leading scholars and critics capture the spirit of this culture in some 200 original essays on events in German literary history. Rather than offering a single continuous narrative, the entries focus on a particular literary work, an event in the life of an author, a historical moment, a piece of music, a technological invention, even a theatrical or cinematic premiere. Together they give the reader a surprisingly unified sense of what it is that has allowed Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Luther, Kant, Goethe, Beethoven, Benjamin, Wittgenstein, Jelinek, and Sebald to provoke and enchant their readers. From the earliest magical charms and mythical sagas to the brilliance and desolation of 20th-century fiction, poetry, and film, this illuminating reference book invites readers to experience the full range of German literary culture and to investigate for themselves its disparate and unifying themes.

Contributors include: Amy M. Hollywood on medieval women mystics, Jan-Dirk Muller on Gutenberg, Marion Aptroot on the Yiddish Renaissance, Emery Snyder on the Baroque novel, J. B. Schneewind on Natural Law, Maria Tatar on the Grimmbrothers, Arthur Danto on Hegel, Reinhold Brinkmann on Schubert, Anthony Grafton on Burckhardt, Stanley Corngold on Freud, Andreas Huyssen on Rilke, Greil Marcus on Dada, Eric Rentschler on Nazi cinema, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl on Hannah Arendt, Gordon A. Craig on Gunter Grass, Edward Dimendberg on Holocaust memorials.

Shining Fields and Dark Towers (Paperback): John Joseph Leo Bunker Shining Fields and Dark Towers (Paperback)
John Joseph Leo Bunker
R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
La Typographie À Bruxelles Au Début Du Xxe Siècle... (Paperback): Julius Maria Joseph Leo Perquy (in Re, Université... La Typographie À Bruxelles Au Début Du Xxe Siècle... (Paperback)
Julius Maria Joseph Leo Perquy (in Re, Université Catholique de Louvain (1835
R892 Discovery Miles 8 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
War Tower (Paperback): Joseph Leo Decelle War Tower (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Decelle
R490 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R73 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Harmonie (Paperback): Michael Thompson Harmonie (Paperback)
Michael Thompson; Joseph Leo Hickey
R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Penultimate Poems (Paperback): Michael Thompson The Penultimate Poems (Paperback)
Michael Thompson; Joseph Leo Hickey
R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Liefie (Paperback): Michael Thompson Liefie (Paperback)
Michael Thompson; Joseph Leo Hickey
R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Artists in Exile - Expressions of Loss and Hope (Paperback): Frauke V. Josenhans Artists in Exile - Expressions of Loss and Hope (Paperback)
Frauke V. Josenhans; Contributions by Marijeta Bozovic, Joseph Leo Koerner, Megan R Luke, Suzanne Boorsch, …
R1,085 Discovery Miles 10 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An unprecedented survey of artists in exile from the 19th century through the present day, with notable attention to Asian, Latin American, African American, and female artists This timely book offers a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated study of exiled artists from the 19th century through the present day, with notable attention to individuals who have often been relegated to the margins of publications on exile in art history. The artworks featured here, including photography, paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture, present an expanded view of the conditions of exile-forced or voluntary-as an agent for both trauma and ingenuity. The introduction outlines the history and perception of exile in art over the past 200 years, and the book's four sections explore its aesthetic impact through the themes of home and mobility, nostalgia, transfer and adjustment, and identity. Essays and catalogue entries in each section showcase diverse artists, including not only European ones-like Jacques-Louis David, Paul Gauguin, George Grosz, and Kurt Schwitters-but also female, African American, East Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern artists, such as Elizabeth Catlett, Harold Cousins, Mona Hatoum, Lotte Jacobi, An-My Le, Matta, Ana Mendieta, Abelardo Morell, Mu Xin, and Shirin Neshat. Distributed for the Yale University Art Gallery Exhibition Schedule: Yale University Art Gallery (09/01/17-12/31/17)

Love Poems at the End of Our Lives (Paperback): Joseph Leo Hickey Love Poems at the End of Our Lives (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Hickey
R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Odin, Guardian of Voltar - A Viking Saga (Paperback): Joseph Leo Decelle Odin, Guardian of Voltar - A Viking Saga (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Decelle
R335 R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Save R57 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Revenant (Paperback): Amelia Vandergast, Joseph Leo Hickey The Revenant (Paperback)
Amelia Vandergast, Joseph Leo Hickey
R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Johnny Human (Paperback): Joseph Leo Decelle Johnny Human (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Decelle
R469 R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Save R68 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Crucible Steel (Paperback): Joseph Leo Decelle Crucible Steel (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Decelle
R407 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R62 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unity (Paperback): Joseph Leo Hickey Unity (Paperback)
Joseph Leo Hickey
R315 Discovery Miles 3 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art (Paperback, New edition): Joseph Leo Koerner The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art (Paperback, New edition)
Joseph Leo Koerner
R1,782 Discovery Miles 17 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The self-portrait has become a model of what art is: the artwork is the image of its maker, and understanding the work means recovering from it an original vision of the artist. In this ground-breaking work, Joseph Leo Koerner analyzes the historical origin of this model in the art of Albrecht Durer and Hans Baldung Grien, the first modern self-portraitist and his principal disciple. By doing so, he develops new approaches to the visual image and to its history in early modern European culture. Koerner establishes the character of German Renaissance art by considering how Durer's and Baldung's pictures register changes in the status of the self during the sixteenth century. He contends that Durer's self-portrait of 1500, modeled after icons of Christ, reinvented art for new conditions of piety, labor, patronage, and self-understanding at the eve of the Reformation. So foundational is this invention to modern aesthetics, Koerner argues, that interpreting it takes us to the limits of traditional art-historical method. Self-portraiture becomes legible less through a history leading up to it, or through a sum of contexts that occasion it, than through its historical sight-line to the present. After a thorough examination of Durer's startlingly new self-portraits, the author turns to the work of Baldung, Durer's most gifted pupil, and demonstrates how the apprentice willfully disfigured Durer's vision. Baldung replaced the master's self-portraits with some of the most obscene and bizarre pictures in the history of art. In images of nude witches, animated cadavers, and copulating horses, Baldung portrays the debased self of the viewer as the true subject of art. The Moment of Self-Portraiturethus unfolds as passages from teacher to student, artist to viewer, reception, all within a culture that at once deified and abhorred originality. Koerner writes a new, philosophical art history in which the visual image is both document of history and living vehicle of thought. He demonstrates the extent to which novel ideas about self and interpretation invented by Renaissance artists and Reformation thinkers informed modern hermeneutics and helped to found our deepest assumptions about art and its messages.

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