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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521335698
ISBN-139780521335690
eBay Product ID (ePID)642287
Product Key Features
Number of Pages318 Pages
Publication NameArt and History : Images Their Meaning
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCriticism & Theory, World, History / General
Publication Year1988
TypeTextbook
AuthorTheodore K. Rabb
Subject AreaArt, History
SeriesStudies in Interdisciplinary History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN87-035474
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal704.9/4994
Table Of Content1. Introduction Theodore K. Rabb and Jonathan Brown; 2. Representing the family Diane Owen Hughes; 3. Papal policy Christoph L. Frommel; 4. Reinventing heroes in Renaissance Italy Randolph Starn; 5. The soldier in Germanic graphic art of the Renaissance J. R. Hale; 6. Philip II and the art of the cityscape Richard L. Kagan; 7. Enemies of flattery Jonathan Brown; 8. The domestication of Majesty Simon Schama; 9. The King of France as collector in the seventeenth century Antoine Schnapper; 10. Picturing the people Raymond Grew; 11. The German Revolution of 1848 and Rethel's Dance of Death Peter Paret; 12. The farmer in the works of William Sidney Mount Elizabeth Johns; 13. Architects in power Barbara Miller Lane.
SynopsisThis book was originally published in 1988. Although they pursue divergent lines of analysis, these essays by historians and art historians reveal their mutual appreciation of art as historic evidence shaped by imagination as well as tradition and purpose.