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Albion's Classicism
The Visual Arts in Britain, 1550-1660
Visual arts in Britain between 1550 and 1650 have long been considered part of the classical Italian Renaissance canon. Now a distinguished group of scholars demonstrates that attitudes to classical art were in fact somewhat...
Transports
Travel, Pleasure, and Imaginative Geography, 1600-1830
In this rich exploration of the era of the Grand Tour, contributors from the fields of history, art history, literary history and theory, science history, and anthropology investigate the experiences of travelers and their...
From Nineveh to New York
The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum & the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School
The story of Sir Austen Henry Layard's rediscovery of ancient Assyria and its fabled capital, Nineveh, is one of the great tales of the nineteenth century, uniting archaeological imperialism, genius, and romance. No less...
French Painting in the Seventeenth Century
This richly illustrated panorama of seventeenth-century French painting surveys the works of Poussin, Vouet, Le Sueur, de La Tour, Mignard, and other great and little-known artists. It places this art in relation to literary,...
The Reformation of the Bible/The Bible of the Reformation
It is equally true that the Reformation was inspired and defined by the Bible and that the Bible was reshaped by the intellectual, political, and cultural forces of the Reformation. In this book, a distinguished scholar—whose...
Empathy and the Practice of Medicine
Beyond Pills and the Scalpel
The treatment of medical illness today depends much more on science and technology than on the physician's ability to listen, comfort, and prescribe. Medicine is not only increasingly technical but is also increasingly...
Theater Technology
The most recent innovation brought to theater technology by the eminent theater designer George C. Izenour is a "trans-sondant" curtain, mimicking a wall, which allows halls visually to metamorphose into small or large...
The Idea of the English Landscape Painter
Genius as Alibi in the Early Nineteenth Century
English landscape painting changed dramatically during the time of Turner and Girtin—the new style of painting was seen as more natural and expressive of the imagination and character of the artist himself. The new artistic ...
Edward Norgate
Miniatura or the Art of Limning
Edward Norgate, aristocratic friend of Charles I and the Earl of Arundel, made his mark in seventeenth-century England as musician, herald, and courtier. He also wrote Miniatura, a widely circulated study of miniature...
The Architectural Drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Series 2)
Volume 2 2-2, Parts 1 & 2
This two-volume set is a comprehensive catalogue of the architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a key figure in the birth of the architectural profession in the United States. All Latrobe's architectural projects...