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In his famous “School of Athens,” an image of apparent harmony, Raphael included little-noticed motifs of discord. This aesthetics of fragmentation and combination is echoed throughout a career in which he crossed professional and medial boundaries, from painting to prints.
In the study of Pope Julius II, the famous Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520) began his Roman career c.1509 with frescoes celebrating four major fields of knowledge (Theology, Philosophy, Poetry, and Law). In his assembly of philosophers, the “School of Athens,” an image of apparent cosmic and philosophical harmony, Raphael included little-noticed motifs of discord, even disruption, in juxtapositions that are echoed throughout his career. The erudition evident in this and related frescoes suggests personal engagement with classical texts, not least for the mechanics of composition in the rhetorical tradition and for authors’ reflections on their craft and situation. The diversity of means of expression within Raphael’s works recurs throughout his career, in which he crossed professional, social, and medial boundaries, from painting on walls to prints on paper. Notably, his late explorations in grotesque decoration embody his typical inventive flair while marking continuity with his earlier expressions of an aesthetics of fragmentation and combination.
This pioneering book introduces the “feminine,” a dimension of film not reducible to women’s experience. Exploring this Jungian concept through movies spanning seven decades, it enhances the appreciation of film as a depth psychological medium.
This is the first monograph dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci’s commission for The Virgin of the Rocks, which he painted twice. It opens up Leonardo’s world and unveils the secret realms of human dissection and philosophy that inspired the creation of the painter’s two masterpieces
This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
Why did we evolve a sense of beauty? This book answers from the perspective of scientists with deep knowledge of the arts, weaving together experimental science with art, music, and more. They show how all our senses are similar under the hood in shaping our aesthetic experience.
This conference proceedings brings together researchers, artists, art historians, and activists to collaboratively map the uncharted territories of new forms of botanical knowledge, and to capitalize on contemporary art’s ability to productively unhinge scientific theories.
This publication focuses on the various vectors of visual communication, particularly contemporary brands as social phenomena, culture and the way people communicate and create meanings, from a designer’s perspective.
Millais exposes the myths that surround Le Corbusier, detailing the endless failures of his proposals and his projects and arguing that his influence on architecture was disastrous, as traditional buildings were destroyed and replaced by featureless boxes of varying sizes.
Redwood undertakes a close formal analysis of Tarkovsky’s later films. Charting the stylistic and narrative innovations in Mirror, Stalker, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, he succeeds in shedding new light on these celebrated, but often misunderstood, masterpieces.
This collection of essays explores the enduring afterlife of medieval art and architecture. It examines how medieval works were preserved, restored, and appropriated from the 16th to 20th centuries to shape modern political, religious, and cultural practices.
This accessible collection offers a fresh approach to photography and literature. Essays by acknowledged experts consider both key literary figures, from Proust to Sebald, and photographic practitioners to give a commanding, ground-breaking overview of the subject.
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