A Copy of Borromini's S. Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane in Gubbio
Author : Joseph Connors
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Release : 1995
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Author : Joseph Connors
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 1995
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Author : Evonne Levy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 2004-04-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780520928633
In this provocative revisionist work, Evonne Levy brings fresh theoretical perspectives to the study of the "propagandistic" art and architecture of the Jesuit order as exemplified by its late Baroque Roman church interiors. The first extensive analysis of the aims, mechanisms, and effects of Jesuit art and architecture, this original and sophisticated study also evaluates how the term "propaganda" functions in art history, distinguishes it from rhetoric, and proposes a precise use of the term for the visual arts for the first time. Levy begins by looking at Nazi architecture as a gateway to the emotional and ethical issues raised by the term "propaganda." Jesuit art once stirred similar passions, as she shows in a discussion of the controversial nineteenth-century rubric the "Jesuit Style." She then considers three central aspects of Jesuit art as essential components of propaganda: authorship, message, and diffusion. Levy tests her theoretical formulations against a broad range of documents and works of art, including the Chapel of St. Ignatius and other major works in Rome by Andrea Pozzo as well as chapels in Central Europe and Poland. Innovative in bringing a broad range of social and critical theory to bear on Baroque art and architecture in Europe and beyond, Levy’s work highlights the subject-forming capacity of early modern Catholic art and architecture while establishing "propaganda" as a productive term for art history.
Author : Joseph Connors
Publisher : New York : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 1980
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Painters
ISBN : 9780271044378
Author : Anna Beer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1608193780
John Milton (1608-1674) is best known as the author of the masterful epic retelling of fall of man, Paradise Lost. But he was more than just the 17th century voice of Satan. Wise and witty scholar Anna Beer traces his literary roots to a youthful passion for ancient verse, especially Ovid. She also rounds out parts of his life that have been, until now, little studied. Milton was deeply involved in the political and religious controversies of his time, writing a series of pamphlets on free speech, divorce, and religious, political and social rights that forced a complete rethinking of the nature and practice not only of government, but of human freedom itself. He struggled to survive through Cromwell's rise to power, chaotic reign and death, and then the restoration of the monarchy. Milton's personal life was just as rich and complex as his professional, and here it receives a fresh assessment. For centuries, he has emerged from biographies either as a woman-hating domestic tyrant or as a saintly figure removed from the messy business of personal affections. While Milton was probably a touch tyrant and saint, Beer suggests he also suffered lifelong heartache at the untimely death of his intimate friend Charles Diodati, with whom he was likely in love. Milton's context, from religious persecution to institutional turmoil to sexual politics, is as central to the book as Milton himself. With extensive new research, Milton emerges from Anna Beer's ground-breaking biography for the first time as a fully rounded human being.
Author : Kim Williams
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3319001434
Every age and every culture has relied on the incorporation of mathematics in their works of architecture to imbue the built environment with meaning and order. Mathematics is also central to the production of architecture, to its methods of measurement, fabrication and analysis. This two-volume edited collection presents a detailed portrait of the ways in which two seemingly different disciplines are interconnected. Over almost 100 chapters it illustrates and examines the relationship between architecture and mathematics. Contributors of these chapters come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds: architects, mathematicians, historians, theoreticians, scientists and educators. Through this work, architecture may be seen and understood in a new light, by professionals as well as non-professionals. Volume II covers architecture from the Late Renaissance era, through Baroque, Ottoman, Enlightenment, Modern and contemporary styles and approaches. Key figures covered in this volume include Palladio, Michelangelo, Borromini, Sinan, Wren, Wright, Le Corbusier, Breuer, Niemeyer and Kahn. Mathematical themes which are considered include linear algebra, tiling and fractals and the geographic span of the volume’s content includes works in the United States of America and Australia, in addition to those in Europe and Asia.
Author : Hermann Schlimme
Publisher : Mondadori Electa
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
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Page : 492 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
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Page : 284 pages
File Size : 34,11 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Architectural design
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Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,11 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
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