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Author
Series
Vikings volume 7
Language
English
Description
As a non-urbanized culture, Viking society expressed its visual genius in elaborate woodcarving and intricate jewelry, not architecture. Gods were represented by charming cult statues and contacted through magical runic drawings. Without writing, great my
Publisher
Knoxville Museum of Art
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 293 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Higher ground: a century of the visual arts in East Tennessee documents the Knoxville Museum of Art's core collection of works by artists from or with close ties to East Tennessee from roughly the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. The book accompanies a permanent exhibition of the same name. Both book and exhibition make the case the the visual culture of Knoxville and its Appalachian environs is far more sophisticated, diverse, nuanced,...
Author
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xx, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievement and Events recognizes and honors 2,000 barrier-breaking trailblazers and history-making events in multiple fields-arts, entertainment, business, sovereignty, education, government, religion, science, sports, music, and more."--
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (160 pages)
Language
English
Description
In this original and eye-opening study, Stefan Morawski sheds light on the often confused debate about postmodernism, postmodernity and human values. Drawing upon a wide range of evidence from the experience of everyday life in the sciences, religion, visual arts, literature, film, television and contemporary music, The Troubles with Postmodernism is an indispensable guide to our understanding and evaluation of contemporary literature.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art offers the most current and comprehensive scholarly information on the visual arts of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. Unparalleled in scope and depth, covers a wide range of subject areas, addressing people and subjects specific to all areas of Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe, including the diverse geographical regions that now encompass the modern nations of Germany, Austria, France, England,...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
xxiii, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Voices from the dark or "gothic" side of American life are well known through the work of writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville. But who were the Poes of American art? Until now, art historians have for the most part seen the gothic as the province of misfits and oddballs who rejected the bright landscapes of the Hudson River School and the cheerful scenes of everyday life depicted by popular genre painters. In...
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