Madonna Anno Domini

Download or read book Madonna Anno Domini written by Joshua Clover and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of poems by the winner of the 1996 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American poets.

Download or read book A New History of Painting in Italy written by Joseph Archer Crowe and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book “A” New History of Painting in Italy from the Second to the Sixteenth Century written by Joseph A. Crowe and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting written by Raimond van Marle and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting written by Raimond Van Marle and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is only in the last generation that lovers of art have recognized the special qualities of the 14th century Sienese school of painting, and have found its graceful, conventional drawing and its pleasing decorative effects not inferior to the realism and fidelity to nature praised in other periods. The general admiration accorded to the subtle, lyrical and aristo· cratic expression of abstract and spiritual conceptions which is the essence of Sienese painting, gives us some hope for the future develop ment of taste in Europe and for its artistic tendencies. F. Mason Perkins was the first to understand the aesthetic signific ance, not only of the principal artists of this school, but also of its minor members. His numerous articles on the "Little Masters" have been of great assistance to me in my attempt to write as complete a history as was possible of Sienese painting in the I4th century. I am only too glad to take this opportunity of paying homage to his profound knowledge and enthusiastic activity in this field of study. Other names that deserve mention here are those of Mr. Langton Douglas, the annotator of Crowe and Cavalcaselle and author of many important studies including a IIHistory of Siena"; and of Dr. G. De Nicola, Director of the National Museum, Florence, for among the many subjects with which he is conversant is the history of the Sienese school of painting, on which he has written articles of great value.

Download or read book A new history of painting in Italy from the second to the sixteenth century, by J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalcaselle written by sir Joseph Archer Crowe and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Passing written by Brooke Kroeger and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the many social changes of the last half-century, many Americans still "pass": black for white, gay for straight, and now in many new ways as well. We tend to think of passing in negative terms--as deceitful, cowardly, a betrayal of one's self. But this compassionate book reveals that many passers today are people of good heart and purpose whose decision to pass is an attempt to bypass injustice, and to be more truly themselves. Passing tells the poignant, complicated life stories of a black man who passed as a white Jew; a white woman who passed for black; a working class Puerto Rican who passes for privileged; a gay, Conservative Jewish seminarian and a lesbian naval officer who passed for straight; and a respected poet who radically shifts persona to write about rock'n'roll. The stories, interwoven with others from history, literature, and contemporary life, explore the many forms passing still takes in our culture; the social realities which make it an option; and its logistical, emotional, and moral consequences. We learn that there are still too many institutions, environments, and social situations that force honorable people to twist their lives into painful, deceit-ridden contortions for reasons that do not hold. Passing is an intellectually absorbing exploration of a phenomenon that has long intrigued scholars, inspired novelists, and made hits of movies like The Crying Game and Boys Don't Cry.