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  • The Art of the Franciscan Order in Italyby William R. Cook

    BRILL 2006; US$ 199.00

    This volume includes a collection of essays of scholars from several disciplines and focuses on the art produced for the Franciscans in Italy from the 13th to the 15th century. They contain a wide range of subject matter (fresco, panel, stained glass window) and a variety of approaches. more...

  • Structures of Image Collectionsby Howard F. Greisdorf; Brian C. O'Connor

    Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 45.00

    Human beings have always had a penchant for collecting images. The challenge today is that almost anything and everything in the world is available as a viewable image. Consequently, say O'Connor and Greisdorf, image collections can no longer be the result of ad hoc processes rooted in antiquated methodologies. To this end, they present the reader... more...

  • Die Welt der Götterbilderby Hermann Spieckermann; Brigitte Groneberg; Frauke Weiershäuser

    De Gruyter 2007; US$ 182.00

    Divine images create their own world of theological reflection and religious practice. Pictorial representations have to reduce complexity, yet at the same time they create their own complexity. The present volume examines this phenomenon with papers on fundamental issues and presentations of material from the Ancient Orient, Greece and the Hellenic... more...

  • Lives of Imagesby Peter Mason

    Reaktion Books 2004; US$ 35.00

    In the Lives of Images, Peter Mason examines four striking case studies involving the production and transmission of visual images of non-European peoples. Beginning with what has been taken to be the earliest three-dimensional European representation of Native Americans, he then focuses on the migration of such images via 16th century Meso-American... more...

  • Postmodern Animalby Steve Baker

    Reaktion Books 2000; US$ 28.95

    In The Postmodern Animal, Steve Baker explores how animal imagery has been used in modern and contemporary art and performance, and in postmodern philosophy and literature, to suggest and shape ideas about identity and creativity. more...

  • The Abu Ghraib Effectby Stephen F. Eisenman

    Reaktion Books 2007; US$ 19.95

    Skillfully weaving together visual theory, history, philosophy, and current events, Stephen Eisenman probe the iconic images from the detention center at Abu Ghraib. more...

  • Beyond the Yellow Badgeby Mitchell Merback

    BRILL 2007; US$ 70.00

    Bringing together thirteen leading art historians, Beyond the Yellow Badge seeks to reframe the relationship between European visual culture and the many changing aspects of the Christian majority?s negative conceptions of Jews and Judaism during the Middle Ages and early modern periods. more...

  • Photography, Anthropology and Historyby Christopher Morton; Elizabeth Edwards

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 114.95

    As current research rethinks the relationship between photography and anthropology, this volume will serve as a stimulus to this new phase of research as an essential text and methodological reference point in any course that addresses the relationship between anthropology and visuality. more...

  • Picturing Islamby Kenneth M. George

    Wiley 2009; US$ 98.95

    Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous. Presents a unique addition to the anthropology of art and religion Demonstrates the impact of Islam, ethnicity, nationalism, and... more...

  • Art of Suicideby Ron Brown

    Reaktion Books 2004; US$ 29.95

    The Art of Suicide is a history of the visual representation of suicide from the ancient world to its decriminalization in the 20th century. After looking at instances of voluntary death in ancient Greece, Ron Brown discusses the contrast between the extr more...