Art as the Absolute: Art's Relation to Metaphysics in Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer
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Art as the Absolute is a literary and philosophical investigation into the meaning of art and its...
Artful Lives: Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather and the Bohemians of Los Angeles
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This title presents a captivating account of two photographers, one of whom became a major figure in...
Big Time: The Legendary Style of Manner Vogue, 1984-1989
Beda Achermann and Karl Lagerfeld
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This book is an exciting step back in time to when Manner Vogue was Germany's leading men's fashion...
Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline
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The Late Byzantine period (1261-1453) is marked by a paradoxical discrepancy between economic...
Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis
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This remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality...
Groovy Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Fraser
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Acclaimed on first publication, Harriet Vyner's 'Groovy Bob' is the cult biography of hedonistic...
Imagine Japan: Earliest Photographs from the Aime Humbert Collection (1863-1864)
Philippe Dallais and Akiyoshi Tani
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The very first photographs of Japan were fascinating to the Western world, causing a wave of...
Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from le Gray to Monet
Simon Kelly, April M. Watson, Neil McWilliam and Maura Coughlin
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Between 1850 and 1880, Impressionist landscape painting and early forms of photography flourished...
Material Culture, Power, and Identity in Ancient China
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In this book, Xiaolong Wu offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during...
Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
Federico Santi and John Gacher
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Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard...