Rethinking Lessing's Laocoon: Antiquity, Enlightenment, and the 'Limits' of Painting and Poetry
Michael Squire and Avi S. Lifschitz
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing first published Laokoon, oder uber die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie...
Studies in the Islamic Decorative Arts
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Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but...
Sunwheels and Siegrunen: Wiking, Nordland, Nederland and the Germanic Waffen-SS in Photographs: Volume 1
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Western European collaboration with the Germans is still misunderstood, nearly 70 years after the...
Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
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The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and...
A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives in the European Middle Ages
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What have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a...
Albert Camus and the Critique of Violence
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The temptation to resort to violence runs like a thread through Albert Camus works, and can be...
American Titan: Searching for John Wayne
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From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the...
Arthur and the Kings of Britain: The Historical Truth Behind the Myths
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'Arthur himself, having put on a coat of mail suitable to the grandeur of so powerful a king, placed...
The Politics of Innovation: Why Some Countries are Better Than Others at Science and Technology
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Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an...
Unequal Cities: The Challenge of Post-Industrial Transition in Times of Austerity
Costanzo Ranci and Roberta Cucca
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This seminal edited collection examines the impact of austerity and economic crisis on European...