Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World consists of ten chapters that examine the representation of political, economic, military and symbolic power both in Spain and the New World under the Habsburgs.
This unique and intimate collection contains a variety of never-before-seen images, telling the story of Tinas career through a mixture of live photos, video shoots, promo shots, candid images and sessions in the recording studio, as well as a few featuring some such high-profile names as David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams and many more.
Eighteenth-Century Chinoiserie and Its Modern Legacy
Introduces and interprets the complex history of German chinoiserie in the long eighteenth century, focusing on its emergence in literature and the arts.
We hear news reports of the rise of China and its sleepless economy, often with sinister undertones supposed to alarm us. The reality can look very different. The author carries his camera at all times, because on every street corner you can find people napping in the strangest positions and situations, even snoring in deep slumber.
Imperial Debris, Revolutionary Reuse, and Russian Constructivism
In Soviet Salvage, Catherine Walworth explores how artists on the margins of the Constructivist movement of the 1920s rejected elitist media and imagined a new world, knitting together avant-garde art, imperial castoffs, and everyday life.
Applying anthropological models borrowed from Claude Lévi-Strauss, Walworth ......
Imperial Debris, Revolutionary Reuse, and Russian Constructivism
Examines how Russian Constructivist artists in the 1920s imagined a new physical environment through the creation of recycled and reappropriated objects.
Spain and America at the World's Fairs and Centennial Celebrations, 18761915
“The Spanish Element in Our Nationality” delves beneath the traditional “English-only” narrative of U.S. history, using Spain’s participation in a series of international exhibitions to illuminate more fully the close and contested relationship between these two countries.
The book you are holding contains secrets and stories about Hong Kong that have never before been published. Prepare to have your preconceived notions of this bustling Asian financial hub butchered as you journey through crevices, enter hidden portals, clamber over barbed-wire fences, evade security guards and infiltrate derelict structures to ......
During the 1930s, the world of photography was unsettled, exciting, and boisterous. John Raeburn's A Staggering Revolution recreates the energy of the era by surveying photography's rich variety of innovation, exploring the aesthetic and cultural achievements of its leading figures, and mapping the paths their pictures blazed public's imagination. ......
