Daniel Foliard, "The Violence of Colonial Photography" (Manchester UP, 2022)
Daniel Foliard, "The Violence of Colonial Photography" (Manchester UP, 2022)
The late nineteenth century witnessed a rapid increase in colonial conflicts throughout the French and British empires. ... Read more
8 Aug 2023
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1hr 16mins
What Was Contemporary Art?
What Was Contemporary Art?
Contemporary art in the early twenty-first century is often discussed as if the very idea of art that is contemporary is... Read more
4 Aug 2023
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19mins
Why Photography Matters
Why Photography Matters
Photography matters, writes Jerry Thompson, because of how it works--not only as an artistic medium but also as a way of... Read more
3 Aug 2023
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12mins
Marnie Feneley, "Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu" (National U of Singapore Press, 2022)
Marnie Feneley, "Reconstructing God: Style, Hydraulics, Political Power and Angkor's West Mebon Visnu" (National U of Singapore Press, 2022)
In December 1936, a villager was led by a dream to the ruins of the West Mebon shrine in Angkor where he uncovered remai... Read more
2 Aug 2023
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47mins
Taylor McCall, "The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
Taylor McCall, "The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
Taylor McCall's The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe (Reaktion, 2023) is the first history of medieval European anatomi... Read more
1 Aug 2023
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36mins
Ben Highmore, "In Good Taste: How Britain's Middle Classes Found Their Style" (Manchester UP, 2023)
Ben Highmore, "In Good Taste: How Britain's Middle Classes Found Their Style" (Manchester UP, 2023)
How did the rise of consumerism impact Britain? In In Good Taste: How Britain's Middle Classes Found Their Style (Manche... Read more
31 Jul 2023
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43mins
Tom Young, "Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858" (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023)
Tom Young, "Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858" (Paul Mellon Centre, 2023)
Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, c. 1813-1858 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2... Read more
29 Jul 2023
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56mins
Nina Lager Vestberg, "Picture Research: The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization" (MIT Press, 2023)
Nina Lager Vestberg, "Picture Research: The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization" (MIT Press, 2023)
Picture Research: The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization (MIT Press, 2023) focuses on how ... Read more
26 Jul 2023
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53mins
Brigitte Buettner, "The Mineral and the Visual: Precious Stones in Medieval Secular Culture" (Penn State UP, 2022)
Brigitte Buettner, "The Mineral and the Visual: Precious Stones in Medieval Secular Culture" (Penn State UP, 2022)
Opulent jewelled objects ranked among the most highly valued works of art in the European Middle Ages. At the same time,... Read more
23 Jul 2023
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Robert Hillenbrand, "The Great Mongol Shahnameh" (Hali Publications et al., 2022)
Robert Hillenbrand, "The Great Mongol Shahnameh" (Hali Publications et al., 2022)
It’s amazing that art historians like Robert Hillenbrand got to study the “Great Mongol Shahnama” at all.500 pages of Fi... Read more
20 Jul 2023
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39mins