SPIVEY, NIGEL JONATHAN (79 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.09.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Fine. Pb., 255 pp., like new.

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Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. Illustrated Throughout Ilustrador. First Edition. a solid copy; dustjacket has 1" closed tear top of spine; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR ----- Size: 8 x 10".

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. Photographs Ilustrador. First Edition. An excellent copy of the hardcover with a nice dust jacket that has light shelf wear. We ship fast.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Enduring Creation tells the story of one of the most pervasive, most revealing, most shunned, yet most voyeuristically appealing, relationships in over 2000 years of Western culture: the tender, complex rapport between art and pain. Why have artists of every age been so preoccupied with representing human agony, from the stonebound screams of Classical sculpture to the poised melee of Picasso's Guernica? Beauty and disfigurement, violence and thrill, horror and comfort - these are pairings fostered throughout Western art, for causes as various as religious martyrdom, judicial torment, artistic virtuosity and erotic gratification. The questions they raise are brilliantly addressed in this study. The ancient Greeks invented tragic drama: but how far was pity for tragedy's victims tempered by the notion of revenge? The first Christians preached Christ Crucified: why then did it take some five hundred years before images appeared of Christ on the Cross? The Massacre of the Innocents was an event that never happened: for what reasons were artists of the Italian Renaissance so eager to show it 'convincingly'? Enduring Creation treads through the territory where the images we call 'disturbing' are also often considered 'masterpieces'. Nigel Spivey's narrative begins with a meditation, amid the modern death-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, on how it is that art can warn, console or prepare us for occasions of grief and outrage. Whether measuring the impact of photography in the American Civil War, or questing for the motives of Van Gogh's self-mutilation, he gives new context for famous names and familiar works, providing abundant resonances for our own times. Can pain be beautiful? Do we always pity suffering? Is there a link between sainthood and sadomasochism? His final conclusion is one of hope - that art essentially expresses what survives when our bodies collapse: the human spirit. The result is not only a brilliantly original work of cultural history, but one of those rare books that makes the past come alive by creating a persistent sense that it is of pressing relevance to our lives today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Pbk, 240 pages : illustrations (142 in black and white) ; 24 cm. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. Contents : The Greek revolution -- Daedalus and the wings of techne -- Sacred decoration -- Heroes apparent -- From Marathon to the Parthenon -- In search of Pheidias -- Revealing Aphrodite -- The patronage of kings -- Graecia Capta. [Sculpture, Greek History - Sculpture, Classical Appreciation Greece - Art and religion Greece - Sculpture, Greek Political aspects] h2052 / m15952.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Subjects: Mythology, Greek ; Fiction. Gods, Greek. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 168 pages. A couple of minor marks on sound cover. Slightly large size (24 cm x 19 cm) hardback. NO dust jacket. Etruscan Italy: An Archaeological History, 1280-400 B.C.

288 Seiten, Mit zahlreichen meist farbigen Abbildungen sowie mit Literaturhinweisen und Register. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Ursula Blank-Sangmeister unter Mitarbeit von Anna Raupach. Aus der Reihe "BBC Books". Die Geschichte der Kunst als Teil der Geschichte der Menschheit. Gutes Exemplar Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1263 Original-Pappe, Original-Schutzumschlag, 20x25cm, Zustand: 2.

Pp. 29 cm 368 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand. Gewicht über 2 kg. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2050.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 368 pages. Fine. Dust jacket blunted at the edges, small tear without loss at the lower right corner of the front cover. Some foxing on the upper edge. Fresh interior. Jaquette émoussée aux bords, petite déchirure sans manque au coin inférieur droit du plat de devant. Quelques rousseurs sur la tranche supérieure. Intérieur frais.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Type: Book DJ has slight signs of use to tail of spine.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Mortals: the body in classical antiquity. From cradle to grave ; Cosmetics and the art of looking good ; Athletics ; Bathtime erotics ; Diet ; Medicine -- 2. Higher powers: gods and heroes. Pantheons and pagans ; Imagining and imaging the divine ; Heroic intermediaries ; Cultic performance ; A place for the gods -- 3. Myth in the making. Myths about myth ; The Iliad and the Odyssey ; Excavating Homer ; 'Greek' myth abroad ; Trojan aspirations and Roman receptions -- 4. Manipulating nature. Managing the countryside ; 'Beyond the acropolis' ; Landscape and gardens ; Natural resources ; Craft specialization -- 5. Political animals. Founding fathers: democrats and republicans ; Mythologizing political origins ; Styling civic power ; Situating the city ; Citizen right and military might -- 6. Oikos and economy. House and home ; Slaves in the classical economy ; Trading abroad ; A monetary system? -- 7. Philosophy and education. 'The unexamined life is not worth living' ; The 'schools' of classical philosophy ; Paideia and the principles of classical education -- 8. Dionysos: Apollo. A philosopher's polarity ; Wining, dining, and Dionysizing ; Acting out Dionysos ; 'Know thyself': Apollo and cosmic harmony -- 9. The classical tradition of art. Classical aesthetika ; A chronological synthesis -- 10. The present classical past. 'Decline and fall'--or the stuff of dreams? ; 'Speaking stones': the Parthenon ; Claims on the classical ; Cinematic classics ; Knocking the ruins ; Classical pasts, presents, and futures. Subjects; To 500. Civilization, Classical. Social history To 500. Classical antiquities. Architecture, Roman. Art, Roman. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 1. Mortals: the body in classical antiquity. From cradle to grave ; Cosmetics and the art of looking good ; Athletics ; Bathtime erotics ; Diet ; Medicine -- 2. Higher powers: gods and heroes. Pantheons and pagans ; Imagining and imaging the divine ; Heroic intermediaries ; Cultic performance ; A place for the gods -- 3. Myth in the making. Myths about myth ; The Iliad and the Odyssey ; Excavating Homer ; 'Greek' myth abroad ; Trojan aspirations and Roman receptions -- 4. Manipulating nature. Managing the countryside ; 'Beyond the acropolis' ; Landscape and gardens ; Natural resources ; Craft specialization -- 5. Political animals. Founding fathers: democrats and republicans ; Mythologizing political origins ; Styling civic power ; Situating the city ; Citizen right and military might -- 6. Oikos and economy. House and home ; Slaves in the classical economy ; Trading abroad ; A monetary system? -- 7. Philosophy and education. 'The unexamined life is not worth living' ; The 'schools' of classical philosophy ; Paideia and the principles of classical education -- 8. Dionysos: Apollo. A philosopher's polarity ; Wining, dining, and Dionysizing ; Acting out Dionysos ; 'Know thyself': Apollo and cosmic harmony -- 9. The classical tradition of art. Classical aesthetika ; A chronological synthesis -- 10. The present classical past. 'Decline and fall'--or the stuff of dreams? ; 'Speaking stones': the Parthenon ; Claims on the classical ; Cinematic classics ; Knocking the ruins ; Classical pasts, presents, and futures. Subjects; To 500. Civilization, Classical. Social history To 500. Classical antiquities. Architecture, Roman. Art, Roman. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Excellent copy. Perfect dust jacket and beautiful unread copy!

1. Aufl. 368 S. : zahlr. Ill., Kt. Classical panorama Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 4°, OKarton, Orig-Schutzumschlag, schöner Zust.

Condición: Minor rubbing. VG. orig.boards Minor rubbing. VG. 26x18cm, 272 pp "Enduring Creation tells the story of one of the most pervasive, most revealing, most shunned, yet most voyeuristically appealing, relationships in over 2000 years of Western culture: the tender, complex rapport between art and pain. Why have artists of every age been so preoccupied with representing human agony, from the stonebound screams of Classical sculpture to the poised melee of Picasso's Guernica? Beauty and disfigurement, violence and thrill, horror and comfort - these are pairings fostered throughout Western art, for causes as various as religious martyrdom, judicial torment, artistic virtuosity and erotic gratification. The questions they raise are brilliantly addressed in this study. The ancient Greeks invented tragic drama: but how far was pity for tragedy's victims tempered by the notion of revenge? The first Christians preached Christ Crucified: why then did it take some five hundred years before images appeared of Christ on the Cross? The Massacre of the Innocents was an event that never happened: for what reasons were artists of the Italian Renaissance so eager to show it 'convincingly'? Enduring Creation treads through the territory where the images we call 'disturbing'are also often considered 'masterpieces'. Nigel Spivey's narrative begins with a meditation, amid the modern death-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, on how it is that art can warn, console or prepare us for occasions of grief and outrage.,." - Publisher's description.