Sports: A Cultural History in the Mirror of Art

Kuhnst, Peter

History

G & B Intl

The Treasure Chests of Mnemosyne: Selected Texts on Memory Theory from Plato to Derrida

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Copiously illustrated. Large French Flaps. 120p. Measures 9.25x11 inches. Interview with the architect and a photographic essay by Helene Binet.

Jewish Museum Berlin

Libeskind, Daniel

Architecture

Painting After Pollock: Structures of Influence

Siegel, Jeanne

Painting

Parallax: Essays on Art, Culture and Technology

Literature & Fiction

Tofts, Darren

Essays & Correspondence

David Malouf explores some of the "untold tales" behind familiar stories -- historical, mythic, and legendary -- while at the same time offering a series of meditations on the role of folktales and storytelling in shaping human lives. In each of these four tales, Malouf's own skill as a storyteller is balanced by his feel for language and by a contemplative approach to the ancient craft of narrative invention.

Untold Tales

MALOUF, David

Short Stories & Anthologies

The Dutch Tile: Designs and Names, 1570-1930

Pluis, Jan

History & Criticism

Questions of Meaning: Theme and Motif in Dutch Seventeenth-Century Painting

This study of 17th-century paintings - allegories, portraits, still lifes and genre paintings - recognizes the subject matter as more than a purely visual one and examines the works as a cultural manifestation, examining themes and motifs that are included in the works. De Jongh explores visual traditions, prints, emblems, writings and folklore and through a realization that there are limits to the interpretation of visual representations, he also employs methodological and theoretical issues. De Jongh wrote these essays over a period of 25 years. All these articles have now been revised. The introduction has been rewritten especially for this anthology and many new illustrations have been added.

Jongh, E. De

Finally available in English, this landmark of scholarship and interpretation is the culmination of 20 years of meticulous research and scholarly detective work. For the millions of art lovers who are fascinated by the unique and powerful paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, Wilhelm Fraenger's long-awaited masterpiece brilliantly presents the master painter de-mystified. Hieronymus Bosch reveals important new insights into Bosch's life and provides the first convincing solution to the apparent paradoxes of Bosch's works. Fraenger interweaves a masterly analysis of the shifting tides of religious and secular thought that shaped Bosch's world, with a sensitive and detailed re-examination of the paintings themselves. In a style that will appeal to both the casual reader and the expert, he lucidly explains the meanings behind Bosch's fantastic creatures and landscapes, and provides the key to Bosch's intriguing symbols. More than any previous work on Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch makes it clear why this enigmatic painter is one of the most popular and most provocative artists in history. More than 200 magnificent illustrations complement Fraenger's compelling text. The result is a masterpiece truly worthy of its subject - an incisive study that is both delightfully readable and inarguably authoritative.

Hieronymus Bosch

Fraenger, Wilhelm

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