How to Read World History in Art: From the Code of Hammurabi to September 11 - Softcover

Flavio Febbraro; Burkhard Shwetje

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9055448389 ISBN 13: 9789055448388

Publisher: Ludion, 2010

Synopsis

How does an artists interpretation of historical events alter our understanding of them? Kings, queens, presidents, and generals from Alexander the Great to Theodore Roosevelt have commissioned paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs of major events, and artists have responded to important moments with works that forever shape historical memory. This book deals with specific episodes, from the proclamation of the Code of Hammurabi to more recent events such as the fall of the BerlinWall and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It also deals with broader themes, such as the founding of states (Persia, Rome, the Chinese Empire, the United States) and war (Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, Picassos Guernica). Here too are the great voyages of exploration, the industrial revolution, and much more. The book also looks at history outside Europe, from Asia and Africa to the Americas and the Islamic world.

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Paperback. Pub Date: October 2010 Pages: 392 in Publisher: Ludion How does an artists interpretation of historical events alter our understanding of them Kings. queens. withpresidents. and generals from Alexander the Great to Theodore Roosevelt have commissioned paintings. drawings. sculptures . and photographs of major events. and artists have responded to important moments with works that forever shape historical memory. This book deals with specific episodes. from the proclamation of the Code of Hammurabi to more recent events such as the fall of the BerlinWall and the terrorist attacks of September 11. 2001. It also deals with oader themes. such as the founding of states (Persia. Rome. the Chinese Empire. the United States) and war (Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People. Picassos Guernica). Here too are the great voyages of exploration. the industrial revolution. and muc...

Edition details

• Publisher: Ludion
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9055448389
• ISBN 13: 9789055448388
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392