Published by Thames & Hudson, 1997
ISBN 10: 0500203040 ISBN 13: 9780500203040
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Published by Phaidon Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0714833681 ISBN 13: 9780714833682
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 2005
ISBN 10: 0374266638 ISBN 13: 9780374266639
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Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0500237832 ISBN 13: 9780500237830
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: 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.
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Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520230221 ISBN 13: 9780520230224
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Published by Head of Zeus, 2015
ISBN 10: 1781855005 ISBN 13: 9781781855003
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Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd 18/10/2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 0500511853 ISBN 13: 9780500511855
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Published by Stuttgart : Reclam, 2006
ISBN 10: 3150105927 ISBN 13: 9783150105924
Seller: Versandantiquariat Schäfer, Bochum, NRW, Germany
gebundene Ausgabe mit SU. 288 S. : Ill. ; 26 cm sehr guter Zustand, wohl ungelesen Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1111.
Published by B.T. Batsford, 1990
ISBN 10: 0713465212 ISBN 13: 9780713465211
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780713465211.
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Published by Thames & Hudson, 1996
ISBN 10: 0500237107 ISBN 13: 9780500237106
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Stuttgart : Belser,, 2004
ISBN 10: 3763024352 ISBN 13: 9783763024353
Seller: Bernhard Kiewel Rare Books, Grünberg, Germany
Pp. 29 cm 368 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand. Gewicht über 2 kg. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2050.
Published by Thames & Hudson, 1997
ISBN 10: 0500278768 ISBN 13: 9780500278765
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004
ISBN 10: 0892367695 ISBN 13: 9780892367696
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Published by London : Faber and Faber Limited, 2005
ISBN 10: 0571215416 ISBN 13: 9780571215416
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Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 2004
Seller: Librairie du Levant, Bayonne, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: 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.
Published by Stuttgart : Belser,, 2004
ISBN 10: 3763024352 ISBN 13: 9783763024353
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1. Aufl. 368 S. : zahlr. Ill., Kt. Classical panorama Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 4°, OKarton, Orig-Schutzumschlag, schöner Zust.
Published by Thames and Hudson, 2004
ISBN 10: 0500511853 ISBN 13: 9780500511855
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Published by University Of California Press 6/4/2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0500285071 ISBN 13: 9780500285077
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Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1987
ISBN 10: 0198132255 ISBN 13: 9780198132257
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Published by Vintage Publishing, 2005
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. How art made the world Special Collection by Nigel Jonathan Spivey. Published by Vintage Publishing in 2005. Hardcover. Accompanying a major landmark BBC2 series coming in February, this book goes in search of the meaning of human creativity. It spans the creation of art from prehistoric cave paintings to Michelangelo and Picasso, asking what drives humans to create art in. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by Independently Published, 2004
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Panorama of the classical world Special Collection by Nigel Jonathan Spivey; Michael Squire. Published by Independently Published in 2004. Hardcover. Lavishly illustrated and featuring the most important developments in recent scholarship, this book takes a new and imaginative approach to the era in which Western civilization was born. Collectible item in very fine condition.