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Nasca Art
Donald A. Proulx
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
Nasca ArtIntroductionThe Nasca culture emerged on the south coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate period, dating from about 100 bce to 650 ce. I...
Native North American Art, Pre-Contact
David W. Penney
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Native North American Art, Pre-Contact Introduction The art history of Native North America as a discipline is young, but an art history of pr...
Nazi Looting of Art
Jonathan Petropoulos, Nicholas Sage
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2021-02-24
Nazi Looting of ArtIntroductionAdolf Hitler and the Nazis were not only the most systematic mass murderers in history, they were also history’s greate...
New Media Art
Oliver Grau
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
New Media ArtIntroductionNew Media Art is a comprehensive term that encompasses art forms that are either produced, modified, and transmitted by means...
New Spain, Art and Architecture
Clara Bargellini
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Art and Architecture of New Spain Introduction Art and architecture have been discussed since the 16th century in New Spain. Following the int...
Olmec Art
Rex Koontz
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Olmec Art Introduction The Olmec art style was the major prestige style of Ancient Mesoamerica between c. 1,500 bce and 400 bce, or much of th...
Pacific Art, Contemporary
Caroline Vercoe
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Contemporary Pacific ArtIntroductionPacific art and visual culture spans a rich and varied body of objects, dance forms, song, painting, and sculptura...
Palladio, Andrea
Bruce Boucher
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Andrea Palladio Introduction Andrea Palladio (b. 1508–d. 1580) is one of the most influential architects the Western world has produced. Over ...
Parthenon, The
Barbara A. Barletta
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
The Parthenon Introduction The Parthenon, executed between 447 and 432 bce and dedicated in 438 bce, initiated the Periclean building program ...
Performance Art
Kristine Stiles
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Performance Art Introduction This article offers a wide range of resources for understanding the rich genealogy of global performance art that...
Perspective from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism, Historiography of Linear
Samuel Y. Edgerton
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Historiography of Linear Perspective from the Renaissance to Post-ModernismIntroductionMany of the issues discussed in this article were raised nearly...
Peter Paul Rubens
Elizabeth Honig, Ulrich Heinen
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
Peter Paul RubensIntroductionPeter Paul Rubens (b. 1577–d. 1640) was an extraordinary figure who inhabited, effected, and even defined many aspects of...
Philip II and El Escorial
Jesús Escobar
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
Philip II and El EscorialIntroductionNo building occupies as central a place in the architectural history of Spain than San Lorenzo el Real de El Esco...
Photography, History of
Kelley Wilder
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
History of Photography Introduction The history of photography is a diffuse, interdisciplinary area of study written from numerous fields such...
Pollock, Jackson
Pepe Karmel
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Jackson Pollock Introduction There is a critical consensus that Jackson Pollock was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, but there...
Polychrome Sculpture in Early Modern Spain
Ilenia Colón Mendoza
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Polychrome Sculpture in Early Modern SpainIntroductionPolychrome sculpture forms a cornerstone of the religious art produced in Spain in the early mod...
Postmodern Architecture
K. Michael Hays
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
Postmodern ArchitectureIntroductionThe concept of postmodernism finds its definitive articulation in architecture, even though postmodern thought far ...
Pre-Hispanic Art of Columbia
Alessia Frassani
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
Pre-Hispanic Art of ColombiaIntroductionThe art history of Pre-Hispanic Colombia hardly exists. Western categories for what may constitute “art” only ...
Psychoanalysis, Art and
Laurie Schneider Adams
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Art and Psychoanalysis Introduction Art history and psychoanalysis are interdisciplinary subjects that rely on imagery for their very existenc...
Qing Dynasty Painting
Claudia Brown
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Qing Dynasty Painting Introduction The Qing (Ch’ing, 1644–1911) period covers nearly three hundred years of China’s history, a long period by ...
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