To Scale

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Series: Art History Special Issues

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To Scale offers an in-depth exploration of scale as a crucial element in both the creation and reception of art. It examines how scale influences the way audiences engage with and interpret artworks, drawing on a wide historical and geographical range. The book adopts a comparative art historical approach, analysing examples from Islamic architecture to contemporary photography, and spanning ancient Egypt, eighteenth-century Korea, and modern Europe.
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Ideal for students and enthusiasts of art history and cultural studies, as well as professionals seeking a deeper understanding of the role scale plays in artistic expression globally.

Scale, or the relative dimension of an object, has long been one of the most crucial elements in the creation, circulation, and reception of art. Often mistaken as size, scale is the impetus behind the profoundly visceral ways in which we perceive and interpret works of art.

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This innovative new volume offers an in-depth exploration of scale, one of the most crucial elements in the creation and reception of art.

Illustrates how scale has compelled audiences to rethink the significance and importance of specific works of art:

Takes a comparative art historical approach exploring issues of scale in an array of forms, from Islamic architecture to contemporary photography.
A global consideration of scale, with examples of work from ancient Egypt, eighteenth-century Korea, and contemporary Europe.
The newest addition to the Art History Special Issue Book Series.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119142508

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 March 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by Joan Kee
Edited by Emanuele Lugli

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 211.0mm

Height: 277.0mm

Weight: 608g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Art History Special Issues

About the Author

Joan Kee is Associate Professor of History of Art at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The author of Contemporary Korean Art: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method (2013), she has published articles in an array of journals, including Artforum, Art Bulletin, Oxford Art Journal, Third Text, Art Margins and The Journal of Law, Culture and Humanities.

Emanuele Lugli is Lecturer in History of Art and Architecture at the University of York, UK. With articles published in Art History, Gesta and Word & Image, his first book, Unità di Misura: Breve Storia del Metro in Italia (2014) reconstructs the cultural revolution sparked by the arrival of the metric system in nineteenth-century Italy.

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