{"title":"Victor I. Stoichita","description":"\u003cp\u003eVictor I. Stoichita’s works invite readers into a rich exploration of \u003cem\u003earts and culture\u003c\/em\u003e, where visual history intertwines with perceptive analysis. His writing offers a thoughtful reflection on the complexities of imagery and interpretation, illuminating the unseen layers behind artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles like \u003cstrong\u003eA Window on the World\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDarker Shades\u003c\/strong\u003e, Stoichita challenges conventional perspectives, encouraging a deeper understanding of how art shapes and reflects human experience. His books are a compelling journey for anyone interested in the critical study of aesthetics and cultural narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-window-on-the-world-by-victor-i-stoichita-9788857216973","title":"A Window on the World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough more than 200 works, the representation and pictorial meaning of the window in Western art since the Renaissance have been both a metaphor and an essential conceptual tool in Western painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Window on the World\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to thoroughly analyse the gradual changes which have occurred in the representation and pictorial meaning of the window, particularly in the course of the twentieth century. It explores the radical change in perspective whereby artists developed and offered us a \"global vision\", a formal perception freed from the need to imitate the objective world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue is structured into four main sections: Historical introduction, Seeing through, Grids, From the Window to the Screen. These sections include specific analysis dedicated to artists who have chosen the window as the privileged means of their artistic research, or to recurrent themes such as the fascinating relationship between window and still life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460246061292,"sku":"9788857216973","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9788857216973-a-window-on-the-world.jpg?v=1774946321"},{"product_id":"darker-shades-by-victor-i-stoichita-9781789140569","title":"Darker Shades","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDifference exists; otherness is constructed. This book asks how important Western artists, from Giotto to Titian and Caravaggio, and from Bosch to Durer and Rembrandt, shaped the imaging of non-Western individuals in early modern art. Victor I. Stoichita's nuanced and detailed study examines images of racial otherness during a time of new encounters of the West with different cultures and peoples, such as those with dark skins: Muslims and Jews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a host of informative illustrations and crossing the disciplines of art history, anthropology, and postcolonial studies, \u003cem\u003eDarker Shades\u003c\/em\u003e also reconsiders the Western canon's most essential facets: perspective, pictorial narrative, composition, bodily proportion, beauty, colour, harmony, and lighting. What room was there for the 'Other,' Stoichita would have us ask, in such a crystalline, unchanging paradigm?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470379499756,"sku":"9781789140569","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781789140569-darker-shades.jpg?v=1775217797"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/victor-i-stoichita.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}