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Series: Art History Special Issues
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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.
Series: Art History Special Issues
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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
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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