Ludmilla Jordanova

The Look of the Past

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Visual and material sources are central to historical practice and this is a much-needed introduction to using artefacts as evidence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 872g
• ISBN-13: 9780521882422
• ISBN-10: 0521882427
• Artikelnr.: 35578513

Autorenporträt

Ludmilla Jordanova is Professor of Modern History at King's College London. Her publications include History in Practice, now going into its third edition.

Inhaltsangabe

A handbag?
Introduction
1. Description and evidence
Essay - a 'sumptuous structure': the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge
2. Craft, skills and visual intelligence
Essay - 'the jewel of the church': Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa
3. Periodisation
Essay - photographing 'the family of man'
4. Audiences and display
Essay - deposits of friendship: Renoir's 1908 portrait of Ambroise Vollard
5. Comparative analysis
List of reference works.