Essays in the Arts4
Books in this series are critical in approach, drawing upon the fields of aesthetics, visual arts, music, literature, drama, cinema, and other theatrical arts. Contributions may develop an idea in any of the single fields, but preference is given to studies seeking to build bridges across these disciplines.
-
How the philosophy of Giambattista Vico was influenced by eighteenth-century Neopolitan painting
-
Why the art historian's craft is a uniquely melancholy art
-
The skirmish between painting and poetry鈥攆rom Plato and Praxiteles to Rembrandt and Shakespeare
-
A deeply personal meditation on the haunting power of American photos and films of the 1940s