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Dismembering the Male - Men's Bodies, Britain and the Great War by Joanna Bourke
$20.00 NZD
Category: United Kingdom | Series: Picturing History Ser. | Reading Level: very good
It has been contended that femininity was disrupted, constructed and reconstructed during World War I, but what happened to masculinity? Using the evidence of letters, diaries and oral histories of members of the military and of civilians, this book explores the impact of the Great War on the male body. ...Show more
Global Interests - Renaissance Art Between East and West by Lisa Jardine; Jerry Brotton
$16.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: Picturing History | Reading Level: good-very good
In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the circulation of art and luxury objects, the authors challenge the view that Renaissance culture ...Show more
The Lives of Images by Peter Mason
$94.99 NZD
Category: Art | Series: Picturing History Ser.
In the Lives of Images, Peter Mason examines four striking case studies involving the production and transmission of visual images of non-European peoples. Beginning with what has been taken to be the earliest three-dimensional European representation of Native Americans, he then focuses on the migratio ...Show more
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