{"product_id":"power-image-and-memory-historical-subjects-in-art-hardcover","title":"Power, Image, and Memory: Historical Subjects in Art - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Holliday\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose who write history determine its narrative, whether through written text or through the visual language of art and public monuments.\u003cem\u003e Power, Image, and Memory \u003c\/em\u003eexamines a wide variety of artistic traditions, showing how art commemorating historical events can shape collective memory, and with it, the identities of social groups and nations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Mesopotamians to the present day, leaders and societies have used art to frame and memorialize important events. This account establishes a dialogue among traditions in a series of case studies, ranging from the reliefs at Ramses' temple at Abu Simbel and the ancient Greek \"Alexander Mosaic\" to the Heian Period Japanese scroll of the \u003cem\u003eNight Attack on the Sanjo Palace\u003c\/em\u003e, the Benin Bronzes, Diego Vel痙quez's \u003cem\u003eSurrender at Breda, \u003c\/em\u003e and Picasso's \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e. Weaving together meticulous historic detail, theory, and visual analysis, this volume offers a complex picture of the power of art and memory, as well as of the life of these monuments and messages over time, distanced from their original cultures and context. With insights relevant to contemporary debates reexamining historic monuments, \u003cem\u003ePower, Image, and Memory \u003c\/em\u003esheds new light on the power of art to shape social memory and identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter J. Holliday\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Classical Archaeology, California State University, Long Beach. Issues concerning the reception and appropriation of artistic sources, of how one culture interprets and utilizes the artistic practices of another, inform his books and articles in the Art Bulletin, American Journal of Archaeology, Etruscan Studies, J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, and other scholarly venues. He has received awards from the American Academy in Rome, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.8 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459254731005,"sku":"9780190901080","price":68.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/X6uzusA5jj9780190901080.webp?v=1777253224","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/power-image-and-memory-historical-subjects-in-art-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}