Lisa Jardine Książki

Sensation is a definitive survey of the younger generation of British artists who have captivated the international art scene with their vitality and inventiveness. Charles Saatchi, a dedicated collector and patron, has uniquely supported British art today, extending his commitment beyond well-known figures like Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread to numerous emerging talents. The book showcases the work of forty-two radical artists, including Jenny Saville, Jake & Dinos Chapman, and others who are making significant contributions to contemporary art. It features original essays that provide critical context and trace the evolution of the British art scene since the pivotal 1988 exhibition "Freeze." Sensation cuts through sensationalist media coverage and art-world debates to highlight the achievements of young British artists and the impact of imaginative patronage. Notable artists included are Darren Almond, Richard Billingham, Glenn Brown, Simon Callery, Adam Chodzko, Mat Collishaw, Keith Coventry, Tracey Emin, and many more. This comprehensive exploration reveals the dynamic landscape of British art and the innovative spirit driving it forward.

The statesman, scientist, and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) lived a divided life. Was he a noble scholar, or a conniving political crook? Was he a homosexual? Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart draw upon previously untapped sources to create a controversial nuanced portrait of the quintessential "Renaissance man", one whose achievements, while enormous, were nonetheless sadly circumscribed by his class and station.

Today the 'two cultures' - art and science - have come to be treated as fundamentally opposed. Scientific research is castigated for its inhumane methods and lack of moral responsibility, while art is treated as an enduring source of essential guidance to society's spiritual well-being. As Lisa Jardine makes clear in this remarkable book, this is a distinction which is both artificial and historically inaccurate. The intellectual revolution of the seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries was the single most formative event in Western history, bringing together the humanities and natural sciences in an unprecedented ferment of conceptual and practical creativity. Lisa Jardine documents the forces for change which brought the human and natural sciences together and gave them shape. Each of her series of key components - among them, precise time measurement, enhanced astronomical observation, selective animal and plant breeding, and technological advances in navigation - lays a crucial part of the foundations for modern thought. She brilliantly illuminates the practice of science, its impact on the emerging modern world, and its continuing relevance to society.

The flowering of civilization, the rebirth of classical scholarship and the serendipitous coming together of some of the greatest artists the world has ever known: this is the traditional view of the Renaissance. This work provides an interpretation of that age of European culture. In it, the author argues that while aristocrats and newly prosperous merchants commissioned works of art from the leading artists of the day, vicious commercial battles were being fought over silks and spices, and who should control international trade. As humanism and the new learning spread out of Italy across Europe, the prodigious output of the printing presses which sprang up soon dictated - by accident as much as by design - what was to become the European intellectual tradition.

A wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art that examines the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the years 1450 to 1550. schovat popis

This book should be of interest to students and lecturers of cultural studies, history, politics and women's studies.

Historische studie over de culturele wisselwerking, eind zeventiende eeuw, tussen de Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden en Engeland die grote consequenties had voor Engeland op politiek en cultureel gebied.