Glocal Ireland : Current Perspectives on Literature and the Visual Arts. by Ladron, Marisol Morales

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Nomads who cultivate beauty : Wod̳aabe dances and visual arts in Niger / by Bovin, Mette

History and its images : art and the interpretation of the past / by Haskell, Francis, 1928-

Subjects: “…Historiography Use of Visual arts…”

Rethinking Japan

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I: Literature & Visual Arts; 1. Abe Kobo's Internationalism; 2. Rethinking Soseki's Mon; 3. …”
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Art of being Tuareg : Sahara nomads in a modern world /

Subjects: “…Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University Exhibitions.…”

Africa / by Grosz-Ngaté, Maria Luise, Hanson, John H., 1956-

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Africa / by Grosz-Ngaté, Maria Luise, Hanson, John H., 1956-

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A companion to World War I /

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CultureShock! a survival guide to customs and etiquette / by North, Peter, 1943-

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Culture and customs of Spain / by Stanton, Edward F., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Chronology -- Context -- Religion -- Customs -- Media -- Cinema -- Literature -- Performing arts -- Visual arts.…”
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Early modern Europe /

Table of Contents: “…The humanities versus the sciences -- II. The visual arts as liberal arts -- III. Humanism and heresy -- IV. …”
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The Oxford illustrated history of medieval England /

Table of Contents: “…Nelson -- Conquered England, 1066-1215 / George Garnett -- Late medieval England, 1215-1485 / Chris Given-Wilson -- The economy and society / Christopher Dyer -- Piety, religion, and the church / Henrietta Leyser -- The visual arts / Nicola Coldstream -- Language and literature / Derek Pearsall.…”

Egypt : ancient culture, modern land /

Table of Contents: “…Kitchen -- The world of the gods / Waltraud Guglielmi -- The visual arts / Arielle P. Kozloff -- Monuments of the mighty / Cathleen A. …”

The imprisoned traveller : Joseph Forsyth and Napoleon's Italy / by Crook, Keith

Table of Contents: “…The historical moment Forsyth's Italy -- Forsyth's prisons -- The 1813 and the 1816 versions of Forsyth's Italy -- Talking to Italians -- The hidden thoughts of Joseph Forsyth -- Visual arts, architecture, and literature -- The letters of the Forsyth brothers.…”

Renaissance France at war : armies, culture and society, c.1480-1560 / by Potter, David, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: France and its wars, 1494-1559 -- 'One world is not enough' : kings, ministers and decisions on policy and strategy in Renaissance France -- The high command, planning and the army as a whole -- Cavalry and the nobility at war -- The birth of the French infantry -- Foreign mercenaries in the service of the king of France -- The artillery revolution, fortifications and siege warfare -- The field of battle -- 'The sinews of war' : military administration and finance -- The impact of war : supply, garrisons, logistics and the problem of disorder -- War, propaganda, history and public opinion -- War and Renaissance culture : music and the visual arts -- War, Renaissance culture and the literary world -- Conclusion: 'Until it fill the whole world?'…”

The Uses of history; essays in intellectual and social history. Presented to William J. Bossenbrook.

Table of Contents: “…--The term expressionism in the visual arts, by V. H. Miesel.--Karl Löwith's anti-historicism, by B. …”

Modern Scottish culture / by Gardiner, Michael, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…-- Cultural history I: before 1822 -- Cultural history II: after 1822 -- Modern Scottish philosophy -- Education in Scotland -- Religion in Scotland -- Scots law -- Sport in Scotland -- Scotland's languages -- The Scottish Parliament -- The contexts of modern Scottish literature -- Visual arts and architecture -- Mass media -- Scottish music.…”
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Asian settler colonialism : from local governance to the habits of everyday life in Hawai'i /

Table of Contents: “…Settler Dominated Ideological State Apparatuses: Literature and the Visual Arts. Chapter 6: This Land is Your Land, This Land Was My Land: Kanaka Maoli versus Settler Representations of Âina in Contemporary Literature of Hawaii / Kuualoha Hoomanawanui --- Part Two: Settler. …”
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Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture / by Porcu, Elisabetta

Table of Contents: “…Stewart's By the old walls of Kyoto -- The theme of death from the perspective of Jodo Shinshu: Aoki Shinmon's Coffinman: the journal of a Buddhist mortician -- Pure Land Buddhism and creative arts -- Aesthetics and religion in Yanagi Muneyoshi -- Yanagi and cultural nationalism -- The woodblock artist Munakata Shiko and tariki -- Representations of the Pure Land in contemporary visual arts -- Recent trends in contemporary Japanese visual arts: Mori Mariko's Pure land -- Pure Land Buddhism and the tea ceremony -- Images of chanoyu -- Pure Land Buddhism in the tradition of chanoyu -- A connection between the Honganji-ha and chanoyu: the Yabunouchi school of tea -- Traditional culture in a Jodo Shinshu temple: chanoyu at an Otani-ha temple.…”
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Taiwan : art and civilisation /

Table of Contents: “…An InvitationKnowing and AppreciatingTaiwan's Beauty; By Tchen Yu-chiouSecretary General, National Cultural Association; More than Thirty ThousandYears of History; A Natural Miracle; Architectural Style and Culturein Transition; Flourishing Performing Artsand Traditional Life; Vigorous Visual Arts; Index of Artists; List of Illustrations; Photographical Credits…”
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