Art History — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Art History

Afghanistan on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Three Essays on Culture and Society
	Centlivres, Pierre and Micheline Centlivres-Demont Subject: Middle East	Two prominent anthropologists describe their long “journey” with the Afghan people, a journey that lasted thirty years and was punctuated by the events that caused Afghanistan’s transformation from the monarchic state of Zaher Shah to Daoud’s republic, from the Communist … More Information

Afro-Cuban Myths: Yemaya and Other Orishas
	Lachatañeré, Romulo (translated by Christine Ayorinde; illustrated by Siegfried Kaden; introduction by Jorge Castellanos) Subject: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, World Literature	A moving collection of myths and tales, Afro-Cuban Myths was first published in 1938 under the title Oh, Mío Yemayá! These stories lead readers into a marvelous and magical world: the extraordinary imaginations of Afro-Cubans. Destined to become a classic … More Information

Architectural Heritage of the Caribbean: An A-Z of Historic Buildings
	Gravette, Andrew Subject: Latin America, Caribbean	Better known for its land and sea, the Caribbean is also home to a wealth of historic buildings. As a region colonized by Spanish, French, British, and Dutch settlers, its architecture reflects an unparalleled variety of colonial influences. Its buildings … More Information

Beauty in Arabic Culture
	Behrens-Abouseif, Doris Subject: Middle East, Religion	Arabic Islamic thought allowed the development of autonomous norms of beauty that were independent of moral or religious criteria. The artistic work was viewed separately from the divine scheme and was free of metaphysical associations. Beauty, however, had a significant … More Information

Harem Ghosts: What One Cemetery Can Tell Us About the Ottoman Empire
	Brookes, Douglas Scott, Ziyrek Ali Subject: Middle East, Ottoman Empire	“Since 1840 countless visitors to Turkey’s metropolis have passed this beautiful building and its garden graveyard without, it seems to me, realizing the gems of architecture and culture that await discovery within its dignified walls. Now, over a century-and-a-half after … More Information

History: The Last Things Before The Last
	Kracauer, Siegried , Kristeller, Paul Oskar Subject: European History	“The late Siegfried Kracauer was best known as a historian and critic of the cinema. His main intellectual preoccupation during the last years of his life was the relation between past and present, and the relation between histories in different … More Information

Islamic Art and Literature
	Grabar, Oleg and Cynthia Robinson, editors Subject: Middle East, Religion	Edited by Oleg Grabar, one of the leading experts in Islamic art history, along with Cynthia Robinson, this book breaks new ground in the field of Middle Eastern art history. While illuminated manuscripts from Persia and the Arab world are … More Information

Leo Frobenius on African History, Art, and Culture: An Anthology
	Frobenius, Leo (edited by Eike Haberland; preface by Léopold Sédar Senghor) Subject: Africa, Archaeology, Art History	Leo Frobenius’ pivotal works on African culture represented a landmark study in ethnography. His writings, when discovered by young African intellectuals studying in Europe in the early 1900s, reverberated throughout the community of Africans in search of cultural legitimacy. Frobenius … More Information

The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine: The Kunstkammer and the Evolution of Nature, Art and Technology
	Bredekamp, Horst (introduction by Anthony T. Grafton; translated by Allison Brown) Subject: Europe	Translated into six languages The Kunstkammer was a programmatic display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. These nascent museums reflected the ambitions of such thinkers as Descartes, Locke, and Kepler … More Information