art-history

Indeed, a recording is to a live musical performance what a small reproduction in an art-history textbook is to a painting.

A Fierce Enthusiasm Leon Botstein 2010

So when I wrote this art-history thesis, which you had to do as a student, I always thought you should just look at the sculptures first—the quality of the sculpture—and forget the titles and forget the psychoanalytic approach, whether this person was psychotic or not, but just to go and look at the sculptures.

Tony Bevan and His Self-Portraits Doretta Lau 2011

We are not looking for shuffleboard and bridge, said Lucie Bauer, a retiree who was teaching an art-history class to seniors at the library.

State's New Trick: Old Dogs Jennifer Levitz 2011

Instead I have used reproductions of the paintings in art-history books, but approaching them in the same way as I did the films.

For Baldessari, Art Imitates Art Paul Levy 2011

This is the context where deceased artists without their own museums have to compete to be noticed and live on, and it's one reason painters have an advantage in art-history books.

How Will the Future Judge Him? Richard B. Woodward 2012

Still, Steinberg was the nearest thing to a celebrity the art-history profession has produced since Sir Kenneth Clark became a household name in 1969 with his "Civilisation" TV series.

The Man Who Taught Us to See Eric Gibson 2011

For it's better than even money that unless you happen to be a connoisseur of American modernism or an art-history major, his name is unknown to you.

How a Great American Artist Vanished From the Critical Scope Terry Teachout 2011

He currently runs opera and art-history study groups.

Lifelong learning is the secret to happiness in old age 2011

"I was just spellbound," Ms. De Laurentiis, a 42-year-old art-history professor, said through a translator, recalling her moment of discovery.

Long-Lost Papal Texts Resurface 2011

AMSTERDAM—Few images say "Dutch" to an art-history student as loudly as that of potatoes in still life.

Potatoes and Photography in Amsterdam Joel Weickgenant 2011