To Scale (Art History Special Issues)

by Joan Kee (Editor), Emanuele Lugli (Editor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2015

  $31.37

  This innovative new volume offers an in-depth exploration of scale, one of the most crucial elements in the creation and reception of art. * Illustrates how scale has compelled audiences to rethink the significance and importance of specific works of art * Takes a comparative art historical approach exploring issues of scale in an array of forms, from Islamic architecture to contemporary photography * A global consideration of scale, with examples of work from ancient Egypt, eighteenth-century Korea, and contemporary Europe * The newest addition to the Art History Special Issue Book Series