{"product_id":"power-image-and-memory-historical-subjects-in-art-hardcover","title":"Power, Image, and Memory: Historical Subjects in Art - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThose who write history determine its narrative, whether through written text or through the visual language of art and public monuments.\u003cem\u003e Power, Image, and Memory \u003c\/em\u003eexamines a wide variety of artistic traditions, showing how art commemorating historical events can shape collective memory, and with it, the identities of social groups and nations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Mesopotamians to the present day, leaders and societies have used art to frame and memorialize important events. This account establishes a dialogue among traditions in a series of case studies, ranging from the reliefs at Ramses' temple at Abu Simbel and the ancient Greek \"Alexander Mosaic\" to the Heian Period Japanese scroll of the \u003cem\u003eNight Attack on the Sanjo Palace\u003c\/em\u003e, the Benin Bronzes, Diego Velázquez's \u003cem\u003eSurrender at Breda, \u003c\/em\u003e and Picasso's \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e. Weaving together meticulous historic detail, theory, and visual analysis, this volume offers a complex picture of the power of art and memory, as well as of the life of these monuments and messages over time, distanced from their original cultures and context. With insights relevant to contemporary debates reexamining historic monuments, \u003cem\u003ePower, Image, and Memory \u003c\/em\u003esheds new light on the power of art to shape social memory and identity.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51194365313247,"sku":"9780190901080","price":61.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/liBy4kFETp9780190901080.webp?v=1786539824","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/power-image-and-memory-historical-subjects-in-art-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}