Full Description
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
Contents
6 Notes on Contributors
8 Chapter 1 Scale to Size: An Introduction
Joan Kee and Emanuele Lugli
26 Chapter 2 Scale and Pictoriality in Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture
Whitney Davis
44 Chapter 3 The Invisible Miniature: Framing the Soul in Chinese Art and Architecture
Wu Hung
62 Chapter 4 The Monumental Miniature: Liquid Architecture in the Kilgas of Cairo
Margaret S. Graves
82 Chapter 5 'Freedom I do reveal to you': Scale, Microarchitecture, and the Rise of the Turriform Civic Monument in Fourteenth-Century Northern Europe
Achim Timmermann
104 Chapter 6 Measuring the Bones: On Francesco di Giorgio Martini's Saluzzianus Skeleton
Emanuele Lugli
122 Chapter 7 The Measure of the World: Scenes From a
Journey to Kaesŏng Joan Kee
144 Chapter 8 Photography and Scale: Projection, Exhibition, Collection
Olivier Lugon
163 Index
