Sergiusz Michalski
Autor von New Objectivity Midsize
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Public Monuments: Art in Political Bondage 1870-1997 (Reaktion Books - Essays in Art and Culture) (1998) 17 Exemplare
Reformation and the Visual Arts: The Protestant Image Question in Western and Eastern Europe (Christianity and Society… (1993) 10 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 20th Century
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Poland
- Ausbildung
- Warsaw University, Poland
- Beziehungen
- Michalska, Katarzyna (wife)
- Kurzbiographie
- Sergiusz Michalski teaches art history at the University of Braunschweig, Germany. His previous books include The Reformation and the Visual Arts (1993) and The New Objectivity (1994).
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- Werke
- 8
- Mitglieder
- 114
- Beliebtheit
- #171,985
- Bewertung
- 3.9
- Rezensionen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 15
- Sprachen
- 2
Chapters include the spider's place in European intellectual tradition, the femme fatale, myth, folklore and urban legend and in literature and film.
I dropped a star on my rating because the opening section on spider zoology is too anthropomorphic for a supposedly scientific description and the authors keep referring to spiders as insects, rather than arachnids. There are other errors of language and awkwardness of phrase in other chapters, but not too many to spoil the read.
Overall, an engaging, if flawed, book.… (mehr)