Bøger af Richard Neer

Neer uncovers a key moment in the history of early modern art, when painting was understood to be a tool for self-transformation and for living a philosophical life. In this wide-ranging study, Richard Neer shows how French painters of the seventeenth century developed radically new ways to connect art, perception, and ethics. Cutting across traditional boundaries of classicism and realism, Neer addresses four case studies: Nicolas Poussin, renowned for marrying ancient philosophy and narrative painting; Louise Moillon, who pioneered French still life in the 1630s; Georges de La Tour, a painter of intense and introspective nocturnes; and the Brothers Le Nain, specialists in genre and portraiture who inspired Courbet, Manet, and other painters of modern life. Setting these artists in dialogue with Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, and others, ranging from the studios of Rome to the streets of Paris, this book provides fresh accounts of essential artworks--some well-known, others neglected--and new ways to approach the relation of art, theory, and daily life.

Imagine you meet an old friend for coffee at a diner. He casually tells you he's been hired to kill you, by a shadowy group that runs the city. Riley King faces his most complex case to date. And everyone in his inner circle is at risk. The Punch List is Richard Neer's fifth novel in his acclaimed Riley King Mystery series. "Wherever there's money to be made, there's potential for mayhem, and ex-FBI agent Riley King finds more than his share. Sometimes, it finds him." -- Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author "Richard Neer does a masterful job of building a suspenseful plot around a fascinatingly flawed--but eminently sympathetic--main character. You won't want to put it down." -- John Feinstein, New York Times bestselling author "Shady contractors have seldom been as dangerous or thrilling." -- Paul Levine, New York Times bestselling author BONUS!! King's Christmas, a Riley King Short Story, is included in this edition.

A gorgeous reality show star is missing. Her rough-hewn husband is her suspected killer. Are the police rousting an innocent man, or is Boomer Purdy not what he appears to be? When another crew member is found dead, the entire production is thrown into turmoil. Riley King needs to uncover the truth, not only to serve justice, but to win back a former lover who has a huge stake in the whole affair.

In the fifth century BCE, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed the ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. This title tells the story of Greek sculpture. It provides the ways to understand classical sculpture in Greek terms, and analyzes the relationship between political and stylistic histories.