Jennifer T. Roberts delves into the anti-democratic tradition within Western thought, exploring its historical currents through the lens of classical texts. Her work meticulously examines how democratic ideals have been challenged and reinterpreted across centuries of intellectual history. Roberts offers profound insights into the foundational ideas that have shaped political philosophy. Her scholarly approach is rooted in a deep engagement with seminal ancient authors and their enduring impact.
Featuring a collection of illustrations, this book includes a tipped-in sheet that provides insights into the artists and authors involved. The unnumbered page showcases vibrant color artwork, enhancing the reader's experience and understanding of the creative contributions. Ideal for art enthusiasts, it offers a glimpse into the collaborative efforts behind the work.
Centering on The Dutch Wives , a double-panel encaustic-and-newsprint painting in the artist’s signature “crosshatch” motif, this catalogue explores the impact of print on the work of Jasper Johns. The two panels are imperfect duplicates of each other, thus evoking issues of replication that are native to reproductive media. The book examines “print” and “the press” in terms not only of printmaking and Johns’s celebrated experiments in that medium, but also in informational terms, tracing Johns’s frequent use of newsprint and its material, temporal, political, and formal implications. The publication also features prints and drawings by Johns that help demonstrate the aspects of printmaking that inform his entire oeuvre: repetition, reversal, indexicality, layering, sequencing, and topology. Exhibition schedule: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, opening May 2012