Books by Laurie Schneider Adams

The methodologies discussed here (formal analysis, iconology and iconography, Marxism, feminism, biography and autobiography, psychoanalysis, structuralism, race and gender) reflect the multiplicity of meanings in an artistic image.

A pioneering overview of art and psychoanalysis that shows how each field can enrich and enlarge the other.

This book begins with thirteenth-century precedents and Classical works that influenced Renaissance style in Italy. It includes works by Correggio, Bronzino, and Pontormo and extended discussions of Mannerism and the expanding role of women in the visual arts.

Munch's The Scream. Van Gogh's Starry Night. Rodin's The Thinker. Monet's water lilies. Constable's landscapes. The nineteenth-century gave us a wealth of artistic riches so memorable in their genius that we can picture many of them at an instant. However, at the time their avant-garde nature was the cause of much controversy. Professor Laurie Schneider Adams brings vividly to life the paintings, sculpture, photography and architecture of the period vividly with her infectious enthusiasm for art and detailed explorations of individual works. Offering fascinating biographical details and the relevant social, political and cultural context, Adams provides the reader with an understanding of both how revolutionary the works were at the time and of their enduring appeal.

A readable, student-friendly, lavishly-illustrated introduction to one of the greatest periods of artistic genius in western history, now thoroughly revised and updated, featuring extended discussions of Mannerism and the expanding role of women in the visual arts and significant illustration program enhancements

A pioneering overview of art and psychoanalysis that shows how each field can enrich and enlarge the other.