Olympic Visions - Images of the Games Through History

Informationen zum Autor Mike O'Mahony is a senior lecturer in the History of Art Department at the University of Bristol, UK. He is the author of Sport in the USSR: Physical Culture--Visual Culture and Sergei Eisenstein , both published by Reaktion books. Klappentext Explores how painters and sculptors, photographers and filmmakers, and architects and designers have helped to affect the consciousness of Olympic spectators around the world. Zusammenfassung In Olympic Visions Mike O'Mahony explores how painters! sculptors! photographers! filmmakers! architects and designers have portrayed the Olympic Games through history. Featuring a combination of beautiful illustrations and detailed insights! the book shows how images have shaped the way the Olympics are perceived.

Product details

• Authors: Mike mahony, O&apos, Mike OMahony, Mike O'Mahony
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.05.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9781861899101
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-910-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries