John Francis Moffitt

The Arts in Spain

This text presents a representative anthology of examples of painting, architecture and sculpture to provide a critical overview of Spain. From Iberia...

Occultism in Avant-garde Art

The Case of Joseph Beuys

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Art Forgery

The Case of the Lady of Elche

Until now, all experts have dated the celebrated Lady of Elche, the beautiful and patriotic symbol of timeless Iberia, to pre-Christian Spain, some ti...

Inspiration

Bacchus and the Cultural History of a Creation Myth

This book reveals the antique pedigree of a now commonplace term, "Inspiration," an essential creation-myth presently propelling notions of "self-expr...

Picturing Extraterrestrials

Alien Images in Modern Culture

In this witty, erudite, and thoroughly researched book, art historian John Moffitt discusses the popular iconography depicting alleged extraterrestria...

O Brave New People

The European Invention of the American Indian

The authors reclaim the historical origins of still-evolving attitudes about the Indian myth in precolonial pictorial and literary sources. Essential ...

“The” Native American "Sauvage" as Pictured by French Romantic Artists and Writers

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