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Taylor & Francis Ltd Certain Fragments Contemporary Performance and
Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between performance and play? Between performance and technology? Between performance and death?Certain Fragments is an extraordinary exploration of what lies at the heart of contemporary theatre. Written by the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, acknowledged to be Britains most brilliant experimental theatre company (Guardian), Certain Fragments investigates the processes of devising performance, the role of writing in an interdisciplinary theatre, and the influence of the city on contemporary art practice.Tim Etchells unique and provocative voice shifts from intimate anecdote to critical analysis and back again. And as in his theatre-making so in his book: with Certain Fragments Etchells disrupts traditional notions of creative, academic, and intellectual work. The book is an exciting and radical fusion of story-telling and criticism. It also makes available, for the first time, four seminal Forced EntertainmTrade Review'Certain Fragments . . . illuminate[s] . . . the more interesting aspects of contemporary British theatre.' - David Pattie, New Theatre QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword, Introduction, Section I Essays, Section II Performance Texts
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Taylor & Francis Vision and Difference
Book SynopsisGriselda Pollock provides concrete historical analyses of key moments in the formation of modern culture to reveal the sexual politics at the heart of modernist art. Crucially, she not only explores a feminist re-reading of the works of canonical male Impressionist and Pre-Raphaelite artists including Edgar Degas and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but also re-inserts into art history their female contemporaries - women artists such as Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Pollock discusses the work of women artists such as Mary Kelly and Yve Lomax, highlighting the problems of working in a culture where the feminine is still defined as the object of the male gaze. Now published with a new introduction, Vision and Difference is as powerful as ever for all those seeking not only to understand the history of the feminine in art, but also to develop new strategies for representation for the future.Trade Review'A classic text by one of the great pioneers of feminist criticism and art history' - Linda Nochlin, New York University, USA'A vital text for understnading the polemics of feminist art history, and its methods in practice' - Anthea Callen, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Feminist interventions in the histories of artChapter 2 Vision, voice and power: feminist art histories and MarxismChapter 3 Modernity and the spaces of femininityChapter 4 Woman as a sign in pre-Raphaelite literature: the representation of Elisabeth Siddall (written in collaboration with Deborah Cherry)Chapter 5: A Photo-essay - signs of femininityChapter 6: Woman as sign: psychoanalytic readingsChapter 7: Screening the seventies: sexuality and representation in feminist practice - a Brechtian perspectiveNotesBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Fashion Ethics
Book SynopsisFashion Ethics provides a comprehensive overview of the ethical issues in the fashion industry, from collection design concept to upcycling and closed loop production. This book answers an urgent need for a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental ethics of the fashion industry.Sue Thomas goes beyond the usual contentious issues of environmental impact and human rights, taking the reader deeper into the endemic issues including sizeism, ageism, animal rights, and the lack of diversity in models and in the media. The book lays out the significant ethical issues within the fashion supply chain by mapping the lifecycle of a garment and exploring key topics such as deep ecology, cultural copyright speciesism, the role of the customer, and technology in future ethics. It also features current international industry information and industry-relevant case studies from brands, media and mobile technology, and NGOs including Oxfam (UK), Redress (Hong Kong), Nimany (US), Labor Link (US), People Tree (UK), and Peppermint (Australia).Fashion Ethics provides much-needed information for fashion students, industry professionals, and customers.Trade Review‘Thomas breaks new ground by examining the fashion value chain through a lens of ethics. Fashion Ethics provides a comprehensive view of the fashion landscape, from industry stakeholders to the end user, and points to both a radically altered global fashion system and new research areas for fashion studies for years to come.’Timo Rissanen, Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Sustainability, Parsons School of Design, New York 'Sue Thomas expertly leads the reader through an insightful and challenging critique of the ‘fast fashion’ system. The coverage of serious impact of over-production and consumption on humanity and the environment are unravelled in her highly accessible book on fashion ethics. She is an inspirational advocate for change!' Liliana Pomazan, Senior Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Australia'In Fashion Ethics, Sue Thomas uses her commanding knowledge of the fashion industry and engaging writing style to guide readers through a breadth of uncomfortable ethical issues that demand reflection and consideration. Thomas advocates for shared responsibility and collaboration to "dream big" about how to integrate compassion for all stakeholders into the industry – and then for making the choices necessary to secure the future of the fashion industry and the planet. A must-read for every first year fashion student and for any industry professional whose work intersects with the design, production, marketing, wear, or disposal and reincarnation stages of the product lifecycle.' Marsha Dickson, Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, University of Delaware, USA 'In this informative and topical text, Thomas introduces the reader to a wide range of subjects and debates concerned with ethics, and the production and consumption of fashion products. In the chapters we explore themes that have been (and perhaps still remain) largely "invisible" to the fashion system – from ageism, sizeism, and racism, to concerns for environmental impacts and intellectual copyright. Throughout the text, Thomas challenges designers, retailers and consumers to consider what it is to be ethical, and how this should/could be demonstrated in the way that we make, sell and use clothes. Fashion Ethics has to be a must read for all burgeoning fashion students and consumers.'Alison Gwilt, Reader in Fashion Design and Sustainability, Sheffield Hallam University, UK"I would recommend this book to anyone who works within or is interested or engaged in the fashion industry. In fact, I reckon it should be required reading for all fashion students, as they (we) are the future of the industry and we need the moral backbone to back up our decisions and their impacts."Urbanity, November 2017Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Design, ethics, and the designer 3. Production 4. Marketing 5. Wear 6. Disposal and reincarnation 7. Future ethics 8. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Fabricating Plasticity in Aluminum
Book SynopsisThis book argues for the value of the material prototype as a critical site of design innovation, through a series of design and architectural case studies. Illustrated by physical objects such as chairs, columns, and building faÃades, these full-scale material investigations reflect their designersâ deep knowledge of material, manufacturing, and geometry. The projects do not simply express how they are made, rather their designers leverage the capacities of metal forming to exert distinctive influence on the objectâs expression and performance, embracing manufacturing processes as instruments of material innovation.Organized in two parts, part one presents the material framework informing work by Arad, Newson, Heatherwick, Future Systems, Foster, OMA, Rex, Hadid and others. Seven metal forming techniques including Press Forming, Press Brake Forming, Spinning, Panel Beating, Casting, Extruding, and Superplastic Forming are presented alongside work implemented with these proce
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Taylor & Francis Art History The Basics
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, this volume is an accessible introduction to the history of art. Using an international range of examples, it provides the reader with a toolkit of concepts, ideas and methods relevant to understanding art history. This new edition is fully updated with colour illustrations, increased coverage of non-western art and extended discussions of contemporary art theory. It introduces key ideas, issues and debates, exploring questions such as: What is art and what is meant by art history? What approaches and methodologies are used to interpret and evaluate art? How have ideas regarding medium, gender, identity and difference informed representation? What perspectives can psychoanalysis, semiotics and social art histories bring to the study of the discipline? How are the processes of postcolonialism, decolonisation and globalisation changing approaches to art historTrade ReviewThe second edition of Art History: The Basics continues the authors’ investments in making art history accessible to a variety of 21st-century readers. Clear and cogent, it reconsiders who and what "the basics" of art history are by freshening up the canon of intellectual debates, methodologies, and interpretations that form art history’s discourse in the west and incorporating more recent and urgent conversations about gender, sexual orientation, de-colonialization, and "otherness" that continue to impact the discipline in radical and transformative ways. Predicating a text on a transformative model, as Newall and Pooke have done, reminds readers that art history is an inherently living discourse demanding new revisions as it adheres to new and changing contexts now and into the future. Jordan Amirkhani, Professorial Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History, American University, Washington, DC Few art history textbooks today address so comprehensively the underlying issues and histories of art history the way this book does. Without a doubt, this book is the new companion of every serious art history professor and instructor. May F. El-Hage, art historian and curator, Beirut, Lebanon The second edition of Art History: The Basics continues the authors’ investments in making art history accessible to a variety of 21st-century readers. Clear and cogent, it reconsiders who and what "the basics" of art history are by freshening up the canon of intellectual debates, methodologies, and interpretations that form art history’s discourse in the west and incorporating more recent and urgent conversations about gender, sexual orientation, de-colonialization, and "otherness" that continue to impact the discipline in radical and transformative ways. Predicating a text on a transformative model, as Newall and Pooke have done, reminds readers that art history is an inherently living discourse demanding new revisions as it adheres to new and changing contexts now and into the future. Jordan Amirkhani, Professorial Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History, American University, Washington, DC Few art history textbooks today address so comprehensively the underlying issues and histories of art history the way this book does. Without a doubt, this book is the new companion of every serious art history professor and instructor. May F. El-Hage, art historian and curator, Beirut, Lebanon Art History: The Basics is a highly practical source book for students and scholars, which ambitiously attempts to answer the question: 'What is art history?'. Covering a broad spectrum of key philosophical debates, it is nevertheless written in clear, accessible language. The subject is refreshingly presented as evolving and dynamic and the new edition includes sections on urgent contemporary issues such as the Black Lives Matter movement and recent global perspectives. This is a welcome addition to the bookshelf for students, art historians and general readers. Katie Hill, Programme Director, MA Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, Sotheby's Institute of Art Newall and Pooke completed the second edition of Art History: The Basics in the middle of the global outbreak of the pandemic. In such a daunting and critical moment, this book first and foremost addresses two urgent questions: What is the relevance of art to the evolution of our civilization? How has art history been shaped by the turbulent events in human society? At a time when the history is being rewritten, Newall and Pooke’s book reinforces the necessity, more than ever, of understanding that art, as a form of expression, enables us to explore new ways of perceiving the world, and that artists, as creators, shaped and advanced art history: so it expands and continues. Kejia Wu, Faculty Member, Claremont Graduate University; Columnist, the Chinese Edition of the Financial Times. The new and revised edition of Newall and Pooke’s textbook not only introduces the reader to what actually constitutes the history of art, but also shows how the discipline has developed and changed through critical interventions into the subject from the social history of art through to postcolonialism. As such, it is essential reading for students studying the history of art or anyone else with an interest in the subject. Warren Carter, Lecturer in Art History, The Open University, UK Table of ContentsIntroduction to the second edition ; 1. Art histories and art theories ; 2. Formalism, modernism and modernity ; 3. Marxist and social art histories ; 4. Semiotics and poststructuralism ; 5. Psychoanalysis, art and the fractured self ; 6. Representations of gender, sex and sexualities ; 7. Art and art histories since the 1960s ; 8. Postcolonialism, globalisation and art histories
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Pictures and Tears A History of People Who Have
Book SynopsisArt Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to tears? Hemingway was reduced to tears in the midst of a drinking bout when a painting by James Thurber caught his eye. And what's bad about that? In Pictures and Tears, art historian James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past, and a meditation on the curious tearlessness with which most people approach art in the present. Deeply personal, Pictures and Tears is a history of emotion and vulnerability, and an inquiry into the nature of art. This book is a rare and invaluable treasure for people who love art. Also includes an 8-page color insert.Trade Review"...a provocative and felicitous inquiry... the most arresting facet of his unique investigation is his charting of the declining value society places on heartfelt reactions to art... Elkins elucidates subtle conceptions of pictoral time, presence, and absence; criticizes the bloodlessness of most art-history texts; and indicts the marketplace atmosphere of most museums. Prized by Romantics in the not-so-distant past, art-inspired tears are disdained in our brittle, ironic milieu, a psychological and spiritual diminishment Elkins boldly and rightly decries." -- Donna Seaman, Booklist"To cry in front of art is not a sign of weakness: it is the flexing of a truly aesthetic power. That is the truth we gain from James Elkins' admirably engaged and engaging book." -- Nigel Spivey, author of Enduring Creation"A history of weeping, a meditation on our deepest responses to art, and an ethnography of his own tribe of art historians, Pictures and Tears attempts to reclaim aesthetic experience from what Elkins calls 'the poison well' of art history and theory. I wish I could have read this book before I had written my own." -- Tom Lutz, author of Crying: The Natural and Cultural History ofTears"In the course of reading this book I found the following to be especially valuable: Eileen John's questioning of traditional propositional accounts of knowledge in "Art and Knowledge," Alan Goldman's defense of the much attacked concepts of aesthetic ewww.trs.nyc.ny.us.experience and attitude in "The Aesthetic," and Denis Dutton's listing of characteristics of art found in all cultures in "Aesthetic Universals." This is an immensely useful book that belongs in every college library and on the bookshelves of all serious students of aesthetics. It certainly exemplifies the editors' claim that philosophical aesthetics is a vibrant field today. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Spring 2003."Table of ContentsColorplates Preface Acknowledgements 1. Crying at Nothing but Colors 2. Crying No One Can Understand 3. Crying from Chromatic Waves 4. Crying Because You've Been Hit by a Lightning Bolt 5. Weeping Over Bluish Leaves 6. The Ivory Tower of Tearlessness 7. False Tears Over a Dead Bird 8. Crying Because Time Passes 9. Weeping, Watching the Madonna Weep 10. Crying at God 11. Sobbing in Lonely Mountains 12. Crying at the Empty Sea of Faith Envoi: How to Look, and Possibly Even be Moved Appendix: Thirty-two Letters Sources Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Architectural Research Methods
Book SynopsisARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH METHODS ARCHITECTURE/GENERAL A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RESEARCH FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERSNOW UPDATED AND EXPANDED! From searching for the best glass to prevent glare to determining how clients might react to the color choice for restaurant walls, research is a crucial tool that architects must master in order to effectively address the technical, aesthetic, and behavioral issues that arise in their work. This book's unique coverage of research methods is specifically targeted to help professional designers and researchers better conduct and understand research. Part I explores basic research issues and concepts, and includes chapters on relating theory to method and design to research. Part II gives a comprehensive treatment of specific strategies for investigating built forms. In all, the book covers seven types of research, including historical, qualitative, correlational, experimental, simulation, logical argumentation, and caseTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Part I The Domain Of Architectural Research 1 Chapter 1 The Scope of This Book 3 Linda Groat Chapter 2 Does Design Equal Research? 21 Linda Groat and David Wang Chapter 3 Systems of Inquiry and Standards of Research Quality 63 Linda Groat Chapter 4 What’s Your Purpose? From Theory Building to Design Application 101 David Wang and Linda Groat Chapter 5 What’s Your Question? Literature Review and Research Design 141 David Wang and Linda Groat Part II Seven Research Strategies 171 Chapter 6 Historical Research 173 David Wang Chapter 7 Qualitative Research 215 Linda Groat Chapter 8 Correlational Research 263 Linda Groat Chapter 9 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research 313 Linda Groat Chapter 10 Simulation Research 349 David Wang Chapter 11 Logical Argumentation 379 David Wang Chapter 12 Case Studies and Combined Strategies 415 Linda Groat Author Index 453 Subject Index 461
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Dover Publications Inc. Men
Book Synopsis412 rare royalty-free woodcut engravings of men in every conceivable attitude, costume, activity. Men at work, play, leisure. Eskimos, gladiators, knights, bullfighters, workers, doctors, artists, many more, taken from 19th-century periodicals. Invaluable sourcebook for artists and illustrators.
£13.49
Dover Publications Inc. Castles
Book SynopsisConcise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, many other features. Caernarvon, Dover castles, Hadrian''s Wall, Tower of London, dozens more. 199 black-and-white illustrations. Preface. Index. Footnotes.
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Dover Publications Inc. Fullcolour Patterns and Designs Dover Pictorial
Book SynopsisForty of Victorian master's most famous designs for wallpapers, chintzes, velveteens, tapestries, tiles, carpets, and more. Reproduced from original color plates of The Art of William Morris.
£13.04
Dover Publications Inc. Art Masterpieces to Color
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Dover Publications Inc. Pen Ink Drawing Dover Art Instruction
Book SynopsisAn inspiring sourcebook, this guide helps artists discover a wide variety of subjects and ideas for their next sketch. More than 140 of the author's drawings illustrate nostalgic scenes, old engravings, atmospheric effects, photographs, and landscapes.
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Dover Publications Inc. Drawings and Paintings130 Plates 150 Plates
Book SynopsisOne of 19th-century Berlin's premier artists, Menzel exhibited tremendous powers of observation and technical perfection. This volume contains approximately 115 plates of his work, with 16 pages of color.
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Dover Publications Inc. Creative Haven Dazzling Dogs Coloring Book
Book SynopsisThirty-one fanciful portraits form the perfect coloring book for dog lovers. Flowers, paisley patterns, and other ornaments highlight pictures of dogs on road trips, digging fossils, and reveling in nature.
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Dover Publications Inc. Pereira D Creative Haven Dogs Color by Number
Book SynopsisDog lovers will adore these realistic portraits of a German shepherd, Labrador, beagle, and other popular breeds. Use the simple color guide to complete 46 heartwarming images finished thumbnail images on the inside covers offer additional guidance. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Dogs Color by Number and other Creative Haven adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.
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Dover Publications Inc. Landscape Sketching in Pen and Ink
Book SynopsisAlthough geared toward professional artists, this accessible approach to landscape sketching will also appeal to amateurs. English artist Donald Maxwell''s entertaining and straightforward attitude begins with the basics: We will draw a brick. Anybody can draw a brick.Following introductions to perspective, light and shade, and composition, Maxwell proceeds to demonstrate how to direct a picture''s focus, and he discusses the challenges of ink as a medium. His observations are complemented and enhanced with illustrative examples of boatyards, bridges, churches, and country farms from throughout Great Britain that date from the early twentieth century. A concluding gallery features a bonus collection of twenty-five images by Frank Brangwyn, Joseph Pennell, Otto Fischer, and other contemporary masters of pen-and-ink landscapes. Specially added for this edition is a new Foreword written by Sonja Rozman and Ga?per Habjanic, two landscape architects with a passion for drawing.
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Off the Grid Houses for Escape
Book SynopsisRecent advances in technologies and home-generated renewable energy have made building away from urban and rural infrastructures more practical and affordable than ever. This survey of the world's most innovative off-grid homes reveals the cuttingedge architecture and technology that is enabling us to escape to some of the most extraordinary natural environments on the planet. All of the houses featured in this book are fully, or almost fully, self-sufficient in terms of energy, water and, in some cases, food. Architecture and interior design expert Dominic Bradbury reveals how each architect has made everyday living in these wild and natural settings a rewarding and tempting reality. From snowbound cabins in the far Northern Hemisphere to coastal retreats that can only be accessed by boat, the diverse projects collected here show the innovative ways in which architects and their clients are tackling extreme climates, remoteness and construction challenges to enable a new way of life tTrade Review'Stunning … [an] inspirational overview' - Actual Size'Inspiring … If you’re interested in going down the alternative living route, this is your handbook' - Wallpaper*'A visual survey of eco-friendly architecture and a handbook on materials, technologies and plans' - BBC Culture'A sense of escapism runs through Off the Grid' - Aesthetica'The key here is a desire to be as close to nature as possible, while still enjoying some seriously stylish architecture and interiors … this is a book about escapism, which we can vicariously enjoy via the printed page' - Elephant'Cutting edge in both their architecture and their technology, almost every house featured is also self-sufficient in terms of energy and water' - House & Garden'This international selection - ranging from Thoreauvian writer’s cabins to two-storey barns with acres of glazing - offers bracing independence from utilities and the chance of a digital detox' - World of Interiors
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Matisse The Books
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented biographical and interpretative overview of Matisseâs livres dâartiste â intimate visions of the artistâs war in words and pictures intrinsic to his lifeâs work.Trade Review'Not only does it contain rarely seen images, but also a sensitive analysis of his relationships (as inscribed in these books) and his political affiliations during World War II' - Art Society Magazine'Fresh, in-depth, lavishly illustrated ' - Financial Times'These books-as-works-of-art are both a running commentary upon Matisse himself, the ever evolving, ever surprising image-maker, and an extraordinarily vivid series of critical responses to words that are often so rich and elusive in their meanings' - hyperallergic.com'This extensive study, with its many reproductions and engaging commentary, offers a worthwhile late-period portrait of an artist, who, as Aragon wrote in his many encomia, “used books to tell the story of his life”, and renew(ed) the very concept of illustration' - Apollo'Utterly spellbinding' - The Lady'Louise Rogers Lalaurie carefully and sensitively explores this relationship with an eclectic selection of poetry, drama together with Matisse’s own words … An inspiring portrait of the artist's regeneration and creative powers' - Cellophaneland'Lalaurie pays close attention to the texts, throwing new light onto Matisse’s choice of books … Her linguistic skills are particularly valuable to an English audience, who might easily miss the nuances of the original French …one can only be grateful to the present publishers for doing admirable justice to both the artist’s intentions and those of his original publishers' - Burlington Magazine'The blind embossed cloth cover feels wonderful to the touch and the generous illustrations are printed complete with the torn and deckled paper edges all print lovers adore … Essential reading for Matisse fans' - Printmaking Today'Matisse put an enormous amount of effort into his publishing projects … these were not minor works, but masterpieces. And because they were always intended for the pages of a book, they retain much of the force of originals in this handsome volume' - The SpectatorTable of ContentsPreface • Introduction • 1. Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé 1930-1932 • 2. Dessins, Themes et Variations 1941–43 • 3. Florilege des Amours de Ronsard 1941–48 • 4. Poemes de Charles d'Orleans 1942–1950 • 5. Pasiphaé, Chant de Mindos 1937–1944 • 6. Les Fleurs du Mal 1939–1947 • 7. Lettres Portugaises 1945–1946 • 8. Jazz 1941–1947 • Conclusion
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Posy Simmonds
Book SynopsisThe first book to cover the entire career and range of work by Posy Simmonds, one of Britain's leading satirical cartoonists part of the new Illustrators series.Trade Review'Excellent' - SpectatorTable of ContentsIntroduction • The Art of Posy Simmonds • Bibliography
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Cimarron
Book SynopsisA new series of extraordinary photographic portraits by Charles Fréger of the descendants of African slaves in the Americas.Table of ContentsIntroduction • The Photographs • Cimarron: Slavery, Freedom and Ritual Masquerade, Krystel Gualde • Description of characters and groups, Ana Maria Ruiz
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Street Art Africa
Book SynopsisCale Waddacor is a South African artist, musician, photographer and documentarian. Skateboarding through his home city, Johannesburg, he developed a passion for urban art and graffiti. He began photographing street artworks to document the country's rising street art scene and launched the website Graffiti South Africa in 2011, which was made into a book of the same name in 2014.Table of ContentsIntroduction • Eastern Africa • Central Africa • Northern Africa • West Africa • Southern Africa • The World & Beyond
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Thames & Hudson Ltd 20th Century Indian Art
Book SynopsisThis landmark collection presents a new history of Indian art from the twentieth century to the present day. Recent decades have seen an overdue interest in the acquisition and exhibition of modern Indian and South Asian art and artists by major international museums. This essential, lavishly illustrated volume presents an engaging, informative history of modern art from the subcontinent as seen through the eyes of prominent Indian art historians.Illustrations are paired with a strong narrative through line, where key experts contribute multiple perspectives on modernism, modernity, and plurality, as well as expansive ideas about contemporary art practices. A range of subjects, including Group 1890, the Madras Art Movement, Regional Modern, and Dalit art, are contextualized, along with key artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil and Raqs Media Collective. There are also sections devoted to the art of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and other parts of South Asia.20th Century Indian ArtPublished in association with Art AliveTrade Review'A pioneering work of art-historical scholarship illuminated by revisionary contemporary critical and cultural frameworks ... a landmark cosmopolitan contribution to the profound spirit of intellectual inquiry and aesthetic hospitality that have, through the centuries, inspired the arts of India' - Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University'This wide-ranging, 750-page monument to the last century of art across South Asia puts its many movements and artists into authoritative context' - The New York Times Book Review'Indian art has found an immensely impressive range of historians and commentators, and a global context, in this enormous, significant scholarly landmark. Micro stories and the big picture, peripheries and the centre, colonial and postcolonial assumptions, modernism’s freedoms and constraints: every tightrope is walked with balance and insight' - Financial Times'At long last, Indian art from the long 20th century gets the forensic treatment' - The Art Newspaper'A landmark publication … It would make an important addition to the shelves of any art lover’s personal library' - Art Society Review'Sumptuously produced … [an] essential critical compendium' - India Today'A must read for art students, scholars, collectors and enthusiasts alike. Some of the most interesting chapters are on figures who have slipped out of the pages of mainstream art history' - MintLounge'An expansive and scholarly work explores the many artists, ideas, philosophies and the often turbulent social and political upheavals that have fed into 100 years of art in India' - Hettie Judah, Art Quarterly'A sea of riches … an irreplaceable resource … The more one tries to lasso the book and pull it closer for a comprehensive comment, the more it slips away into nooks and crannies of Indian art-making that are riveting. [Ultimately] it drives home the task it surely set itself: to entice, to reveal, to mystify, to clarify, to tantalise, to confuse, to provoke, to pacify, to anger, even, as much to delight ... enacting the range of the art it captures, in as many compelling ways' - The Telegraph India'For range and depth, a landmark in Indian art history. It pulls the marginal towards the centre yet keeps the big picture in view, rethinks modernism’s freedoms and troubles in a broadened global context and negotiates colonial and postcolonial assumptions with nuanced understanding' - Financial Times'20th Century Indian Art illustrates styles of art and craft in India that are complex and deeply enmeshed with geopolitics, identity, nationhood, post-colonial sensibilities, and creative subjectivities. At every page, readers enjoy pleasant visuals and sound research in this highly instructive sourcebook, urging us to broaden our minds as we critically approach these unique strands of Indian art history' - Hyperallergic'A lively introduction to a complex topic, accessible to the general reader and filled with information and analysis, clearly the product of a great deal of scholarly erudition. All of that is true, but none of it conveys the accomplishment of this book in advancing the agenda of so-called global art history. What 20th Century Indian Art makes abundantly clear is the urgency of pushing art history more radically and profoundly towards the study of transculturation' - The Journal of Art HistoriographyTable of ContentsIntroduction Section I Colonial Modernity, Art And National Identity Section II Post Colonial Decades in Visual arts practices Section III Nationalism after Globalization: Art in India in the 1990s-2000s Mapping Several Regional Modernisms in South Asia
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Art Day by Day
Book SynopsisA daily almanac that presents a selection of art historical events for every day of the year from momentous and headline-grabbing, to intimate, amusing or revelatory.Trade Review'Art history for people who don't want to read eye-glazing art history tomes ... Gift-perfect (but never trite)' - Los Angeles TimesTable of Contents366 detailed entries plus several concise 'Also on this day' entries for each day.
£15.29
Thames & Hudson Ltd Hello Human
Book SynopsisA kaleidoscopic journey tracing the methods and means of visual communication from the cave paintings of the earliest humans to the photograph' of a black hole in deep space. Since the beginning of our time as humans, we have never stopped making images and inventing channels for visual communication. From the cave dweller creating paintings on a wall at the dawn of civilized time to Instagram influencers today, technology may keep changing, but our need to reach one another, to move one another, to persuade, inform and entertain, has never been so vital. Hello Human traverses the entire landscape of our diverse, expansive and yet familiar means of visual communication. From the use of the human hand as a symbol, the power and use of gestures and the genesis of the printed book, to the movement between dimensions of reality and the digital realm, pixilation, optics and the understanding of light, Horsham takes his readers on a journey full of unexpected twists and turns, layiTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Gesture A big hand for gesture This is a big subject! Where technology and gesture meet Letters as symbols of power Ink, pen and parchment Lime x geometry = the rose window Geometry and beauty Workmanship, risk and character Character-building activities Playing with the page Metal machines and movement Shorthand for emotion Gesture, the hand and contemporary communication Thumbs up: a gesture for now Part Two: Mechanisation, Machines and Messages Scribal, tribal, Bible Libraries gave us power Towards the modern, via the old Back to lime, back to lithography The shape of water Words and images, continued News and technology Terminology and technology: a deeper dive The mechanized mastery of light (and chemicals) Harvesting the crop Colour and tech Size matters Propaganda Part Three: The Third and Fourth Dimensions Towards the representation of the real How to make things look real Optics and the processes of reproduction Orthographics, modernity and representation From reality to abstraction Saul and Elaine Bass and modern movement The other kind of modern movement We need to talk about Charles (-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris) Reorienting the purpose of visual communication The contemporary reliance on the surreal Technology in the service of the surreal Artwork, not works of art More 3-D than 3-D Time-based media Mastery of the pixel Part Four: The Digital World Amazing tales of information storage and retrieval Secret channels that everyone knows Break the Internet® I am an individual; we are a community Finding and making the tools for individual expression Meme, me me, MAGA, gaga Education, education, education Part Five: Nothing is Real Nothing is real – or is it? Feelings, nothing more than feelings Living with Brautigan’s prediction Keeping it real Quality Epilogue Notes
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Videogame Atlas
Book SynopsisAs featured on BBC RADIO 4's Start the Week: a dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams and graphic illustrations to offer new perspectives on the art of virtual world building. Videogame Atlas presents a journey through twelve well-known videogame worlds via panoramic maps, intricate exploded diagrams and detailed illustrations. The book offers a playful new way of seeing these beloved virtual worlds using the practices and academic rigour that underpins real-world architectural theory. Titles such as Minecraft, Assassinâs Creed Unity and Final Fantasy VII are explored in exhaustive detail through over 200 detailed illustrations of the micro and macro, each with supporting commentary and architectural theory. Taking influence from high-end architectural monographs, the book is carefully designed to the smallest of details and its production is intricately executed. This book, printed in five colours, with neoTrade Review'Aims to showcase the artistic and design merits of video games... Worth a read... One of the precious few publications focusing on the intersection between [architectural and video game design]' - Canadian ArchitectTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Stardew Valley, Nintendo 2016 2. Assassin’s Creed Unity, Ubisoft 2014 3. Cities: Skylines, Colossal Order 2015 4. Death Stranding, Kojima Productions 2019 5. Dwarf Fortress, Bay 12 Games 2006- 6. Final Fantasy VII + Remake, Square Enix 1997/2020 7. Fortnite, Epic Games 2017 8. Stardew Valley, Stardew Valley 2016 9. Katamari Damacy, Namco 2004 10. Minecraft, Mojang Studios 2009 11. Persona 5, Atlus 2016 12. Dark Souls, Nintendo 2011 Conclusion Notes
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Karl Lagerfeld Unseen
Book SynopsisA Financial Times Book of the Year 2022A glamorous tribute to Karl Lagerfeldâs highly influential creations for Chanel captured behind the scenes by US Vogue photographer Robert Fairer in beautiful, never-before-seen images. Casting a new light on one of the best-loved chapters in fashion history, Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years illuminates key Chanel collections and creations from behind the scenes. From discreet client fittings in rue Cambonâs immaculate black-and-beige salons to previously unseen backstage moments that show models, hairdressers, stylists, make-up artists and Karl Lagerfeld himself at work, Robert Fairerâs stunning and high-energy photographs capture the elegance, glamour and spirit that defined Karl Lagerfeldâs shows for Chanel. Texts by Karl Lagerfeldâs collaborators and friends provide a fresh perspective on his creative process and reveal the stories behind the now iconic designs. A treasure trove of inspiration, this publication will beTrade Review'Documents the designer’s immense range with the fashion house founder’s brand codes, and demonstrates the family spirit and culture of excellence Lagerfeld inspired and nurtured' - WWD'Almost impossible not to float away on a wave of nostalgia' - Fashion United'First and foremost, it fulfils the raison d’etre of every good coffee table book: it in and of itself is a work of art' - New York Journal of Books'Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years is a pass not only to the backstage of the shows, but also to the Paris atelier on rue Cambon. Unique photographs reveal the secrets of the work of models, make-up artists, tailors, as well as the designer himself and his closest entourage' - Vogue Poland'Pays tribute to a pivotal chapter in fashion history' - i Newspaper'Behind-the-scenes photographs chosen from tens of thousands of images from the mid-1990s to 2006 immortalize not only Lagerfeld’s voracious curiosity and vast range, but also the supermodel and celebrity-fuelled golden era of fashion. Consider it your cheat sheet for the Met Gala's 2023 theme, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty"' - ZED'If you get a little thrill from seeing hitherto undiscovered triumvirate shots of ‘00s Amber/Kristen/Linda … well, we won’t have to explain why you need this book' - Glass
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Make to Know
Book SynopsisA deep dive into the minds of the most imaginative people on the planet that lays bare the revelatory nature of the creative journey.Trade Review'Use the stories in Make to Know as a blueprint to liberate yourself from self-doubt, creative blocks, and fear of failure. A masterful thesis that unlocks the framework for us all to reach our creative potential' - Lynda Weinman, Cofounder and executive chair, Lynda.com (now LinkedInLearning)'A vital and vibrant exploration of the creative process. The relationship between the artistic process and the intellectual process has rarely been broached in such an original way' - Steve Vineberg, Distinguished Professor of the Arts and Humanities, College of the Holy Cross'An inspiring read and an encouraging book for trying times. It is a meditation on finding one’s own creative way to move forward' - Esther Pearl Watson, artist, visual storyteller and creator of the award-winning comic Unlovable'Will change your ideas about creativity, its relationship to making and uncertainty, and even how we live' - Carol T. Christ, Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley'Provides access to the mind and process of creators, and we learn from them the labor, the sacrifice, and the strength it requires to serve as vehicle of the new. It is a profound exploration of creativity' - James Hollis, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst, and author of seventeen books, most recently, Prisms: Reflections on this Journey We Call Life'Lorne Buchman meticulously weaves multiple voices, disciplines, methodologies, and experiences of the creative process to reveal how uncertainty is at its core. By actively creating a state of unknowing, we make to know ourselves, our relations, and our world. I love this book. My students and the world need it!' - Rebeca Méndez, artist, designer and professor, Design Media Arts, UCLA
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Who Shot Van Gogh
Book SynopsisFact or fiction? An imaginative collection of statements about Vincent van Gogh that challenges what we think we know about the artist's much mythologized existence. Van Gogh is the most famous artist in the world, yet our understanding of his life is full of contradictions. Art historians, filmmakers, journalists, psychologists and conspiracy theorists have offered theories on his life and work, yet their views are often poles apart. Van Gogh has been described as a suffering genius, a madman, the embodiment of peace and compassion, a man of violence who was a danger to himself and others, a religious fanatic and a Marxist. Where does the truth lie and the myth begin? This book examines the continual rewriting of Van Gogh's story since the first publications on the artist appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century. Presenting a collage of succinct facts and counterfacts', the text is drawn from a wide field of sources: fellow artists, friends and family, doctors and psychoanalysts, actors and writers, theorists, crackpots and scholars. Conflicting statements go hand in hand with an unconventional curation of images, which include postcards of locations associated with the artist, photographs of a fraudster's legal trial, a children's toy, a bottle label and a rusty revolver. Turnbull presents a kaleidoscope of fact and fiction about the world's most discussed artist sometimes funny, sometimes heartrending, always revealing giving readers new insights into the artist, his work and his legacy. Van Gogh himself would be amazed not only to see what people have said about him, but also to grasp the global phenomenon that he has become. A must-have for art lovers and museumgoers, this book invites all readers familiar with Van Gogh to challenge long-accepted ideas about the man and his work.Trade Review'An intriguing read' - Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper'Enjoyable and easy to dip in to' - Mature Times
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Thames & Hudson Ltd How Art Can Change Your Life
Book SynopsisBrimming with upbeat guidance, this accessible handbook shows how anyone can use art to enlighten, uplift, calm and ease stress and anxieties. Visual art is enlightening, challenging, informative and arresting; but it can also be therapeutic, reducing anxiety and stress levels, and offering perspective on the challenges that we all face in our lives. This guide introduces readers to new ways of looking at a wide range of art. Through careful examination and explanation, it investigates how engaging with art and drawing upon its ideas can help everyone feel connected and inspired. From Frida Kahlo confronting her anxieties to Henri Matisse embracing happiness, from Louise Bourgeois conquering fear to Auguste Rodin finding hope, it shows how you too can use art to work through difficult emotions and improve your mental wellbeing. Even art that unsettles can help us to think and feel differently. Artists have been conveying aspirations, emotions, ideas and stories for thousands of years; this book will help everyone to read' these messages, and thereby to enrich their own emotional life through art.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Dissipating Anger 2. Conquering Fear 3. Confronting Anxiety 4. Relieving Stress 5. Tackling Loneliness 6. Overcoming Sorrow 7. Inspiring Self-Reflection 8. Learning Empathy 9. Gaining Inspiration 10. Creating Energy 11. Finding Hope 12. Embracing Happiness
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Encounters with Artists
Book SynopsisLeading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists. Richard Cork draws on his impeccable skills as a critic and writer to tell the story of his encounters with some of the world's most influential artists. Through a series of frank interviews, some scheduled, others serendipitous, he uncovers artists' inner thoughts, anxieties and creative ambitions, to reveal the personalities behind the art. From individuals who are able to look back over a lifetime's work, such as Louise Bourgeois, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns, to young artists encountered at the beginning of their careers, including Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, from a drive through the Yorkshire countryside with David Hockney to a tour of Soho drinking establishments with Francis Bacon, alongside remarkably insightful encounters with artists as varied as Gerhard Richter, Doris Salcedo, Sonia Boyce, Luc Tuymans Table of ContentsForeword by Cornelia Parker Introduction Pablo Picasso Henry Moore Francis Bacon Louise Bourgeois Lucian Freud Helen Frankenthaler Roy Lichtenstein Anthony Caro Ian Hamilton Finlay Jasper Johns Bridget Riley Gerhard Richter Howard Hodgkin Bettina Pousttchi Frank Stella David Hockney James Turrell Rebecca Horn and Masanori Handa Gilbert & George Richard Long Rachel Whiteread Antony Gormley Anish Kapoor Doris Salcedo Luc Tuymans Langlands and Bell Damien Hirst Jenny Saville Tracey Emin Sarah Lucas Jake and Dinos Chapman Sam Taylor-Wood Steve McQueen Annette Messager Claes Oldenburg Tony Cragg Frank Auerbach and Lucian Freud Eva Rothschild Cornelia Parker Sonia Boyce
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Immortal Thoughts
Book SynopsisA remarkable, heartfelt, beautifully written analysis of the late work of 19 major artists that Max Porter describes as âcompletely and utterly marvellousâ. âPainting â exists and exults in immortal thoughtsâ William Blake In 2020, as the spread of Covid-19 causes pandemonium worldwide, an elderly artist returns to his childhood home to watch the transcendent beauty of the seasons and reflect on the final work of the artists he most admires. It seems to him that in their final art works â their late style â that they have something remarkable in common. This has more to do with intuition and memory than with rationality or reason and comes from trying to write about painting itself. Immortal Thoughts: Late Style in a Time of Plague is an anthology of these reflections. In this personal and moving account, nineteen short essays on artists are interspersed with short accounts of the cataclysmic global progress of the disease in poignant contrast to the beauty of the seasons in the Trade Review'It is rare indeed to encounter a book about art which is itself a work of art… Christopher Neve’s Immortal Thoughts is a direct and conscious attempt to distil, by a passionate engagement with the work of eighteen artists, the essence of art itself' - John Banville, New Statesman'Painter Christopher Neve finds words to capture the visual imagination of great artists in their final days. Their dance with death is made yet more poignant because Neve composed this beautiful little book in 2020, during lockdown, and his short essays are interspersed with snatches of world news from the “wireless” and glimpses of a plane-less blue sky' - David Reynolds, Books of the Year, New Statesman'From Titian and Michelangelo to Cezanne and Soutine, from Velazquez and Chardin to Bonnard and Pissarro, Neve sketches out the final periods of artists’ lives in lilting, lyrical prose ... His painterly style, his eye for detail and colour, is all the more powerful for the way that he juxtaposes it with the news of the outside world ... His approach amounts to a kind of emotional ekphrasis' - Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction Cézanne. Last watercolours Bonnard’s Last Four Paintings Titian Michelangelo’s Last Five Drawings Sculptors’ Drawings SPRING Rembrandt and Suffering Frans Hals. Last Painting Camille Pissarro at a Window Absence. (Gwen John) EARLY SUMMER Claude, Poussin and Time Goya Velasquez. Las Meninas A Footnote about El Greco Morandi Chardin Constable HIGH SUMMER Daumier. On Not Finishing LATE SUMMER Rouault Soutine WINTER
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The World According to Yves Saint Laurent
Book SynopsisA stylish collection of legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent's maxims on fashion, craft, women and inspiration, presented in an attractive gift format. Founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1962, shortly after the young couturier left his post at the helm of Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent would soon become one of the most successful and influential haute couture houses in Paris. Introducing Le Smoking, the first tuxedo suit for women, in 1966, Saint Laurent also presented iconic art-inspired creations, from Mondrian dresses to precious Van Gogh embroidery and the famous Ballets Russes collection. The designer put the women who wore his clothes first (What's most important in couture is the body we dress, the woman we dress, more so than the ideas we might have') and was determined to change attitudes of the era (Fashion's purpose was not only to make a woman look beautiful, but also to reassure them and to give them confidence'). He could be critical of the fas
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Edvard Munch
Book SynopsisAn authoritative new publication that revisits Munchâs work in its entirety. Edvard Munch occupies a pivotal place in artistic modernity. His work is permeated by a singular vision of the world, with a powerful symbolist dimension that goes beyond the masterpieces he created in the 1890s, and which gives his art a great coherence. For Munch, humanity and nature were united in the cycle of life, death and rebirth, which is reflected in the unending recurrence of certain motifs and colour combinations in his work. He wrote: âThese paintings, which are, admittedly, relatively difficult to understand, will be [â] easier to grasp if they are integrated into a whole.â Published to accompany the major exhibition at the MusÃe dâOrsay, Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death presents about a hundred works â paintings, drawings, prints and engraved blocks â reflecting the diversity of Munchâs practice. Seven essays explore the artist in his philosophical and scientific milieu and the
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Look at the U.S.A.
Book SynopsisA chronicle of post-9/11 America, at war and at home, as seen through the lens of one of Magnum Photos' leading photographers: a compelling and ground-shaking meditation on war and society. Through reportage and memoir, in photographs and words, Look at the U.S.A. documents the major fault lines that have defined post-9/11 America at home and abroad, beginning with the war in Iraq and ending with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Fuelled by ideology, insecurity, ambition and a deep fascination with war, Peter van Agtmael began documenting America's war in Iraq in 2006. So began a photographic odyssey that would span nearly two decades, generating work that grew from a deep need to understand and peel back the layers of his troubled society. Confronting the mythologizing of war and seductive nature of conflict on the American psyche, Look at the U.S.A. explores the disconnect between the intergenerational wars and the home front, juxtaposing American troops in combat with
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Thames & Hudson Ltd California Houses
Book SynopsisCalifornia Houses brings together thirty-six houses completed over the past ten years that capture the spirit of California in distinctive ways and respond creatively to context and the environment. They engage forests and deserts, the ocean and city streets. Large or small, they demonstrate the extraordinary range of invention emerging from the offices of established and younger architects. This is a celebration of the best talent as well as clients with the imagination and means to commission houses that are one-of-a-kind and advance the art of architecture. California is a hotbed of sustainable construction, as mandated by state legislation, and all of these houses employ active and passive strategies to reduce their carbon footprint. There's a strong emphasis on natural light and ventilation, thermal insulation and solar panels. Rainwater is harvested for irrigation. These are homes constructed to conserve energy, withstand earthquakes and, often, to resist wildfires, but witho
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Coco Chanel
Book SynopsisAn updated authorized edition of Isabelle Fiemeyer's literary biography of Coco Chanel, which demystifies the legendary designer's life. Coco Chanel was an emancipated fashion revolutionary. Raised by nuns in an orphanage, she rose to become a star of the world of couture and a byword for stylish elegance. But now, a fascinating new light can be shed on her life and career. During the Second World War, Chanel closed her couture house, but accepted the enemy's help in rescuing her beloved nephew from a prison camp. However, as newly declassified information reveals, she did not supply any information in exchange for this favour. Moreover, it now seems that she was unknowingly listed as an agent because of her British connections and friendship with Winston Churchill. Featuring unpublished and exclusive content based on first-hand interviews with Chanel's great-niece and confidante, this evocative portrait is based on years of painstaking archive research and tells the true stoTrade Review'No author knows the story of Coco Chanel better than Isabelle Fiemeyer' - Paris Match'A remarkable document that reads like a novel' - Le Parisien'Isabelle Fiemeyer clearly and sensitively traces the intimate portrait of this genius couturier, grande dame of the twentieth century' - Lire Magazine
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Mo Yi
Book SynopsisSupported by an exhibition at Les Rencontres d'Arles in 2024, to be followed by an international tour, this is the first retrospective of one of China's most important photographic artists. Mo Yi is a photographic artist with a career spanning nearly forty years, from the 1980s to today. This retrospective contextualizes his work within the evolution of contemporary art following reform and opening in China in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. Working in a documentary tradition, but building on and reinterpreting the meaning of documentary, Mo Yi's practice is exemplified by experimentation. Regularly creating work in distinct series, he has continually tested ways of extending the boundaries of the medium and his own personal expression. This publication, supported by his first exhibition outside of China, surveys Mo Yi's experimentation in photographic production and performance over the course of his career. Organized into five chronological chapters that mark the mi
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Thames and Hudson Ltd Plugin House
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Thames and Hudson Ltd Casa Mexicana
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Sheer
Book SynopsisShowcasing more than sixty pieces from the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation and the Museum of Lace and Fashion collections, Sheer highlights the designer's mastery over transparent fabrics. Through archival drawings and photographs, and newly shot sheer silhouettes designed by Yves Saint Laurent from the collections of the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris and the Museum for Lace and Fashion, Calais, Sheer: The Diaphanous Creations of Yves Saint Laurent highlights the couturier's pioneering work in lace and other sheer fabrics, uncovering how he was able to overturn codes of unveiling the body to present a new, powerful and sensual feminine figure. The book shows how he worked to reveal' the body of the woman wearing his clothes with both elegance and audacity: the Nude Dress of 1968, for example, made entirely of transparent chiffon, provided modesty' in the form of ostrich feathers. Original outfits, sketches, collection boards and fabric swatches give an intimate window into the designs, while photographs of models and clients such as Catherine Deneuve and Naomi Campbell bring to life the designer's creations in a way that still shocks even now. Sheer is an essential read for fashion fans, and a fascinating and unique look at the work of one of the great designers.
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Thames and Hudson Ltd Azzedine Alaia A Couturiers Collection
Book SynopsisA stunning showcase of Azzedine Alaïa's remarkable fashion collection, most published here for the first time. Azzedine Alaïa (19352017) was not only a world renowned fashion designer but also an avid collector of vintage fashion. Based on a major exhibition at the Palais Galliera, Paris, the book showcases the extensive collection he built up over the decades, driven by his fascination with the history of couture and his desire to conserve its heritage for future generations. Accumulated in the utmost secrecy and never revealed during his lifetime, the sumptuous selection of garments ranges from the 19th-century elegance of Jacques Doucet and the House of Worth to the names that shaped 20th-century fashion Chanel, Balenciaga, Dior, Schiaparelli and on to contemporary innovators such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen. Captured in specially taken photographs, these meticulously crafted pieces are a tribute to Alaïa's unerring tastes, to the couturiers who inspired
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Thames and Hudson Ltd Caspar David Friedrich
Book SynopsisMarkus Bertsch is Head of the 19th-Century Collection at Hamburger Kunsthalle. Johannes Grave is Professor of Modern Art History with a focus on European Romanticism at the University of Jena. He was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis in 2020 for his research on art in the early 1800s, early Renaissance painting and picture theory.
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Thames and Hudson Ltd Brooke DiDonato Take a Picture It Will Last Longer
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Theatres of Melancholy
Book SynopsisThe first substantial book on the French Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting.Table of ContentsAuthor’s note Prologue First act: 1926 1. Exiles 2. Leonid’s travels Second act: Against the tide 3. Gertrude Stein’s prevarications 4. Ten portraits 5. The ‘Bérard era’ 6. Tchelitchew: weightiness and grace 7. Transparent bodies 8. Eugene Berman: dreaming of architecture 9. A Paper Ball 10. Medusa Third act: Figures of style 11. Two minor arcana 12. The strange case of Waldemar-George 13. The invention of Neo-Romanticism 14. Neo-Humanism is a Neo-Mannerism 15. Fantasy landscapes 16. The theory of the saltimbanque Fourth act: Convergence lines 17. The lightness of being 18. The English scene 19. Kit Wood, the outsider 20. The art of nuance
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Vincents Books
Book SynopsisA new study of Van Gogh's passion for books, taking the reader on an artistic-literary journey through Vincent's favourite authors and works of literature.Trade Review'A detailed (and beautifully written) account of what the artist read - and how it influenced his art' - The Art Newspaper'A fascinating study of Van Gogh’s creative inspiration' - Art Society Magazine'Find[s] a fresh side to Vincent van Gogh' - The New European'Fascinating' - Morning Star'Covers all aspects of Vincent as a reader, book owner and maker of art featuring books and readers. The author guides readers through these aspects with a deft touch and thorough knowledge. This will become an essential book for anyone seeking detailed understanding of Vincent Van Gogh’s art and thought' - AlexanderAdamsArt'A finely produced life of Van Gogh ... a fascinating introduction to a complex and wondrous creative life. Yes, it is the art that matters, but here, more than ever, we learn more to understand something of the man behind the art' - The Arts Desk'laser-focused on the man as a lifelong devourer of novels, poetry and art criticism in four languages, from Victorian tales such as 'A Christmas Carol', to French romans by the likes of Victor Hugo' - World of Interiors'Fascinating and well researched' - Artists & Illustrators'Guzzoni’s text is good at explaining what he read, and also why it appealed to him' - ArtlystTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. From Preacher to Painter • 2. Art and Life • 3. Peasant Painter • 4. The City of Light • 5. In Provence • 6. Vincent and the Reader • 7. Vincent: A Reader for All Times
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Surrealists in New York
Book SynopsisAn absorbing group biography revealing how exiles from war-torn France brought Surrealism to America, helping to shift the centre of the art world from Paris to New York and spark the movement that became Abstract Expressionism. In 1957 the American artist Robert Motherwell made an unexpected claim: âI have only known two painting milieus well â the Parisian Surrealists, with whom I began painting seriously in New York in 1940, and the native movement that has come to be known as âœabstract expressionismâ, but which genetically would have been more properly called âœabstract surrealismâ.â Motherwellâs bold assertion, that Abstract Expressionism was neither new nor local, but born of a brief liaison between America and France, verged on the controversial. Surrealists in New York tells the story of this âliaisonâ and the European exiles who bought Surrealism with them â an artistic exchange between the Old World and the New â centring on taciturn printmaker Stanley William Hayter anTrade Review'I couldn’t believe the book hadn’t been written' - Robert Storr, art historian and ex-MoMA curator'Charles Darwent’s Surrealists in New York shows that Surrealism, not Expressionism, was the European mode that was truly abstracted in New York ... Darwent’s book … tells the real story' - Literary Review'It is a bold claim that the most influential abstract expressionist was an English geologist, but one he [Darwent] proves persuasively, using detail laced with drollness' - Sunday Times'A very readable and accessible account of a hitherto unexplored area of mainstream art history ... an important book on two counts: for its welcome reassessment of Hayter, and for the light it sheds on the links between the Surrealists and the Abstract Expressionists. Certainly it subtly alters the landscape of modern American art. Darwent writes authoritatively, marshalling a wide range of entertaining anecdotes and quotations to sustain his thesis' - The Spectator'Diverting' - World of Interiors'Absorbing … Drawing on first-hand documents, interviews and archive materials, Charles Darwent brings to life the events and personalities from this crucial encounter. In so doing, he reveals a fascinating new perspective on the history of the art of the twentieth century' - .Cent'Ambitious … [Darwent’s] account contributes significant biographical detail to the downtown network that saw mid-war Manhattan supersede Paris as the artworld capital … His consistently engaging narrative paints a fuller portrait of the conversations that propelled some of the seismic shifts in canonical modern art: from automatism to formalism, Surrealism to abstraction, Paris to New York' - Art Review'This admirably lucid and carefully researched book makes a compelling case for Hayter’s role in the revolution that took place in American painting during the 1940s. It is also a stark reminder that art history remains a work in progress' - The Art Newspaper'Eight gripping chapters, across 180 pages, uncovers a largely hitherto unexplored epoch; the tail-end of French Surrealism, merging with the beginnings of American Abstract Expressionism' - Printmaking Today'Well-researched and richly illustrated … [Darwent] provides a fascinating insight into the New York art scene in the 1940s' - British Museum Magazine
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The Life of Raphael
Book SynopsisPaul Joannides is Emeritus Professor at the History of Art at the University of Cambridge. His publications include The Drawings of Raphael; Masaccio and Masolino; and Titian to 1518: The Assumption of Genius. Rick Scorza is a writer and lecturer on the Renaissance. In 2012 he was the inaugural Senior Thaw Research Fellow at the Drawing Institute of the Morgan Library & Museum, New York. He is also President of the British Museum's British Art Medal Society.Table of ContentsPreface: Vasari’s Life of Raphael and the present translation • Vasari's Raphael: Knowledge and Interpretation • The Life of Raphael of Urbino, Painter and Architect
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