History of art Books
Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Design Book
Book SynopsisDiscover the key ideas, innovations, and breakthroughs in the history of design.This book is the perfect introduction to the subject. It explores and explains the big ideas and key principles behind more than 90 celebrated design concepts and movements, placing each in its historical, cultural, and stylistic context.The Design Book analyses the ideas and principles behind the design of pioneering products,information systems and environments, exploring how creativity and innovation shape our lives,from the aesthetic movement to mid-century modern and contemporary parametricism.In this book, you will find: The evolution of design from ancient times, through early manufacturing to the cutting-edge concepts of the 21st-century. Profiles of the individuals and manufacturers behind each ground-breaking development. Fascinating insight into design movements, showing how each one began and describing its philosophy and visual style. Using the Big Ideas series'' trademark combination of clear explanation, witty infographics, and inspirational quotes, The Design Book explains what makes a truly great design. It reveals the hidden stories behind the designed world.
£16.99
Penguin Books Ltd Living with the Gods
Book SynopsisNeil MacGregor was Director of the National Gallery, London from 1987 to 2002 and of the British Museum from 2002 to 2015, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin from 2015 to 2018. His previous books include A History of the World in 100 Objects, Shakespeare's Restless World and Germany: Memories of a Nation, all available in Penguin and now between them translated into more than a dozen languages. In 2010, he was made a member of the Order of Merit, the UK's highest civil honour. In 2015 he was awarded the Goethe Medal and the German National Prize. In 2018 the radio series Living with the Gods received the Sandford Saint Martin Award for Religious Broadcasting.
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Penguin Books Ltd In Montparnasse The Emergence of Surrealism in
Book Synopsis''Supercharged. Highly colourful . . . they''re all here, the big names of the time - behaving badly, and, at times, quite madly too'' ObserverDuring the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the cradle of Dada and Surrealism. In this crowd biography, Sue Roe tells the story - from Duchamp to Dali, via Man Ray and Max Ernst - of the salons and cafes, alliances and feuds, love affairs and scandals, successes and suicides of one of the most important and long-lasting artistic achievements of the twentieth century.''Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte''s bowler hats to Salvador Dali''s watches, was born and developed'' The Times''Brings together some of the chief protagonists in one of the 20th century''s most inventive art movements. A vivid read'' Radio TimesTrade ReviewHighly colourful . . . they're all here, the big names of the time - behaving badly, and, at times, quite madly too * Rachel Cooke, Observer *Roe is a talented writer, fascinated by la vie Boheme . . . She can find phrases that perfectly capture the feeling of a neighbourhood * John Carey, Sunday Times *Brings together some of the chief protagonists in one of the 20th century's most inventive art movements. A vivid read * Radio Times *She vividly charts the birth of surrealism . . . a tale rich in absurdity and outlandish characters, from Cocteau and Max Ernst to Dali and Picasso * Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times *Sue Roe describes with plenty of colour how surrealism was born and developed in Montparnasse . . . Roe marshals [the figures behind dada and surrealism] with great finesse * The Times *Enjoyable, engaging, rollicking - the storytelling is lively * Spectator, on ‘In Montmartre’ *Admirable. What an eye for art Roe has. Brilliant * Guardian, on ‘In Montmartre’ *An elegant synthesis of complex material... it excels: Roe is a skilled and graceful writer. * The Telegraph on 'In Montmartre' *Lively and engaging... in her entertaining, ingeniously structured account Roe brings Montmartre's heyday back to life. * The Sunday Times on 'In Montmartre' *[Roe]skilfully weaves her descriptions of artworks into her romp through the artists' struggles and fractious relationships. * The Times on 'In Montmartre' *A colourful narrative describing the travails and triumphs of an equally colourful cast. * New Statesman on 'In Montmartre' *With evocative imagery Roe sketches out the intensely visual spectacle on which Montmartre's artistic community was able to draw * Financial Times on 'In Montmartre' *
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MIT Press Ltd FortyFour Esolangs
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Yale University Press The Castle
Book SynopsisA vibrant history of the castle in England, from the early Middle Ages to the present dayTrade Review“Fascinating . . . eyewitness accounts from behind the gates of fortresses from the seventh century to now bring these imposing buildings to life.”—Maev Kennedy, Art Newspaper“Through the work of figures including Gawain Poet, Walter Scott, Evelyn Waugh, and P.G. Wodehouse, Goodall draws both on first-hand accounts and feats of imagination to build a picture of the castle’s place in our history and national consciousness.”—This England“Explores not only the merlons and crenels, knights and damsels, towers and dungeons, but why these still resonate with us as much as they still do today.”—Hereward Corbett, Cotswold Life“Ranges from focused vignettes of moments in the life of real castles to wider discursions on social and architectural history through the prism of fictional ones. . . . New discoveries, such as the use of cathedrals for military purposes during ‘the Anarchy’ in twelfth-century England, are delightful surprises.”—Historic House“No one knows castles better than John Goodall. . . . The book is well-written: expert but always intelligible; conversational but never condescending.”—Marc Morris, BBC History Magazine“John Goodall, has followed his majestic survey, The English Castle (Yale, 2011), in . . . a surprising and brilliant way. . . . A magpie reader will also find much to delight: swooping in, then out clutching a single gem or nugget. Equally, should you be planning a weekend jaunt—and here the portable size is a boon—the related entry will help to bring your chosen ancient abode to life.”—Jacqueline Riding, Country Life“This lively, literary book illuminates each of these facets by drawing on the accounts of people who were there at the time, and also sets out to explain why castles continue to exert such a pull on our imagination today, in the 21st century.”—BBC History Revealed“[Goodall] is persuasive that different histories, real or imagined, have been projected onto these buildings across the centuries. This insightful, engaging book allows us to better understand these complex buildings, now and in the future.”—James Sewry, Times Literary Supplement“Looking at castles from the medieval period to Civil War engagements, right up to modern manifestations in Harry Potter, this book is well-researched and complemented by 352 fascinating illustrations.”—Countryside“This new book by John Goodall is a fascinating and unusual take on the castles of England in that it shows the reader inside and beyond the usual descriptions of these massive buildings and fortifications.”—Sandra Callard, On: Yorkshire Magazine“A masterful and erudite companion of the neglected heroes of British architecture.”—Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England“It is a pleasure to find John Goodall moving on from his masterpiece, The English Castle, to this evocative account of all that life in them has inspired.”—Mark Girouard, author of Life in the English Country House“Hugely powerful, this captivating triumph redefines the castle narrative. A comprehensive history, with tales from above crenelations and down dungeons—through which Goodall’s architectural expertise and passion ooze. Like the fortifications brought to life on every page, this is a landmark work, as equally ambitious as it is expertly researched.”—Emma J. Wells, author of Pilgrim Routes of the British Isles‘Nobody is better qualified than John Goodall to chart the history of the castle across more than a thousand years. Using chronicles, letters, accounts, poems, and material culture, he reveals through the eyes of contemporaries the castle’s changing form and place in Britain’s landscape, and in its history and culture. The Castle is a tour de force of architectural history.’—Sophie Thérèse Ambler, author of The Song of Simon de Montfort ‘The Castle is the first of its kind in its wide-sweeping ambitious chronology presented in an accessible and exciting way. John Goodall uses historical evidence in conjunction with images, architecture, and literary texts to masterfully take the reader on a journey from the earliest origins of the castle to the modern magical castle of Hogwarts and beyond. This book is a must for anyone interested in over 1000 years of castle history in Britain.’—Audrey Thorstad, author of The Culture of Castles in Tudor England and Wales
£18.99
Yale University Press A Movement in Every Direction
Book SynopsisContemporary artists and writers reflect on the Great Migration and the ways that it continues to inform the Black experience in America
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Yale University Press William Edmondson
Book SynopsisA reassessment of self-taught artist William Edmondson, exploring the enduring relevance of his work
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Little, Brown Book Group Surreal
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Dover Publications Inc. The Hundred Headless Woman
Book SynopsisOriginally published in Paris in 1929, this collage novel by avant-gardist Max Ernst constitutes a seminal 20th-century work of art. The artist''s striking combinations of engravings from Victorian-era books and magazines, accompanied by enigmatic captions, offer a universe of mystery replete with all the possibilities of the bizarre dream world of the surreal. Images speak, language illustrates, and the reader''s imagination provides the glue. Irrational, violent, tender, ironic, Max Ernst has invoked the whole kaleidoscope of human phenomena in these collages ... [turning them] into stunning proposals for adventure, noted this volume''s translator, Dorothea Tanning. The Hundred Headless Woman was the first of Ernst''s collage novels, and its classic status ensures a place in modern art history classes. Every visit and re-visit to its pages tells a different story, an endlessly fascinating tale that runs an emotional gamut from keen humor to outright horror.
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Ronald Moody
Book SynopsisThe first major monograph on sculptor Ronald Moody, exploring his legacy and impact through his key artistic relationships, networks and influences, and his relationship with nature, humanity and spirituality. Ronald Moody (19001984) was a leading modernist sculptor and yet, until now, there has been no comprehensive overview of his work. This biography explores the development of his sculpture, re-establishing his place within the story of 20th-century art. Contributions by those who knew him Paul Dash, David A. Bailey, Cynthia Moody, Errol Lloyd and Val Wilmer punctuate Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski's biographical account. Their personal reflections and photographs, and transcripts of Moody's BBC radio broadcasts, offer insights into his cultural influences and studio life, with his brother Harold, a campaigner for racial equality, and the Caribbean Artist Movement, at the core. Born in Jamaica, Moody arrived in Britain in 1923 and initially trained as a dentist, before switching p
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Fauvism
Book SynopsisLes Fauvres (the wild beasts) was the nickname given in 1905 to a group of painters led by Henri Matisse and including Derain, Vlaminck, Braque and Dufy. This work offers a reappraisal of this popular movement and discusses all its aspects - the artists, their works and their achievements.Table of ContentsThe path to colour; in the face of nature; marketing the new; landscape in Fauvism; dreams of other spaces; a new grand manner.
£12.34
Thames & Hudson Ltd Oceanic Art
Book SynopsisA new edition of this concise but authoritative survey of the diverse, dazzling and compelling art of Oceania in all its forms, past and present.Trade Review'Excellent … Thomas’s choice of illustrations is exceptional and wide-ranging' - Pacific Arts'In Thomas’s book aesthetics and ethnography support one another' - London Review of Books'Distinctive for its ambitions, erudition and insight … a comprehensive and balanced review' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Revelations • 2. Ancestors and Architecture • 3. The Art of War • 4. The Art of the Body • 5. Mothers and Male Cults • 6. Barkcloth, Exchange, Sanctity • 7. Feathers, Divinity, Power • 8. Narrative Art and Tourism • 9. Decolonization and Diaspora • 10. Globalization and contemporary art
£11.66
Thames & Hudson Ltd Bauhaus
Book SynopsisAn accessible history of the Bauhaus, tracing the ideas behind its conception and its highly influential teaching methods.Trade Review'‘Concise, well constructed, entertaining and eminently readable’' - Architects’ Journal'‘A much needed and very lucid account’' - The Times Educational SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Aims and Ambitions • 2. Art, Crafts, Architecture and the Academies 3. Art Education Reformed • 4. The Founder • 5. Problems • 6. The First Appointments 7. The Students • 8. Achievements • 9. New Arrivals • 10. The Basic Course: Colour and Form • 11. Going Dutch • 12. Towards a New Unity: Moholy-Nagy and Albers • 13. The Public Face • 14. Dessau • 15. Young Masters • 16. A New Director • 17. The Bitter End 18. Judgments
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Flower Art Makoto Azuma
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive showcase ever published of Azuma Makoto's astonishing flower art and botanical sculpture.Trade Review'[Pushes] the boundaries of art and photography to the outer limits with bold, adventurous installations portraying flowers and trees in environments where normally they could never exist' - Royal Photographic Society JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction • The Works
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Artists Lives
Book SynopsisEngaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art world insider. Michael Peppiatt has been studying, meeting and writing about artists for almost sixty years. In this brilliant selection of his biographical writing, he introduces us to some of the best-known artists of the modern age, from Vincent van Gogh and Pierre Bonnard to Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. We follow the writer into the studios of some of these individuals, observing their creative process at close quarters, and gaining insight into the way their personal histories have shaped and directed their work, bringing both the art and its maker alive. Peppiatt meets an elderly but spirited Sonia Delaunay in Paris to hear her revive long-forgotten worlds; visits Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies, the alchemist', and joins him on late-night walks around Barcelona; interviews poet Jacques Dupin, in his pyjamas, on his
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Androgyne
Book SynopsisThe first visually led survey of androgyny down the ages, and a compelling exploration of its current ascendancy.Trade Review'Unique … offers multi-faceted perspectives into the drive to escape defined categories' - Aesthetica'Beautiful' - TatlerTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. The Platonic Body • 2. A Body of Ivory • 3. The Body Inverted 4. Bodies in Opposition
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Francis Bacon Painting Philosophy Psychoanalysis
Book SynopsisThe second in a series of books that seeks to illuminate Francis Bacon's art and motivations, and to open up fresh and stimulating ways of understanding his paintings. Francis Bacon is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works continue to puzzle and unnerve viewers, raising complex questions about their meaning. Over recent decades, two theoretical approaches to Bacon's work have come to hold sway: firstly, that Bacon is an existentialist painter, depicting an absurd and godless world; and secondly, that he is an anti-representational painter, whose primary aim is to bring his work directly onto the spectator's nervous system'. Francis Bacon: Painting, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis brings together some of today's leading philosophers and psychoanalytic critics to go beyond established readings of Bacon and to open up radically new ways of thinking about his art. The essays bring Bacon into dialogue with figures such as Aristotle, Hegel, Freud, Lacan, Adorno and Heidegger, as well as situating his work in the broader contexts of modernism and modernity. The result is a timely and thought-provoking collection that will be essential reading for anyone interested in Bacon, modern art and contemporary aesthetics.
£23.80
Faber & Faber William Morris A Life for Our Time
Book SynopsisWinner of the Wolfson History Prize, and described by A.S.Byatt as ''one of the finest biographies ever published'', this is Fiona MacCarthy''s magisterial biography of William Morris, legendary designer and father of the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement. ''Thrilling, absorbing and majestic.'' Independent''Wonderfully ambitious ... The definitive Morris biography.'' Sunday Times ''Delicious and intelligent, full of shining detail and mysteries respected.'' Daily Telegraph''Oh, the careful detail of this marvellous book! . . . A model of scholarly biography''. New StatesmanSince his death in 1896, William Morris has been celebrated as a giant of the Victorian era. But his genius was so multifaceted and so profound that its full extent has rarely been grasped. Many people may find it hard to believe that the greatest English designer of his time - possibly of all time - could also be internati
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Circle Books The New York Tapes Alan Solomons Interviews for
Book SynopsisPreviously unpublished interviews with some of America's leading postwar artistsincluding Frankenthaler, Johns, Oldenburg, Rauschenberg, Stella and Warholoriginally conducted for TV in the mid-'60s by famed curator Alan SolomonThis substantial volume publishes for the first time a series of interviews conducted with seminal East Coast artists and their associates, including Kenneth Noland, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Marcella Brenner, Helen Jacobson, Clement Greenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Poons, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Barnett Newman, Leo Castelli, Andy Warhol, Gerard Malanga and Edie Sedgwick. These were produced in late 1965 and early 1966 for the documentary television series USA: Artists by famed curator Alan Solomon, who was a regular fixture in the New York art world of the time. This was a logical extension of Solomon''s recent curatorial involvements, including most importantly his organization o
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British Museum Press A Little Gay History Desire and Diversity across
Book SynopsisHow old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? This title deals with these questions.
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British Museum Press The Standard of Ur
Book SynopsisThe Standard of Ur is one of the most famous objects to be discovered from ancient Mesopotamia. It was un earthed in a tomb in 1927 by Leonard Woolley during his archaeological excavations of the Royal Cemetery' of Ur located in present - day Iraq. This beautifully illustrated short introduction tells the story of discovery and significance of this splendid object.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion in the 1950s
Book SynopsisMore than a footnote to the Second World War, or a foreword to the youth-obsessed exhilaration of the Sixties, the Fifties was a thrilling decade devoted to newness and freshness. The British people, rebuilding their lives and wardrobes, demanded modern materials, vibrant patterns and exciting prints inspired by scientific discoveries and modern art. Despite the influence of glamorous Paris couture led by Dior, home-grown fashion labels including Horrockses and the young Queen Elizabeth's couturier Norman Hartnell had an equally great, if not greater impact on British style. This book, written by an assistant curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, is a fascinating look back to the days when post-war Britain developed a fresh sense of style.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The End of Rationing Everyday Fashion: Work and Pleasure Hats: Crowning Glory Formal Wear: Going to the Ball Underwear: Things Seen and Unseen Menswear: Genesis of the Peacock Epilogue: Slipping into the Sixties Further Reading Places to Visit Index
£8.54
Anness Publishing Gauguin His Life and Works in 500 Images An
Book SynopsisAn expert account of the post-Impressionist artist, Paul Gaughin, who defied convention to pursue his art in the South Seas; stunning illustrated throughout.
£15.29
Running Press,U.S. Hidden Landmarks of New York
Book SynopsisDiscover dozens of underappreciated landmarks and the stories behind them in this unique history on New York City, written and photographed by Landmarks of NY creator, Tommy Silk.New York is a city of landmarks - more than 37,000 of them. Visitors and New Yorkers walk by hundreds of these landmarks daily, often never knowing the rich history behind each of these buildings. One of these New Yorkers, Tommy Silk, has been photographing and chronicling a landmarked building every day for the last five years on his Instagram account, Landmarks of NY. In Hidden Landmarks of New York, Silk uncovers 120 of the city''s oldest, most unique, and often relatively unknown landmarks and the hidden history behind them. Whether it''s an African Graveyard a stone''s throw from City Hall; the Truman Capote house in Brooklyn Heights that he claimed to own (but actually just rented a room there for years); or 4 Gramercy Park West, the Greek Revival-style townhouse that is rumored to be the home of Stuart Little; each entry includes a picture of the landmark with a short, informative description of its history and its past (often well-known) inhabitants.With 120 photographs beautifully designed in a portable book, it''s perfect for armchair perusal or to stash in your backpack while wandering around the city.
£22.50
Abbeville Publishing Group Celtic Knots Notecards
£11.39
Rizzoli International Publications The Four Seasons
Book SynopsisThis collection of woodblock prints celebrates the seasonsand is designed as a Japanese-style accordion-fold book with open binding and slipcased with a booklet for the text.Embracing seasonal change is an important part of Japan?s native belief system and an enduring theme of its creative expression. Japanese artists?including Hokusai, Hiroshige, Harunobu, and many others?have long celebrated the endless cycle and rhythm of nature and the fleeting transience and beauty of the seasons, depicting common customs from picnics welcoming spring under blossoming cherry trees to ritual offerings made to the autumnal harvest moon.The seasonal iconography includes recurring plant and wildlife elements: plum blossoms, irises, morning glories, cranes, geese flying in migratory formation. Some pictorial compositions focus upon a single time of year, but many encompass all four seasons together.This beautiful and elegant collection makes the ideal gift for anyone interested in the art and culture of Japan. The classic woodblocks in this collection express essential truths about the natural world and the evanescence of human experience in a visual idiom that, while distinctively Japanese, has great universal appeal.
£22.06
Gagosian/Rizzoli Ewa Juszkiewicz Recent Paintings
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£999.99
Shambhala Art as Medicine Creating a Therapy of the
Book SynopsisA pioneering art therapist extolls the arts as a powerful tool in psychotherapy, describing how activating the imagination can heal the mind, heart, and soulThe medicine of the artist, like that of the shaman, arises from his or her relationship to “familiars”—the themes, methods, and materials that interact with the artist through the creative process. “Whenever illness is associated with loss of soul,” writes Shaun McNiff, “the arts emerge spontaneously as remedies, soul medicine.” Art as Medicine demonstrates how the imagination heals and renews itself through this natural process. Author Shaun McNiff describes his pioneering methods of art therapy—including interpretation through performance and storytelling, creative collaboration, and dialoguing with images—and the ways in which they can revitalize both psychotherapy and art itself.
£19.55
Museum of Fine Arts,Boston Juno
Book SynopsisThe tale of a classical statue's journey from a Roman theater to the MFA BostonIf this monumental second-century Roman statue could speak, she would tell of travels from a theater in ancient Rome to the gardens of an Italian prince's villaand then across the Atlantic to a suburban garden, where she endured for a century before finding a home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Although standing 13 feet tall and weighing some 13,000 pounds, this colossal statue has a long history of hiding in plain sight. Now, stylistic evaluation, historical research and technical examination have revealed connections with five other sister statues, all carved of Carrara marble, that were part of an Augustan renewal of Rome. Despite losing her head (and gaining a new one), and suffering damage and repairs, she has continued to be admired throughout two millennia. As the largest classical sculpture in America, newly restored and protected from the elements at last, she
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Museum of Fine Arts,Boston MFA Highlights European Painting and Sculpture
Book SynopsisMajor works spanning the medieval era to the Enlightenment from the MFA Boston's superlative collectionThe tremendous political, religious and cultural changes that swept across Europe in the years from 1000 to 1800 fundamentally transformed the practices and purposes of painting and sculpturefrom elaborately carved and gilded medieval Christian altars to Renaissance self-portraits touting the skill of the artist to 18th-century portraits in marble of the era's leading thinkers. The 100 highlights from the impressive European art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gathered here offer an accessible introduction to the story of art from the medieval period to the Enlightenment. Modern notions of art and artists, the art market, as well as the births of art history and the art museum as an institution, all trace their origins to Europe in these centuries, which produced work of fascinating variety and enduring beauty.Artists include: RTable of ContentsDirector’s Foreword • Acknowledgements • Old Masters, New Mastery • Medieval Europe • The Renaissance in Italy • The Renaissance in Northern Europe • The Seventeenth Century in Italy, Spain, and France • The Seventeenth Century in Northern Europe • The Eighteenth Century • Further Reading • Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Humans and Autonomous Vehicles
Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction to the Human Centred Design of autonomous vehicles for professionals and students. While rapid progress is being made in the field of autonomous road vehicles the majority of actions and the research address the technical challenges, with little attention to the physical, perceptual, cognitive and emotional needs of humans. This book fills a gap in the knowledge by providing an easily understandable introduction to the needs and desires of people in relation to autonomous vehicles. The book is human centred design led, adding an important human perspective to the primarily technology-driven debates about autonomous vehicles. It combines knowledge from fields ranging from linguistics to electrical engineering to provide a holistic, multidisciplinary overview of the issues affecting the interactions between autonomous vehicles and people. It emphasises the constraints and requirements that a human centred perspective necessitates, giving Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Autonomous Road Vehicles 3. Human Centred Design 4. Anthropomorphism 5. Name 6. Meaning 7. Metaphor 8. Interaction 9. Ethics 10. Conclusions
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age
Book SynopsisA Cultural History of Color in the Medieval Age covers the period 500 to 1400. The medieval age saw an extraordinary burst of color - from illuminated manuscripts and polychrome sculpture to architecture and interiors, and from enamelled and jewelled metalwork to colored glass and the exquisite decoration of artefacts. Color was used to denote affiliation in heraldry and social status in medieval clothes. Color names were created in various languages and their resonance explored in poems, romances, epics, and plays. And, whilst medieval philosophers began to explain the rainbow, theologians and artists developed a color symbolism for both virtues and vices. Color shapes an individual's experience of the world and also how society gives particular spaces, objects, and moments meaning. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Color examines how color has been created, traded, used, and interpreted over the last 5000 years. The themes covered in each volume are
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Orion Publishing Co Baskerville
Book SynopsisThe classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin strokes. When it was first used there was genuine concern that it would damage readers'' eyes.John Baskerville was a maverick lacquer maker and printer in Birmingham, a flamboyant dresser, an important figure in the Enlightenment. Though it earned him little money, he was obsessive about both his typeface and its appearance on the page, a perfectionism culminating in his magnificent Bible. The story encompasses one of the first powerful women of the printing world, his wife Sarah Baskerville, and the many typefaces the Baskervilles inspired. And it examines why John Baskerville''s body was dug up and buried many times before it was finally allowed to rest in peace.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mad Enchantment
Book SynopsisClaude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The dramatic history behind these paintings is little known; Ross King's Mad Enchantment tells the full story for the first time and, in the process, presents a compelling and original portrait of one of our most popular and cherished artists.By the outbreak of war in 1914, Monet, then in his mid-seventies, was one of the world's most famous and successful painters, with a large house in the country, a fleet of automobiles and a colossal reputation. However, he had virtually given up painting following the death of his wife Alice in 1911 and the onset of blindness a year later. Nonetheless, it was during this period of sorrow, ill health and creative uncertainty that as the guns roared on the Western Front he began the most demanding and innovative paTrade ReviewAn altogether enchanting tale. -- Dava Sobel, author of Longitude, on Brunelleschi's Dome[King] consummately meshes biography with art history as he turns the creation of one resounding masterpiece into a portal on the artist’s life … Writing with a historical novelist’s attunement to the interplay of peace, temperament, and society, King brings readers to Giverny … King sumptuously describes the pleasures of Giverny … Never before has the full drama and significance of Monet’s magnificent Water Lilies been conveyed with such knowledge and perception, empathy and wonder’ * Booklist *Writing with a historical novelist’s attunement to the interplay of place, temperament, and society, King brings readers to Giverny [and] sumptuously describes [its] pleasures … Never before has the full drama and significance of Monet’s magnificent Water Lilies been conveyed with such knowledge and perception, empathy and wonder * Booklist *[King] turns his mind, heart, and eyes to Claude Monet … King is ever the brilliant docent murmuring the right, telling details and critical backstories in our ear as we move through space and time. He ultimately brings the man and his work into perfect focus while increasing his audience’s interest in both all the more … This work is essential. * Library Journal *Vivid … King elegantly reveals the soul of a great artist, the last Impressionist standing at the end of one of history’s most remarkable art movements * Kirkus *King is a skilled guide to Monet’s bastardy. This book, like his earlier ones, is as much about the artist’s times as his work * The Times *The closing decades of an artist’s life do not generally make the biographer’s heart beat faster, but Claude Monet is one of a handful of painters who bucks the pattern of an irrelevant old age. … A fine, fluent book … A careful unpicking of cherished art-historical narratives -- Katheryn Hughes * Guardian *Ross King has a track record when it comes to turning such art stories into gripping narratives … His method is expansive, including personal, political, social and cultural context in a way that would horrify some art purists. Never mind, it works. This latest, perfectly engrossing book is, at one level, simply the story of how the late lilies – hundreds of yards of them on a series of gigantic canvases – came to be painted. At another level, however, it is the story of art and its meanings amid the carnage of the twentieth century * Sunday Times *A homage to how the genius of Monet’s extraordinary eye came finally to be realised … King has a skill for turning over unlikely narrative stones -- Lucy Lethbridge * Literary Review *Ross King’s Monet might not be an easy man to like, but King is also very good with the wider picture, and the fascination of this lively and entertaining book lies as much in its portrait of first-world-war France as it does in its depiction of Giverny … But it is in the period detail and character portraits that Mad Enchantment really comes to life -- Honor Clerk * Spectator *Lyrical and dynamic * Catholic Herald *Ross King lyrically explores the personal paradise that Monet constructed at Giverny … King’s title sounds overexcited, but he justifies it -- Books of the Year * Observer *‘Engrossing history … This scholarly story of Monet’s greatest project is told with tremendous humour and is filled with fascinating insights’ * History Today *[A] fine account of the making of Monet’s final masterpiece -- Paperback Must Reads * Daily Mail *
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Little, Brown Book Group Value
Book SynopsisSince the industrial revolution, when everything ran by clockwork, people have understood how important it is to live in the moment. But over time our world has grown increasingly busy, and we''ve lost our ability to truly savour each unique experience and the simple pleasures the world has to offer.Cultural commentator and critic Stephen Bayley seeks to explain what real value is: it''s about taking the time and making the effort to appreciate things, of understanding the permanent charm of modest daily rituals performed with care and feeling. Of caring about appearances and meaning. Of being bold in matters of taste. Of fully understanding the source of lasting pleasure. Of making every encounter with an object or person meaningful.Value is an elegiac account of what''s recently been lost in the digital apocalypse. But also an enthusiastic anticipation of what we can regain in a post-viral, more analogue and more thoughtful world.Trade ReviewA fiercely witty polemic . . . Amusing, erudite, insightful * Daily Mail *Witty, astringent primer for life . . . Bayley is a dazzling writer, by turns elegant, iconoclastic and wickedly subversive, and with a style and panache that rivals his favourite household objects -- Michael Simkins * Mail on Sunday *The joy (and depth) of this book is how Bayley has come to appreciate the spiritual value of things big and small -- Roger Lewis * Telegraph *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Handmade
Book SynopsisA fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working with materials such as clay, stone, steel and wool.From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on the properties of many different materials. However, most scientists cannot measure the temperature of steel just by looking at it, or sculpt stone into all kinds of shapes, or know how it feels to blow up a balloon of glass. Handmade is the story of materials through making and doing. Author and material scientist Anna Ploszajski journeys into the domain of makers and craftspeople to comprehend how the most popular materials really work. Anna has the fresh perspective of someone at the forefront of the field. Each chapter features her accounts of learning from masters of their respective crafts. Along the way, Anna builds a fuller picture of materials and their placeTrade ReviewBy meeting with makers and playing with materials, Anna creates a beautiful picture of what these substances really feel like and what they are capable of. This book will make all your senses tingle. * Roma Agrawal, structural engineer and author *This book is a wonderful journey through the art and science of materials… beautifully crafted and very personal. Highly recommended to anyone who loves ‘stuff’ and is curious enough to want to delve into its inner secrets. * Mark Miodownik, scientist, broadcaster and founder of the Materials Library *Ultimately, Ploszajski succeeds in demonstrating that the act of making something can impart an appreciation for and understanding of the properties of the material from which it is made. * Dorothy Jones-Davis, Science Magazine *Ploszajski is a talented science communicator… and the zany accounts of her fieldwork are lots of fun. This pop science adventure delights. * Publishers Weekly *Luminous, witty, and enormously appealing… Handmade is exactly the sort of hybrid memoir that invites discussion and will likely spark further research. -- Colleen Mondor * Booklist *Table of ContentsPrologue Glass Plastic Steel Brass Clay Sugar Wool Wood Paper Stone Epilogue Acknowledgements Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Design Process
Book SynopsisIn The Design Process, Fourth Edition author Karl Aspelund takes readers on a guided tour through the seven stages of design: from the initial Inspiration to Identification, Conceptualization, Exploration/Refinement, Definition/Modeling, Communication, and all the way through Production. This book focuses on developing a solid foundation in design critical thinking, no matter the discipline. The author highlights the all important factors of sustainability, teamwork, and how to best communicate with client or manufacturer. Each chapter is followed by an exercise that allows you to work on one full cross-disciplinary project continuously from brainstorm to a physical product. The appendices provide key references to further readings, artist profiles, design elements and principles, trend analysis, and history of modern design (from the 1800s through to the 21st century). This is the perfect book to make your design dreams into design reality.New to This Edition:-Updated examples,
£66.49
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. The Art of DOOM The Dark Ages
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Manchester University Press Dada Bodies: Between Battlefield and Fairground
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive study of bodily images in Dada. Travelling between the international centres of the movement, from Zurich to Berlin, Paris to New York, it examines a diverse range of media, including art, literature, performance, photography and film. Its overall approach is to confront Dada’s bodily images not as organic unities but as fictions that reflect on the disjunctive, dehumanised society of war-torn Europe. These fictions occupy an ambivalent space between the battlefield (in their satirical exposure of ideology) and the fairground (in their playful manipulation and joyful renewal of the body). The book features analyses of works by Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Hannah Höch, Marcel Duchamp and others, and will appeal to scholars and students of European history, cultural history, art and literature.Table of Contents1 Introduction: spare parts 2 Zurich Dada: between gas mask and carnival dance 3 Shooting the classical body 4 Hybrid bodies (I): the impossible machine 5 Hybrid bodies (II): the grotesque 6 Performance spaces: fairground, cabaret, exhibition 7 Death and rebirth: corpse or chrysalis 8 Fluid bodies, shifting identities 9 Dada’s Africa 10 Limit-bodies 11 Conclusion: exquisite corpsesIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Art and Knowledge After 1900: Interactions
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking new history of modern art explores the relationship between art and knowledge from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. Each chapter examines artistic responses to a particular discipline of knowledge, from quantum theory and theosophy to cybernetics and ethnic futurisms. The authors argue that art’s incursion into other intellectual disciplines is a defining characteristic of both modernism and postmodernism. Throughout, the volume poses a series of larger questions: is art a source of knowledge? If so, what kind of knowledge? And, ultimately, can it contribute to our understanding of the world in ways that thinkers from other fields should take seriously?Table of ContentsIntroduction – James Fox and Vid Simoniti1 Modern art and spiritual knowledge – Lucy Kent2 Twentieth-century revolutions in art and science – Gavin Parkinson3 Psychoanalysis and art: a new theory of objects – Margaret Iversen4 Before the visual turn: twentieth-century historians and the uses of art – Tom Stammers5 Knowledge, truth, history: contemporary art and the problem of art-historical periodisation – Peter Osborne6 Art / Economics – Allan Antliff7 Art and cybernetics: a new ontology for art – Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra8 Art into society: organised labour, workplace sociology, and artmaking in 1970s Britain – Catherine Spencer9 Knowledge, nation, and colour in documentary photography – Julian Stallabrass10 Art and biotechnology: on the limits and potential of interdisciplinary arts – Vid Simoniti11 Ethnic futurisms and contemporary art – Alice Ming Wai Jim12 The politics and aesthetics of climate emergency – T. J. Demos13 Art and witnessing: the poetics and politics of testifying to environmental violence – Shela SheikhIndex
£76.50
Hodder & Stoughton Looking to Sea
Book Synopsis''Looking to Sea is a remarkable and compelling book... I loved it.'' Edmund de WaalAn alternative history of modern Britain, Looking to Sea is an exquisite work of cultural, artistic and philosophical storytelling.Looking to Sea considers ten pivotal artworks, from Vanessa Bell''s Studland Beach, one of the first modernist paintings in Britain, to Paul Nash''s work bearing the scars of his experience in the trenches and Martin Parr''s photographs of seaside resorts in the 1980s, which raised controversial questions of class. Each of the startlingly different pieces, created between 1912 and 2015, opens a window onto big ideas, from modernism and the sublime, the impact of the world wars and colonialism, to issues crucial to our world today like the environment and nationhood.In this astonishingly perceptive portrait of the twentieth century, art critic Lily Le Brun brings a fresh eye to a vast idea, offering readers an imaginative new way of seeing our island nation.''Le Brun''s writing is at once bold and delicate, far-reaching and fine-tuned. Her book explores the inexhaustible variety of human perception.'' Alexandra Harris
£13.49
John Murray Press National Treasures: Saving The Nation's Art in
Book Synopsis'Geeks triumph over the forces of darkness: nothing could have given me greater pleasure. Combining an exciting story with scrupulous research, Caroline Shenton has done her unlikely heroes proud' - Lucy WorsleyAs Hitler prepared to invade Poland during the sweltering summer of 1939, men and women from across London's museums, galleries and archives formulated ingenious plans to send the nation's highest prized objects to safety. Using stately homes, tube tunnels, slate mines, castles, prisons, stone quarries and even their own homes, a dedicated bunch of unlikely misfits packed up the nation's greatest treasures and, in a race against time, dispatched them throughout the country on a series of top-secret wartime adventures. National Treasures highlights a moment from our history when an unlikely coalition of mild-mannered civil servants, social oddballs and metropolitan aesthetes became the front line in the heritage war against Hitler. Caroline Shenton shares the interwoven lives of ordinary people who kept calm and carried on in the most extraordinary of circumstances in their efforts to save the Nation's historic identity.Trade ReviewGeeks triumph over the forces of darkness: nothing could have given me greater pleasure. Combining an exciting story with scrupulous research, Caroline Shenton has done her unlikely heroes proud -- Lucy WorsleyAn engrossing and uplifting story of how some of the greatest treasures of Britains museum, gallery and library collections were protected and preserved during the darkest days of WWII -- Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the BooksAn engrossing and uplifting story of how some of the greatest treasures of Britains museum, gallery and library collections were protected and preserved during the darkest days of WWII -- Richard Ovenden, author of Burning the BooksShenton has the archivist's unerring eye for detail and the storyteller's instinct for what will make a compelling tale. It is brought to life with energy and confidence -- Julie Summers, bestselling author of JambustersEntertaining, surprising and full of brilliant vignettes, Shenton does justice to one of the great untold stories of the Second World War -- Josh Ireland, author of Churchill & SonFascinating, engaging and often eye-stretching, Caroline Shenton's account of the battle to save the nation's greatest treasures during wartime features a wonderfully eclectic cast of oddballs, bluestockings and endearingly eccentric aristocrats. A cracking read -- Giles MiltonShenton manages to combine scholarly and diligent research with a powerful narrative drive and a hugely entertaining taste for the anecdotal. Moreover, her cast of characters wouldn't disgrace an Ealing comedy. I haven't enjoyed a book so much in years -- Adrian TinniswoodReveals the wonderfully inventive ways Britain's great museums hid their priceless exhibits from Hitler's bombs -- Daily MailVigorously researched and highly entertaining -- Daily Telegraph
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Interior Design Illustrated: Marker and
Book SynopsisIn an age of reliance on CAD programs, the skill to express your creativity and vision with a hand-rendered drawing gives an interior designer a distinct advantage in communicating with clients. Interior Design Illustrated, Second Edition, helps students develop this powerful marketing tool. Using the same step-by-step approach as the first edition, this book teaches students how to visualize interior space, perspective, and details such as pattern and texture. Readers will be able to render their vision with watercolor and markers. The comprehensive coverage includes instruction in rendering architecture, finishes, fixtures, furniture, accessories, and plantscaping. New to this Edition -Over 100 new illustration, including classic modern interior objects. New examples include illustrations by other practicing professionals of interior design, architecture, and illustration -New wayfinding feature using watercolor and marker icons at the bottom of the page enables readers to quickly distinguish between tools -Introduction of new and unique ways of incorporating hand media with computer media for presentation drawings, with techniques and methods applied to elevations, furniture, and various materialsTrade ReviewExcellent book for techniques to use in interior design ... [It] will be a useful addition to the course. * Caroline Mansfield, De Montfort University, UK *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Creative Tools 2 Markers and Watercolors 3 Artistic Interpretation 4 Room Vignettes 5 Interior Architectural Elements 6 Walls 7 Floors 8 Furniture 9 Enhancements 10 Materials and Textures 11 Patterns Resources Illustration Credits Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Background Noise, Second Edition: Perspectives on
Book SynopsisBackground Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. While chronological in its structure, Brandon LaBelle's book is informed by spatial thinking - weaving architecture, environments, and the specifics of location into the work of sound, with the aim of formulating an expansive history and understanding of sound art. At its center the book presupposes an intrinsic relation between sound and its location, galvanizing acoustics, sound phenomena, and the environmental with the tensions inherent in what LaBelle identifies as sound's relational dynamic. For the author, this is embedded within sound's tendency to become public expressed in its ability to travel distances, foster cultural expression, and define spaces while being radically flexible. This second expanded edition includes a new chapter on the non-human and subnatural tendencies in sound art, revisions to the text as well as a new preface by the author. Intersecting material analysis with theoretical frameworks spanning art and architectural theory, performance studies and media theory, Background Noise makes the case that sound and sound art are central to understandings of contemporary culture.Trade ReviewThe rise of a prominent auditory culture, as seen in the recent plethora of art exhibitions on sound art, in conjunction with academic programs dedicated to "aural culture", sonic art, and auditory issues now emerging, reveals the degree to which sound art is lending definition to the 21st Century. And yet sound art still lacks related literature to compliment, and expand, the realm of practice. Written by The Wire's contributor Brandon Labelle, Background Noise sets out an historical overview, while at the same time shaping that history according to what sound art reveals—the dynamics of art to operate spatially, through media of reproduction and broadcast, and in relation to the intensities of communication and its contextual framework. * The Wire 2010 *Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. While chronological in its structure, Brandon LaBelle's book is informed by spatial thinking - weaving architecture, environments, and the specifics of location into the work of sound, with the aim of formulating an expansive history and understanding of sound art. * Dailywatch.com *Reading Background Noise for the first time introduced me to the world of sound art, to its rich history, its incredible variety of concrete works, its overview of artists working in the field, and its discourses. It taught me how to think about sound in relation to space instead of time. Now, some seven years later, Background Noise is still one of my most important sources. It is a must-read for anyone interested in auditory culture and sound art. * Marcel Cobussen is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Sonic Studies and co-editor of The Routledge Sounding Art Companion (2015) *There are stones here. Stones gathered with great shrewdness by Brandon LaBelle from the broad shore of relational artistic practice; each carries the weight of its own historical significance; each is perfectly shaped to deliver its conceptual impact; each is thrown outwards in just the right sequence and with just the right trajectory to set the ripples running, producing patterns that continue to inspire the reader long, long after the momentum of the book has come to rest. Background Noise is the very best of books: as reverberant as the phenomena it so beautifully articulates. * Angus Carlyle, Professor of Sound and Landscape, University of the Arts London, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: Auditory Relations Fade In Part 1: 4'33": Sound and Points of Origin Introduction to Part 1 Chapter 1 Sociality of Sound: John Cage and Musical Concepts Chapter 2 Exposing the Sound Object:Musique Concrète's Sonic Research Chapter 3 Automatic Music: Group Ongaku's Performative Labors Part 2: Box with the Sound of Its Own Making: From Gags to Sculptural Form Introduction to Part 2 Chapter 4 Rhythms of Chaos: Happenings, Environments, and Fluxus Chapter 5 Minimalist Treatments: La Monte Young and Robert Morris Chapter 6 Conceptualizations:Michael Asher and the Subject of Space Part 3: I Am Sitting in a Room: Vocal Intensities Introduction to Part 3 Chapter 7 Performing Desire/ Performing Fear: Vito Acconci and the Power Plays of Voice Chapter 8 Finding Oneself: Alvin Lucier and the Phenomenal Voice Chapter 9 Word of Mouth: Christof Migone's Little Manias Part 4: Public Supply: Buildings, Constructions, and Locational Listening Introduction to Part 4 Chapter 10 Tuning Space:Max Neuhaus and Site-Specific Sound Chapter 11 Other Architectures:Michael Brewster, Maryanne Amacher, and Bernhard Leitner Chapter 12 Composing Intensities: Iannis Xenakis's Multimedia Architectures Part 5: Soundmarks: Environments and Aural Geography Introduction to Part 5 Chapter 13 Seeking Ursound: Hildegard Westerkamp, Steve Peters, and the Soundscape Chapter 14 Language Games: Yasunao Tone and the Mechanics of Information Chapter 15 Complicating Place: Bill Fontana and Networking the Soundscape Part 6: Global Strings: Interpersonal and Network Space Introduction to Part 6 Chapter 16 Interactions: Achim Wollscheid's Production of the Local Chapter 17 Global Events: Atau Tanaka and Network as Instrument Chapter 18 Live Streams: Apo33 and Multiplying Place Fade Out Conclusion: Auditive Pivot Appendix: Peripheries – subnature, phantom memory, and dirty listening List of Works Cited Index
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David Zwirner Mad about Painting
Book SynopsisBest known for his iconic print Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai was a revolutionary printmaker. His mastery of ukiyo-e in the nineteenth century has inspired generations of artists since, and his works exposed the world to the delicate beauty and power of Japanese woodblock technique. In addition to his remarkable artistic output, Hokusai was also a dedicated teacher who sought to pass down his deep understanding of color and painting to practicing artists through immensely detailed written tutorials. Here, for the first time in centuries, are excerpts from his manuals, many available for the first time in English. It is an invaluable insight into the psyche of a true master, and a rare personal account of an artist’s life during a fascinating period in Japan’s history. Connecting Hokusai’s prints from the Edo period to manga, author Ryoko Matsuba foregrounds Hokusai’s contributions to Japanese creative expression from the 1800s to today. Also included in this book: Vincent Van Gogh’s letter about Hokusai’s Great Wave and the contemporary artist Ikeda Manabu’s concise observations about Hokusai’s lasting influence.
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Blurring Books Sme again...
Book SynopsisDue to the success of The Sm;)e Book and demand for more, authors db Burkeman and Rich Browd invite you to celebrate the smiley face’s 60 year impact on art, music, pop and counter culture with the second book in the series, Sm;)e again... In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality—used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver and a counterculture subverter of that very mainstream. Sm;)e again... showcases an even more impressive collection of the world’s most potent visual communicators! Introduction from the legendary Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim.Artists featured: Aurel Schmidt BANKSY Barry McGee Chapman Brothers Chris Johanson Destroy All Monsters David Shrigley Erik Foss Fred Tomaselli Gerhard Richter James Joyce Jim Jarmusch Josh Reames Kenny Scharf Lucas Price Marilyn Minter Maurizio Cattelan/Pierpaolo Ferrari Misaki Kawai Nate Lowman Richard Phillips Velvet Underground Rob Pruitt Scout Zabinski Stephen Powers Stuart Stemple Talking Heads Wendy White Ugo Rondinone UFO
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Drawn & Quarterly Yokai Shigeru Mizukis Paranormal Parade
Book SynopsisManga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan s most entertaining myths to the modern age.
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Scala Publishers Ltd Solace in Painting
Book Synopsis This richly illustrated volume features expressive paintings by three East Asian and Asian American painters whose lives were fundamentally shaped by the major conflicts of the twentieth century. Internationally recognized Hong Kong artist, Chao Shao-an, shaped modernist approaches to Chinese ink painting. Through the metaphorical subjects of bird-and-flower paintings, he ruminated on events from the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 to the return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Keisho Okayama, son of a high-ranking Japanese Buddhist priest, arrived in the United States with his family to help proselytize Buddhism, only to spend several formative childhood years incarcerated in a WWII internment camp. His large-scale paintings contemplate these and other deeply affecting experiences from his life. Vietnamese American painter Ann Phong's work reflects on her escape from Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War, as well as the experiences of the Vietnamese immigrant community in the United States. Published to accompany a national traveling exhibition, this elegant book will be of interest anyone exploring conflict, trauma, and healing through art.
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