History of art Books
Yale University Press Sea of InkForest of Pens
Book SynopsisA spectacular study of calligraphy, the most esteemed form of visual and textual expression in the Islamic world, through a storied collection of Qur'an manuscripts
£28.50
Yale University Press Celadon on the Seas
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Hachette Books Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
Book SynopsisOver the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz explores the show''s cultural relevance through a book that is part oral history, part celebration, and part memoir of a personal fandom that has universal resonance still, decades later.Katz-with the help of the show''s cast, creators, and crew-reveals that although Buffy contributed to important conversations about gender, sexuality, and feminism, it was not free of internal strife, controversy, and shortcomings. Men-both on screen and off-would taint the show''s reputation as a feminist masterpiece, and changing networks, amongst other factors, would drastically alter the show''s tone.Katz addresses these issues and more, including interviews with stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Anthony Stewart He
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Little, Brown & Company Radiant Child
Book SynopsisWinner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award! Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean—and definitely not inside the lines!—to be beautiful.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History
Book SynopsisAn Illustrated Guide to Furniture History provides upper-level students and instructors with an alternative visual analytical approach to learning about furniture history from Antiquity to Postmodernism. Following an immersive teaching model, it presents a Nine-Step Methodology to help students strengthen their visual literacy and quickly acquire subject area knowledge.Moving chronologically through key periods in furniture history and interior design, such as the Renaissance, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Modernism, it traverses Europe to America to present a comprehensive foundational guide to the history of furniture design.Part I addresses furniture within the context of the built environment, with chapters exploring the historical perspective, construction principles, and the categorization of furniture. In Part II, the author visually depicts the structural organization of the methodological process, a three-category framework: History,Trade Review"Joclyn Oats has invaluably assembled a fascinating compilation celebrating the Art of Furniture History & Design. She provides a look into the drawing archives of notable practitioners and exceptional presentation of her own eloquent visual and textual literacy. A beautifully crafted inspiring resource, sure to cultivate a desire to learn and create."- Clemenstien Love, Art + Design Director, THE cre.æ.tive ROOM "A revelatory way to gain a deep understanding and instinctive feel for furniture, Joclyn Oats' Illustrated Guide to Furniture History lights the path toward a level of understanding that simple memorization of facts and dates simply can't achieve. Using sketching and other simple learning tools, Oats shares what is probably the most effective and enjoyable method available to develop a true sensitivity for furniture styles and characteristics." – Zurich Esposito, Hon. AIA"Joclyn Oats has written an exceptionally engaging book that will delight the reader who is on a journey to learn the history of furniture. Designers and students of design will thoroughly enjoy the beautiful images and historical context." – Denise Rush, ASID, IIDA, IDEC, Dean and Faculty, School of Interior Architecture, Boston Architectural College, USATable of ContentsPart I: Furniture and the Built Environment Chapter 1 A Historical Perspective Chapter 2 Construction Principles Chapter 3 Piece Categorically Part II: Understanding the Piece Chapter 4 The Analysis of Form Chapter 5 A Graphic Narrative Part III: Object of Desire Part III Introduction Chapter 6 Antiquity: Egypt, Greece and Rome Chapter 7 Renaissance: Italy, France and England Chapter 8 18th Century: Italy, France and England & America – Late Colonial Chapter 9 Precursors to Modernism: Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Viennese Secession American Arts and Crafts – Prairie Style & Craftsman Style Chapter 10 Modernist Movements: Deutscher Werkbund, Bauhaus, De Stijl, International Style Chapter 11 Early Modernist Designers and Architects: Pierre Chareau (1883–1950), Eleen Gray (1879–1976), Jean Prouvé (1901–1984), Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999) Chapter 12 Modernism in America and the European Connection Chapter 13 Movements after Modernism: High-tech, Postmodermism, Deconstructivism Chapter 14 Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Architecture
Book SynopsisThe widely acclaimed and beautifully illustrated Understanding Architecture is now revised and expanded in its fourth edition, vividly examining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture, from prehistory to the present, in ways that are both accessible and engaging.Significant features of the fourth edition include: Expanded global essays outlining the encounters and interchanges, conflicts and accommodations, between disparate global communities A brand-new final chapter addressing the twenty-first century during which Western and global architectural developments have increasingly become one broad, interwoven expression. This chapter includes sections on CAD, Contemporary Architecture of the Twenty-First Century, Starchitects, Contemporary Architectural Prizes, Architecture and Energy Consumption, and Architecture Integrated with Nature New sections on Frank Lloyd Wright and Late Twentieth-Century Expressionism T
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Against The Age Routledge Revivals An Introduction to William Morris
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Taylor & Francis The Visual Culture Reader
Book SynopsisTen years after the last edition, this thoroughly revised and updated third edition of The Visual Culture Reader highlights the transformed and expanded nature of globalized visual cultures. It assembles key new writings, visual essays and specially commissioned articles, emphasizing the intersections of the Web 2.0, digital cultures, globalization, visual arts and media, and the visualizations of war. The volume attests to the maturity and exciting development of this cutting-edge field.Fully illustrated throughout, The Reader features an introductory section tracing the development of what editor Nicholas Mirzoeff calls critical visuality studies. It develops into thematic sections, each prefaced by an introduction by the editor, with an emphasis on global coverage. Each thematic section includes suggestions for further reading. Thematic sections include: Expansions War and Violence Attention and Visualizing Economy BTrade Review'This volume is required reading for anyone interested in media studies or visual culture. It brings critical visuality studies up to the moment and introduces new directions for future work. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.' - A. M. Laflen, Marist College in CHOICE 'This is a first rate collection covering the range and the depth of critical visual studies today. An essential guide for anyone concerned with the power of the image and the image of power.' - McKenzie Wark, Eugene Lang College, USA 'This 3rd edition of Nicholas Mirzoeff’s The Visual Culture Reader is unrecognizable from the collection’s first edition published way back in the last millennium. Its content, character, and urgency are invigorating and galvanizing. If the Reader’s first edition gave shape to Visual Culture Studies as an interdisciplinary field of inquiry, this 3rd edition will, I believe, mould visual culture itself.' - Marquard Smith, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Visual Culture & Director of Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster, UK 'With this volume, Mirzoeff has assembled an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners of visual culture across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. Combining foundational texts and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship, the Third Edition of the VCR charts the emergence of critical visuality studies and brings the field into the twenty-first century.' - A. Joan Saab, University of Rochester, USA Table of ContentsPART 1 Expansions Chapter 1: "There are No Visual Media" W. J. T. Mitchell Chapter 2: "The (In)human condition: A Visual Essay" Ariella Azoulay Chapter 3: "Mapping Non-Conformity: Post-Bubble Urban Strategies" Teddy Cruz Chapter 4: "X-reality: Interview with the Virtual Cannibal" Beth Coleman Chapter 5: "On Software, or the Persistence of Visual Knowledge" Wendy Hui Kyong Chun Chapter 6: "Notes on the Photographic Image" Jacques Rancière Chapter 7: "Queer Faces: Photography and Subcultural Lives" J. Jack Halberstam Chapter 8: "Currents of Worldmaking in Contemporary Art" Terence E. Smith Chapter 9: "Sublimated with Mineral Fury: Prelim Notes on Sounding Pandemonium Asia" Sarat Maharaj Chapter 10: "The Sea and the Land: Biopower and Visuality after Katrina" Nicholas Mirzoeff PART 2: GLOBALIZATION, WAR AND VISUAL ECONOMY War and Violence Chapter 11: "The Archaeology of Violence: The King’s Head" Zainab Bahrani Chapter 12: "The Actuarial Gaze: from 9-11 to Abu Ghraib" Allen Feldman Chapter 13: "American Military Imaginaries and Iraqi cities" Derek Gregory Chapter 14: "Zeroing In: Overheard Imagery, Infrastructure Ruins, and Datalands in Afghanistan and Iraq" Lisa Parks Chapter 15: "What Greg Roberts Saw: Visuality, Intelligibility, and Sovereignty - 36,000km Over the Equator." Trevor Paglen Chapter 16: "Media and Martyrdom" Faisal Devji Chapter 17: "Live True Life or Die Trying" Naeem Mohaiemen Attention and Visualizing Economy Chapter 18: "Kino I, Kino World: Notes on the Cinematic Mode of Production" Jonathan L. Beller Chapter 19: "On Virtuosity" Paolo Virno Chapter 20: "Faking Globalization" Ackbar Abbas Chapter 21: "Creativity and the Problem of Free Labor" Andrew Ross Chapter 22: "It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism" Mark Fisher Chapter 23: "Do It Yourself Geo-Politics" Brian Holmes PART 3: THE BODY, COLONIALITY AND VISUALITY Bodies and Minds Chapter 24: "Optics" René Descartes Chapter 25: "Blindness and Visual Culture: An Eye-Witness Account" Georgina Kleege Chapter 26: "Reduplicative Desires" Carol Mavor Chapter 27: "The Persistence of Vision" Donna Haraway Chapter 28: "The body and/in representation" Amelia Jones Chapter 29: "Mami Wata: A Transoceanic Water Spirit of Global Modernity" Henry Drewal Histories and Memories Chapter 30: "The Mobilized and Virtual Gaze in Modernity: Flâneur/Flâneuse" Anne Friedberg Chapter 31: "Tourism and Sacred Ground: The Space of Ground Zero" Marita Sturken Chapter 32: "Maps, Mother/Goddesses and Martyrdom in Modern India" Sumathi Ramaswamy Chapter 33: "Museums in Late Democracies" Dipesh Chakrabarty Chapter 34: "The Fact of Blackness" Frantz Fanon Chapter 35: "The Case of Blackness" Fred Moten (Post/De/Neo)Colonial Visualities Chapter 36: "Orientalism and the Exhibitionary Order" Timothy Mitchell Chapter 37: "The Colonial Harem" Malek Alloula Chapter 38: "Vodun Art, Social History and the Slave Trade" Suzanne Preston Blier Chapter 39: "Between Cult and Culture: Bamiyan, Islamic Iconoclasm and the Museum," Finbarr Barry Flood Chapter 40: "The Postcolonial Constellation: Contemporary Art in a State of Permanent Transition." Okwui Enwezor Chapter 41: "Urban Warfare: Walking Through Walls" Eyal Weizman PART 4: MEDIA AND MEDIATIONS Chapter 42: "U.S. Operating Systems at Midcentury: The Intertwining of Race and UNIX" Tara McPherson Chapter 43: "Rethinking the Digital Age" Faye Ginsburg Chapter 44: "The Unworkable Interface" Alex Galloway Chapter 45: "On the Superiority of the Analog" Brian Massumi Chapter 46: "Race 2.0: Neoliberal Colorblindness in the Age of Participatory Media" Lisa Nakamura Chapter 47: "Imagination, Multimodality and Embodied Interaction: A Discussion of Sound and Movement in Two Cases of Laboratory and Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging" Lisa Cartwright and Morana Alac
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
Book SynopsisFocusing on the principal architects of that time--from Alberti to Palladio--this bestselling classic explains the true significance of certain architectural forms, bringing to light the connections between the architecture and culture of the period.Table of ContentsTHE CENTRALLY PLANNED CHURCH AND THE RENAISSANCE. Alberti's Programme of the Ideal Church. Centralized Churches in Later Architectural Theory. Building Practice: S Maria delle Carceri. Bramante and Palladio. The Religious Symbolism of Centrally Planned Churches. ALBERTI'S APPROACH TO ANTIQUITY IN ARCHITECTURE. The Column in Alberti's Theory and Practice. S. Francesco at Rimini. S. Maria Novella. S. Sebastiano and S. Andrea at Mantua. The Change in Alberti's Interpretation of Classical Architecture. PRINCIPLES OF PALLADIO'S ARCHITECTURE. The Architect as 'uomo universale': Palladio, Trissino and Barbaro. Palladio's Geometry: The Villas. Palladio and Classical Architecture: Palaces and Public Buildings. The Genesis of an Idea: Palladio's Church Façades. Palladio's Optical and Psychological Concepts: II Redentore. THE PROBLEM OF HARMONIC PROPORTION IN ARCHITECTURE. Francesco Giorgi's Platonic Programme for S. Francesco della Vigna. The Mean Proportionals and Architecture. Alberti's Generation of Ratios. Musical Consonances and the Visual Arts. Palladio's 'fugal' System of Proportion. Palladio's Ratios and the Development of Sixteenth-Century Musical Theory. The Break-away from the Laws of Harmonic Porportion Architecture. Appendices. Index.
£51.25
Dover Publications Inc. Gernsheim A Victorian and Edwardian Fashion
Book SynopsisA noted photohistorian documents bonnets, capes, frock coats, caps, shawls, bodices, and crinolines as people actually wore them from 1840 through 1914. More than 200 photos depict aristocrats and the middle class as well as Oscar Wilde, Lillie Langtry, Winston Churchill, Queen Victoria, and others. Commentary and annotations describe and identify the costumes.
£15.29
Dover Publications Inc. Victorian Floral Illustrations 344 Wood
Book SynopsisOver 340 handsome and botanically accurate wood engravings: baobab tree, quaking grass, winged pea, and many other unusual plants. Each illustration includes the scientific name and brief description.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. Best Work of Aubrey Beardsley Dover Pictorial
Book SynopsisRich selection of 170 boldly executed black-and-white illustrations ranging from illustrations for Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Balzac's La Comedie Humaine to magazine cover designs, book plates, and more.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. The History of Underclothes
Book SynopsisFascinating survey of various undergarments worn by the English over six centuries. Well-documented, scholarly presentation enhanced with over 100 period illustrations depicting laced-up bodice of the 12th century, embroidered linen drawers (1500s), hooped petticoat support (c. 1750), footed long drawers (1795), 19th-century bustles, early 19th-century corsets for men, Victorian bust improvers, much more.
£11.87
Dover Publications Inc. Art Nouveau
Book SynopsisA revolutionary reaction to the eclectic historical styles of nineteenth-century art, the turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau movement drew much of its inspiration from nature. Applying its sinuous, curvilinear motifs to the decorative arts, graphics, architecture, sculpture, and painting, artists and crafters attempted to create a style suitable for a modern age. This treasury of rare Art Nouveau decorative ornaments offers an unusual selection of the genre''s most strikingly imaginative graphics. Originally published in Paris in 1899 and sold by subscription, the collection featuresfifty full-page plates depicting a rich profusion of everyday items rendered in the distinctive Art Nouveau style.Intricate patterns of flowers, vines, faces, and other designs decorate scores of objects made of metal, ceramic, and glass: pitchers and vases, cutlery, walking sticks, jewelry, and other objects and artifacts. A source of authentic Art Nouveau graphics, this compilationwill serve as an inspiration for artists, illustrators, and designers.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. English WoodEngraving 19001950
Book SynopsisA wonderful look at the many styles of wood engraving from the time period 1900?1950. The illustrations are sublime, and there is a lot of variation both in theme, execution and style. I really enjoyed looking at the engravings, and the text was interesting and very readable. ? Jefferson-Madison Regional Library SystemAt the turn of the twentieth century the art of wood-engraving enjoyed a flourishing revival among English artists. These works were so fundamentally different from their predecessors, in both design and technique, that they formed a new branch of the art. This volume showcases five decades'' worth of magnificent wood engravings in a series of finely wrought black-and-white and color images, selected from a wide array of sources that includes lesser-known works from temporary exhibitions and limited editions.An informative history of the art precedes the illustrations, tracing the development of wood-engraving from the art form''s earliest days through its decline and resurgence of popularity. A chronological presentation of striking, intricately detailed images follows, featuring the works of such noted artists as Eric Gill, Iain Macnab, Eric Ravilious, John Nash, and Clare Leighton, in addition to scores of others. Ranging from vignettes of animals and rural lifeto street scenes, portraits, and episodes from literature, this survey offers a magnificent overview of the vibrant era in the art of wood-engraving.
£16.64
Dover Publications Inc. The Encyclopedia of Ornament
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1842, this volume made an important contribution to the nineteenth-century Gothic Revival, during which English artists rediscovered decorative styles from their country''s medieval past. Few published sources of the Victorian era offered information on historic designs, and The Encyclopedia of Ornament was warmly received and widely praised for the meticulous rendering of its plates. Modern-day graphic artists and designers, art historians, and students of the history of style and decoration will likewise prize this extensive treasury of authentic designs.Arranged in chronological order, this richly illustrated compilation traces a long history of ornamentation: ironwork of the thirteenth century; painted tiles of the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries; wood carvings and panels of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; fifteenth-century ornamental drapery; sixteenth-century book bindings; designs for jewelry, plate, and other decorative items by Hans Holbein and his contemporaries; lace and needlework of the seventeenth century; and architectural ornaments and stained glass of various periods from English and French cathedrals.
£10.44
Dover Publications Inc. Treasury of Audubon Birds
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Impressionist PostImpressionist Drawing
Book SynopsisClaude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and their colleagues made some of the most beautiful drawings in the history of art. This book sets drawings by the impressionists and post-impressionists in the context of late nineteenth-century France, explaining why these particular works are as important as these artists? paintings in the representation of modernity.Impressionist & Post-Impressionist DrawingTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Triumph of Drawing • Eugène Boudin 1824–1898 • Camille Pissarro 1830–1903 • Édouard Manet 1832–1883 • Edgar Degas 1834–1917 • Paul Cézanne 1839–1906 • Alfred Sisley 1839–1899 • Odilon Redon 1840–1916 • Claude Monet 1840–1926 • Berthe Morisot 1841–1895 • Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919 • Federico Zandomeneghi 1841–1917 • Mary Cassatt 1844–1926 • Paul Gauguin 1848–1903 • Gustave Caillebotte 1848–1894 • Jean-François Raffaëlli 1850–1924 • Jean-Louis Forain 1852–1931 • Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 • Georges Seurat 1859–1891 • Paul Signac 1863–1935 • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Bauhaus Imaginista
Book SynopsisPlacing a rare emphasis on the international reach and reception of the Bauhaus, this book assesses the impact of the Bauhaus school from a global perspective.Trade Review'Lavishly illustrated' - SWISS'Splendidly illustrated … a must for modern art lovers' - The LadyTable of ContentsForeword • 1. Correspondence • 2. Designing Life • 3. Vernacular Modernism • 4. Undead
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The Art Museum in Modern Times
Book SynopsisDrawing on his unique experience at the helm of three major British art institutions, Charles Saumarez Smith traces how art museums across the world have changed over the past eighty years.Trade Review'An original book, and so beautifully written and constructed' - Professor Sir David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University and President of the British Academy'A wise and insightful tour of our most successful art museums. One couldn’t ask for a better informed or more congenial guide. Highly recommended' - Professor Andrew McClellan, Professor of History of Art and Museum Studies, Tufts University'There are few people as perfectly suited to give an overview of the pre-COVID museum landscape than Charles Saumarez Smith. Respected by the entire museum field, he has directed three major institutions, each with notable success ... Insightful, witty, playful and ironic, who better to guide a reader through the confusing terrain of the past several decades of the ‘museum boom’?' - James Bradburne, Director General, Pinacoteca di Brera and the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, and Editor-in-Chief, Museum Management and Curatorship'I love the style, tone and perspective, the personal experience present along the way, and the open mode of thinking and reflecting on what is seen. That is rare in museum literature and gives a special authority and also a thrill to the text' - Professor Mari Lending, Professor of Architectural History and Theory, Oslo School of Architecture and Design'Charles Saumarez Smith is well placed to consider all of the elements that define a contemporary institution, from architecture and curatorial expertise to funding models and the thorny subject of public duty' - The Arts Society'Written with the crisp elegance found in Baedeker’s guides' - The Financial Times'Charles Saumarez Smith is eminently qualified to answer the two main questions underpinning this survey of 42 museums: How have such institutions changed in the past century? And what does the future look like for these cathedrals of culture? Saumarez Smith … brings his experience and insights to this sweeping overview' - The Art Newspaper'Charles Saumarez Smith thoughtfully charts how quickly and definitively museums have moved on from the Cassoubonish attitude to become the public palaces they are now' - Apollo'Saumarez Smith’s case studies demonstrate how museums have changed since the 1930s and why. Understanding this history helps in understanding why museums look like they do now. With that understanding, a richer experience of those museums awaits us' - Studio International'Remarkable and provocatively thoughtful … The diversity is astounding … For the gallery visitor, this is an essential read, which sharpens our awareness of the absorbing complexity of the museum experience. The reader’s experience is further enhanced by the book’s exemplary design, and very well-chosen images of buildings, their interiors, and of individual architects, curators and patrons' - Artlyst'In his informed and engaging prose, Smith brings out the personality unique to each museum. This is complemented by a diverse selection of images … All these play their part in a book that is, above all else, shockingly good-looking' - The Arts Desk''Saumarez Smith is good on the often antagonistic relationship between architects and directors, and the difficulties of reconciling fantastical plans with a building that actually functions ... Every entry has its nuggets ... [a] clever, persuasive book' - Laura Freeman, Literary Review'How best to use this book? Perhaps simply to absorb the insider knowledge of an art historian, curator and former museum director who opens up the private conversations that have shaped the public spaces in which we experience art' - Art Quarterly'A fascinating look at how museums, their mission and their vision, have evolved over the past half-century… This superb and eminently readable book takes us along a roller coaster of ups and downs, experienced by museums as they lose, regain, refashion their intellectual confidence, their belief in or rejection of, the notion of a set of universal values, alternately giving prompts to, or taking their cues from, the public' - Blue Guides'Saumarez Smith headed the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy, and there seems hardly a museum worldwide that he hasn’t visited. As architectural historian and cultural commentator, he is compelling, charming, tolerant and wise on why museums matter, how their role is changing, and what that reveals about broader social and political transformation' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. The Pre-War Museum • 2. The Modern Museum • 3. The Post-Modern Museum • 4. Museums for the New Millennium • 5. The Museum Re-invented • Conclusion
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The Wyvern Collection
Book SynopsisThe fourth catalogue devoted to the Wyvern Collection, an exceptional private collection of medieval and Renaissance art, comparable to the holdings of many of the world's great museums.Trade Review'Masterly … photographs by Matt Pia provide exceptional coverage of the objects in this outstanding British private collection of medieval art … [Paul] Williamson places these works in the context of all relevant comparative objects in public and private collections on the basis of the most up-to-date current research' - Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsForeword Preface Explanatory Notes on the Catalogue Entries The Catalogue I Early Medieval Works of Art Catalogue numbers 1–12 II Romanesque Enamels, excluding Limoges Catalogue numbers 13–21 III Limoges Enamels Catalogue numbers 22–87 IV Gothic and Renaissance Works of Art Catalogue numbers 88–143 V Stained and Painted Glass Catalogue numbers 144–152 VI Limoges Painted Enamels Catalogue numbers 153–182 VII Ceramics Catalogue numbers 183–189 VIII Textiles and Tapestry Catalogue numbers 190–194 IX Later Works of Art Catalogue numbers 195–204 X Appendix to Wyvern Collection, Volumes 1 and 2 Catalogue numbers 205–210 Concordance Bibliography
£55.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art of the Baltic States
Book SynopsisIn this highly illustrated volume, Serge Fauchereau presents the modern art scene of the Baltic countries, showing how artists from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia created their own art movement rooted in Baltic life. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Baltic artists and writers were starting to reclaim and promote their artistic heritage as radically distinct from that of the invading nations, with pioneers such as M. K. Ciurlionis and Vilhelms Purvitis demonstrating rare originality in their work. Focusing on the modern era, Fauchereau tackles a broad range of artistic fields such as painting, sculpture, photography, and art criticism and includes works by Petras Kalpokas, Aleksandra Belcova, and Eduard Ole, among many others.Art of the Baltic State
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Thames & Hudson Ltd If These Apples Should Fall
Book SynopsisA Financial Times Book of the Year 2022A penetrating analysis of the work of one of the most influential painters in the history of modern art by one of the worldâs most respected art historians. For more than a century the art of Paul CÃzanne was held to hold the key to modernity. His painting was a touchstone for Samuel Beckett as much as Henri Matisse. Rilke revered him deeply, as did Picasso. If we lost touch with his sense of life, they thought, we lost an essential element in our self-understanding. If These Apples Should Fall: CÃzanne and the Present looks back on CÃzanne from a moment â our own â when such judgments may seem to need justifying. What was it, the book asks, that held CÃzanneâs viewers spellbound? At the heart of CÃzanne lies a sense of disquiet: a homelessness haunting the vividness, an anxiety underlying the appeal of colour. T. J. Clark addresses this strangeness head-on, examining the art of Pissarro, Matisse and others in relation to it. AboTrade Review'An electrifying account of looking intently to fathom Cézanne’s pictures: what makes their beauty still so uncanny, precarious, visionary. Stalking his subject with a hawk’s eye, a philosopher’s mind and an open heart, Clark unfolds both the artist at work and his own evolving responses ... The best book on Cézanne since Meyer Schapiro’s in 1952 … an electrifying companion' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times, Books of the Year'A book that shows how this great artist is still stretching minds' - Jonathan Jones, Guardian'Characteristically brilliant and provocative … fascinating' - Gabriel Josipovici, TLS'Clark is an astonishingly good judge. He can bend language around an image until the two are only millimetres apart ... there are bold observations on almost every page of this book' - Jackson Arn, Art in America'Fans of T. J. Clark will be fascinated by this latest stop on his sometimes unexpected intellectual journey' - Tom Stammers, Literary Review'Clark writes beautifully … [he] is still the most careful and perceptive of art critics writing today. Even when one diverges from Clark’s conclusions, one never feels in the presence of someone who does not look, think and write without the utmost attention and seriousness' - The Jackdaw'It is the boldness of the book that is exhilarating, the author taking interpretive gambles … brims with memorable insights and aphorisms' - Literary Review'One of the most exciting books on art I have read' - Gabriel Josipovici, Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year'A very generous text. Clark invites us in on his reflexive meditations – a welcome relief from academic arguments that are almost paranoically designed to be bulletproof from first sentence to final footnote' - Hal Foster, London Review of Books'What drives If These Apples Should Fall is less the task of scholarly exposition than the swelling momentum of interpretation itself... Clark’s observations can be unforgettable... In Clark’s hands, Cézanne’s practice is at once singular and a paradigm for an art history that lets in the world only when it needs to' - Artforum'Clark writes in the tradition of Lukács, Adorno and Debord ... His prose is full of leaping, dramatic comparisons, flashes of detournement ... The book flicks between registers, from doubt to certainty, from prose to verse' - Saul Nelson, New Left Review'A great book ... deeply original ... it will inspire readers to rethink fundamentals ... [a] madly suggestive, wildly adventuresome book ' - The British Journal of AestheticsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Pissarro and Cézanne 2. Cézanne’s Material 3. Cézanne and the Outside World 4. Peasants 5. Matisse in the Garden Conclusion
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Art Unpacked
Book SynopsisA down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to âreadâ, understand and get the most out of art. For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable technical language. Even for more seasoned art lovers the question of how to think about art is a perennial riddle. Art Unpacked is the perfect resource for both audiences: an engaging, visual primer for the general reader, as well as educators. Designed like an instruction manual, fifty key artworks from around the world are deconstructed with pithy explanations, diagrams and close-ups, in order to reveal the elements that make up a masterpiece. Dating from the earliest times to the present, the artworks under analysis are drawn from many cultures, and cover all forms of visual media including: drawing, illustration, photography, prints and sculpture. Matthew Wilsonâs simplicity of approach, using established art historical methods, enables the reader to discover the fundamentals of art Table of ContentsIntroduction: How Art Works 1. The Roots of Art: 30,000 BCE to 1399 CE 2. The Growth of Knowledge: 1400–1599 3. The Expansion of Vision: 1600–1799 4. The Modern World: 1800–1945 5. New Practices and Beyond: 1945–onwards
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd George HoyningenHuene
Book SynopsisA captivating photographic odyssey spanning fashion, Hollywood and travel, this is the first publication in almost 40 years on the work of George Hoyningen-Huene, the photographer whose images defined an era. Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (19001968), known simply as Huene, worked during the golden age of couture fashion and Hollywood cinema. He was born in St Petersburg to a wealthy family, but they had to flee their home during the Russian revolution in 1917. Huene spent time in England before moving to Paris, where he was employed to create photographs for Vogue and Vanity Fair and rapidly established himself as a visual innovator, fusing elements of neoclassicism and surrealism to create chic, arresting images. In 1935, Huene joined Harper's Bazaar magazine, where he remained a contributor until 1946, following which he settled in California and embarked on a second career as a colour coordinator for Hollywood films. Supported by an international exhibition opening at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo, this book combines elegant design and production values with rigorous new research and scholarship. Organized into eight chapters, each supported by texts by contributing writers from the worlds of fashion, cinema and photography, and featuring names and faces that have defined our view of style, glamour and grace in the 20th century, it reminds us of Huene's position among the greats of photography.
£56.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Van Gogh in AuverssurOise
Book SynopsisA landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty drawings in the course of the intense, productive period leading up to his self-inflicted death on 29 July 1890. While the Portrait of Dr Gachet, The Church at Auvers and Wheatfield with Crows are numbered among his greatest masterpieces, this part of his oeuvre is otherwise less known - unfairly so - than the sunny landscapes he painted in the south of France. The book follows the artist from his arrival in Auvers-Sur-Oise, where he set to work full of hope and with fresh ambitions, through to his final weeks. Essays by leading Van Gogh specialists highlight his artistic ambitions and mental state during this final phase; his exploration of the Auvers landscape
£36.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Germaine Richier
Book SynopsisA major reassessment of Germaine Richier's work and impact on 20th-century sculpture. Germaine Richier (1902-59) occupies a central position in the history of modern sculpture. Predominantly working in bronze, her art revitalized the form of the figure, forging radical new images of men and women in the post-war period which blended the human body and natural forms in a hybrid of abstraction and figuration. As the first woman artist to have a solo exhibition in her own lifetime at the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, she held a unique position in the 1940s and 50s as a successful female career artist, exhibiting internationally and developing a style that has been largely overshadowed by the predominant male canon. This major reassessment of Richier's complete oeuvre establishes her key position within the artistic context of her time and, more broadly, her influential impact on 20th-century sculpture. Writers including Mika Biermann, Marie Darrieussecq, Maryline DesbioTable of ContentsIntroduction Six Essays Catalogue of Works The Artist in Her Own Words
£36.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Griselda Pollock on Gauguin
Book SynopsisGriselda Pollock, feminist art historian and longstanding advocate of gender and racial inclusivity, unpacks the racist, sexist and imperialist underpinnings of works by Gauguin and others as they competed for pre-eminence in the European avant-garde of the 1880s and 90s. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series celebrates writers and thinkers who have helped shape the conversation across the arts. Mixing classic and contemporary texts, reissues and abridgements, these are bite-sized, fully illustrated reads in an attractive, affordable and highly collectable package.
£11.69
Thames & Hudson Ltd Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art
Book SynopsisThames & Hudson's new, affordable, covetable Pocket Perspectives': beautifully illustrated essays by canonical writers' Financial Times Explore the dynamic world of 1960s Pop Art through Lucy Lippard's insightful analysis in this new addition to the Pocket Perspectives series. Pop Art epitomized the free spirit of the 1960s, blending carnival-like qualities with bold colours and monumental scale, but based on a tough, no-nonsense, no-refinement standard appropriate to its time. Renowned art critic and curator Lucy Lippard's classic, contemporaneous study enriches our understanding of this groundbreaking art movement. Across three chapters, the author first outlines the phenomenon of Pop Art, its antecedents and related styles ranging from folk art, Surrealism and Dada as well as the work of key artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. She then focuses on Pop Art in New York, discussing key iconic figures including Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Jame
£11.69
Thames & Hudson Ltd Hokusai beyond the Great Wave British Museum
Book SynopsisA major publication on Hokusai's remarkable late work, incorporating fresh scholarship on the sublime paintings and prints the artist created in the last thirty years of his life.Trade Review'The most important publication for years on Hokusai … a uniquely valuable overview of the artists’ late career' - Asian Art Newspaper
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art and Architecture in Mexico
Book SynopsisOffers an interpretive history of Mexican art and architecture from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the 21st century. The author shows how artists in Mexico participated in local and international developments, and highlights the important role played by Mexicans in the art world of the last five centuries.Trade Review'A sweeping panorama of five rich and diverse centuries of Mexican art and architecture. The best and most up-to-date survey of its kind' - Alan Knight, Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction • Chapter 1: Conquest and Negotiation 1520–1600 • Chapter 2: Art for the New Cities 1550–1700 • Chapter 3: Baroque Splendor under the Bourbons 1700–1810 • Chapter 4: From Neoclassicism to Romanticism 1750–1850 • Chapter 5: National Identity: History, Landscape, Citizens 1840–80 • Chapter 6: From the Porfiriato to the Revolution 1880–1920 • Chapter 7: From Revolution to Renaissance 1920–34 • Chapter 8: Political and Personal Dreams 1934–46 • Chapter 9: Construction and Rebellion 1946–72 • Chapter 10: From the Olympics to Neo-Mexicanism 1968–94 • Chapter 11: Contemporary Art
£13.46
Thames & Hudson Ltd Body Art
Book SynopsisNicholas Thomas is Professor of Historical Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Among his previous books are Oceanic Art in the World of Art series and Islanders: the Pacific in the Age of Empire, which won the Wolfson History Prize in 2010.Table of ContentsIntroduction – What is ‘body art’? • 1. Humanity • 2. Society • 3. Theatricality • 4. Beauty • 5. Criminality • 6. Identity • Afterword
£16.82
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art Since 1960
Book SynopsisPresents an overview that helps you make coherent sense of the often-bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques, and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art. This edition includes a new chapter on developments in contemporary art since 2000. It offers information on the evolution of art over the decades.Trade Review'Archer’s admirable overview treats the history of art of this period in a manner which does justice to its diversity and its complexity of inter-relations, between different aspects of artistic practice and the actualities of the world in which they operate... a?brave and intelligent attempt to live up to its implications' - Art Monthly
£11.66
Thames & Hudson Ltd Greek Art
Book SynopsisWe now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked with a wealth of other materials on a major scale, including wood and precious metals. This edition showcases the artistic endeavours of the ancient Greeks.Trade Review'One of the very best short histories of Greek art' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsPreface • Introduction • 1. The Beginnings and Geometric Greece • 2. Greece and the Arts of the East and Egypt • 3. Archaic Greek Art • 4. Classical Sculpture and Architecture • 5. Other Arts in Classical Greece • 6. Hellenistic Art • 7. Greek Art and the Greeks • 8. The Legacy
£11.66
Thames & Hudson Ltd Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950 World
Book SynopsisThe first ever comprehensive, transnational survey of the major movements and practitioners of recent art from central and eastern Europe.Table of ContentsIntroduction • 1. 1950s: Competing Paths to a Higher Form of Realism • 2. 1960s: Gestures of Liberation • 3. 1970s: Practising Impossible Art • 4. 1980s: Excesses of Non-Conformity • 5. 1990s: Critical Exposures • 6. 2000s: Radical Recollections of the Global Transitioners • 7. 2010s: Sculpting Uncertainty • Conclusion
£15.29
Thames & Hudson Ltd Latin American Art Since 1900
Book SynopsisThe only one-volume introduction to modern and post-modern art from Latin America, perhaps the most exciting and rewarding art scene in the world today.Table of Contents1. Forerunners and Independents • 2. The First Modern Movements • 3. Mexican Muralism • 4. Muralism Beyond Mexico • 5. The Exiles • 6. Mexico: Four Women and One Man • 7. A Climate of Change • 8. Geometric Abstraction • 9. Informal Abstraction 10. Expressionist Tendencies • 11. Realism, Pop Art and Surrealism • 12. Moving Towards the Present • 13. Latin American Art Now
£15.26
Thames & Hudson Ltd Turner
Book SynopsisA classic study of Britain's greatest painter, revised and updated to offer a fresh, clear reappraisal of the artist's life and work.Table of Contents1. ‘Life’s Morning Landscape’ • 2. The Academician • 3. ‘A Wonderful Range of Mind’ 4. Italy: ‘That Veil of Matchless Colour’ • 5. The Tragic Vision
£13.46
Thames & Hudson Ltd Viking Art
Book SynopsisThe definitive introduction to art from the Viking age, in all media and styles.Table of ContentsPreface • Introduction: What is Viking Art? • Timeline • 1. The World of the Vikings and the Origins of Viking Art • 2. The Oseberg and Borre Styles • 3. The Jellinge and Mammen Styles • 4. The Ringerike and Urnes Styles • 5. Content: Pagan to Christian • Epilogue, Maps, Further Reading
£14.24
Thames & Hudson Ltd Caribbean Art
Book SynopsisA new, updated and expanded edition of this classic survey on the history of Caribbean art, featuring the work of over 100 artists from the period of colonialism to the present day. Caribbean Art presents and discusses the diverse, fascinating and highly accomplished work of Caribbean artists, whether indigenous or from the diaspora, popular or high' culture, rural or urban based, politically radical or religious. This expanded edition has a new preface, and has been updated to reflect on recent challenges to the ideological premises and institutions of conventional art-historical practice and their connections to histories of colonialism, Eurocentricity and race. Two new chapters focus on public monuments linked to the history of the Caribbean, and the intersections between art and tourism, raising important questions about cultural representation. Featuring the work of internationally recognized artists such as Sonia Boyce, Christopher Cozier, Wifredo Lam, Ana Mendieta, ETable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. Prehispanic and Colonial Art 2. Decolonization and Creative Iconoclasm 3. Modernism and Cultural Nationalism 4. Popular Culture, Religion and the Festival Arts 5. ‘Dangerously Close to Tourist Art’ 6. Political Radicalism, Abstraction and Experimental Art 7. The Land, the Sea and the Environment 8. The Personal and the Political 9. The Caribbean Contemporary Bibliography List of Illustrations
£15.29
Thames and Hudson Ltd The Body in Contemporary Art
Book SynopsisSally O'Reilly writes for performance, print and video, and is a regular contributor to various art magazines including Art Monthly, frieze, Art Review and Time Out. She has written numerous catalogue essays for international museums and galleries, and was Writer in Residence at the Whitechapel Art Gallery (201011) and Modern Art Oxford (2016). O'Reilly has also curated and produced a number of performance events, both independently and as one of the founders of Brown Mountain College of the Performing Arts.
£17.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Van Gogh Paintings
Book SynopsisExplores various paintings in the context of Van Goghs short but brilliant career, allying the works to his correspondence.Table of ContentsIntroduction • Early Work – Belgium and Holland • Antwerp and Paris – 1886–1887 • Arles 1888 • Arles – Saint Rémy 1889 • Auvers 1890
£999.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Turner the Sea
Book SynopsisPublished to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, this book explores and celebrates Turners lifelong fascination with the sea. It sets his work within the context of marine painting in the 19th century.Trade Review'A major analysis of the work of both Turner himself and of maritime art in the 18th and 19th centuries … this cannot be bettered' - The Artist'Encyclopaedic … a lavish publication' - Apollo
£36.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Duchamp Dictionary
Book SynopsisMarcel Duchamp (1887-1968) has entered mainstream culture as one of the founding fathers of modern art. This book explores the artist's life and work. It features more than 200 entries on the interesting and important artworks, relationships, people and ideas in Duchamp's life.Trade Review'Girst's The Duchamp Dictionary is exactly the sort of book Duchamp himself would have enjoyed reading. The entries are well researched and written, informative and entertaining. You can't ask for more' - Francis Naumann'It’s about time that a publication reveals the vastness of Duchamp’s influence and thinking in the 20th and 21st centuries. I have absolute praise for Girst’s achievement with this historic publication' - Jeff Koons'Girst elegantly unravels the skeins of Duchamp’s thinking. ‘The Duchamp Dictionary’ is an essential compendium for puzzling out an essential artist' - Richard Armstrong, Director Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
£17.06
Thames & Hudson Ltd Monets Trees Paintings and Drawings by Claude
Book SynopsisOne of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement and perhaps the most celebrated landscape painter of his age, Monet dedicated his life to capturing the subtleties of the natural world. This book deals with Paintings and Drawings of this Artist.Table of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Monet’s Love of Trees • 2. Monet’s Trees by Rivers and Seas • 3. Monet’s Trees in the Countryside • 4. Monet’s Trees in Parks and Gardens • 5. Monet’s Trees in Winter
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art Science Now
Book SynopsisOffers an overview of the art being made at the scientific research. This title shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is being produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological advances.Trade Review'Eye-catching work by artists blurring the boundaries between art and science' - Observer'Fascinating … the artists/scientists in this book show that good art and good science are not so very different, and that when they find their niche, their joining can make something powerful, interesting and beautiful' - The Art BookTable of ContentsIntroduction: Art, Science + Technology • 1. Molecular Biology • 2. Living Systems • 3. Human Biology • 4. Physical Sciences • 5. Kinetics and Robotics • 6. Alternative Interfaces • 7. Algorithms • 8. Information
£18.95
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Art of Not Making
Book SynopsisExplores the concepts of authorship, artistic originality, skill, craftsmanship and the creative act. This title highlights the vital role that skills from craft and industrial production play in creating some of the most innovative and highly sought-after works of art.Trade Review'Glorious ' - Harper’s Bazaar'Gorgeous to look at … Petry so obviously knows his stuff' - Art Quarterly'The arguments presented in this glossy, erudite book are bold, intriguing … beautiful' - Gay TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction: When Art Meets Craft • 1. Glass • 2. Metal • 3. Stone • 4. Textiles • 5. Other Materials • Interviews; Biographies; Bibliography
£16.96
Thames & Hudson Ltd PreRaphaelite Drawing
Book SynopsisThe paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are widely known and loved. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the intimate world of the Pre-Raphaelites drawings.Trade Review'Opulent … examines with lavish illustrations the range of subject matter in enthralling detail' - V&A MagazineTable of Contents1. Drawings and Drawing: A Pre-Raphaelite Introduction; 2. The Flat, the Antique and the Life: Academic Drawing and the Pre-Raphaelites; 3. Direct and Heartfelt: Early Influences on Pre-Raphaelite Drawing; 4. Studying Nature Attentively: Ruskin and Pre-Raphaelitism; 5. Drawing the Circle: Portraits, Self-Portraits and Caricatures; 6. Pre-Raphaelite Compositions: Drawing History, Drawing Modernity; 7. The Poetry of Illustration: Disseminating Pre-Raphaelite Drawing in the 1850s and 1860s; 8. Working Drawings: Design and Pattern from the Pre- Raphaelites to the Arts and Crafts Movement; 9. The Aesthetics of Drawing from the 1860s to the 1890s: The Pre-Raphaelite Influence
£21.21
Thames & Hudson Ltd Make Your Mark
Book SynopsisDivided into three: 'Draw', 'Paint', 'Make', this book celebrates and discusses the work of forty-five urban artists, extraordinarily diverse but united by one basic principle: their work is completely fresh, original and the epitome of creativity - an antidote to the jaded imagery that fills our streets and our media.Trade Review'Make Your Mark looks at the newest global talents in this sphere, celebrating their work and showing that you don’t have to be framed and hung to be considered an artist' - Homes & Interiors Scotland'Documents the work of up-and-coming global artists' - ShortlistTable of ContentsIntroduction • Draw • Paint • Make
£21.21
