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Amsterdam University Press Rembrandt. The Painter at Work
Book SynopsisRembrandt's paintings have been admired throughout centuries because of their artistic freedom. But Rembrandt was also a craftsman whose painting technique was rooted the tradition. This sweeping examination of Rembrandt's oeuvre is the result of a lifelong search for the artist's working methods, his intellectual approach to painting and the way in which his studio functioned. Ernst van de Wetering demonstrates how this knowledge can be used to tackle questions about authenticity and other art-historical issues. Approximately 350 illustrations, half of which are reproduced in colour, make this book into a monumental tribute to one of the worlds most important painters.Trade Review'The book is - if one may be allowed to say such a thing about a serious scholarly work - a gripping good-read.' Christopher White - The Burlington Magazine 'This is a very rich book, a deeply felt analysis of an artist whom the author knows better than almost any other living scholar.' Christopher Brown - Times Literary Supplement 'Who would not have wanted to look over Rembrandt's shoulder while he painted? Among the countless books on Rembrandt, that by Ernst van de Wetering comes closest to conveying something of this experience because the author combines the qualifications of a trained connoisseur and of a practising painter.' Ernst Gombrich
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Bokforlaget Max Strom Abandon Ship: Shipwreck in Art
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Double 9 Books Knights Of Art Stories Of The Italian Painters
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Double 9 Books The Kiltartan History Book
Book SynopsisThe Kiltartan History Book was written as a historical masterpiece by Lady Gregory, an Irish playwright, folklorist, and literary icon. With an eye-catching new cover and a beautifully typeset copy, this version of THE KILTARTAN HISTORY BOOK is both modern and legible. The story is full of unexpected twists and turns that will keep the reader engaged. Some narratives are violent and strange, whereas others creep up on you and slowly bother you in. Readers are compelled to keep reading because the title character is so self-indulgent. Lady Gregory's work, noted for its painstaking research and enthralling storytelling, contributes significantly to Irish history and literature. The literary work sheds light on many aspects of Kiltartan's past, including its cultural legacy, social traditions, and historical events. Lady Gregory weaves a lovely tapestry of the region's past using her deep knowledge of Irish folklore and oral traditions.
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Double 9 Books Holland the History of the Netherlands
Book SynopsisHolland is a historical novel written by Thomas Colley Grattan. The novel, set against the backdrop of the 16th-century Dutch War of Independence, provides a vivid and dramatic picture of the Dutch people's battle against Spanish authority. Some narratives are brutal and weird, whereas others creep up on you and draw you in slowly. As the title character is so indulgent, readers are forced to keep reading to find out what happens next. The plot concentrates mostly upon Gerard, a Dutch patriot and military leader who becomes a crucial figure in the Dutch independence movement. Gerard's journey takes readers through the conflict's various stages, beginning with the early revolts and uprisings and ending with the establishment of the Dutch Republic. Along the way, the story explores themes of bravery, patriotism, and the continuous spirit of resistance. Grattan's Holland is well-known for its meticulous historical study and attention to detail, which provides readers with an exciting mix of truth and fiction. The book not only recounts a gripping story, but it also illuminates the larger historical and political context of the Dutch struggle for independence. Holland is a historical novel that exhibits Grattan's ability to convey the spirit of a nation's yearning for liberation.
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Double 9 Books The Old Merchant Marine A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS
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Double 9 Books The Children Of France
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Double 9 Books The Abbe Aubain And Mosaics
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Tara Books Another History of The Children's Picture Book:
Book SynopsisThis book calls for a re-imagining of global picture book history: with the former Soviet Union at the centre of this narrative web. The result of an unusual collaboration between India and Lithuania, the book looks at two different global impacts of the Soviet picture book enterprise. At a particular period in Indian history, cheaply available Soviet picture books, in English and vernacular translations, changed the way Indian children read. This was part of the Soviet Union's efforts to spread 'socialist' culture across the world. Meanwhile, a different and more problematic kind of cultural 'globalization' was underway in the regions governed by the Soviet State, and Lithuania is a rich case in point.A sumptuous and unusual archive of art has been mined to go with this history: from socialist realist art to classic examples of the Lithuanian primitive-modern, many of the images in the book are featured in an English language publication for the first time.
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Lannoo Publishers Emotion: Fashion in Transition
Book SynopsisIn this timely book, three noted fashion historians examine the global transformations in the fashion industry today, and identify the challenges of the future. Since the dawn of designer fashion at the beginning of the 20th century, the role and position of the designer has drastically changed. This book addresses how the interpretation of creativity, authorship, craft, and innovation have evolved in this new context, and asks what role designers play in a globalised and digitised fashion world.
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Uitgeverij de Kunst Views of Haarlem
Book SynopsisInspired by poets, draftsmen and printmakers, painters also discovered Haarlem and its beautiful surroundings as rewarding subjects for their work. Jacob van Ruisdael and Gerrit Berckheyde both repeatedly pictured the city the former with his Haerlempjes', where heavy cloudy skies dominate the landscape and the unmistakable St Bavo's Church stands on the horizon. Berckheyde is known for his atmospheric cityscapes: the Grote Markt, with St Bavo's as the focal point, the Weigh House on the River Spaarne and the city gates.
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Meta4Books vzw Bruegel and Beyond: Netherlandish Drawings in the
Book SynopsisThe Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels houses the largest collection of drawings in the country. Among its highlights are works by leading artists of the Low Countries, including Pieter Bruegel I, Joris Hoefnagel, Hendrick Goltzius, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacques Jordaens. As the library’s collection has been little studied up to now, it is largely unknown to scholars and the general public. To acquaint a wider audience with these important works of art, this richly illustrated publication brings together for the first time over one hundred master drawings from the Royal Library’s vaults. Not only new art-historical insights are presented, but also numerous rediscovered drawings and revised attributions to artists such as Maarten van Heemskerck and Karel van Mander. This carefully researched book, written by thirty specialists in the field, aims to make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the history of Netherlandish drawing from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.Distributed for Hannibal Books
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Hannibal Books Raphael Revolution in Tapestry Design
Book SynopsisThe spectacular beauty of Raphael's tapestries as you have never seen it before In 1515, Pope Leo X commissioned the Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio (14831520), now generally known as Raphael in English, to make the cartoons for a series of ten tapestries with scenes from the lives of Saints Peter and Paul. This commission played an instrumental part in the stylistic development of the Flemish tapestries, a marvellous illustration of princely splendour in the sixteenth century. Under Habsburg rule, Brussels soon emerged as a leading manufactory for exquisite products. Raphael's designs are among the most successful series in the history of tapestry production. This publication shows the enormous richness of the tapestries through dozens of details. It accompanies a collection exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, home to the former imperial tapestry collection, from 26 September 2023 to 14 January 2024.
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Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers The Avant-Garde in Georgia: 1900–1936
Book SynopsisIn the turbulent global context following the fall of the Russian Empire and the October Revolution, Georgia declared its independence in 1918. Between then and the beginning of Soviet rule in 1921, an Avant-Garde creative scene burgeoned. Artists met, mainly in the many taverns and cafés in Kutaisi and the capital Tbilisi, to organise multidisciplinary events. Their frequent collaborations and interactions, which bore the imprint of Georgian tradition and Western and Eastern influences, took various forms: paintings, drawings, films, photos, performances and typographical experiments. Divergent movements such as Symbolism/Neo-Symbolism, Futurism, Dadaism, Zaum, Expressionism, Cubism and Cubo-Futurism existed side by side in unprecedented creative turbulence. This book tells the unknown story of a vibrant Avant-Garde in the Caucasus, born in the taverns of Tbilisi – artistic laboratories where anything was possible, but where Soviet censorship lurked. Extensively illustrated with works by Elene Akhvlediani, Gigo Gabashvili, Irakli Gamrekeli, Lado Gudiashvili, David Kakabadze, Petre Otskheli, Niko Pirosmanashvili, Ilia and Kirile Zdanevich, and many others.Table of Contents5 Preface I Thea Tsulukiani 7 Preface II Philippe Vlerick 9 Introduction Nana Kipiani, Irine Jorjadze and Tea Tabatadze 13 First Chapter: 1832–1900 14 How We Became Modernists Nana Kipiani 69 Second Chapter: 1900–1921 70 Avant-Garde on 41° (Tbilisi) Nana Kipiani 157 Third Chapter: 1921–1936 158 Made Pictures A Conversation with Levan Chogoshvili, Nana Kipiani, Ketevan Shavgulidze and Irine Jorjadze 281 Biographies
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Ludion The Riddles of Ukiyo-e: Women and Men in Japanese
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Kapon Editions National Archaeological Museum, Athens (English
Book SynopsisThis brief guide to the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens provides general information about all the collections, with an emphasis on the way they are presented in the Museum galleries. It illustrates representative works from each collection, demonstrating the artistic quality and value of the exhibits. The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. Large format paperback, lavishly illustrated in colour throughoutTable of ContentsIntroduction - Nikolaos Kaltsas Prehistoric Collection - Lena Papazoglou-Manioudaki Neolithic Culture Cycladic Culture Akrotiri, Thera Mycenaean Civilization Early and Middle Bronze Age Vase Collection - Elizabeth Stasinopoulou Gold Jewellery - Elizabeth Stasinopoulou Terracotta Figurines - Christina Avronidaki and Evangelos Vivliodetis
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Hong Kong University Press Burden or Legacy From the Chinese Cultural
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The American University in Cairo Press A History of Arab Graphic Design
Book SynopsisArab graphic design emerged in the early twentieth century out of a need to influence, and give expression to, the far-reaching economic, social, and political changes that were taking place in the Arab world at the time. But graphic design as a formally recognized genre of visual art only came into its own in the region in the twenty-first century and, to date, there has been no published study on the subject to speak of. A History of Arab Graphic Design traces the people and events that were integral to the shaping of a field of graphic design in the Arab world. Examining the work of over eighty key designers from Morocco to Iraq, and covering the period from pre-1900 to the end of the twentieth century, Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar chart the development of design in the region, beginning with Islamic art and Arabic calligraphy, and their impact on Arab visual culture, through to the digital revolution and the arrival of the Internet. They look at how cinema, economic prosperity, and political and cultural events gave birth to and shaped the founders of Arab graphic design. Highlighting the work of key designers and stunningly illustrated with 600 color images, A History of Arab Graphic Design is an invaluable resource tool for graphic designers, one which, it is hoped, will place Arab visual culture and design on the map of a thriving international design discourse.Trade Review“[T]his book is a significant contribution to the global discourse on graphic design history, and essential for all graphic design and visual communication programs (especially in the Arab world). It brings together, under one cover, important yet little-known information. It offers a kaleidoscopic view of graphic design from the Arab world and grounds the field within the broader discussion of graphic design from the peripheries of the established design canon.”—Art Journal“Important and rich. . . an essential textbook for design educators all over the world. It’s the history book I wish I had as a student, and the resource I’ve been missing as a practicing designer. . . .[A] significant and long overdue publication.”—AIGA Eye on Design“Highlighting the work of key designers and stunningly illustrated with over 600 color images, [the authors] look at how cinema, economic prosperity, and political and cultural events gave birth to and shaped the founders of Arab graphic design.”—Holiday Powers, New Books Network"A groundbreaking publication. . . A History of Arab Graphic Design is filled with exquisite examples and is worth buying for the images alone, but of course a better appreciation for the work and the contexts in which they were created is gained by reading the rich history that accompanies the images."—Technical Communications"An essential new textbook for students and graphic designers from East and West"—PRINT“Easily the best introduction to the history of modern Arab visual culture on the market today.”—The Brooklyn Rail"A landmark . . . recommended . . . This book gives a much-needed visual overview of several generations of Arab graphic designers working in Arab countries and in different diasporas and exiles. It builds a history of Arab graphic design from the origins of printing through the 21st century, bringing the work of graphic designers across the region into conversation." —M. Lynx Qualey, Al-Fanar Media“Closing the gap on the history of Arab graphic design . . . with over 370 pages and 600 color illustrations, A History of Arab Graphic Design is an invaluable resource.”—Futuress Magazine"[O]ffers a thus far missing genealogy of Arab graphic design . . . a major feat"—The National News"A reference work on many levels . . . [a] rich tour, well documented and supported"—Ahram HebdoTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Pre-1900 Decoding Islamic Visual Language Elements of Representation Arabic Calligraphy through Time, Space and Material Islamic Manuscripts Rise of Islamic Visual Language Systems Early Arabic Printing Early Arabic Block Printing Why was Europe the Birthplace of Arabic Typeset Printing? Arabic Printing in the Arab Region Bulaq Press: Revolutionizing Arabic Typesetting Chapter 2. 1900–1919 Foundation of Art Education in Egypt Arabic Design Calligraphers Early Arab Advertising Arab Philately Chapter 3. 1920–1939 Formation of Arab Magazines and Newspapers Arabic Typewriter Design for Cinema Chapter 4. 1940–1959 Independence of Arab States Arab Design and Modernity Birth of Arab Cultural Events Arabic for the People Father of Sudanese Graphic design Arab Graphic Design Pioneers AbdelSalam El-Sherif Hussien Bicar Chapter 5. 1960–1969 Arabic Translation Project and Mass Production of Knowledge The Problem of Arabic Palestinian Resistance and its Artists Reasons for the Emergence of Resistance Posters Artists of the Palestinian Political Posters Poster Genres and Key Symbols Second Generation Arab Designers Abd El-Ghani Abo El Enein Hassan Fouad Chapter 6. 1970–1979 Lebanese Civil War The Syrian School Migrating Designers of Iraq Design and Post Socialism in Egypt Third Generation Arab Designers Abdulkader Arnaout Burhan Karkoutli Helmi El-Touni Muhieldine Ellabad Dia Azzawi Chapter 7. 1980–1989 Arabic Typography Lebanese Pause Sudanese Designers in the Diaspora Design and the Search for a New Identity Design for Culture Design for the State Design for Consumerism Fourth Generation Arab Designers Kamil Hawwa Youssif Abdelki Emile Monem Mounir Shaarani Chapter 8. 1990–2000 Post-Lebanese War Influx of Talent New Graphic Design Programs Fresh Graphic Design Ateliers Rebirth of Arab Design The Artist Designs Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Stark Studios Limited Baskets: Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art
Book SynopsisThese are exciting times for Japanese bamboo art. May 2017 saw the opening of Japan House Sao Paulo, whose inaugural exhibition 'Bamboo: The Material That Built Japan' drew over 300,000 visitors. From June 2017 to February 2018 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York mounted another bamboo show that was seen by about 400,000. From 27 November, the Musee du quai Branly in Paris will present the largest-ever exhibition on the subject. This authoritative catalogue of 323 works from the Naej Collection thus appears at a moment when a new global audience has emerged. The Naej Collection is especially strong in works by leading artists from 1850 to 1950, when great craft dynasties were established and first Osaka and then Tokyo emerged as major centres of artistic basketry. The catalogue breaks new ground by combining dramatic photography with precious documentary information drawn from signatures and inscriptions, making it not merely the visual record of a great collection but the essential reference work for a developing field of connoisseurship. Text in English, Japanese and simplified Chinese.Table of ContentsFollowing an essay outlining the evolution of bamboo art in Japan and a small section introducing earlier Chinese baskets and Japanese baskets in Chinese style, the bulk of the catalogue is organized by artistic lineages, starting with the founding father Hayakawa Shokosai I (1815-1897) and his successors and moving on to the other great craft dynasties based in Osaka, including large sections devoted to the Yamamoto Chikuryosai, Tanabe Chikuunsai, and Maeda Chikubosai lines. From catalogue number 192 the focus moves to the Iizuka line in Tochigi Prefecture and Tokyo, with numerous works by Hosai II, Rokansai, and Shokansai. The story is then continued into the post-war period when artistic basketry came to be practised in many other parts of Japan and a new generation of masters emerged, supported by patrons in both Japan and the United States. Each of the fourteen sections of dramatic colour plates (in most cases with both general and detail images) is followed by a section printed on matt paper with photographs of all the signatures and box inscriptions and biographies of each artist. The catalogue concludes with a bibliography, glossary, and artist index.
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SendPoints Publishing Co., Ltd Hua Mulan
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SendPoints Publishing Co., Ltd Bosch
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Marsilio De visi mostruosi Caricatures from Leonardo da
Book SynopsisThe fabled art of Italian caricature, across centuries and mediumsCompiling nearly 100 caricature drawings, engravings, etchings, watercolors and printed books from Milan, Bologna and Venice, De' visi mostruosi documents the Northern Italian caricature tradition, tracing its evolution. Established by Leonardo, this regional style of caricature was further developed by his followers (Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, Ambrogio Figino, Giuseppe Arcimboldi), became intertwined with the naturalism of the Carracci (Annibale and Agostino) and then experienced a triumphant resurgence among the Venetian painters of the first half of the 18th century (Marco Ricci, Giovan Battista Tiepolo, Anton Maria Zanetti, Carlo Lasinio). A disquieting triptych by Francis Bacon closes the catalog, illuminating the thematic thrust of the book: the disfiguration of physical features as an investigation of the human psyche.
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Marsilio Jean Cocteau The Jugglers Revenge
Book SynopsisRediscovering Cocteau's artistic output, from perfume boxes to sketches of Peggy GuggenheimThe multifaceted and surprising artist Jean Cocteau was undoubtedly one of the major figures of the Paris cultural scene in the years between the World Wars. In addition to his literary works, Cocteau was a brilliant visual artist: draftsman, filmmaker and muralist and fashion, jewelry and textile designer. The Juggler's Revenge embraces the versatility for which the artist was often criticized by his contemporaries, retracing the development of his aesthetics and the key moments of his tumultuous life through works created by a variety of techniques and mediums.Attention is paid to his ambivalent relationship with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, as well as his central role in the new classicism of Europe between the wars. A selection of surprising drawings highlights the centrality of desire and sensuality in Cocteau's practice. His little-studied fashion an
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Scripta Maneant Leonardo da Vinci Atlas Anatomicus
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Andrew Edlin Gallery Paulina Peavy: Etherian Channeler
Book SynopsisThe first publication on the dynamic occult abstractions and masks of a long-lost American modernistThis is the first monograph dedicated to American artist Paulina Peavy (190199), whose astonishing artworks were stashed away in the homes of her grandchildren for decades before being rediscovered only 10 years ago. Her paintings, drawings and masks evoke her fascination with spirituality and the occult, drawing from many of the same textual sources that inspired Hilma af Klint. Years of research by art historian and author Laura Whitcomb have revealed Peavy's accomplished career: exhibiting at prestigious venues such as Stendahl Gallery in Los Angeles and New York''s Delphic Studios, where Agnes Pelton was also represented. Since its rediscovery, her work has received critical acclaim and has been acquired by prominent collectors, artists and museums. This inaugural publication of Peavy's work includes a definitive history of her artistic development as well as a catalog of her work, including her paintings shown at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
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State University of New York Press Messengers of Infinity
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Fantagraphics Books Society Is Nix
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Insight Editions The Photography of The Bikeriders
Book SynopsisEmbark on a remarkable visual journey into the creation of Jeff Nichols''s The Bikeriders with this unforgettable collection of exceptional photography.Acclaimed photographer Byran Schutmaat visited the set of Jeff Nichols’ film The Bikeriders to create an extraordinary series of photographs that were inspired by Danny Lyon’s original book. That photography has been combined with the work of unit photographer Kyle Bono Kaplan and cinematographer Adam Stone to create a classic book of photography. Inspired by Danny Lyon’s seminal 1968 book, The Bikeriders, this powerful drama from director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special, Mud) follows the rise and fall of a midwestern motorcycle club. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus and Boyd Holbrook, Nichols’s film is an evocative snapshot of a renegade era. This book provides a unique insight into the making of the movie with exclusive photography, excerpts from the script, an introduction by director Jeff Nichols and contributions from the film’s director of photography, costume designer and production designer. NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGERY: Go behind the scenes of The Bikeriders with exclusive photography. CELEBRATED CAST: The book features imagery of the film’s stellar cast, which includes Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Austin Butler (Elvis), and Tom Hardy (Mad Max). ACCLAIMED PHOTOGRAPHERS: The book is built around the photography of the award-winning Bryan Schutmaat, which has been combined with the work of unit photographer Kyle Bono Kaplan and cinematographer Adam Stone.
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Casemate Publishers Ecologies of Bronze Age Rock Art
Book SynopsisThe Bronze Age (1700500 BCE) petroglyphs of southern Scandinavia comprise a unique tradition of rock art in northern Eurasia. Despite a limited repertoire of motifs such as cupmarks, boats, anthropomorphs, zoomorphs, podomorphs and circles, it shows great variability in design, elaboration and articulation. This book is a study of the Mälaren region in southern-central Sweden that includes one of the most prominent rock art clusters of southwest Uppland as well as the hinterland of Södermanland county. The rock art in this region is studied on three scales: regional, local and particular. This allows for comparisons between dense and small sites, an exploration of how the Bronze Age rock art tradition developed over time in the area, and equally how the design and articulation of certain motifs relate to contemporary settlements, waterways and varying environmental settings. Patterns and structures in the distribution and articulation of the petroglyphs show that the different motifs
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Page Street Publishing Quilting for Everyone
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Radius Books Maia Ruth Lee Bondage Baggage
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami Jamea RichmondEdwards Ancient Future
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Little, Brown Book Group Surreal
Book SynopsisUsing previously undiscovered material, Surreal tells the riveting story of Gala Dalí,(1894-1982) who broke away from her cultured but penurious background in pre-Revolutionary Russia to live in Paris with both France''s most famous poet, Paul Éluard, and artist Max Ernst. By the time she met the budding artist Salvador Dali in 1929, Gala was known as the Mother of Surrealism. She rapidly became his mentor and protector, marrying him in 1934 and subsequently engineering their vast fortune. At a time when artists were celebrities, Gala acted as the ambassador of the Surrealist movement, spreading its popularity across the globe. She was the survivor of two world wars, the Russian revolution and the Spanish Civil War, and lived between France, Spain and the U.S. Gala was a heroine whose originality captivated people wherever she went, and her life story has everything : glamour; drama; true love, twisted love; ambition; money; art; defiance and daring. In this vivid, detailed rendering, Michèle Gerber Klein has brought Gala out of the shadows to reveal a charismatic figure who played a pivotal role in the art world, yet has never received the full recognition she deserves.
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Little, Brown Book Group The Power of Art
Book SynopsisTo read most histories of art, you might be forgiven for supposing that great artists are superhuman, and the knowledge of different movements, periods and styles is essential to truly appreciate art.It''s time to look at art in a new way.THE POWER OF ART delves into the stories behind remarkable acts of creation in fifteen global cities at pivotal moments of artistic brilliance. It shows how art is an integral part of our daily lives, embedded in the very fabric of our existence. From the enduring wonders of ancient Babylon to the menacing pastel architecture of contemporary Pyongyang, eminent curator Caroline Campbell intertwines the stories of artists with the broader social, cultural and political landscapes of their time.In each vivid episode, Campbell reveals how art, in all its forms, is a testament to humanity''s inventiveness and ingenuity: it has served our fundamental needs for shelter, sustenance, spirituality, pleasure, order and community. But iTrade ReviewA formidable work of synthesis ... Each of [Campbell's] case studies, however, is taut in its telling and rich in detail ... lovers of historical facts will be in clover ... In the author's persuasive telling, the world as we know it is not the creation of great men and their battles, but of an infinite number of artists and craftsmen -- Michael Prodger * Country Life *
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Dover Publications Inc. 100 Japanese Stencil Designs
Book SynopsisThe natural Japanese affinity for decorative art is apparent in this striking collection of 104 exquisite stencil designs, reproduced from a rare 19th-century publication. Motifs depict among other subjects lush florals, bamboo branches, birds on the wing, and rustic country homes. Captions identify the patterns.
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Goose Lane Editions David Blackwood
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Art Gallery of Hamilton and Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
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ATF Press Collection of Ancient Chinese Cultural Relics
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Oro Editions Petra Rephotographed
Book SynopsisPetra Rephotographed represents an exploration of time and change across the iconic archaeological city of Petra, Jordan, through repeat photographymeticulously replicating historic images of the landscape and monuments a century later.
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Massey University Press Artists in Antarctica
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Transcript Verlag Disturbed Ecologies: Photography, Geopolitics,
Book SynopsisIn the context of an environmental crisis, photography and its related practices can be part of an emancipatory project, challenging techno-utopian solutions and envisioning alternative possibilities for sustaining life on this planet. This anthology critically addresses the geopolitics of environmental devastation from the perspective of photographers, artists, curators and theorists. The contributors engage with recent debates about the Anthropocene and the need to identify the socioeconomic and political causes of climate change. The essays question the validity of images within which ecological crisis is seen as the consequence of undifferentiated human activity.
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transcript Verlag Picturing the UnDead in Beirut
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Mousse Publishing I Have Not Loved (Enough or Worked)
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Academic Studies Press Queer(ing) Russian Art: Realism, Revolution,
Book SynopsisWhile the topic of queer sexuality in imperial Russia and the Soviet Union has been investigated for decades by scholars working in the fields of sociology, history, literary studies, and musicology, it has yet to be studied in any comprehensive or systematic way by those working in the visual arts. Queer(ing) Russian Art: Realism, Revolution, Performance is meant to address this lacuna by providing a platform for new scholarship that connects "Russian" art with queerness in a variety of ways. Situated at the intersection of Visual Studies and Queer Studies and working from different theoretical and disciplinary perspectives, the contributors expose and explore the queer imagery and sensibilities in works of visual art produced in pre-Soviet, Soviet and post-Soviet contexts and beneath the surface of conventional histories of Russian and Soviet art.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroductionBrian James Baer and Yevgeniy Fiks Part One. Theoretical Framings 1. Between Semiotics and Phenomenology: The Problem of Queer BeautyBrian James BaerPart Two. Queer Beauty in Context2. “In Appearance, Both a Lad and Lass”: Images of Androgyny in Eighteenth-century Russian ArtOlga Khoroshilova (translated by Aleksei Grinenko)3. The Queer Opacity of Alexander Ivanov’s Nudes: Between Biblical Themes and Greek Love Nikolai Ivanov (translated by Aleksei Grinenko)4. Prostitutes, Pierrots, and Priapus: The Queer Modernism of Konstantin SomovBrian James Baer 5. Modernism as the Uncanny of Stalinism: On Alexander Deineka’s Wartime DrawingsGleb Napreenko (translated by Aleksei Grinenko with Brian James Baer)6. Carnivalesque Carnality: The Queer Potential of Sergei Eisenstein’s Homoerotic Drawings Ada Ackerman7. Moscow Conceptualism’s Erotic ObjectsYelena Kalinsky8. Queering Socialist Realism: The Case of Georgy GuryanovMaria Engström (translated by Ryan Green)9. A Russian Schizorevolution?: Observations on the New Academy of Fine Arts and Queer Issues in the Late 1980s and Early 1990sAndrei Khlobystin (translated by Aleksei Grinenko)10. The Lure of Implied Transgression as Revolutionary Retrospective: The Illicit as la Belleza in Bella Matveeva’s ArtHelena Goscilo11. Sexual and Gender Dissent in a Bipolar World: Georgy Guryanov and Vladislav Mamyshev-MonroeAndrey Shental 12. “My Nationality Is My Sexuality”: The Post-Soviet, Diasporic, Non-Russian Queerness of Babi BadalovRoman Osminkin (translated by Innokenty Grekov)Part Three. Beyond Queer Beauty? Contemporary Post-Soviet Perspectives on Queer(ing) Art, Art History, and Artists 13. Architecture, Outer Space, Sex: Queering the Kollontai Commune in 1970s FrunzeGeorgy Mamedov and Oksana Shatalova (translated by Aleksei Grinenko with Adrienn Hruska)14. Soviet Union, July 1991Yevgeniy Fiks15. LGBT Violence and the Limits of Realism: Polina Zaslavskaya’s Material EvidenceVictoria Smirnova-Maizel (translated by Ryan Green)16. The Battle over Names: Radical Queer on the Russian Activist Art SceneSeroe Fioletovoe (with translations by Innokenty Grekov)17. Queer in the Land of the Bolsheviks, or the Archeology of DissentNadia Plungian (translated by Aleksei Grinenko)18. A Queer (Re)Claiming of Russian and Soviet Art: An Interview with Slava Mogutin 19. “Queer and Russian Art?”: A Conversation between Katharina Wiedlack and Masha Godovannaya20. Queering Sexual Minorities,: An Interview with Yevgeniy FiksIndex
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Yale University Press Edvard Munch
Book SynopsisA thought-provoking volume on Edvard Munch’s often neglected pictures of nature, exploring the Norwegian artist’s landscapes, seascapes, and existential environments in light of his own time and ours.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Versailles Mirrored
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National Gallery Company Ltd Lucian Freud: New Perspectives
Book SynopsisA significant publication of original writing on Lucian Freud, including interviews with leading contemporary artists, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth Lucian Freud (1922–2011) was one of the greatest figurative painters of the twentieth century. With an unflinching eye and an uncompromising commitment to his work, he created masterpieces that continue to inspire contemporary artists to the present day. Spanning nearly 70 years, Freud’s career has often been overshadowed by his biography and celebrity. This book re-examines his paintings through a broad series of original approaches. Texts by a variety of rising and established international writers explore topics ranging from the compositional echoes of old master paintings in Freud’s works, to the contextualization of his practice within the class struggles of 1980s Britain. Throughout the book, leading contemporary painters such as Tracey Emin and Chantal Joffe give insightful testimony to the relevance of Freud today. Marking the 100th anniversary of Freud’s birth, this publication accompanies the first major exhibition of his work in 10 years. Presenting fresh perspectives on his paintings, it introduces Freud to a new generation of scholars and enthusiasts – demonstrating his lasting international importance. Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press
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