History of art Books
University of Pennsylvania Press Spaces in Translation
Book SynopsisIn Spaces in Translation, Christian Tagsold explores Japanese gardens in the West and ponders their history, the reasons for their popularity, and their connections to geopolitical events. He concludes that a process of cultural translation between Japanese and Western experts created an idea of the Orient and its distinction from the West.Trade Review"Christian Tagsold provides a detailed social and intellectual history and a phenomenological study all at once. There is nothing remotely like this book, and with it, Tagsold becomes a central figure in the study of Japanese gardens." * Kendall Brown, California State University, Long Beach *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. From China to Japan: The History of Asian Spaces Chapter 2. Discourses of Spaces Chapter 3. Spreading the Japanese Garden Worldwide Chapter 4. Between Essence and Invention Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Gardens Chapter 6. Elements of the Japanese Garden Chapter 7. Authoritarian Gardens Chapter 8. Connecting Spaces, Disconnecting Spaces Chapter 9. Postmodernizing Japanese Gardens Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of California Press Bay Area Figurative Art
Book SynopsisDuring the 1950s a few painters in the San Francisco Bay Area began to stage personal, dramatic defections from the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism, creating what would come to be known as Bay Area Figurative Art. This study of the movement as a whole offers an account of the careers and interactions of ten Bay Area artists.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Churchill
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Zone Books Vienna School Reader: Politics and Art Historical
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National Gallery Company Ltd An American Experiment: George Bellows and the
Book SynopsisIn the first decades of the 20th century, George Bellows and other painters of the Ashcan School, a loosely connected group of gritty, urban realists, created images of the city from street level. Following older artist Robert Henri's insistence that artists should make "pictures from life," the Ashcanners renounced the polished academic style taught in art schools of the time. Instead they practiced a more urgent manner working with bold, highly saturated color, seeking to catch the ebb and flow of life in urban America. Some of them, particularly Bellows, also produced vivid landscapes and portraits. This book introduces the artists of the Ashcan School and the key characteristics and themes of their work. Detailed commentaries are provided for twelve significant paintings by George Bellows, William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks, and John Sloan, ranging from depictions of the metropolitan throng to Bellows's vivid seascapes. In their visual contemplation of early-20th-century America, these artists offer deep insights into the nature of ordinary life not only in their time but also in our own.Published by National Gallery Company / Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The National Gallery, London(03/03/11-05/30/11)
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Yale University Press Florine Stettheimer
Book SynopsisA new look at the art of one of the most charming and idiosyncratic personalities of early 20th-century New York
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Shanghai Press Birds and Insects: The Beginner's Guide to
Book SynopsisAnyone interested in traditional Chinese painting will find these four volumes useful for self-study. Each of the four volumes teach amateur brush painters to execute the intricacies of Chinese brush painting. Beginning with the separate parts and then progressing to the composition, these volumes feature exquisite illustrations that will enable the learner to pick up the basics as if in a classroom setting.
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Monacelli Press Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect
Book SynopsisFirst study of the role of architecture in the work of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting. At the height of his career as the leader of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting, Thomas Cole listed himself in the New York City Directory as an architect. Why would this renowned painter, who had never before designed a building, advertise himself as such? The importance of Cole’s paintings and the significance of his essays, poems, and philosophy are well established, yet an analysis of his architectural endeavors and their impact on his painting has not been undertaken - until now. In celebration of the recreation of the artist’s self-designed Italianate studio at Cedar Grove in Catskill, New York, now the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, this book focuses on Cole’s architectural interests through architectural elements found in his paintings and drawings as well as in his realized and visionary projects, expanding our understanding of the breadth of his talents and interests. An essay by noted art historian Annette Blaugrund and a contribution by Franklin Kelly, illustrated with Cole’s famous works, sketches, and architectural renderings, reveal an unexplored, yet fascinating, aspect of the career of this beloved artist—and thus, a crucial moment in the development of the Hudson River School and American art. Published to coincide with the exhibition “Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and travelling to the Columbus Art Museum, the book adds a new dimension to scholarship on the artist.Trade Review“Annette Blaugrund not only captured Cole's rise to prominence in the exhibition, which is on display through October - after which it travels to the Columbus Museum of Art - but also in a new book of the same name. 'No one ever wrote about his architecture before and put it together like this,' she says. 'It is absolutely unique.'” - Architectural Digest “The Thomas Cole National Historic Site’s inaugural art exhibition in its 'New Studio' building will be 'Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect' - the first exhibition to focus on a little-known but highly significant aspect of Cole’s contribution to American art, his architectural achievements, including the design for a significant public building: the Ohio State Capitol. Accompanying the exhibition is a new hardcover book of the same title. The 120-page publication contains 63 full-color images; an essay by Dr. Blaugrund about Cole’s architectural endeavors as seen in his paintings, drawings and realized projects; and a contextual essay on the legacy of Thomas Cole by Franklin Kelly, deputy director and chief curator at the National Gallery of Art.” - Antiques and the Arts Weekly “Annette Blaugrund examines the often forgotten architectural pursuits of the Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole on the occasion of the reconstruction of his self-designed studio at his home in Catskill, New York. She charts the tendency in Cole's work for natural landscapes to fall away in favor of increasingly imaginative architecture in paintings, such as The Architect's Dream and the Course of Empire series; this makes it abundantly clear why actual building was not a remotely surprising undertaking.” - Publishers Weekly
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Getty Trust Publications Woven Gold - Tapestries of Louis XIV
Book SynopsisMeticulously woven by hand with wool, silk, and gilt-metal thread, the tapestry collection of the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, represents the highest achievements of the art form. Intended to enhance the king's reputation by visualizing his manifest glory and to promote the kingdom's nascent mercantile economy, the royal collection of tapestries included antique and contemporary sets that followed the designs of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Raphael, Giulio Romano, Rubens, Vouet, and Le Brun. Ranging in date from about 1540 to 1715 and coming from weaving workshops across northern Europe, these remarkable works portray scenes from the bible, history, and mythology. As treasured textiles, the works were traditionally displayed in the royal palaces when the court was in residence and in public on special occasions and feast days. They are still little known, even in France, as they are mostly reserved for the decoration of elite state residences and ministerial offices. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition of fourteen marvelous examples of the former royal collection that will be displayed exclusively at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from December 15, 2015, to May 1, 2016. Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field.Trade Review"Clear, distinct, and lucid in the extreme, Woven Gold is positively Cartesian. . . . The reproductions of the exhibited tapestries, their accompanying images and superb selection of details--even the woven gold cloth of the hard cover, makes for a beautiful book, as well as a great Franco-American collaborative achievement."--Burlington Magazine "Lavishly illustrated, the volume presents for the first time in English the latest scholarship of the foremost authorities working in the field."--Apollo Magazine
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University of Minnesota Press Tsuchi: Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese
Book SynopsisAn examination of Japanese contemporary art through the lens of ecocriticism and environmental history Collectively referred to by the word tsuchi, earthy materials such as soil and clay are prolific in Japanese contemporary art. Highlighting works of photography, ceramics, and installation art, Bert Winther-Tamaki explores the many aesthetic manifestations of tsuchi and their connection to the country’s turbulent environmental history, investigating how Japanese artists have continually sought a passionate and redemptive engagement with earth.In the seven decades following 1955, Japan has experienced severe environmental degradation as a result of natural disasters, industrial pollution, and nuclear irradiation. Artists have responded to these ongoing catastrophes through modes of “mudlarking” and “muckracking,” utilizing raw elements from nature to establish deeper contact with the primal resources of their world and expose its unfettered contamination. Providing a comparative assessment of more than seventy works of art, this study reveals Japanese artists’ engagement with a richly diverse repertoire of earthy materialities, elucidating their aesthetic properties, changing conditions, and cultural significance. By focusing on the role of tsuchi as a convergence point for a wide range of creative practices, this book offers a critical reassessment of contemporary art in Japan and its intrinsic relationship to the environment. Situating art within the context of ecology and urbanization, Tsuchi shows artists striving to explore and reprocess raw forms of earth beneath the corruptions of human activity.Trade Review "Tsuchi is a compelling and original book that brings together new insights into the relationships between environmentalism, contemporary art, and the ‘aesthetics of Japanese earth.’ Bert Winther-Tamaki’s interweaving of historical context, close visual analysis, and rich use of Japanese sources make it an outstanding book that will make a lasting impact in the field of Japanese art history and beyond."—Namiko Kunimoto, author of The Stakes of Exposure: Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art "Tsuchi is a superb key concept that allows us to dig deeper into a rich lode of world art history that is postwar Japan. In his thoughtful study, Bert Winther-Tamaki literally offers us a bottom-up view of what such radical practitioners as Shiraga Kazuo and Nakahira Takuma saw, felt, and experienced with this ubiquitous matter of our planet."—Reiko Tomii, independent scholar "Tsuchi provides an ingenious structure for understanding the visual culture surrounding the very ground we stand on. "—H-Net Reviews "Against the backdrop of the region’s urbanization and intensifying environmental issues, this rigorous text seeks to understand the earth itself as an artistic medium for critiquing the roots of these interconnected crises, and the fusion of ecology and art as a potential path forward."—Hyperallergic Table of ContentsIntroduction: Japanese Cultures of EarthI. The Postwar Silos of Tsuchi Media1. Ceramics: Earth Flavor in Fired Clay2. Photography: Soil Conditions in the Lens3. Avant-Garde Actions: Wrestling and Digging Earthy MaterialsII. Convergence and Proliferation since the 1980s4. The Bubble and Its Aftermath: Containment of Spillage and Blast5. Earth Diving before and after the Triple DisasterEpilogue: Tsuchi in the Contaminated World to ComeAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Art Africa Art Periods Movements Flexi
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V & A Publishing Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style
Book SynopsisThe Great age of ocean travel has long since passed, but ocean liners remain one of the most powerful and admired symbols of modernity. No form of transport was as romantic, remarkable, or contested, and ocean liner design became a matter of national prestige as well as an arena in which the larger dynamics of global competition were played out. This beautifully illustrated book considers over a century of liner design: from the striking graphics created to promote liners to the triumphs of engineering, and from luxurious interiors to on board fashion and activities. Ocean Liners explores the design of Victorian and Art Deco 'floating palaces', sleek post-war liners as well as these ships' impact on avant-garde artists and architects such as Le Corbusier.Trade Review'lavish', Peyton Skipwith, Apollo, March 2018 'beautifully illustrated', Penny Hunter, The Weekend Australian, February 24th-25th 2018Table of ContentsDirectors' Foreword - Dan L. Monroe and Tim Reeve; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Daniel Finamore and Ghislaine Wood; 1 Promoting Liners; Advertising the Ocean Liner - Catherine Flood; A Close-Up Picture of A Mighty Project: Promotional Exhibition Models - George Schwartz; The Architecture of Promotion - Bruce Peter; Compagnie Generale Transatlantique: Identity Through Time - Dorian Dallongeville; 2 Shipbuilding: Speed, Safety and Comfort - John R. Hume; 3 Floating Palaces: Victorian and Edwardian Ships - Bernhard Rieger; 4 Inter-War Liners: The Politics of Style - Ghislaine Wood; Liners at War - Meredith More; 5 Post-War Liners: 1945-1975 - Bruce Peter; Gio Ponti - Paolo Piccione; 6 The Idealized Society of the Ocean Liner - Daniel Finamore; SS United States, Daniel Finamore and Sarah N. Chasse; 7 Floating In a Dreamland: Fashion and Spectacle on Board - Michelle Tolini Finamore; 8 Modernist Architecture and the Liner - Tim Benton; Streamlining - Ghislaine Wood; 9 The Liner as Machine - Anna Ferrari; 10 The Afterlife of Ships - Daniel Finamore and Ghislaine Wood; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Photography Credits; Notes on Contributors
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Seagull Books London Ltd That Which Is Not Drawn
Book SynopsisFor more than three decades, artist William Kentridge has explored in his work the nature of subjectivity, the possibilities of revolution, the Enlightenment's legacy in Africa, and the nature of time itself. At the same time, his creative work has stretched the boundaries of the very media he employs. Though his pieces have allowed viewers to encounter the traditions of landscape and self-portraiture, the limits of representation and the possibilities for animated drawing, and the labor of art, a guide to understanding the full scope of his art has been available until now. For five days, Kentridge sat with Rosalind C. Morris to talk about his work. The result That Which Is Not Drawn;is a wide-ranging conversation and deep investigation into the artist's techniques and into the psychic and philosophical underpinnings of his body of work. In these pages, Kentridge explains the key concerns of his art, including the virtues of bastardy, the ethics of provisionality, the nature of translation and the activity of the viewer. And together, Kentridge and Morris trace the migration of images across his works and consider the possibilities for a revolutionary art that remains committed to its own transformation. That's the thing about a conversation, Kentridge reflects. The activity and the performance, whether it's the performance of drawing or the performance of speech and conversation, is also the engine for new thoughts to happen. It's not just a report of something you know. And here, in this engaging dialogue, we at last have a guide to the continually exciting, continually changing work of one of our greatest living artists.
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S Q Publications,US Bare It All Revealing PinUps by Barbara Jensen
Book SynopsisExquisitely elegant and delightfully daring pin-up portraits by Barbara Jensen. Her approach to good girl, glamor, and creamy cheesecake illustrations follow in the grand tradition of the masters, but with a decidedly decadent 21st Century spin! Do you dare to bare it all? No need - Ms. Jensens done all the work for you! 9x12 inch oversized format - 48 pages in colour.
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Yale University Press Vija Celmins
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Phaidon Press Ltd The Twenty First Century Art Book
Book SynopsisAn accessible A-Z guide to best contemporary art made since 2000Trade Review"A very significant A-Z of 21st century artists from big names like Grayson Perry and Banksy to rising stars like Lucy Mackenzie and Theaster Gates. Illuminating... Prepare to be inspired. - HungerTv.com "An extraordinary compilation... Readers will enjoy the immersive experience, meant to be savored..."—San Diego Book Review
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Princeton University Press Drawing in Silver and Gold
Book SynopsisFrom the Middle Ages to the present, master draftsmen have used the technique of metalpoint to create some of the most beautiful and technically accomplished drawings in the history of art. Drawing in Silver and Gold examines the history of this evocative medium, in which a metal stylus is used on a specially prepared surface to create lines of astTrade Review"The superb exhibition catalog, edited and partly written by Ms. Sell and Mr. Chapman, represents the latest scholarship in this remarkable field, including the technical research of National Gallery paper conservator Kimberly Schenck."--Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsDirectors' Foreword, Earl A. Powell III and Nei l MacGregor xi Lenders to the Exhibition xiii Introduction, Stacey Sell 1 Drawings Under Scrutiny: The Materials and Techniques of Metalpoint, Kimberly Schenck 9 Masters of Silverpoint in the Netherlandish Renaissance, John Oliver Hand 25 Silverpoint Drawings by German and Swiss Renaissance Artists, Giulia Bartrum 63 The Rise and Decline of Metalpoint Drawing in Renaissance Italy, Hugo Chapman 101 Metalpoint Drawings in the Low Countries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, An Van Camp 145 The Silverpoint Revival in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Stacey Sell 189 Modern and Contemporary Drawing in Metalpoint, Bruce Weber 225 The Technical Examination of Metalpoint Drawings, Joanna Russe ll, Judith Rayner, and Jenny Bescoby 261 Exhibition Checklist 275 Selected Bibliography 291 Acknowledgments 303 Index 307 Photography Credits 313
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Princeton University Press Talking Prices
Book SynopsisExamines the question of pricing contemporary art from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers, this book shows how art galleries juggle the contradictory logics of art and economics. In doing so, they rely on a highly ritualized business repertoire.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Viviana Zelizer Distinguished Scholarship Award, Section on Economic Sociology of the American Sociological Association "The book is an excellent, readable and thorough analysis of how prices are set in the contemporary art market."--The Art Newspaper "[Talking Prices] provides an excellent analysis of the tension between art and commerce that characterizes the art world."--Stuart Plattner, American Anthropologist "Velthuis' essay is absorbing because it challenges our understanding of economics, culture, and society. Its narrative is stylish and refined; at times the discourse shows craftsmanship and attention to details, like a still-life of Pieter Claesz; at other times it is bold and sophisticated, like a painting of Karel Appel, or Kees Van Dongen. It is an essay definitely worth reading."--Calin Valsan, Journal of Cultural EconomicsTable of ContentsList of Tables and Graphs ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Architecture of the Art Market 21 Chapter 2: Exchanging Meaning 53 Chapter 3: Promoters versus Parasites 77 Chapter 4: Determinants of Prices 97 Chapter 5: The Art of Pricing 116 Chapter 6: Stories of Prices 132 Chapter 7: Symbolic Meanings of Prices 158 Chapter 8: Conclusion 179 Appendix A: Interview Questionnaire 191 Appendix B: Description of Interview Sample 194 Appendix C: Record Prices for Art 197 Appendix D: Multilevel Analysis of Prices for Art 199 Notes 209 Bibliography 237 Index 255
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British Museum Press Chinese Calligraphy Standard Script for Beginners
Book SynopsisA step-by-step workbook for learning to write standard style or regular script (kaishu). It is suitable for enthusiasts and students.Table of ContentsEquipment - the writing table; the four treasures - brush, ink, inkstone and paper; getting started - setting up the table and taking up the brush; strokes; characters; sayings; gallery - historical and new examples of Chinese calligraphy.
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Tuttle Publishing Chinese Art
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This splendid, descriptive guide to the motifs and imagery of Chinese art will be valuable to scholars and students of all things visually Chinese." --Choice"An intelligent yet friendly text by an extremely well-informed and generous author and the result is a book which will be a valued addition to the libraries of all who are interested in Chinese art." --Arts of Asia"An ideal keepsake for collectors and art lovers, Chinese Art explores the meanings behind the plethora of common motifs and symbols found in all sorts of Chinese art." --The Nation
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Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl Strange Tools
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Traditional American Tattoo Design
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Penguin Putnam Inc Where the Heart Beats John Cage Zen Buddhism and
Book SynopsisA “heroic” biography of John Cage and his “awakening through Zen Buddhism”—“a kind of love story” about a brilliant American pioneer of the creative arts who transformed himself and his culture (The New York Times)Composer John Cage sought the silence of a mind at peace with itself—and found it in Zen Buddhism, a spiritual path that changed both his music and his view of the universe. “Remarkably researched, exquisitely written,” Where the Heart Beats weaves together “a great many threads of cultural history” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings) to illuminate Cage’s struggle to accept himself and his relationship with choreographer Merce Cunningham. Freed to be his own man, Cage originated exciting experiments that set him at the epicenter of a new avant-garde forming in the 1950s. Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Allan Kaprow, Morton Feldman, and
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Princeton University Press The Artists Palette
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Yale University Press Warhol Mapplethorpe
Book SynopsisA landmark examination of iconic and provocative portraits by Warhol and Mapplethorpe, presented side by side and in depth for the first timeTrade ReviewWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (10/17/15–1/24/16) * Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art *"This fascinating read...is the first to consider the mutual influence Warhol and Mapplethorpe had on each other, showcasing some of the artists' most powerful portraiture work." —Out Magazine, selected as one of five "Best Coffee Table Books" 2015 * Out *
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Yale University Press Mother Stone
Book SynopsisIn Mother Stone Anne Middleton Wagner looks anew at the carvings of the first generation of British modernists, a group centered around Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, and Jacob Epstein. Wagner probes the work of these sculptors, discusses their shared avant-garde materialism, and identifies a common theme that runs through their work and that of other artists of the period: maternity. Why were artists for three turbulent decades after the First World War seemingly preoccupied with representations of pregnant women and the mother and child? Why was this the great new subject, especially for sculpture? Why was the imagery of bodily reproduction at the core of the effort to revitalize what in Britain had become a somnolent art? Wagner finds the answers to these questions at the intersection between the politics of maternity and sculptural innovation. She situates British sculpture fully within the new reality of bio-powerthe realm of Marie Stopes, Brave New World, and Melanie Klein. And
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Yale University Press How to Read Greek Vases
Book SynopsisWorks of art are eloquent intermediaries. This title provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served specific utilitarian functions and that afforded artists a medium for depicting their gods and heroes and the details of daily existence.Trade Review“It is refreshing to encounter a catalogue of museum vases that is not entirely masterpieces, but rather an erudite selection that informs the reader about the vast range and ingenuity of Greek ceramics. How to read Greek vases will serve not only visitors to the Met but anyone keen to learn about this important aspect of Greek art and culture.” —Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *“The book draws comparisons with other media and contexts to broaden our understanding of what we’re looking at.” —The World of Interiors * The World of Interiors *". . . a clear, lively, informative book . . . superb, full-color illustrations . . . Highly recommended."—R. Brilliant, Choice -- R. Brilliant * Choice *“This beautifully produced and elegantly written book provides a superb introduction to the appreciation of Greek vases by one of the foremost authorities on the subject.” —American Journal of Archaeology * American Journal of Archaeology *
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Cambridge University Press Leon Battista Alberti in Exile
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Five Centuries of British Painting
Book SynopsisAlthough Britain has played a dominant role in European history, its schools of painting have not always been seen as contributing significantly to the great Continental tradition. In this new book, the eminent art historian Andrew Wilton provides an enlightening look at the glories and achievements of British art over the past five centuries. He traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Holbein through its maturity in the time of Hogarth and Reynolds, when it reflected a prosperous society with growing Imperial influence. He then explores the pioneering role of Constable and Turner in the revolutions of the Romantic period, and the enigmatic position of artists in Victorian England, when a stiff moral code came into conflict with the uncertainties of the age of Darwin. In the twentieth century, Wilton shows how the new ideas of Modernism were explored by distinctive personalities from the Bloomsbury Group to Francis Bacon and the School of London. 200 illustrations, 90 in color.Trade Review'For those interested in the broad expanse of British art, Andrew Wilton’s book is an ideal starting point' - House & GardenTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Renaissance Princes: The Tudors 1500-1603 2. The Renaissance Princes: The Stuarts 1603-1688 3. The Age of Improvement 1688-1750 4. The Age of Industry 1750-1800 5. Romantic Virtuosos 1800-1840 6. Middle-Class Moralities 1840-1860 7. The Apogee of Empire 1860-1910 8. The Grand Illusion 1910-1960 9. A New Reality Since 1960
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Editions Flammarion The World of Atelier Vime
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Insights Back to the Future Time Machine Hardcover Journal
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Houghton Mifflin Great Code The Bible and Literature
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Faber & Faber A Potters Book Faber Finds
Book Synopsis''I have tried to formulate a criterion by which good pots may be judged . . . a pot in order to be good should be a genuine expression of life. It implies sincerity on the part of the potter and truth in the conception and execution of the work.''Bernard Leach (1887-1979) is generally reckoned to be the ''father of British studio pottery.'' Born in Hong Kong, profoundly influenced by both an upbringing and studies in Japan, Leach developed a vision of pottery that interwove art, craft, design and philosophy. In 1920 he co-founded the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall, and A Potter''s Book was first published in 1940. Within these pages Leach communicates his deeply-held convictions, through an account of the standards and materials essential to English slipware, stoneware, Japanese raku and Oriental porcelain. Faber Finds is devoted to restoring to readers a wealth of lost or neglected classics and authors of distinction. The range embraces fiction,
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Faber & Faber The Meaning of Art
Book SynopsisSince its first appearance in 1931 Herbert Read''s introduction to the understanding of art has established itself as a classic of its kind. It provides a basis for the appreciation of paintings, sculpture and art-objects of all periods by defining the elements that went into their making. A compact survey of the world''s art, from primitive cave-drawings to Jackson Pollock, The Meaning of Art explains the persistence of certain principles and aspirations throughout the history of art, and summarizes the essence of such movements as Gothic, Baroque, Impressionism, Expressionism and Surrealism.This new Faber Modern Classics edition features a brand new foreword by Will Gompertz, BBC arts editor.
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Taylor & Francis Fact and Fiction
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Edinburgh University Press Ordering Imperial Worlds
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University of California Press A Moments Monument
Book SynopsisMedardo Rosso (1858-1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art. This book offers an historically substantiated critical account of his life and work. It negotiates the competing cultural imperatives of nationalism and internationalism that shaped the European art world at the fin de siecle.Trade Review"In placing Rosso (rather than Rodin) at the origins of modern sculpture, this book makes a bold and erudite intervention in the history of the medium. Moreover, the emphasis on the cosmopolitan nature of artistic networks in fin-de-siècle Europe will be instructive to historians of modern art in all media." * Burlington Magazine *“Hecker’s tour de force has been over a decade in the making. For many of us it was highly anticipated and it did not disappoint. Her painstaking research has resulted in numerous corrections and new readings that are both articulate and persuasive. She argues for the broader international significance of Rosso’s production and makes the case for his place in the lineage of modern sculpture.” * Italian Art Society *"Hecker situates this all-too-often marginalized sculptor within the field of the international avant-garde. Often considered as either a slightly mysterious three-dimensional Impressionist or as an inspiration to movements such as Futurism, Rosso has rarely received sustained attention as a figure in his own right. Hecker makes a significant effort to counter this by placing him at the center of a key modernist concern: the tension (as suggested by the book’s title) between the momentary and the monumental. . . . eminently readable. . . this publication clearly demonstrates that a book-length study was warranted and overdue. " * caa.reviews *"Hecker has ably overcome contradictory information and a dearth of sources to discover new data on the artist . . . a comprehensive assessment of Rosso’s sculpture in a well-sourced monograph." * 3rd Dimension: The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Laying the Foundations for an Antiheroic Approach to Modern Sculpture 2. Monuments without Idols 3. “Impressionist Sculptor”? The Impossibility of Categorizing Rosso 4. Internationalism and Experimentation 5. The Artist’s Experience of Migration 6. The Shifting Viewpoint of the Outsider 7. Seeing and Being Seen: Reimagining the Encounter Among Artist, Artwork, and the Public 8. On the Move: The Quest for International Recognition Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Vision Anew
Book SynopsisThe ubiquity of digital images has profoundly changed the responsibilities and capabilities of anyone and everyone who uses them. Presenting essays on photography and the moving image alongside engaging interviews with artists and filmmakers, the author offers an inspired assessment of the medium's ongoing importance in the digital era.Trade Review"Through its variety of voices, Vision Anew doesn't promote a new language to define "lens art," but dissects the languages that the medium itself has created." -- Taylor Dafoe The Brooklyn RailTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword - Adam Bell Introduction - Charles Traub Part 1. From the Lens 1. Photography Is (1961) - Arthur Siegel 2. Keep It Simple Stupid, Just Make a Good Picture: The Basics of Photography (2012) - Gerry Badger 3. Excerpt from A New History of Photography: The World Outside and the Pictures in Our Heads (2008) - Ken Schles 4. Photographs about Photographs (2010) - Adam Bell 5. On Books and Photography (2012) - Ofer Wolberger, Jason Fulford, and Adam Bell 6. Stillness, Depth, and Movement Reconnected (2012) - Robert Bowen 7. A Little History of Photography Criticism; or, Why Do Photography Critics Hate Photography? (2010) - Susie Linfield 8. If You See Something, Say Something: Why We Need to Talk about and Teach Visual Literacy, Now (2014) - Marvin Heiferman Part 2. Vision and Motion 9. Excerpt from Vision in Motion (1947) - Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 10. Stillness (2008) - David Campany 11. The Annihilation of Time and Space (2004) - Rebecca Solnit 12. On Editing and Structure (2002) - Wolf Koenig 13. Flickering Screens (2008) - Ai Weiwei 14. A Lecture (1968) - Hollis Frampton 15. Flatness/Depth. Still/Moving. Photography/Cinema. (2012) - Grahame Weinbren 16. HD Vision (2012) - Bob Giraldi, Ethan David Kent, Christopher Walters, Charles Traub, and Adam Bell 17. Moving Away from the Index: Cinema and the Impression of Reality (2007) - Tom Gunning 18. Seeing around the Edge of the Frame (2001) - Walter Murch 19. Sensorial Cinema: Conjectures/Conversations (2014) - Scott MacDonald 20. Reconquering Space and the Screen (2005) - Pipilotti Rist and Doug Aitken 21. Looking and Being Looked At (2014) - Shelly Silver and Claire Barliant 22. It's about Time (2013) - Christian Marclay and Amy Taubin Part 3. Old Medium/New Forms 23. Photography and the Future (2010) - Tom Huhn 24. Machine-Seeing (2012) - Trevor Paglen and Aaron Schuman 25. There Is Only Software (2011) - Lev Manovich 26. Google Street View: The World Is Our Studio (2011) - Lisa Kereszi 27. Exploring Options (2011) - Alec Soth and Charles Traub 28. On (2014) - Charlie White 29. Sharing Makes the Picture (2012) - Barry Salzman 30. Posits and Questions (2014) - Fred Ritchin and Brian Palmer 31. Capture/Curate Touch/Play: Reality Is the New Fiction (2014) - Claudine Boeglin and Paul Pangaro 32. A Post-photographic Manifesto (2011) - Joan Fontcuberta (trans. Graham Thomson) 33. Feedback Manifesto (2010) - David Joselit 34. Ant!foto and the Antifoto Manifesto (2013) - Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber 35. Creative Interlocutors: A Manifesto (1997) - Charles Traub Notes List of Contributors Credits
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC World History of Design Volume 2
Book SynopsisVictor Margolin is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a founding editor and now co-editor of the academic design journal Design Issues. His many books include:The Designed World: images, objects, environments; The Politics of the Artificial: Essays on Design; Design Discourse: history, theory, criticism; Discovering Design: explorations in design studies.Table of ContentsVolume 2 World War I to World War II 20. Design in the Soviet Union 1905-1928 21. Weimar Germany 1918-1933 22. France 1918-1939 23. Great Britain 1918-1939 24. Western and Southern Europe 1900-1939 25. Central and Eastern Europe 1900-1939 26. Scandinavia 1917-1945 27. Italy, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Portugal 1922-1940 28: The United States 1917-1941 29. Latin America: Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil 1900-1939 30. Latin America: Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, and Uruguay 1900-1939 31. Commonwealth Countries: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand 1900-1939 32. The Near and Middle East 1900-1939 33. Colonies: Africa 1900-1945 34: Colonies: India, Hong Kong, and Burma 1900-1945 35. Asia: China and Siam 1900-1939 36: Asia: Japan, its Colonies, and its Territories 1900-1937 37. World War II 1939-1945
£39.99
Saqi Books The Poet and the Calligrapher
Book SynopsisThe poet is the prince of words, the calligrapher the choreographer. Inspired by timeless poems from around the world, master calligrapher Hassan Massoudy builds a bridge from ancient classical poets and calligraphers to today. Through his signature broad strokes and vibrant colours, he captures the words and wisdom of some of our greatest poets, from Al Mutanabbi, Rumi and Khalil Gibran, to Socrates, Shakespeare and Jacques Prévert. From evocations to the immensity of the desert to tributes to unrequited love, Massoudy pays homage to the freedom of this poetry through visual expression. Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Poet and the Calligrapher brings new life to old words. The perfect gift and journey for poets, art lovers and dreamers alike.
£10.79
Bokforlaget Stolpe Arts and Crafts Ideas that shaped the world
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£33.25
Publishing Print Matters Zulu beadwork
Book SynopsisZulu beadwork is increasingly eclectic and much of it is directed at the fast growing external market. Zulu Beadwork tells the fascinating and important story of this transformation, and of the major players who were instrumental in bringing it about.Table of ContentsContinuity and change in Zulu beadwork; in praise of the Lord: new wine in old Wineskins; speaking with beads: Zulu bead making, bead colours, messages and meaning; new beadwork frontiers; Zulu bead sculptures: the African Art Centre in the 1970s and 1980
£14.20
Yale University Press Ars Sacra 8001200 The Yale University Press
Book SynopsisThis volume deals with the art of church treasures and cloisters in the early Middle Ages in Europe - the work of goldsmiths, ivory carvers, bronze casters, enamellers and wood carvers. It traces the unbroken development of the Sacred Arts and their interrelationships throughout Europe.Table of ContentsPart 1 Carolingian art: the 8th century; the reign of Charlemagne; the reign of Louis the Pious; the reign of Lothar I; the reign of Charles the Bald; the late Carolingian period. Part 2 The art of the 10th and 11th centuries: the reign of Henry I; the reign of Otto I; the reigns of Otto II and Otto III; the reign of Henry II; the late Ottonnian period. Part 3 Romanesque art: introduction and Italy; Spain and France; Germany - Roger of Helmarhausen; Lotharingia - Rainer of Huy; Eilbertus of Cologne and the "sketchy" style; Mosan art - the 12th century; the empire - the 12th century; France and Spain - the 12th century; England and Scandinavia - the 12th century; Nicolas of Verdun and the transitional style.
£90.00
Insights 12 Days of The Lord of the Rings
£29.99
Yale University Press The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland
Book SynopsisArt schools, workshops and associations helped shape the Arts and Crafts style, as did individuals such as Ann Macbeth, Robert Lorimer, and James Cromar Watt. Together, these architects, artists and designers contributed to the expansion and evolution of the movement both within and beyond Scotland's borders. This book chronicles this movement.Trade Review‘In this meticulously researched and beautifully produced new study Carruthers presents a comprehensive account of the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland, as pursued primarily by Scottish makers.’—Rosie Spooner, Burlington Magazine -- Roise Spooner * Burlington Magazine *Shortlisted for the 2014 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History -- William MB Berger Prize * ? *
£57.00
Yale University Press Made in the U.S.A.
Book SynopsisA comprehensive survey of The Phillips Collection's spectacular holdings in American artTrade Review“A revealing lens on the history of American art.”—Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *
£999.99
Yale University Press The Civil War and American Art
Book SynopsisA sweeping survey of the impact of the Civil War on American painting and photography in the 19th centuryTrade Review“The Civil War and American Art is a scholarly and a narrative achievement both harrowing and sublime. Eleanor Jones Harvey has written a keenly critical and often lyrical assessment of the war she calls all but “unpaintable.” In genre painting that captured universal meanings out of local episodes in the ugly ironies of war, and especially in the new moods, metaphors, and forms that landscape painters drew from the war, Harvey demonstrates a profound, seismic influence of history on art. But she also brilliantly demonstrates that artists, even the photographers, could not so much re-make the actual history of our Armageddon as they could represent what we might indirectly see or learn from such a withering and mythic experience as modern war.”--David W. Blight, Yale University, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory -- David W. Blight“Eleanor Jones Harvey’s The Civil War and American Art is the rare book that connects the dots between art and history so well that the reader assumes that the subject is well-worn. It is not. The book…deserves to win awards in two disciplines: Art history and American history.…"—Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes -- Tyler Green * Modern Art Notes *“A great art history tour and coffee-table topper.”—Garden & Gun * Garden & Gun *“Provocative and insightful.”—Stephen May, Antiques and the Arts Weekly -- Stephen May * Antiques and the Arts Weekly *"The latest from Harvey. . . provides a nuanced, sensitive, and deeply informed accounting of a major period in the history of American art. . . . The comprehensive study manages to remain engaging across its redolent academic and historical interests, creating a sincere excitement appropriate to Harvey's always insightful and vital reckoning with America's scarred past.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review * Publishers Weekly *Winner in the Photography/Art category at the 2013 Great Southeast Book Festival. -- Great Southeast Festival * JM Northern Media LLC *"The Civil War and American Art is a glorious companion piece to a moving, beautifully curated, perspective-altering show. . . . Harvey’s book is perfect for lovers of American art and history.” —PopMatters * PopMatters *“Harvey skillfully integrates literature and journalism into a thoughtful and rich narrative of this pivotal period. An important cohesive assessment for scholars that is also broadly accessible and well-illustrated…”—Library Journal, starred review * Library Journal *“a beautiful companion volume…”—The Nation * The Nation *“Harvey’s catalogue text stands as a monumental, often thrilling feat of detailed scholarship”—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker -- Peter Schjeldahl * The New Yorker *“One of the great publishing triumphs of the Civil War Sesquicentennial.”—North Carolina Historical Review * North Carolina Historical Review *Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2013 in the Art & Architecture Category. -- Outstanding Academic Title * Choice *
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