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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Fort Whipple
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Edinburgh University Press Shoe Reels
Book SynopsisExamining the special relationship between footwear and film, Shoe Reelsexplores images of shoes in cinema.It questions what shoes mean in the context of narrative, aesthetics and symbolism, why they are so memorable, and what their wider cultural resonances might be.
£85.50
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Fighting in the Sky: The Story in Art
Book SynopsisBarely a decade passed from the Wright Brothers' first powered flight to aircraft becoming lethal instruments of war. The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service took off in the very early days of The Great War and captured the public's imagination and admiration. Sydney and Richard Carline happened to be both pilots and artists as was Frenchman Henri Farre. Their works inspired celebrated painters like Sir John Lavery who took to the skies in an airship in the First World War. Feeding on the demand for works depicting this new dimension of warfighting, a new genre of art was born which has remained popular ever since. During the Second World War, the paintings of Paul Nash stood out as did Eric Ravilions who, ironically, died in an air crash. War artist Albert Richards dropped with British paratroopers on D-Day. Post-war, paintings by leading British and international artists graphically illustrate conflicts such as the Falklands, Bosnia and the Gulf War. John Fairley has brought together a dazzling collection of art works covering over 100 years of air warfare, enhanced by lively and informative text. The result is a book that is visually and historically satisfying.
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Fordham University Press Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt
Book SynopsisChronicles grassroots efforts to recover, rebuild, and enjoy architecturally iconic but economically obsolete places in the American Rust Belt. A pioneering Detroit automobile factory. A legendary iron mill at the edge of Pittsburgh. A campus of concrete grain elevators in Buffalo. Two monumental train stations, one in Buffalo, the other in Detroit. These once-noble sites have since fallen from their towering grace. As local elected leaders did everything they could to destroy what was left of these places, citizens saw beauty and utility in these industrial ruins and felt compelled to act. Postindustrial DIY tells their stories. The culmination of more than a dozen years of on-the-ground investigation, ethnography, and historical analysis, author and urbanist Daniel Campo immerses the reader in this postindustrial landscape, weaving the perspectives of dozens of DIY protagonists as well as architects, planners, and preservationists. Working without capital, expertise, and sometimes permission in a milieu dominated by powerful political and economic interests, these do-it-yourself actors are driven by passion and a sense of civic duty rather than by profit or political expediency. They have craftily remade these sites into collective preservation projects and democratic grounds for arts and culture, environmental engagement, regional celebrations, itinerant play, and in-the-moment constructions. Their projects are generating excitement about the prospect of Rust Belt life, even as they often remain invisible to the uninformed passerby and fall short of professional preservation or environmental reclamation standards. Demonstrating that there is no such thing as a site that is “too far gone” to save or reuse, Postindustrial DIY is rich with case studies that demonstrate how great architecture is not simply for the elites or the wealthy. The citizen preservationists and urbanists described in this book offer looser, more playful, and often more publicly satisfying alternatives to the development practices that have transformed iconic sites into expensive real estate or a clean slate for the next profitable endeavor. Transcending the disciplinary boundaries of architecture, historic preservation, city planning, and landscape architecture, Postindustrial DIY suggests new ways to engage, adapt, and preserve architecturally compelling sites and bottom-up strategies for Rust Belt revival.Table of ContentsPrologue: A Postindustrial View from the Northeast Corridor | 3 1. Recovering Postindustrial Places | 25 2. Buffalo’s Central Terminal | 63 3. Silo City | 119 4. The Carrie Blast Furnaces | 177 5. The Packard Automotive Factory | 231 6. Michigan Central Station | 295 7. The Beginning or End of Postindustrial DIY? | 361 Acknowledgments | 383 Notes | 385 Index | 419
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ME - Fordham University Press On the High Line
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive, up-to-date, and acclaimed guide to the High Line by the leading expert on the history of the parknow in a fully revised editionBuilt atop a former freight railroad, the park in the sky is regularly cited as one of the premiere examples of adaptive reuse and quickly became one of New York's most popular destinations, attracting more than 8 million visitors a year. This updated Third Edition of On the High Line published to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of the park's openingremains the definitive guide to the park that transformed an entire neighborhood and became an inspiration to cities around the globe. In short entries organized by roughly two city block sections, the guide provides rich details about everything in view on both sides of the park. Illustrated with more than 110 black & white photographs, it covers historic and modern architecture; plants and horticulture; and important industries and technological innovations that developed in the n
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Gingko Press, Inc Oleander Sunset
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Bernd & Hilla Becher
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive, posthumous monograph and retrospective on Bernd and Hilla Becher, best known for their photographs of industrial structures in Europe and North America For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the Bechers’ iconic Typologies, the book includes Bernd’s early drawings, Hilla’s independent photographs, and excerpts from their notes, sketchbooks, and journals. The book’s authors offer new insights into the development of the artists’ process, their work’s conceptual underpinnings, the photographers’ relationship to deindustrialization, and the artists’ legacy. An essay by award-winning cultural historian Lucy Sante and an interview with Max Becher, the artists’ son, make this volume an unrivaled look into the Bechers’ art, life, and career. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (July 11–October 30, 2022)San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (December 17, 2022–April 2, 2023)
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Pelican Publishing Co Rosemary Beach
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Arcadia Publishing A History of Detroits Palmer Park Landmarks
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America Through Time Abandoned Eastern Pennsylvania: Remnants of
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America Through Time Abandoned Virginia: Forgotten in Time
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America Through Time Pittsburgh: Photography of the Most Livable City
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America Through Time Abandoned Arizona: Relics of the Past
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America Through Time Abandoned Western Pennsylvania: Behind the Boards
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America Through Time Abandoned North Alabama: Where the Stories Ended
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America Through Time Abandoned Ozarks, Southwest Missouri: Preserving
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America Through Time Abandoned Eastern Indiana: Decaying Under the
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America Through Time Abandoned Idaho: Frozen in Time
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Fonthill Media Desolation and Decay of Maine
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Rocky Nook The Grey Ghost: New York City Photographs
Book SynopsisIn The Grey Ghost: New York City Photographs, Dan Winters turns his eye to New York City, collecting nearly 100 black-and-white images he created there in the years after moving to New York from California in 1987 at the age of 25. A highly personal collection, The Grey Ghost reveals an artist finding his voice, discovering that elusive method that
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WW Norton & Co The Route 66 Photo Road Trip: How to Eat, Stay,
Book SynopsisThe perfect companion to experiencing everything that America’s most famous road has to offer, The Route 66 Photo Road Trip guides the reader from Amarillo to Las Vegas, with recommendations for dining and lodging, lists of attractions, itineraries and tips for capturing memorable photographs with professional gear or a phone.
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Bauer and Dean Publishers Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An
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Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Treasures of Winnipeg's Historic Exchange
Book SynopsisA breath-taking full-colour photography book celebrating the architectural splendour and cultural heritage of Winnipegs famed Exchange District, a National Historic Site and one of the citys most vibrant artistic, commercial, and tourist hubs. The Exchange District is the architectural jewel of Winnipegs downtown core, a thirty-block area featuring 150 remarkably preserved heritage buildings dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These iconic buildings are among the best examples in North America of several turn-of-the-century architectural styles, including Romanesque, Italianate, Beaux-Arts, and Chicago School. From its origins in the 1880s as a commercial and industrial gateway to the Canadian West to its current revitalisation, the Exchange exemplifies the spirit of a modern city embracing its past while creating a bright and dynamic future. The book offers a sumptuous visual feast for residents and visitors. With stunning photography highlighting the impressive scale and intricate detail of the Exchanges imposing banks, sprawling warehouses, and commercial towers, this book will amaze and delight anyone interested in Winnipegs history and architecture. In addition, the book captures the renewed energy, creativity, hospitality, and entrepreneurial spirit that have invigorated the Exchange in recent years, making it one of Canadas most vibrant up-and-coming neighbourhoods.
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Goose Lane Editions Ned Pratt: One Wave
Book SynopsisThe world in bold; Newfoundland in abstract."It is the landscape that endures, it is the landscape that remains in control." — Ned PrattWith Ned Pratt, there is no nostalgia, no romance, no theatre. His interest in the Newfoundland landscape forms the foundation for his photography.Pratt's approach to the act of looking transcends place. He distills the landscape into abstractions of form and colour. Disrupting depth with close architectural details and incisions of poles and wires, he undermines the traditional, romantic notion of “looking out” to sublime geometry.Ned Pratt: One Wave charts a decade of Pratt's breathtaking photography. Echoing Pratt's aesthetic, this beautifully designed book presents Pratt's works in formal conversation with each other. Stark imagery of buildings is juxtaposed with forays into abstraction and celebrations of the inherent geometry of natural forms — whether a single wave crashing over a wall or stones cracked by freezing and thawing.Trade Review"Pratt embraces this harsh land, celebrates it, in all its glorious starkness. His sharp, in-your-face angles crash hard, whether he’s giving us a glimpse of ocean from a ferry, a wave crashing over a breaker, a snowdrift, a red-striped trailer or a guardrail by the roadside, fog on rocks, a frozen slab of seawater or a lone shack shelter in a storm of white." * Atlantic Books Today *
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Reaktion Books Playing at Home: The House in Contemporary Art
Book Synopsis'There's no place like home'; 'safe as houses'; 'home is where the heart is': ideas of the house and home are rich in cultural cliches and contradictory meanings. Playing at Home explores the different ways in which artists have engaged with this popular everyday theme - from 'broken homes' to haunted houses, doll's houses, mobile homes and greenhouses. The book considers how issues of gender, identity, class and place can overlap and interact in our relationships with 'home', and how certain artworks disturb our comfortable ideas of what it means to be 'at home'. While other books have touched on examples of the 'uncanny' and surreal presentation of houses in art, this one argues that an understanding of the role of irony and play, and the critical potential of the 'everyday', are equally important in our interpretations of these intriguing works. The author draws on the work of philosophers, cultural theorists and art critics to enrich our understanding of this genre. Covering the work of well-known artists, including Tracey Emin, Gordon Matta-Clark, Rachel Whiteread, Cornelia Parker, Vito Acconci, Michael Landy, Richard Wilson, Mike Kelley and Louise Bourgeois, the book also looks at artists who travel across continents, for whom home is a shifting notion, such as Do-Ho Suh and Pascale Marthine Tayou. Discussing a wide range of media, including installation and film, and richly illustrated, Playing at Home is a compelling survey of one of contemporary art's popular themes.
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Reaktion Books War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict
Book SynopsisThis sumptuously illustrated volume, edited by eminent war historian Joanna Bourke, offers a comprehensive visual, cultural and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been represented in art. Covering the last two centuries, the book shows how the artistic portrayal of war has changed, from a celebration of heroic exploits to a more modern, truthful depiction of warfare and its consequences. Featuring illustrations by artists including Paul Nash, Judy Chicago, Pablo Picasso, Melanie Friend, Francis Bacon, Kathe Kollwitz, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, Dora Meeson, Otto Dix and many others, as well as those who are often overlooked, such as children, women, non-European artists and prisoners of war, this extensive survey is a fitting and timely contribution to the understanding, memory and commemoration of war, and will appeal to a wide audience interested in warfare, art, history or politics. Introduction by Joanna Bourke, with essays by Jon Bird, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Joanna Bourke, Grace Brockington, James Chapman, Michael Corris, Patrick Crogan, Jo Fox, Paul Gough, Gary Haines, Clare Makepeace, Sue Malvern, Sergiusz Michalski, Manon Pignot, Anna Pilkington, Nicholas J. Saunders, John Schofield, John D. Szostak, Sarah Wilson and Jay Winter.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Joanna Bourke, with essays by Jon Bird, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Joanna Bourke, Grace Brockington, James Chapman, Michael Corris, Patrick Crogan, Jo Fox, Paul Gough, Gary Haines, Clare Makepeace, Sue Malvern, Sergiusz Michalski, Manon Pignot, Anna Pilkington, Nicholas J. Saunders, John Schofield, John D. Szostak, Sarah Wilson and Jay Winter.
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Octopus Publishing Group Tate: Sketch Club Urban Drawing
Book SynopsisUrban sketching has become one of the biggest art trends of the last decade, with artists preferring to capture a scene on location rather than relying on a photograph. Featuring 20 step-by-step exercises, Sketch Club: Urban Drawing is your essential guide to putting your drawing skills into practice on location. You'll learn how to start, when to stop and how to fix common mistakes. Packed with all the energy and inspiration of a drawing group, this is the ideal book for anyone looking to take their urban drawing further. Perfect your urban drawing skills and develop your own unique style with professional urban sketcher, Phil Dean. Chapters include:- Loosening Up- Building a Scene- Adding Contrast- Taking it Further- Finishing Touches
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Open Book Publishers Thomas Annan of Glasgow: Pioneer of the Documentary Photograph
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark
Book SynopsisBased on the landmark Radio 4 series, this beautifully illustrated modern history of the connections between science and art offers a new perspective on what that relationship has contributed to the world around us. __________ Throughout history, artists and scientists have been driven by curiosity and the desire to experiment. Both have wanted to make sense of the world around them, often to change it, sometimes working closely together, certainly taking inspiration from each other's disciplines. The relationship between the two has traditionally been perceived as one of love and hate, fascination and revulsion, symbiotic but antagonistic. But art is crucial to helping us understand our science legacy and science is well served by applying an artistic lens. How exactly has the ingenuity of science and technology been incorporated into artistic expression? And how has creative practice, in turn, stimulated innovation and technological change?The Art of Innovation is a history of the past 250 years viewed through the disciplines of art and science. Through fascinating stories that explore the sometimes unexpected relationships between famous artworks and significant scientific and technological objects - from Constable's cloudscapes and the chemist who first measured changes in air pressure, to the introduction of photography and the representation of natural history in print - it offers a new way of seeing, studying and interpreting the extraordinary world around us.Trade ReviewA timely and compelling history of the springs of thought. * Melvyn Bragg *A wonderful insight into the way art and science can be interwoven. * Cornelia Parker *
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Acc Art Books A Palace in Sicily
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Intellect Watch This Space
Book SynopsisWatch This Space is a collection of insightfulessays on the interconnectedness of urbandesign, architecture and moving image studies. 82 b&w illus.
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Archaeopress Wroxeter: Ashes under Uricon: A Cultural and
Book SynopsisWroxeter: Ashes under Uricon offers a perspective on how people over time have viewed the abandoned Roman city of Wroxeter in Shropshire. It responds to three main artistic outputs relating to the site: poetry, images and texts. The poets include Wilfred Owen, A.E. Housman and Mary Webb. The writers cover a range of interests relating to the site but include Darwin, Dickens, Rosemary Sutcliff and John Buchan. The artists are perhaps less well-known but include watercolours by Thomas Girtin, archaeological reconstructions by Alan Sorrell and Amedée Forrestier, and paintings by Wroxeter’s own resident artist, Thomas Prytherch. Photographs are represented by the work of Francis Bedford and others more closely associated with aerial archaeology such as J.K. St Joseph and Arnold Baker. While the famous names have their value, The book also investigates what locals and visitors thought of the site over time – how they perceived it and have responded to it. It reflects in particular upon how the public and locals responded to the archaeological discoveries on the site and perceived the narratives that were created by the archaeologists working on it. It contends that archaeologists are just as much story-tellers as the writers, poets or artists, although their work is more filtered or controlled, and through these narratives, they inspire others. A further strand to the book is to explore the increasing focus over the past century on the democratisation of access to and understanding of the site, alongside increasing state intervention in its running. This too has had its impact on who visits and what is understood about the site. A short concluding section offers a vision of how the site might develop in the near-future, and how its cultural side might flourish once again.Trade Review'Roger White's love of the Roman town at Wroxeter in Shropshire shines through the pages of this book. He first worked there as a digger in 1976 and has been involved with it in various capacities almost ever since.' – Neil Holbrook (2023): Current Archaeology Issue 396Table of ContentsMy Wroxeter ; Introduction ; Archaeologists and their stories ; Poetic visions ; Wroxeter depicted ; Writing and visiting Wroxeter ; Archaeology for all ; Wroxeter’s people ; Coda: Wroxeter in the 21st century ; References
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Kulturalis Timeless Mumbai
Book SynopsisA sumptuously produced walking tour through historic Mumbai in images and words, featuring the remarkable talents of artist Matt Rota.
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Amber Books Abandoned Places
Book SynopsisSteam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water ? images like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here? From forgotten railway stations to flooded shopping malls, from secret Cold War bunkers to radiation zones, Abandoned Places explores more than 100 fascinating lost worlds from all around the globe. Surveying the ruins of industrial sites and military bases, ghost towns, holiday resorts and airports, the book explains the story of how each place came to be abandoned ? whether through natural or chemical disaster, war, economic collapse, or changing tastes and customs. Throughout, though, a picture emerges, not only of what has been lost, but of what remains. Left to the elements but ignored by humanity, these ramshackle settlements and dilapidated structures illuminate times and designs that we thought were long gone. With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Places is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind. More than 150 superb colour photographs Expert text briefly explains the fascinating stories behind 65 abandoned places Wide selection of buildings, vehicles and ghost towns from all around the world
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Penguin Books Ltd My Town: An Artist's Life in London
Book SynopsisDavid Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing together work from across his whole career, from his earliest sketches to watercolours painted just a few months ago.Here is London as it was, and as it is today: the Thames, Hampstead Heath; the streets, canals, markets and people of his home of Camden Town; and at the heart of it all, his studio and the tools of his work. Accompanied by reflections on the process of drawing and personal thoughts on the ever-changing city, this is a celebration of London, and the joy of noticing, looking and capturing the world.'David has spent a lifetime depicting with wit and affection a London he has made his own' Alan Bennett 'He delivers a poetry of exultant concentration ... The surface fusion of the sensuous and the sharply modern is echoed by Gentleman's imagery' Guardian 'The artist and illustrator has been responsible for some of the most-seen public artworks in this country' The Times 'Perhaps the last of the great polymath designer-painters' Camden New Journal
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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Space Framed: Photography, Architecture and the
Book SynopsisWhile much has been written about how photography serves architecture, this book looks at how fine-art photographers frame constructed space – from cities to single anonymous rooms. It analyses various techniques used and reveals resonances and rhythms found in the photographs as they occur at different scales, times and settings. Photographs become vehicles for thinking about the co-existence between individuals and social groups and their surroundings spaces and settings in the city and the landscape. By considering questions of technique and practice on the one hand, and the formal and aesthetic qualities of photographs on the other, the book opens up new ways of looking at and thinking about architecture and how we relate to our environment. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section I: Documenting Building; Chapter 1. The Façade and the Frame; Chapter 2. The Art-Facts and Life-Facts of Building; Chapter 3. How the Mind Meets Architecture: What Photography Reveals; Chapter 4. Construction Performance: How the camera Records Progress on Site; Section II: Life in the City; Chapter 5. Unconscious Choreography; Chapter 6. Urban Fragments, Urban Tumult; Chapter 7. The City Stilled and Surveyed; Chapter 8. The Self and the City; Section III: Landscape and Territory; Chapter 9. Exploring Terrains New Topographics; Chapter 10. New Territories; Conclusion
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Bodleian Library Town: Prints and Drawings of Britain Before 1800
Book SynopsisProvincial towns in Britain grew in size and importance in the eighteenth century. Ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool greatly expanded, while industrial centres such as Birmingham and Manchester flourished. Market towns outside London developed as commercial centres or as destinations offering spa treatments as in Bath, horse racing in Newmarket or naval services in Portsmouth. Containing over 100 images of towns in England, Wales and Scotland, this book draws on the extensive Gough collection in the Bodleian Library. Contemporary prints and drawings provide a powerful visual record of the development of the town in this period, and finely drawn prospects and maps – made with greater accuracy than ever before – reveal their early development. This book also includes perceptive observations from the journals and letters of collector Richard Gough (1735–1809), who travelled throughout the country on the cusp of the industrial age.Trade Review“A treasure trove of a book and an excellent starting point for anyone seeking to understand what British towns in the eighteenth century looked like.” * Peter Borsay, Aberystwyth University *
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Merrell Publishers Ltd Windows in Art
Book SynopsisA window provides access to two of life's essentials, light and air, but it is more than just a means to an end. Windows also have symbolic, expressive and architectural qualities that have for centuries inspired some of the world's greatest artists. In this engaging new study, Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in art through five key themes, from the window as a status symbol to its use as a provider of physical and spiritual illumination; from its employment as a literal window on the world outside the confines of a room to its function as a mirror, reflecting the emotions of the artist or the individuals depicted; and finally to the immense architectural variety of windows that animate interior and exterior scenes throughout Western painting. With superb reproductions of 90 works by major artists from Giotto to Banksy, and spirited analysis of the paintings' meanings, this is a remarkable exploration of an important but hitherto neglected subject in art history.Trade Review'thought-provoking and illuminating ... it offers an intriguing perspective on this often overlooked feature' - HOMES & GARDENS MAGAZINE 'Some very famous works have hidden windows and once the are pointed out we wonder how we missed them before so this volume becomes a window into the subject itself and one that enriches our looking. This is an intriguing subject and one not to be missed.' - THE YORKSHIRE PRESS
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Anchorage Press Ironworks
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Anchorage Press Lintels of Paris
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Anchorage Press Linteaux de Paris
Book SynopsisLinteaux de Paris dévoile les qualités urbanistiques et l''élégance architecturale de la ville et de ses quartiers sous un angle inusité. Pour ces portraits horizontaux en deux tons, Thaddeus Holownia a braqué sa fidèle chambre photographique grand format sur des linteaux de pierre sculptés qui coiffent des portes majestueuses dans la capitale française. L''ouvrage de grandes dimensions réunit plus de quarante clichés qui offrent une vision insolite d''un aspect distinctif de la Ville Lumière. Le livre accompagne l''exposition du même nom présentée jusqu''á la fin de l''année á la Galerie d''art Beaverbrook.
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Anchorage Press Tantramar Revisited, Revisited
Book SynopsisIn Tantramar Revisited, Revisited, Thaddeus Holownia returns repeatedly to record the landscapes and architecture of the Tantramar Marshes and Cumberland Basin. In the accompanying essay, Tom Smart examines how Holownia''s acute vision chronicles the relationships he observes, how the land reveals its history, and how time and human events affect change. This Smythe-sewn paperbound edition features 29 duotone reproductions.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Cambridge Art Book: The city through the eyes
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge Art Book contains a unique collection of contemporary images of this most beautiful city, from the grand architecture of its historic university to its more intimate corners. Cambridge is a unique place with a very special atmosphere. It combines an internationally-renowned university town with a vibrant street-life amongst stunning medieval architecture. This is an anthology of prints from 50 artists inspired by the beauty and vitality of the city, working in a broad range of contemporary media. In this book, you will find: - Quirky hidden gems such as the dog, officially labelled as a ‘cat’ to subvert college rules and reality checkpoint (the lamppost that marks the divide between the university and the real world) - Innovative representations of classic tourist sites: King’s College, St. John’s College, the Corpus Clock and the Backs (including Ely and Grantchester) - Cambridge’s train station and old Addenbrooke’s hospital transformed into artworks This book will renew memories and inspire visits and revisits to all its haunts.Trade ReviewJust gorgeous: I found it irresistible. -- Joanna LumleyHow necessary and wonderful to see ancient and beautiful Cambridge singing with new life, colour and vitality through the works of contemporary artists. A book to treasure. -- Stephen FryHow completely magnificent to see Cambridge through the eyes of 50 brilliant contemporary artists. Some of the pictures vividly remind me of my time there. Bikes and wind basically. This book looks utterly lovely. -- Claudia WinklemanCambridge is an inspiring city, rich in all kinds of beauty. It’s wonderful to see such a joyous celebration of the architecture, life and personality of this special place. -- Dame Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel College, CambridgeA stunning contemporary look at the city of Cambridge through the eyes of the artists who are inspired by its architecture, green spaces, people and sense of history. -- Sir David KingA brilliant new look at contemporary Cambridge. A wide selection of local artists have captured the energy, quirkiness and historic beauty of this wonderful city. -- Jackie Ashley, President of Lucy Cavendish CollegeTable of ContentsForeword Introduction King’s College and King’s Parade Around Cambridge The River Jesus Green to Parker’s Piece The Fitzwilliam Museum Mill Road Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Botanic Gardens The station and out of Cambridge The Gog Magog Hills The Orchard at Grantchester Wicken Fen The Fens towards Ely Artists’ credits Artists
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Dent-De-Leone A-W-O-R-L-D-O-F-O-U-R-O-W-N
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Dent-De-Leone Form Next to Form Next to Form
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Design For Today Les Les Sardines a l'huile
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Unicorn Publishing Group London the Metamorphosis
Book SynopsisAs London evolves into a Babylonian-style city of lofty towers, the artist Anna Keen has been inspired to paint this London Metamorphosis. While each new edifice heads to the heavens, the exposed entrails of these vast construction sites strangely resemble ruins. Her large canvases are enriched with details stemming from patient observation and on-the-spot sketches, and from voyages around the city made by helicopter, boat, road and on foot. Like the eighteenth-century artist J.M Gandy, who simultaneously painted London in ruins and in construction, Anna Keen takes us just beneath the surface of the metropolis, to where the emotional landscape lurks and to where the soul of London is heading. London-based art historian Edward Lucie-Smith has followed Anna Keen's painting since 1995 in Rome.
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Hedingham Fair A Little Celebration of the Green Man
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