The Arts Books
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Hablar sobre lo que no existe
Book SynopsisLas definiciones que la Poética tradicional y la Teoría Literaria han propuesto para el concepto de ficción nos han conducido a entender cualquier forma de narración artística como un discurso que contiene información irreal. Este hecho, junto con que se haya considerado la ficción una característica distintiva de lo literario, ha generado controversias a la hora de clasificar como literatura obras con gran nivel de poeticidad, pero destinadas a relatar hechos sucedidos.Ahora bien, y si dijéramos que veinte euros son tan reales como Don Quijote de la Mancha? Desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, esta monografía aborda las problemáticas que ha generado la concepción tradicional de lo ficcional a través del estudio neuro-cognitivo y teórico-literario del proceso mental que seguimos para generar e interpretar información sobre hechos y eventos que no tienen materialidad en el entorno que entendemos como realidad
£32.30
Peter Lang AG Illusion and Realism – The Game with the
Book SynopsisThe book is a study on Dutch painting, drawing and printmaking of the 17th century, focused on interlocking its descriptive realism with the visual strategy of illusion. The author analyzes this relationship as a conjunction rather than an opposition. Illusionistic compositional devices were current not only in mythological, biblical and allegorical images but also in proper realistic representations of the world. At the same time, many visual inventions, which included illusionistic concepts, were presented with persuasive realism of the forms. Thus, different seventeenth-century Dutch artists – such as Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrick Vroom, Rembrandt, Vermeer – attempted to produce «open images» and to conduct a visual game with their beholders.Table of ContentsArt history – Dutch art of the seventeenth century – Rembrandt – Vermeer – Hendrick Goltzius – Hendrick Vroom – Illusion – Realism
£108.22
Peter Lang AG Born in a Shtetl: An Essay on Sonia Delaunay and
Book SynopsisSonia Delaunay is one of the most important artists of the early twentieth century, whose contribution to European Modernism was fundamental, if not always fully acknowledged in its own right. She is known for translating her experiments via painting into the realm of fashion, interior design and crafts and, thus, consciously transcending the boundaries between fine and applied art. The focus within mainstream art history has been her relationship with her husband Robert Delaunay. Tom Sandqvist shifts this focus on her Jewish roots and sheds a light on the influence of growing up in the typical Eastern European shtetl, which has not attracted any special attention in the analysis of Delaunay’s art. Tom Sandqvist reflects on the impact of Judaism on Sonia Delaunay’s œuvre, with a special focus on her early contributions to Simultanism and Orphism within the interwar Parisian Avant-Garde.Table of ContentsSonia Delaunay – European Modernism – Simultanism – Avant-Garde Art in Paris – Eastern European – Jewish Culture – Shtetl
£37.12
Peter Lang AG El festival Grito de Mujer como plaza pública de
Book SynopsisEste libro investiga las posibilidades de las mujeres latinoamericanas que participan en el festival dominicano e internacionalmente difundido Grito de Mujer, de confrontarse a través de sus versos con varios desafíos de las sociedades neocoloniales de hoy día. Intenta analizar este tipo de activismo poético, desde la perspectiva de los avances poscoloniales, feministas o sea sociopolíticos y de la crítica literaria. Así, la poesía resulta como lugar de enuncianción múltiple contra cada esfuerzo de subalter-nización racismo, clasismo, (hetero)sexismo, etc. y también como lugar de afirmación del sujeto que escribe. Es decir, se manifiesta como acto político, una poiesis que cuestiona las estructuras hegemónicas, sirviendo asimismo como lugar de encuentro plural (plaza) y diálogo incesante.
£61.11
Peter Lang AG de la Postmemoire A La Memoire
Book SynopsisComposé selon trois axes fédérateurs : Littérature ; Arts scéniques et audiovisuels ; Éducation, et s'encadrant dans les memory studies, ce volume collectif donne à lire des analyses qui se penchent sur les enjeux actuels des oeuvres mémorielles dans leur potentiel pour sortir de l'oubli et diffuser les passés traumatiques des différentes communautés et groupes sociaux, pour favoriser les sentiments d'identités collectives, et dans celui de promouvoir les dialogues de mémoires sans prééminence.Compost segons tres eixos unificadors: Literatura, Arts escèniques i audiovisuals i Educació, aquest volum collectiu s'enquadra en l'àmbit dels memory studies i aborda els reptes actuals de les obres memorials en el seu potencial. Es proposa treure de l'oblit i difondre els passats traumàtics de diferents grups socials per afavorir el sentiment de pertinença a multiples identitats collectives, així com per promouren els diàlegs al voltant de les memòries sense preeminències.
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Peter Lang AG Espacio arte e identidad. Consideraciones
Book SynopsisEl espacio constituye una línea esencial de investigación en los estudios literarios y artísticos, por cuanto supone una categoría de gran complejidad semántica y simbólica. Este volumen ofrece una reflexión interdisciplinar y actual, que aborda el estudio semiótico del espacio a través de veintitrés trabajos, donde se revisa e interpreta un amplio abanico de obras que van desde la literatura tradicional a la digital o desde el cine a las series televisivas. Las cuatro secciones abordan la construcción del espacio en sus dimensiones real, imaginaria, simbólica e identitaria, dando cuenta de dinámicas interartísticas que crean o reescriben valores culturales y estéticos. Supone también una revisión de los presupuestos de la disciplina, al medir su eficacia en el análisis de las formas artísticas y sus estrategias de representación.
£51.30
Peter Lang AG On the Logic of Drawing History from Symbols
Book SynopsisThe approach to images as cultural documents of collective memory and instruments of social shaping builds a central theoretical component of cultural theories since its establishment as a critical discipline. Prominent thinkers ofcultural studies and art history defined images as symbolic representations and expressions of cultural memories.The anthology covers this broad understanding of images as carriers of archival value, texts, and complex language; it elaborates on the fundamental role of images as a driving force of ideologies and cultural evolution.The book also includes Charles S. Peirce's full manuscript On the Logic of drawing History from Ancient Documents especially from Testimonies, a genuine treatise on applied science as a universal method of incorporating knowledge across disciplines.
£39.60
Peter Lang AG Le Chefdoeuvre inconnu di Balzac alle radici
Book SynopsisL'autrice interpreta il racconto di Balzac Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu come equivalente narrativo di una identità di artista in trasformazione negli anni Trenta dell'Ottocento. Attraverso l'analisi della rivista L'Artiste, dove è pubblicato il racconto, viene messo in luce il processo mediatico cui è sottoposto il mito dell'artista, tra realtà e finzione. Adottando un metodo comparativistico, le polarità presenti nel testo di Balzac la dialettica tra colore e disegno, il rapporto tra artisti del passato e artisti moderni e il ruolo della modella tra idealità ed erotismo sono interpretate in relazione a opere d'arte, illustrazioni e scritti di Denis Diderot, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Louis Boulanger, Eugène Delacroix e Théophile Gautier. Emerge così un profilo di artista intimamente legato all'affermarsi di un nuovo rapporto tra arte e letteratura e a nuove categorie di giudizio estetico che ne confermano la modernità.
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Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften Las Artes Como Expresion Vital
Book Synopsis El arte o, por mejor decir, las artes se erigen como una de las manifestaciones humanas más señeras pues no cabe duda de que suponen una seña de identidad del ser humano como tal, aupando a la estética por encima de la funcionalidad. Desde antiguo se han creado taxonomías que pretenden fijar cuáles son esas artes, desde la dicotomía de Galeno (siglo II) entre liberales (propias de las personas libres y que eran producto del pensamiento) y vulgares, (realizadas con las manos), pasando por la de Radulfo de Campo Lungo (siglo XII) con sus artes liberales y mecánicas, hasta la más famosa de Charles Batteu (siglo XVIII) compuesta por siete, a las que tildó de Bellas, a saber: arquitectura, escultura, pintura, música, declamación, danza y, efímeramente, la elocuencia. Finalmente,y merced a Ricciotto Canudo (siglo XX), estas Bellas artes quedaron fijadas en siete, pues fue añadido el cine como representante de la modernidad.En este libro, el lector podrá constatar la actualidad de cada una de estas siete artes, su vitalidad y sus derroteros desde la perspectiva de la Academia, verdadera catalizadora de los fenómenos humanos.La calidad exigible a toda obra científica, y este libro la satisface cumplidamente, viene certificada por el hecho de que lo aquí plasmado deriva de una doble revisión por pares ciegos (peer review) lo que garantiza su nivel de excelencia académica irrefutable. Además de esta fórmula a priori, este texto queda públicamente expuesto ante los expertos al juicio a posteriori, por el que cualquier lector puede refutar lo aquí escrito aportando la carga de la prueba. Nuestro Comité Editorial, cuyos miembros encabezan las presentes páginas, está compuesto por más de 200 doctores pertenecientes a más de 40 Universidades internacionales, expertos en los variados campos tratados en estas investigaciones.El presente libro está auspiciado por el Fórum Internacional de Comunicación y Relaciones Públicas (Fórum XXI), la Sociedad Española de Estudios de la Comunicación Iberoamericana (SEECI) y el Grupo Complutense (n 931.791) de Investigación en Comunicación Concilium.
£58.50
Peter Lang AG Controlling Animals Vain Attempts at Immortality
Book SynopsisBased on the analytical framework of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ernest Becker, Controlling Animals makes use of the notion of the heroic ideal to exposedysfunctional attempts at immortality through the interpretation of three works of fiction. In this work, the author demonstrates to readers the flawed pursuit of attempting to avert death through the subjugation of animals. This pursuit is often orchestrated under the guise of the biblical concept of dominion from the Book of Genesis. In short, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the inextricable bond to the natural world and the fragile and tenuous existence in which humans live. The text also underscores the impending need for humans to make meaningful choices that are useful to the world while maintaining respect and deference to their animal co-inhabitants.
£36.90
Hatje Cantz The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish
Book SynopsisA Symposium on Consciousness Across Species Emerging from a series of public events at London's Serpentine Gallery, The Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish is an edited collection that brings together interventions across arts, the humanities and science that have been convened over the past five years. They investigate the idea of mind across species and beings, inquiring upon animal, plant and fungal intelligence, consciousness and affects, machine sentience and interspecies communication. Edited by Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos, the publication includes new material by over fifty experts, including Marisol de la Cadena, Ted Chiang, Peter Gabriel, Amy Hollywood, Tim Ingold, Karrabing Film Collective, Kapwani Kiwanga, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Merlin Sheldrake, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, and many more.
£35.20
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Hirmer Verlag Linda Lighton Love and War
Book SynopsisFor fifty years, American artist Linda Lighton has created a powerful body of subversive ceramic sculptures that explore desire in all its complex forms. This monographic catalogue marks the first substantial survey of her pioneering work, which uses wit and seduction as conceptual weaponry to mine the relationship between sex, power, and politicsThis richly illustrated monograph gives a comprehensive overview of Lighton's career, delving into the ways that her highly original and often rebellious work pushes the boundaries of ceramic sculpture. Accompanied by new scholarship on the artist's practice, the publication situates her sculptureswhich use a feminist visual language to address social issues, such as gun violence, environmental degradation, and gender conformitywithin the context of broader art historical developments.
£31.50
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Irma Stern
Book SynopsisLisa Hörstmann wrote her doctorate on South African settler primitivism. She is a research assistant at the Hamburger Bahnhof Nationalgalerie der Moderne.Lisa Marei Schmidt is director of the Brücke Museum Berlin.
£31.92
Hirmer Verlag Poetry of Light
Book SynopsisAlongside artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, Richard Pousette-Dart (19161992) was one of the most important pioneers of Abstract Expressionism. Sixty outstanding works from all creative phases allow us to immerse ourselves in the colourful and multifaceted oeuvre of this remarkable artist. The American avant-garde movement of Abstract Expressionism radically changed the course of modern painting. Like many of his fellow artists, Pousette-Dart was intensely preoccupied with themes such as myth, spirituality, and the archaic. His light-flooded works often evoke ideas of transcendental force through motifs reminiscent of the firmament or the charged energy of celestial bodies. This opulent volume impressively presents Pousette-Dart's art as a poetry of light.
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag The True Size of Africa
Book SynopsisOpening up the cosmos of an entire continent New perspectives on Africa This lavishly illustrated volume approaches the vast continent of Africa from a variety of viewpoints; beyond prejudice and stereotypes, via cultural history and contemporary art: by means of permanent changes of perspective and a diversity of artistic voices. The history of humankind meets the colonial past and the omnipresence of aspects of Africa in many regions of the world. On the one hand, surprising views of Africa are focused on from Europe. And on the other, works and installations by Africans or protagonists from the diaspora present ideas, impulses and identities which all signify Africa. The texts illustrate the broad time frame from the first humans to Pan-Africanism and Afro-Futurism, as well as present literary and philosophical narratives.
£45.00
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Helen Frankenthaler
Book SynopsisThe Reinhard & Sonja Ernst Foundation promotes a variety of causes, including arts and culture projects such as the Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden, Germany. This museum for abstract art will open in the fall of 2022.
£999.99
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Wolfgang Balk
Book SynopsisMartin Tschechne is a journalist, publicist and author. From 2006 to 2009 he was editor-in-chief and then editorial director of the art magazine Weltkunst. Jürgen B. Tesch is a publisher and art specialist. At Hirmer Verlag he publishes under the imprint Edition Jürgen B. Tesch.
£33.75
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Leon Kelly
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Hirmer Verlag GmbH Hello Image
Book SynopsisTulga Beyerle has been director of the MK&G Hamburg since 2018, Viktoria Heinrich has been head and curator of the collection of applied arts and design at the MK&G Hamburg since 2024. Esther Ruelfs has been head and curator of the collection of photography and new media at the MK&G Hamburg since 2012.
£37.42
Hirmer Verlag Mack Face to Face
Book SynopsisMuch has been written about Heinz Mack, but this book truly stands out. Recounting his life through the pen of Robert Fleck, the artist himself gives us deep insights into the motivations and goals of his artistic work almost as if we were sitting in conversation with this fascinating and renowned figure. A world-class artist is at once simple and very complex. On the one hand, a human being, like all of us, on the other, permeated by a web of motifs and ideas that one can scarcely guess at. Based on numerous conversations since 2020, the present volume explores this charged duality in Heinz Mack. We follow the artist closely through his eventful life, from the years of the Second World War to the present day. Like a second voice, original quotes placed in the margin accompany the narrative and lend this unusual biography its unique charm.
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Max Pechstein
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Hirmer David Katzenstein
Book SynopsisNew York-based photographer David Katzenstein travels the world on his lifelong artistic journey as a visual chronicler of humanity. Using subject, light and composition to create visual dynamism, he invites viewers to be in the moment with him. Katzenstein is the managing editor of the Barkley L. Hendricks Photography Archive. To date, he has published three monographs: Ritual (2022), Distant Journeys (2024), and Brownie (2025).
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Nieves Remain in Balance
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Nieves Vignettes From The Zenith City Archives
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Nieves Lausanne
Book SynopsisBorn in Quimper (Brittany) in 1971, he studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d'Art. In 1996, his Vase Soliflore took its place in the Centre Pompidou's permanent collection. Giulio Cappellini noticed his work at the Paris Salon du Meuble in 1997, giving him the opportunity to create his first pieces of industrial design, and he was awarded the Grand Prix du Design by the City of Paris. Shortly after, he was joined by his brother Erwan and they began ongoing partnerships with international design brands around the world which are still going today. Ronan Bouroullec set up his Paris-based design studio with his younger brother, Erwan, in '99. For over two decades, the internationally acclaimed duo have co-created iconic designs for the likes of Vitra, Hay, Flos, Cassina, Ligne Roset, Magis, Mutina Established & Sons and Kvadrat. Their designs are held in some of the world's most coveted permanent collections, exhibitions have been devoted to their work, and monographs have been published, cataloguing some of their outstanding creations. Alongside their joint recognition, Ronan's drawings have been featured in many solo exhibitions including Giorgio Mastinu Fine Art (Venice, 2018), Galerie kreo, (Paris, 2019), Licht Gallery (Tokyo, 2021) and Casa Mutina (Milan, 2021-2022) - as well as group exhibitions such as Objects of Desire - Surrealism and Design 1924-Today', (Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2019; CaixaForum Barcelona, Spain, 2020; CaixaForum Madrid, Spain, 2020-2021) and Un printemps incertain, invitation à 40 créateurs', (Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, 2021). His drawings can be found in a number of major private and international collections, notably the Art Institute of Chicago. Ronan Bouroullec is represented by Galerie kreo, in Paris and London. Whilst the Bouroullecs' collaborative designs involve a rigorous and complex process of research and testing, Ronan's personal work offer no interferences, no plans. Drawing which has been a regular activity since early childhood occupies an important place in his daily life. Today, his drawings are instinctive and exude freedom.
£12.00
Nieves Ronan Bouroullec - Fièvre
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Edition Taube The Nomadic Studio
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EI Publishing Co., Ltd Motorcyclist Style
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EI Publishing Co., Ltd Shop Interior
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EI Publishing Co., Ltd Lightning Vol.174 Japanese Craftsman
Book SynopsisGuest editorThomas Marecki
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EI Publishing Co., Ltd Leather Products
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EI Publishing Co., Ltd Vintage Motorcycle Style
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Institut Valencia D'Art Modern ESCRITOS EN PROSA 19071953
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Not Avail Gua del patrimonio arquitectónico de Gran Canaria
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Fundacion Amigos del Museo del Prado El Museo del Prado y el arte contemporáneo
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£31.58
STAR BOOK SALES Aira C Osvaldo Lamborghini El sexo que habla
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Erasmus Ediciones La pintura religiosa de Leonardo da Vinci
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Atico de Los Libros Nocturno
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Skira Lahore Biennale Reader 02
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Mousse Publishing Tools and Orientations
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Peeters Publishers Schone Schijn / Brillance Et Prestige: Romeinse
Book SynopsisDe tentoonstelling "Schone Schijn: Romeinse juweelkunst in West-Europa" is de eerste overzichtstentoonstelling die vijf eeuwen Romeinse juweelkunst in onze streken in beeld brengt.De tentoonstelling is een realisatie van het Provinciaal Gallo-Romeins Museum en de afdeling archeologie van de Universiteit Gent. Meer dan 40 binnen- en buitenlandse musea en prive-verzamelaars werken eraan mee. Een aantal voorwerpen werd nooit eerder aan het publiek getoond.Deze rijk geillustreerde catalogus omvat de beschrijvingen en kleurenafbeeldingen van meer dan 400 juwelen. Een aantal specialisten met wereldfaam levert zijn wetenschappelijke bijdrage. Nu eens diepgaand, dan weer anekdotisch vertellen de auteurs een voor een het boeiende verhaal achter het Romeinse juweel. Er werken 43 auteurs mee aan de publicatie. Het is een uniek naslagwerk. Geniet mee van deze tijdloze pracht en praal!L'exposition "Brillance et prestige: la joaillerie romaine en Europe occidentale" est la premiere retrospective mettant en images cinq siecles de joaillerie romaine dans nos regions.L'exposition est une realisation du Musee Provincial Gallo-Romain et de la section d'archeologie de l'Universite de Gand. Plus de 40 musees et collectionneurs prives belges et etrangers y ont participe. Plusieurs pieces n'ont jamais ete montrees au public auparavant.Ce catalogue richement illustre contient les descriptions et illustrations en couleurs de plus de 400 bijoux. Des scientifiques de renommee internationale y ont apporte leur concours. Parfois en approfondissant le sujet, parfois sur le mode anecdotique, chacun des auteurs raconte une histoire specifique du bijou romain. 43 auteurs ont participe a cette publication, qui constitue un ouvrage de reference unique en son genre. Nous esperons que la decouverte de tant de beaute vous procurera beaucoup de plaisir!
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Kult Books Reversed Surveillance
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Vakataka Heritage Indian Culture at the
Book SynopsisIn what is often considered to be the heyday of classical Indian culture, the 4th and 5th centuries ad, the dynasty of the Vaka?akas emerged as one of the major patrons of religion and art. Covering the greater part of the northern Deccan, the Vaka?aka kingdoms were situated at the crossroads of the main north-south and west-east caravan routes. This situation in the heart of the South Asian subcontinent may partly explain the prosperity of the Vaka?aka kingdoms and certainly accounts for their cultural diversity and richness, to which the Hindu temples on and around the Ramagiri (Ramtek Hill) and the Buddhist Caves at Ajanta still bear witness. Here, at the crossroads of the lndo-Aryan north and Dravidian south, the northern culture of the Gupta kingdom reached the Deccan and developed a character of its own. The articles collected in this volume intend to augment our knowledge of how the Vaka?aka culture came into being, which forces and influences contributed to its flourishing, and how its achievements informed the historical and cultural developments after its fall.
£69.82
Onomatopee Script for a Synthetic Play: On (Un)grounding
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Sendpoints SHOW TIME 2 - The Art of Exhibition: The Art of
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SendPoints Publishing Co., Ltd Visual Harmony
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