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Materials may seem to be sculpture’s most obvious aspect. Traditionally seen as a means to an end, and frequently studied in terms of technical procedures, their intrinsic meaning often remains unquestioned. Yet materials comprise a field rich in meaning, bringing into...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-12
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Discover the techniques behind beautiful design by deconstructing designs to understand them The term 'hacker' has been redefined to consist of anyone who has an insatiable curiosity as to how things work—and how they can try to make them better. This book is aimed at...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-08-08
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The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It is one of Europe's greatest treasures and its own story is full of drama and surprise. Who commissioned the tapestry? Was it Bishop Odo, William's ruthless...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-07-31
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Die ‘Frühe Neuzeit’ ist eine Reflexionsepoche der Moderne. Besonders in den letzten Jahrzehnten variieren Zeitdiagnosen das Konzept der ‘Wiederkehr’ von historischen Phasen der Vormoderne, um die Gegenwart im Licht der Vergangenheit zu erkennen, um etablierte...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-07-08
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the discovery of early cultures exerted a formative influence on modern architecture. Discussions on early civilizations in the Middle East, South-East Asia, and the pre-Columbian cultures of North and South America as well as new...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-07-08
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Dieses Buch widmet sich einer bisher in der Minnesangforschung nur wenig behandelten Gattung: dem dialogischen Lied. Während die Minnekanzone die Stimme des Sängers als Minnendem privilegiert und die besungene Dame darin zum Schweigen verdammt, präsentiert das...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-07-08
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This book explores the social history of contemporary Italian art with a focus on its relation to theories of national identity, cultural inheritance, and baroque historiography. Its scope encompasses Fascism’s involvement in the visual arts in the first half of the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-07-08
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In 1938 Action Comics #1 introduced the world to Superman.In a matter of years, the skies of our imaginations were filled with mutants, aliens and vigilantes. Batman, Wonder Woman and the X-Men - in less than a century they've gone from not existing at all to being...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-07-07
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Let best-selling novelist Sophie King guide you through the whole process of writing your first novel and getting it published.This revised edition takes aspiring novelists through the steps of writing a novel, from finding that initial idea, to keeping the plot going...
Editeur :
How to Books
Parution :
2011-07-01
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The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life executing commissions in churches, palaces, and villas, often covering vast ceilings like those at the Würzburg Residenz in Germany and the Royal Palace in Madrid with frescoes that are among...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-06-30
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'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?' Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's most significant creative and...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-05-26
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This bold, globe-spanning survey is the first book to thoroughly explore the radical, long-standing interdependence between art and homosexuality. It draws examples from the full range of the Western tradition, including classical, Renaissance, and contemporary art,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-05-26
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This broad introduction to illustration reveals the artistic, intellectual and organizational skills needed to practice as a freelance illustrator, and helps the reader navigate the specialist areas of its application. There is a practical introduction to image-making,...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2011-05-06
Collection :
Portfolio
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Crammed full of exquisite art from around the world, with fascinating background stories about the artists, editors and publishers, Erotic Comics: A Graphic History examines how this much maligned artform developed into a publishing phenomenon that spans the globe....
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2011-05-03
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The life of the painter and designer Duncan Grant spanned great changes in society and art, from Edwardian Britain to the 1970s, from Alma-Tadema to Gilbert and George. This authoritive biography combines an engrossing narrative with an invaluable assessment of Grant's...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-04-30
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A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture presents a collection of 26 original essays from top scholars in the field that explore and critically examine various aspects of Asian art and architectural history. Brings together top international scholars of Asian art...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-04-27
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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No century in modern European history has built monuments with more enthusiasm than the 19th. Of the hundreds of monuments erected, those which sprang from a nation-wide initiative and addressed themselves to a nation, rather than part of a nation, we may call national...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-04-27
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Ken Jacobs has been making cinema for more than fifty years. Along with over thirty film and video works, he has created an array of shadow plays, sound pieces, installations, and magic lantern and film performances that have transformed how we look at and think about...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-04-19
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This book is the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written, featuring over 1,300 images of more than 300 projects by more than 160 emerging talents and established individuals and studios.Contributors include Sagmeister Inc, Vaughan...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2011-04-04
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In a series of newly commissioned essays by both established and emerging scholars, Globalization and Contemporary Art probes the effects of internationalist culture and politics on art across a variety of media. Globalization and Contemporary Art is the first anthology...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-03-31
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