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In art history, the term ‘Romanesque art’ distinguishes the period between the beginning of the 11th and the end of the 12th century. This era showed a great diversity of regional schools each with their own unique style.In architecture as well as ......
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years.
Leaving curved Roman forms behind, the architects started using ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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In the 1920s, Berlin, once perceived as a puritan city, became the capital of lust and the debauchery of morals.
It was in this capricious town that an exceptional museum dedicated entirely to eroticism opened its doors. Abandoning all aspects ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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Conveying six centuries of gallantry, serving as the world capital of fashion and love, Paris is the very symbol of eroticism and of joyful sexuality. Offenbach, in La Vie Parisienne, had already created a hymn dedicated to the pleasure of senses.
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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Ukiyo-e (‘pictures of the floating world’) is a branch of Japanese art which originated during the period of prosperity in Edo (1615-1868). Characteristic of this period, the prints are the collective work of an artist, an engraver, and a printer. ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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The art of Siberia is a fascinating subject, and the artifacts discovered in the hidden archives of the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg are nothing less than extraordinary. Artwork, day-to-day subjects and photos dating from the ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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Born in the Industrial Revolution, the factory has long been considered like a monster of iron, subjugating the individual to the collective in an act of mass dehumanisation.Turning away from the pure functionality for which it was built, the ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports.This beacon of maritime signalisation has guided sailors since antiquity.The first known lighthouse appeared on the island of Pharos, and was the remarkable ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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A bridge is a link between two worlds, a point of tension between two separate and often disparate locations. Free, belonging neither to one region or another, the bridge imposes upon the landscape and defies nature. Its existence embodies the will ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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A symbol of massive crowds and solitary desires, the city holds promise for all those that pass through it. Its meandering streets, unexplored neighbourhoods and incessant noise create a landscape that captivates the observer. The lights of the ...
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Parkstone International
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2016-03-18
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Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today’s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-03-02
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Blackwell Companions to Art History
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This one-of-a-kind array of 100 art masterpieces, quality printed on handsome card stock, brings together the finest works from the magnificent spiritual and artistic collection of the Vatican. The Vatican is one of the most popular destinations in the world, with more...
Editeur :
Black Dog & Leventhal
Parution :
2016-03-01
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A compelling call to apply Buckminster Fuller's creative problem-solving to present-day problems
A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist," the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was undoubtedly a visionary. Fuller's creations often bordered...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-03-01
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Saints and Spectacle examines the origins and reception of the Middle Byzantine program of mosaic decoration. This complex and colorful system of images covers the walls and vaults of churches with figures and compositions seen against a dazzling gold ground. The...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-03-01
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L’autrice ha messo in luce un’antica tradizione sull’orientazione degli edifici sacri. In particolare ha studiato le architetture sacre dei secoli X–XII situate lungo la Via Francigena, da Romainmôtier al Sud della Toscana, seguendo le tappe dell’arcivescovo Sigerico...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-02-26
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An abrupt break in the prevailing modes of artistic expression, for many, marks the advent of modernism in the early twentieth century, but revisionary attempts to pin down a precise moment of its emergence remain disputed. History of a Shiver proffers a different...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-02-26
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This excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism blends expert synthesis of the latest scholarship with completely new research, offering historical coverage as well as in-depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender. This book...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-02-19
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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Das Buch fokussiert die tiefe und dennoch problematische und gegensätzliche Beziehung der Ikonen-Lehre zur Kultur des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.Das Auftreten von modernen Ikonen wird zum bedeutenden Ausdruck der Renaissance der Mystik in der Kunst, der Wissenschaft und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-02-05
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Relocating Popular Music uses the lens of colonialism and tourism to analyse types of music movements, such as transporting music from one place or historical period to another, hybridising it with a different style and furnishing it with new meaning. It discusses music...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-02-03
Collection :
Pop Music, Culture and Identity
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Die Autorin bietet einen Lehransatz für Landschaftsarchitektur. Sie untersucht das zeitlose Muster großer Meister der Gartenkunst und führt das Prinzip der Gestaltung auf quantentheoretische Anordnungen zurück. Diese führen zur Ersetzung der ästhetischen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-01-29
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