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An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2013-03-15
ePub
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A painter of the Impressionist movement, Alfred Sisley was born on October 30th 1839 in Paris but was of British origin. He died on January 29th 1899 in Moret-sur-Loing. Growing up in a musical family, he chose to pursue painting rather than the field of business. In...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2013-03-15
ePub
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges on 25 February 1841. In 1854, the boy’s parents took him from school and found a place for him in the Lévy brothers’ workshop, where he was to learn to paint porcelain. Renoir’s younger brother Edmond had this to say this about...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2013-03-15
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Hello World is Alice Rawsthorn's definitive guide to design and modern life Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. When deployed wisely, it can being us pleasure, choice, strength, decency and much more. But if its power is abused, the outcome can be...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2013-03-07
ePub
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London is a centre of cutting-edge fashion - in Buttoned-Up, the creators of 'the best fashion mag out there', Fantastic Man, tell the story ofLondon style through the history of the button-down shirt - part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2013-03-07
ePub
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This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-02-22
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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This book is a collection of essays and creative expressions, written and produced in response to the second Making Sense colloquium, which was held in 2010 at the Centre Pompidou and the Institut Télécom in Paris. The contributions to the volume represent the ongoing...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-02-22
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This essay collection exploring the relationship between spirituality and art is the result of a conference that took place in December 2010 at Liverpool Cathedral. During this two-day event, artists, clergy and academics from different disciplines – including theology...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-02-22
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This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-02-19
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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“As an in-depth explanation of one organisation’s brand strategy, this guide is both fascinating and full of useful insights.” — The CA magazine (UK) Get tactical insight from the top business-to-business branding experts—and gain a global presence This comprehensive...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-02-19
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This book offers a rare chance to read what graphic designers feel about their education and profession. Fifty influential designers give the low-down about their student days and their professional lives. A piece of their college work is shown alongside an example of...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2013-02-18
ePub
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A Penguin Special on Roy Lichtenstein by Alastair Sooke - read in 2 hours or less'Why, Brad darling, this painting is a masterpiece! My, soon you'll have all of New York clamoring for your work!' Roy Lichtenstein - architect of Pop art, connoisseur of the comic strip,...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2013-02-01
ePub
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The fully updated single-source guide to creating successful packaging designs for consumer products Now in full-color throughout, Packaging Design, Second Edition has been fully updated to secure its place as the most comprehensive resource of professional information...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-02-01
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'The avant-garde' is perhaps the most important and influential concept in the history of modern culture. For over a hundred years it has governed critical and historical assessment of the quality and significance of an artist or a work of art, in any medium-if these...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-01-31
ePub
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'The avant-garde' is perhaps the most important and influential concept in the history of modern culture. For over a hundred years it has governed critical and historical assessment of the quality and significance of an artist or a work of art, in any medium-if these...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-01-31
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A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art provides a diverse, fresh collection of accessible, comprehensive essays addressing key issues for European art produced between 1300 and 1700, a period that might be termed the beginning of modern history. Presents a...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-01-31
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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An influential view of ecphrasis--the literary description of art objects--chiefly treats it as a way for authors to write about their own texts without appearing to do so, and even insist upon the aesthetic dominance of the literary text over the visual image. However,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-01-24
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The incredibly popular Daily Mail column, 'Confessions of a Fashionista', feeds its hungry readers snippets of a life in the glittering yet deranged world of fashion. Now its anonymous author reveals both her identity and the true story of her giddyingly glamorous time...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2013-01-17
ePub
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Why does the artworld often privilege one cultural form over another?Why does it grant more attention to reviews in, say, Artforum over ARTnews? And how can an artist once hailed as visionary be dismissed as derivative just a few years later? Exploring the ever-shifting...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-01-09
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This new study traces the development and evolution of the writings of Roger Fry (1866-1934), a highly influential art critic who introduced modern French painting to Britain in the early twentieth century. Through close analysis of his writings, the author examines the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-01-09
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