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This book offers a wide-ranging introduction to the way that art was made, valued, and viewed in northern Europe in the age of the Renaissance, from the late fourteenth to the early years of the sixteenth century. Drawing on a rich range of sources, from inventories and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-11-27
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If you can dream it, you can design it.Whether your goal is to design your own marketing materials, launch a visually compelling blog, or just have some fun creating your own CD covers, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Graphic Design is your one-stop reference. Presented...
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Dk
Parution :
2008-10-07
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves?In The Language of Things, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance...
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Penguin
Parution :
2008-10-02
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How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso...
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Penguin
Parution :
2008-09-25
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Cosmetic surgery, once the preserve of the jet-setting rich, is now something more people than ever are prepared to consider, and the industry is worth almost £700 million in the UK alone. But what is involved, what are the risks and how much does it cost?This...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2008-09-18
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Have you ever dreamed of having your own red carpet moment? Or wondered how to emulate the effortlessly chic style of the most photographed trendsetters? Or wished you could master the art of all things glamorous? In Style A to Zoe, Hollywood's hottest celebrity...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2008-09-04
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Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art.
Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-08-14
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One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this...
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Penguin
Parution :
2008-08-07
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Matisse and Picasso achieved extraordinary prominence during their lifetimes. They have become cultural icons, standing not only for different kinds of art but also for different ways of living. Matisse, known for his restraint and intense sense of privacy, for his...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2008-08-04
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It's not just rap music. Hip-hop has transformed theater, dance, performance, poetry, literature, fashion, design, photography, painting, and film, to become one of the most far-reaching and transformative arts movements of the past two decades. American Book...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2008-07-31
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'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.'
Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-04-17
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'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.'
Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-04-17
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Psychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. Examines psychoanalytic concepts, values,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
New Interventions in Art History
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Material Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their identities. Considers the way identity is fashioned, launched, used, and admired in the material world. Contributors intervene from the disciplines of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
New Interventions in Art History
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Envisioning the Past: Archaeology and the Image is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that brings together archaeologists, art historians and anthropologists to provide new perspectives on the construction of knowledge concerning the antiquity of man. ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
New Interventions in Art History
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Edges of Empire is a timely reassessment of the history and legacy of Orientalist art and visual culture through its focus on the intersection between modernization, modernism and Orientalism. Covers indigenous art and agency, contemporary practices of collection and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
New Interventions in Art History
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The Companion provides an accessible critical survey of Western visual art theory from sources in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance thought through to contemporary writings.
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
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Envisioning the Past: Archaeology and the Image is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that brings together archaeologists, art historians and anthropologists to provide new perspectives on the construction of knowledge concerning the antiquity of man. ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
Collection :
New Interventions in Art History
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The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface. Comprising thousands of islands and hundreds of cultural groups, Polynesia and Micronesia cover a large part of this vast ocean, from the dramatic mountains of Hawaii to the small, flat coral islands of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-03-27
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For those who have always wanted to paint but don't know where to start, create artworks of your own with maximum success and minimal frustration. Essential techniques are demonstrated in 12 step-by-step projects while the overview feature keeps you on track showing...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2008-03-03
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