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This survey asks a seemingly simple question: Is there an affinity between the emergence of modern art and various Avant-Garde movements such as Russian Suprematism and Polish or Hungarian Constructivism around about the turn of the last century and the process of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-04-29
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Bereits zeitgenössische Kritiker stehen irritiert vor der Breite des Werks des Schriftstellers und Journalisten Hermann Bahr (1863–1934) und monieren vor allem dessen Heterogenität. Verwirrung stiftet seine Praxis, ständig neue künstlerische Stile und kulturelle...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-04-01
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This book consists of essays on the Vienna School’s impact on Central European art history, Walter Benjamin’s move from transhistoricism to historical relativism, Jacob Burckhardt’s legacy and its metamorphoses, two competing conceptions of the social history of art,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-04-01
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This book describes in detail the materials and techniques used by medieval iconographers. It offers information about the natural sources, the raw materials, the tools and the technologies involved in preparing them. The book allows entry into the secretive world of...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-03-25
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SpringerBriefs in Materials
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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014The artist Harriet Burden, furious at the lack of attention paid her by the New York art world, conducts an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male fronts in a series of exhibitions. Their success seems to prove her...
Editeur :
Sceptre
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2014-03-13
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Have you ever wondered, "How can I inherently do good while looking good?" Wear No Evil has the answer, and is the timely handbook for navigating both fashion and ethics. It is the style guide with sustainability built in that we've all been waiting for. As a consumer,...
Editeur :
Running Press Adult
Parution :
2014-03-11
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With their luxurious fur and distinctive markings, you might think that drawing cats is an impossible challenge. Not so! Professional art tutor Jake Spicer's unique guide will have you sketching your favourite feline in next to no time.Easy-to-follow tutorials take...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2014-03-03
Collection :
Draw in 15 Minutes
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Translated by Lucinda Byatt This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Like many stories of artistic loss, this one begins in a library in Italy, where Antonio Forcellino...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-02-28
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The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's great cities - told via twenty-one portraits, from medieval times to the twenty-first century.A city devastated by Allied bombs, divided by a Wall, then reunited and reborn, Berlin today resonates with the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2014-02-13
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Typography is the most ubiquitous of the graphic arts, with all of us now having access to innumerable fonts and the typographic tools that can, in the right hands, lift any text from the mundane to the beautiful.Opening with an overview of the history of the art, ...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2014-02-10
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Art introduces readers to 100 of the world's most important artists and their paintings, from the 13th century to the modern era. Works by artists including Caravaggio, Vermeer, van Gogh and Warhol are reproduced in superb high quality, arranged chronologically and set...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2014-02-06
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Uniquely amongst the numerous publications to appear on the work of the French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu, this book deals with data analysis, examining a range of techniques and instruments. After an introductory chapter outlining the key principles of Bourdieu’s...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-02-05
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These cartoons are are the original work of talented cartoonist, Brian Platt, author of the best-selling book How to Draw Cartoons. The humour is fun, international and certain to help people see the funny side of everyday life.Now available in paperback and ebook...
Editeur :
Headline Accent
Parution :
2014-01-03
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England, 1154. As Henry II seizes the throne after years of turmoil, a new dynasty is poised to haul this hitherto turbulent nation out from the Dark Ages and transform it into the nation state we recognize today. Featuring some of England's greatest but also most...
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Quercus
Parution :
2014-01-02
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Silence and the Silenced: Interdisciplinary Perspectives comprises a collection of essays from North American and European scholars who examine the various ways in which the theme of silence is developed in literary narratives as well as in such visual media as...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-12-19
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Scenes and characters from the Old Testament appear frequently in Western medieval art, yet the study of their significance is a neglected area of iconography. A common literature for both Jews and Christians, the Hebrew Scriptures had an especially broad appeal for the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-19
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Diese Arbeit diskutiert die religiösen und bildästhetischen Funktionen und Vorstellungen, die Hugo van der Goes beim Akt des Malens beschäftigten. Im Spiegel seiner Zeit und eines seiner Aufträge, des monumentalen Triptychons für den Leiter der Medici-Filiale in Brügge,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-19
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Dieser Band versammelt die Beiträge einer interdisziplinären und internationalen Winterschule, die vom 20. bis 24. Februar 2012 im Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg in Greifswald stattfand. Renommierte Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus den Bereichen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-04
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Anders als die Wort-Sprache ist die Bild-Sprache ein eher konservatives Medium. Dem Linguistic Turn, der das Denken als Form der Sprache erklärte, stellt sich ein Iconic Turn zur Seite, der unser Bild der Welt an Formen des Sehens bindet. Diese sind nicht allein...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-12-04
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Your website is the face that your creative endeavours show to the world, and you owe it to yourself to make it the most inviting and user-friendly site on the web. With The Creative Person's Website Builder, you'll learn how to create a site from scratch, or...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2013-12-02
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