Xander - Art History 1

A poignant account of the life and work of conceptual artist Jack Goldstein. A defining figure of the 1970s–80s New York art world, Jack Goldstein’s wide-ranging body of work, which included immacul……続きを見る

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives lif……続きを見る

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives lif……続きを見る

Max Beckmann gilt als einer der besterforschten Künstler der Klassischen Moderne. Seit seinem Tod im Jahr 1950 sind mehr als 4500 Publikationen erschienen. Die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, in der ……続きを見る

The first in-depth exploration of the work of artist Cory Arcangel, a pioneer of DIY-new media art whose influential “hacks” subvert the confines of Big Tech. Cory Arcangel (b. 1978), perhaps best k……続きを見る

An exploration of innovative practices flourishing at the margins of Western art. With this book, Alexander Alberro engages decolonial theory to explore the dynamic exchanges that occur where the id……続きを見る

Scientifically, this is perhaps the most exciting of the four books. How do beautiful creations come into being? Nature can make an infinite number of human faces, each one unique, each one beautifu……続きを見る

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives lif……続きを見る

Is all knowledge the product of thought? Or can the physical interactions of the body with the world produce reliable knowledge? In late-nineteenth-century Europe, scientists, artists, and other int……続きを見る

Before Romantic genius, there was ingenuity. Early modern ingenuity defined every personーnot just exceptional individualsーas having their own attributes and talents, stemming from an “inborn natur……続きを見る

Giorgio Vasarís "Künstler der Renaissance" gilt als eines der grundlegenden Werke der Kunstgeschichte und bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über das Schaffen bedeutender Künstler des 16. Jahrhunder……続きを見る

A fresh take on the group of artists known as the Pictures Generation, reinterpreting their work as haunted by the history of fascism, the threat of its return, and the effects of its recurring repr……続きを見る

Although largely unknown today, during his lifetime Mutio Oddi of Urbino (1569–1639) was a highly esteemed scholar, teacher, and practitioner of a wide range of disciplines related to mathematics. A……続きを見る

Seit der Moderne steht die Kunst für Freiheit, Provokation und Mut. 1972 sollte sie ihr Potenzial als emanzipatorische und gestalterische Kraft im Gesamtkunstwerk der Spiele der XX. Olympiade in Mün……続きを見る

An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific brings together fifty writers and artists from across Moananuiākea working in myriad genres across media, ranging from oral narratives and traditiona……続きを見る

Since the advent of modernity, art has been associated with freedom, provocation and courage. In 1972, art was to unfold its potential as an emancipatory and creative force as part of the Gesamtkuns……続きを見る

This volume explores the images of Alexander the Great from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, how they came about, and why they were so popular. In contrast to the numerous studies on the histo……続きを見る

A connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuum America and Asia mingled in the geographical and cultural imag……続きを見る

The English poet T. E. Hulme said that the root of Romanticism is man's "infinite reservoir of possibilities." Between the French Revolution and the two World Wars, that reservoir burst forth into a……続きを見る

This book takes a novel, data-driven approach to the cemeteries of Paris, analyzing a largely text-based body of archival material as proxy evidence for visual material that has been lost due to sys……続きを見る

The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 304 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the publicーfeaturing large and small, famous and the relatively u……続きを見る

The revised and expanded BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents 256 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the publicーlarge and small, famous and still undiscovered. Succin……続きを見る

Der überarbeitete und erweiterte BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors präsentiert 256 öffentlich zugängliche Privatsammlungen zeitgenössischer Kunst – große wie kleine, bekannte wie noch unentdec……続きを見る

The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents nearly 300 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the publicーfeaturing large and small, famous and the relat……続きを見る

Der überarbeitete und erweiterte BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors präsentiert 304 öffentlich zugängliche Privatsammlungen zeitgenössischer Kunst – große wie kleine, bekannte wie noch unentdec……続きを見る

Der überarbeitete und erweiterte BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors präsentiert fast 300 öffentlich zugängliche Privatsammlungen zeitgenössischer Kunst – große wie kleine, bekannte wie noch une……続きを見る

During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these arti……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on enamelling metal, with interesting historical information, simple instructions, comprehensive explanations, helpful tips, and more. It was originall……続きを見る

Der Künstler Modigliani (1884-1920) fand wenig Glück in seinem Geburtsland Italien und nur Kummer in seiner Wahlheimat Frankreich. Aus dieser Traurigkeit heraus schuf er ein individuelles und außerg……続きを見る

Modigliani (1884-1920) era un artista que no encontró mucha felicidad en su Italia natal, y en la tierra adoptiva de Francia sólo encontró tristeza. De esta infelicidad nació una extraordinaria y or……続きを見る