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Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for l……続きを見る

Wer noch immer an die hehre Wissenschaft glaubt, sollte dringend Reinhard Kreissls irrwitzigen Milieubericht inhalieren. Er handelt vom Tanz um Geldtöpfe, von hybriden Hirnforschern und allgegenwärt……続きを見る

This book is an important addition to the discourse on contemporary ethical issues in art and design. Beauty is Nowhere makes a timely contribution to the necessary explanation of the relationship o……続きを見る

A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the f……続きを見る

On the leading edge of trauma and archival studies, this timely book engages with the recent growth in visual projects that respond to the archive, focusing in particular on installation art. It tra……続きを見る

Früher hat man nicht gedatet. Erst als Frauen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts allein in die Städte aufbrachen, um dort zu leben und zu arbeiten, änderte sich das. Die Geschichte des Datings ist also ……続きを見る

Die Geschichte des größten Gebirges Europas, von Hannibal bis Heidi und darüber hinaus. Ganze Armeen sind über ihre Pässe marschiert, Herden von Pilgern mussten sie auf dem Weg nach Rom überqueren, ……続きを見る

Every day Roman urbanites took to the street for myriad tasks, from hawking vegetables and worshipping local deities to simply loitering and socializing. Hartnett takes readers into this thicket of ……続きを見る

Over 128 pages of 60 stunning designs from Britain's champion latte artist. From free pouring to etching, stencilling and more complicated designs for the black belt barista, you'll have fun emulati……続きを見る

Giovanni Bellini revolutionised Venetian painting, developing a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through his use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Bellini created deep, rich tints and detailed s……続きを見る

The proem to Herodotus's history of the Greek-Persian wars relates the long-standing conflict between Europe and Asia from the points of view of the Greeks' chief antagonists, the Persians and Phoen……続きを見る

Maintenant avec index des lieux! L'Art arabo-normand: La culture islamique dans la Sicile médiévale montre comment le riche héritage artistique et culturel de la domination islamique sur l'île (Xe-X……続きを見る

Elizabeth Sutton, using a phenomenological approach, investigates how animals in art invite viewers to contemplate human relationships to the natural world. Using Rembrandt van Rijn’s etching of The……続きを見る

Women Photographers and Feminist Aesthetics makes the case for a feminist aesthetics in photography by analysing key works of twenty-two women photographers, including cis- and trans-woman photograp……続きを見る

There are as many meanings to drawing and painting as there are cultural contexts for them to exist in. But this is not the end of the story. Drawings and paintings are made, and in their making emb……続きを見る

The cultural milieu in the “Age of Goethe” of eighteenth-century Germany is given fresh context in this art historical study of the noted writers’ patroness: Anna Amalia, Duchess of Weimar-Sachsen-E……続きを見る

Natural Materials of the Holy Land and the Visual Translation of Place, 500-1500, focuses on the unique ways that natural materials carry the spirit of place. Since early Christianity, wood, earth, ……続きを見る

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Here's what I tell my students on the first day when I teach one of my creative writing courses: You will be published if you possess three qualitiesーtalent, passion, and discipline. In Write Away,……続きを見る

“You’ll finish [Greenfield’s] book with new respect for color, especially for red. With A Perfect Red, she does for it what Mark Kurlansky in Salt did for that common commodity.”ーHouston Chronicle ……続きを見る

A lavish, gorgeously designed full-color collection that showcases the designs of Dorothy and Otis Shepard, two groundbreaking giants of early twentieth-century American advertising. Dorothy and Oti……続きを見る

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A stunning new edition of the Canadian classic with never-before-seen paintings First published in 1977 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of a Canadian painter whose brief, brilliant life, a……続きを見る

Filled with beautiful full-color photographs and detailed illustrations, an irresistible collection profiling 150 of the latest trends in contemporary loft design. The ultimate resource for designin……続きを見る

A new collection of critical and personal essays on writing, obsession, and inspiration from National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates. "Why do we write?" W……続きを見る

This achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniqu……続きを見る

The shockingly audacious conclusion to the international bestselling phenomenon that began with Maestra. If you can't beat them - kill them First there was Maestra. Then there was Domina. Now - ther……続きを見る

From the vanguard of Modernism in Montreal, the Beaver Hall Group included painters who are now ranked among Canada's most distinguished artists. Evelyn Walters brings her extensive knowledge of the……続きを見る

In a world where the notion of home is more traumatizing than it is comforting, artists are using this literal and figurative space to reframe human responses to trauma. Building on the scholarship ……続きを見る