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Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) hat die Entwicklung der modernen Malerei wie kaum ein anderer geprägt. Sein Leben zwischen Ost und West, in den Wirren von Revolutionen und Weltkriegen, war ein Leben……続きを見る

PabloBaler studies the ruptures and continuities linking the de-centered dynamics of the 17thcentury to the logic of instability that permeates 20th century visual and literary production in Latin A……続きを見る

Haben Sie schon einmal mit einem Holzfäller übers Bäume fällen diskutiert? Oder mit einem Metzger übers Schlachten? Okay, für Vegetarier ein leidiges Thema. Und wahrscheinlich haben Sie sich auch no……続きを見る

The story of tweed is tied to a series of social, economic and cultural shifts that have molded its development. This book considers the historical factors that helped to shape the design characteri……続きを見る

This book, written from the perspective of a designer and educator, brings to the attention of media historians, fellow practitioners and students the innovative practices of leading moving image de……続きを見る

India’s Kochi-Muziris Biennale has been described as one of the most significant newly emergent biennales, alongside Shanghai, Sharjah and Dakar. However, there have been few sustained and critical ……続きを見る

Clay is universally recognized as a medium of creative expression, and it also has great potential for therapeutic application. These two properties of clay are celebrated together in a book that ex……続きを見る

Designing Modern Norway: A History of Design Discourse is an intellectual history of design and its role in configuring the modern Norwegian nation state. Rather than a conventional national design ……続きを見る

This is the first book of its kind to feature interdisciplinary art history and disability studies scholarship. Art historians have traditionally written about images of figures with impairments and……続きを見る

A major issue in the relation of art to the rest of society is the question of how art penetrates politics. From the perspective of most art scholars, this is a question of aestheticsーwhether polit……続きを見る

Communicative visuals, including written text, have a diverse range of forms and purposes. In this volume, the authors show that it is possible to both describe and explain the major properties of d……続きを見る

First published in 1985, this book draws together the author’s artistic with analytical practices which had been developed over many years of sociological enquiry. It interprets a ‘work of art’ as a……続きを見る

In A Surrealist Stratigraphy of Dorothea Tanning’s Chasm, Catriona McAra offers the first critical study of the literary work of the celebrated American painter and sculptor Dorothea Tanning (1910–2……続きを見る

Comment certains artistes émergent-ils et deviennent-ils des stars mondiales ? Pourquoi une photographie, une toile, une installation peuvent-elles atteindre plusieurs millions d'euros ? Troisième é……続きを見る

Artists, designers and researchers are increasingly seeking new ways to understand and explore the creative and practical significance of the senses. This ground-breaking book brings art and design ……続きを見る

First published in 1977, this book presents a comprehensive and lucid guide through the labyrinths of semiology and structuralism ー perhaps the most significant systems of study to have been develo……続きを見る

Can any of us entirely banish from our hearts and minds grave misgivings about the condition of the culture we now inhabit? Expressions of those misgivings are mostly unheard in public forums, ignor……続きを見る

Place plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History. And yet, place also limits the questions art historians can ask and impairs analysis of objects and locations in t……続きを見る

John Heskett was a pioneering British design historian, with a particular interest in design and economics. Design and the Creation of Value' publishes for the first time his groundbreaking seminar ……続きを見る

W.J.T. Mitchell – one of the founders of visual studies – has been at the forefront of many disciplines such as iconology, art history and media studies. His concept of the pictorial turn is known w……続きを見る

In this fascinating, informal approach to art appreciation, an eminent Indian scholar reveals the crucial difference between merely looking at and really seeing painting and sculpture, drawing and a……続きを見る

**Winner, Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title 2015** This Japanese design book presents the arts, aesthetics and culture of Japan with over 160 stunning color photos and extensive historical ……続きを見る

Comprenez et apprenez à apprécier l'art contemporain... " Pourquoi dépenser des millions pour avoir chez moi une croûte qu'on dirait peinte par mon fils de 3 ans ? " Voilà le genre d'incompréhension……続きを見る

Récit d'un enchantement, ce voyage à travers la civilisation baroque offre le bilan de douze années de ballades passionnées et de recherches érudites. De Naples à Saint-Pétersbourg, un lien très for……続きを見る

À la fin du XIXe siècle, avec Baudelaire et Rimbaud, Cézanne et Monet, une étonnante révolution de nos représentations et de notre manière de penser s'est opérée. Plus d'un siècle plus tard, l'art m……続きを見る

À fond la forme ! Le mot design est aujourd'hui employé à toutes les sauces. Nous le retrouvons aussi bien à la une des journaux de mode que des revues techniques, il est de bon ton de le sortir dan……続きを見る

For policy makers and policy implementers, design challenges abound. Every design challenge presents an opportunity for change and transformation. To get from policy intent to policy outcome, howeve……続きを見る

A rallying call for all those who have been disquieted or disgusted by the excesses of artistic modernism. This is a collection of ten provocative essays on the arts, by writers of varied orientatio……続きを見る

This volume aims to question, challenge, supplement, and revise current understandings of the relationship between aesthetic and political operations. The authors transcend disciplinary boundaries a……続きを見る

A Beautiful Anarchy is a vulnerable, honest, and insightful book about the human longing to create, whether you’re creating a family, a business, a book, or a photograph. Your greatest creation can ……続きを見る