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Costume defines the superhero, disguising and distinguishing him or her from the civilian alter ego. The often garish garb expresses a hero's otherness and empowers its wearers to seek a primal form……続きを見る

Among the masters of the nineteenth-century comic strip, Gustave Doré has been much neglected. For his illustrations to literary classics, he earned an unsurpassed reputation and corresponding schol……続きを見る

In a world filled with great museums and great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the reigning queen. Her portrait rules over a carefully designed salon, one that was made especially for he……続きを見る

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"Polka Heartland" captures the beat that pulses in the heart of Midwestern culture--the polka--and offers up the fascinating history of how "oompah-pah" came to be the sound of middle America. From ……続きを見る

A noted comics artist himself, Santiago García follows the history of the graphic novel from early nineteenth-century European sequential art, through the development of newspaper strips in the Unit……続きを見る

We live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Band re-formations and reunion tours, expanded reissues of classic albums and outtake-crammed box sets, remakes and sequels, tri……続きを見る

Here starts the journey Every day for the past six years, Tyler Knott Gregson has written a simple haiku about love, and posted it online. These heartfelt poems have attracted a large and loyal foll……続きを見る

Cartoonist Winsor McCay (1869-1934) is rightfully celebrated for the skillful draftmanship and inventive design sense he displayed in the comic strips Little Nemo in Slumberland and Dream of the Rar……続きを見る

Readers will know Bob Ross (1942-1995) as the gentle, afro'd painter of happy trees on PBS. And while the Florida-born artist is reviled or ignored by the elite art world and scholarly art educators……続きを見る

The Mass Effect trilogy is a groundbreaking epic that has immersed gamers in one of science fiction's richest universes. Now BioWare and Dark Horse are proud to invite fans deeper than ever into the……続きを見る

The first collected volume of work from feted street artist Stik, fully illustrated and beautifully presented “Social change is what art does. I don’t know what else there is, to be honest. Social c……続きを見る

Involved in expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, Picasso was an outstanding painter during the first half of the 20th century. Innumerable publications to his person have appeared. In contrast to ……続きを見る

His whole life-long, the surrealistic painter Dali was obsessed to come to terms with three key moments of his childhood in Spain. 1. The fear that in his parents eyes, he is only a rebirth of the d……続きを見る

M**y Little Pony: The Art of Equestria presents, for the first time, a deep exploration of the art and illustrations from this beloved animated series, Friendship Is Magic. Beginning with the show’s……続きを見る

Nerven am Rande des Weltzusammenbruchs. 100 Jahre DADA DADA: Waren das nicht schräge Verkleidungen, schrille Happenings, provokanter Nonsens, kurz: viel Lärm gegen das Nichts einer Kultur, die den E……続きを見る

15 ans de cinéma suédois contemporain présente, en 7 chapitres thématiques, les bouleversements majeurs, les films phares et les auteurs incontournables qui façonnent le cinéma de Suède depuis 2000. 続きを見る

The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it can be found, which has been matched by a reassessment of art's appropriate place in society and t……続きを見る

The epic made simple. The miracle in the mundane. One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale.……続きを見る

Grayson Perry’s book will overturn everything you thought you knew about “art” Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate ar……続きを見る

The advent of the Atomic Age challenged purveyors of popular culture to explain to the general public the complex scientific and social issues of atomic power. Atomic Comics examines how comic books……続きを見る

From 1987 to 1995, Bristol, England's Sarah Records was a modest underground success and, for the most part, a critical laughingstock in its native country-sneeringly dismissed as the sad, final rep……続きを見る

KARL LAGERFELD: ICONIC FASHION LEGEND Always on the go, Karl Lagerfeld is everywhere and nowhere all at once. Now, fictional fashion blogger Florence de la Sabine (you can call her Fleur) must find ……続きを見る

Meet more than one hundred of the oddest supervillains in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This collection affectionately spotlights the most ridiculo……続きを見る

A celebration, chronicle, and must-have for Vans sneakers fans, Vans: Off the Wall offers vivid photography and the compelling story of a casual canvas shoe and a DIY spirit that helped turn pop cul……続きを見る

Von der Antike bis in unsere Tage haben sich Wissenschaftler und Philosophen darüber gewundert, dass eine so abstrakte Disziplin wie die Mathematik die Natur derart perfekt erklären kann. Sogar mehr……続きを見る

Das Gehirn und die Hirnforschung sind hochaktuell, faszinierend, komplex – und eigentlich einfach zu verstehen. Der bekannte Hirnforscher Michael Madeja erklärt die Funktionen des Gehirns, seine Erk……続きを見る

Eine so abenteuerliche wie unterhaltsame Reise zum ganz Kleinen und ganz Großen – in die Mikrowelt der Moleküle, Atome und Elementarteilchen bis hin zum Vakuum, das nicht leer, sondern voller energe……続きを見る

Warum gibt es Menschen? Wie lassen sich ihre körperlichen Merkmale und typischen Verhaltensweisen - von der Sexualität und Aggression bis zur Intelligenz und Kunst - erklären? Das Buch zeigt, wie di……続きを見る

Die Erforschung der letzten Grenzen des Universums ist eines der großen Abenteuer der modernen Physik. In diesem glänzend geschriebenen Buch erzählt der international renommierte Physiker Helmut Sat……続きを見る