Museums After Modernism: Strategies of Engagement
ISBN: 9781405136280 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Museums After Modernism is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. The book features expert artists, curators and art historians who grapple with many of the vibrant issues in museum studies, while paying homage to a new museology that needs to be considered.
Museums After Modernism is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about ...
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210,00 zł |
Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Panama Canal
ISBN: 9781410100825 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawn between January and March 1912, Pennell, who was afraid that he had arrived in Panama too late to get the pictures he wanted, found instead that the construction was exactly at the right stage. As his world-famous lithographs show, "industry at the Canal was on a colossal scale. The locks were yawning gulfs, their stupendous arches and buttresses not yet hidden as they would be once the water was let in." Joseph Pennell was born in 1857 and died in 1926. He began his work as an illustrator by selling drawings of south Philadelphia to Scribner's Monthly in 1881. In addition to his...
Drawn between January and March 1912, Pennell, who was afraid that he had arrived in Panama too late to get the pictures he wanted, found instead that...
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112,55 zł |
The Art of Trees: Journey to Self-Awareness and Transformation Through Painting, Drawing, and Planting Trees
ISBN: 9781425988005 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An art exhibit, The Art of Trees Journey to Self-Awareness and Transformation through Painting, Drawing and Planting Trees, entices you to action with content that includes our definitions of practical art terms, theories, supplies, and techniques.
An art exhibit, The Art of Trees Journey to Self-Awareness and Transformation through Painting, Drawing and Planting Trees, entices you to action with...
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192,79 zł |
Inside...Out
ISBN: 9781425995348 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside.Out represents the creativity, hope, and dreams of the incredibly gifted students in grades four through twelve who attend Chrysalis Experiential Academy, Inc. Their artistic accomplishments illustrate that it is never too late to rekindle the embers of creativity and imagination lying dormant within the souls of our youth. Once the fire is lit, the flame must be tended to with great care within a nurturing environment. The end result lies within these pages . magnificent, inspiring, heart-wrenching masterpieces captured within particular moments of time along the remarkable journey of...
Inside.Out represents the creativity, hope, and dreams of the incredibly gifted students in grades four through twelve who attend Chrysalis Experienti...
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83,11 zł |
Twentieth C. Paintings in Asholeum Museum
ISBN: 9781854441171 / Angielski / Twarda / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of the 20th-century paintings housed in the Ashmolean Museum, including early or transitional works by Bonnard, Picasso, Braque and Matisse. There are also paintings by the Camden Town and Euston Road Schools, and post-war works by Ben Nicholson, John Piper and Lucian Freud. Lesser-known artists that feature include Leon Underwood, David Tindle and Charles Marq. The book is part of a series of Handbooks that are designed to provide a stimulating introduction to the general reader and a useful guide to the expert.
A collection of the 20th-century paintings housed in the Ashmolean Museum, including early or transitional works by Bonnard, Picasso, Braque and Matis...
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71,66 zł |
Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the Present
ISBN: 9781860645990 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a unique opportunity to explore contemporary Arab art by women. The volume collects 18 Arab women artists from around the world to challenge western stereotyping of women's role in Arab society. The contributors and artists illustrate how women experience and question their lives as integral to the Arab diaspora. Their cross-cultural dialogue reflects the diversity of today's Arab art, and the fresh perspective that each artist brings to the genre.
This book offers a unique opportunity to explore contemporary Arab art by women. The volume collects 18 Arab women artists from around the world to ch...
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136,63 zł |
A National Image: The American Painting and Sculpture Collection in the San Antonio Museum of Art
ISBN: 9781883502119 / Angielski / Miękka / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting the first comprehensive catalogue of the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) American art collection, A National Image reflects the artistic and chronological range of the museum's collection. Included in this group are works by John Singleton Copley, Thomas Sully, Edward Hicks, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Martin Johnson Heade, Albert Bierstadt, Jacob Lawrence, and many more important American artists. The catalogue, comprised of over one hundred works of art including oil paintings, stone and metal sculptures, and works on paper, is divided into two... Presenting the first comprehensive catalogue of the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) American art collection, A National Image reflect... |
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147,14 zł |
Euphoria & Dystopia: The Banff New Media Institute Dialogues
ISBN: 9781894773225 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on research carried out at the Banff New Media Institute from 1995 to 2005, this title celebrates the belief that the creative sector, artists and cultural industries, in collaboration with scientists and humanists, have a critical role to play in developing technologies that work for human betterment and a more participatory culture.
Based on research carried out at the Banff New Media Institute from 1995 to 2005, this title celebrates the belief that the creative sector, artists a...
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183,99 zł |
Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawings: The Columbus Museum
ISBN: 9781904832126 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a major new thematic and chronological catalogue survey of the Columbus Museum's most significant holdings of drawings and works on paper, including examples in graphite, charcoal, monotype and pastel.
At the heart of the Columbus Museum's collection, and of this volume, is the work of a remarkable individual, Dr. Phillip L. Brewer, who has amassed a truly significant collection of American works on paper - both in terms of its depth and breadth. For the first time this volume presents nearly 200 of these master drawings, 120 of the most important of which are grouped... This book presents a major new thematic and chronological catalogue survey of the Columbus Museum's most significant holdings of drawings and works on...
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197,03 zł |
Parkett No. 67 John Bock, Peter Doig, Fred Tomaselli
ISBN: 9783907582176 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations and editions with leading international artists, Parkett No. 67 features John Bock (Germany), Peter Doig (Great Britain) and Fred Tomaselli (United States of America). John Bock's hypnotic and clownish lectures--his signature artistic medium--mix language, social theory, dramatic elements, history and fairy tales, among other things. He performs on stage-like structures made from household furniture and multi-level wooden platforms while constructing handmade sculptures out of clothing, household appliances and other common materials....
Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations and editions with leading international artists, Parkett No. 67 features John Bock (Germany), Pet...
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140,11 zł |
Art and Utopia -Limited Action
ISBN: 9788495951816 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1970, Marcel Broodthaers claimed that Mallarma is the source of all contemporary art. Those words serve as a departure point for the exhibition and catalogue, Art and Utopia. Based on Marcel Broodthaers's interpretation of and Mallarma's influence on such seminal figures of modernity as Artaud and Apollinaire, this book reinterprets 20th century art, from Cubism to the historical avant-garde movements to the art of the 1970s, questioning the very idea of modernity. The information contained in this catalogue is highly varied--in addition to an essay by Jean-Francois Chevrier, the...
In 1970, Marcel Broodthaers claimed that Mallarma is the source of all contemporary art. Those words serve as a departure point for the exhibition and...
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87,35 zł |
China: The New Contemporary Painting
ISBN: 9788889431078 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China: The New Contemporary Painting presents the works of 18 artists working in the medium today. Some of the paintings shown in this volume provide insight into China's current cultural, social, and political climate while drawing on methods and styles of traditional Chinese art--delicate and intricate ink painting, calligraphy, etc. Conversely, others choose not to draw from the past but relate instead to Western ideas and interpretations. Contains paintings by Zhang Xiaogang, Feng Zhenjie, Zhou Thiehai, Yang Quian, Zhang Xiaotao, He Sen, Shi Xinning, Li Songsong, Li Dafang, Wang...
China: The New Contemporary Painting presents the works of 18 artists working in the medium today. Some of the paintings shown in this volume p...
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284,60 zł |
Japanese Erotic Fantasies: Sexual Imagery of the EDO Period
ISBN: 9789074822664 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first modern study on Japanese erotic print art (so called shunga), illustrating a large selection of the best works mainly from private collections in Europe and the USA. The publication shows highlights from the oeuvre of Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and many others. It outlines the artistic developments from the early period to the end of the 19th century when Western themes began to appear in Japanese erotic art. Various essays written by international experts describe this fascinating genre in its social,...
This is the first modern study on Japanese erotic print art (so called shunga), illustrating a large selection of the best works mainly from pr...
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385,35 zł |
Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces
ISBN: 9789074822688 / Angielski / Miękka / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following on the success of the catalogue raisonne - Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints - published by Hotei Publishing in 2003, Visions of Japan: Kawase Hasui's Masterpieces brings together in a single volume one hundred of the artist's most celebrated prints. Fully illustrated, this publication includes annotated descriptions for each work, as well as two essays on Hasui's life and work by Dr. Kendall H. Brown. Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) is considered the foremost Japanese landscape print artist of the 20th century, and he is most closely associated with the pioneering...
Following on the success of the catalogue raisonne - Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints - published by Hotei Publishing in 2003, Vi...
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258,36 zł |
Adaptation. Redesigning the Everyday.
ISBN: 9780954357498 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ADAPTATION is a project about the impact of design in people's daily lives and the 'redesign' of public spaces by the people who use them. We have invited artists who approach design and everyday life in various ways: Adams, APA (Akay, Kidpele and Made), Brett Bloom and Bonnie Fortune, Marjolijn Dijkman, Brad Downey, Ulrika Erdes, Dominic Hislop and Leopold Kessler. Their work ranges from examinations of the human use and construction of space in photographic documentation and research to interventions in specific locations in the city. Those interventions and investigations show how design...
ADAPTATION is a project about the impact of design in people's daily lives and the 'redesign' of public spaces by the people who use them. We have inv...
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153,42 zł |
Art Machines, Machine Art
ISBN: 9783939583400 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In general, we presume that artists make art, but what happens when machines produce art? Beginning with Jean Tinguely's drawing machines, this publication presents art machines from various contexts. Includes works by Olafur Eliasson, Damian Hirst, Rebecca Horn, Jon Kessler, Tim Lewis, Steven Pippin, Richard Jackson, and Roxy Paine. In general, we presume that artists make art, but what happens when machines produce art? Beginning with Jean Tinguely's drawing machines, this pub... |
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175,14 zł |
Dumbarton Oaks: The Collections
ISBN: 9780884023548 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. In this book the museum publishes the specialist collections in Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art, along with examples from the Blisses superb European collection, for the first time. When Robert Bliss recalled handling a jade Olmec figurine in 1913, he said, That day, the collector s microbe took root in it must be confessed very fertile soil. The Blisses passion for art bore fruit in a remarkably diverse collection: Flemish tapestries, Renaissance furniture, and paintings by the likes of El... Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. In this book the museum publishes the specialist c... |
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115,93 zł |
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes
ISBN: 9780935640908 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The suburbs have always been a fertile space for imagining both the best and the worst of modern social life. Portrayed alternately as a middle-class domestic utopia and a dystopic world of homogeneity and conformity--with manicured suburban lawns and the inchoate darkness that lurks just beneath the surface--these stereotypes belie a more realistic understanding of contemporary suburbia and its dynamic transformations. Organized by the Walker Art Center in association with the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes is the first major...
The suburbs have always been a fertile space for imagining both the best and the worst of modern social life. Portrayed alternately as a middle-class ...
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153,03 zł |
North Drive Press: Ndp No. 4
ISBN: 9781933045719 / Angielski / Miękka / 14 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The latest edition of this bargain cult compendium of loosely gathered artists' multiples (packaged in a plain brown box) contains interviews between Becca Albee and Kathleen Hanna, Jennifer Bornstein and Jonathan Horowitz, Sarah Charlesworth and Sara VanDerBeek, Ken Gonzales-Day and Edgar Arcenaux, Alice Konitz and Michael Ned Holte, Eileen Quinlan and Liz Deschenes, Erika Vogt and Nancy de Holl, Frances Stark and Amy Yao and Fia Backstrom and Wade Guyton--a veritable who's who of today's in-scene. There are texts by Matias Faldbakken, Andrew Lampert and Kevin Zucker. And the multiples...
The latest edition of this bargain cult compendium of loosely gathered artists' multiples (packaged in a plain brown box) contains interviews between ...
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275,85 zł |
The Forbidden Empire: Visions of the World by Chinese and Flemish Masters
ISBN: 9789061537151 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two continents and five centuries are spanned and visual strategies collide as Belgian artist Luc Tuymans and Yu Hui, curator of the Palace Museum in Beijing, initiate a dialogue about art from the Low Countries and art from China during the same period. Drawings and paintings by Van Eyck, Brueghel, Ruebens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Ensor, Mellery, Spilliaert and Magritte are considered alongside works on paper and silk from the Ming and Qing dynasties through the early Chinese Republic. -We try to open up the dialogue via the visual image, without detracting from the two traditions, - says...
Two continents and five centuries are spanned and visual strategies collide as Belgian artist Luc Tuymans and Yu Hui, curator of the Palace Museum in ...
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376,55 zł |