Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax
ISBN: 9780823099283 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a history that stretches back to the hauntingly beautiful mummy portraits of Greco-Roman Egypt, encaustic art is now enjoying a renewal of popularity among artists and art lovers alike. Today, museums are staging exhibitions of encaustic art, workshops in the technique are thriving, and art collectors and dealers are assimilating encaustic art into their collections and galleries.
The word encaustic is taken from the Greek and means -to burn in.- In the encaustic process, pigmented wax is applied and then fused to a surface with heat. The result is a broad range of surface... With a history that stretches back to the hauntingly beautiful mummy portraits of Greco-Roman Egypt, encaustic art is now enjoying a renewal of popula...
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125,33 zł |
Follow the Sun: Robert Lougheed
ISBN: 9780578039701 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. He was the man behind Mobil Oil Company's legendary flying Pegasus and the creator of numerous magazine covers familiar to a generation of readers. Yet even when fully engaged in commissioned work, Robert Lougheed never ceased to paint for himself, as well, and never drew a divide between the two. Both were about expressing the essence and particularity of life. Lougheed was a true -painter's painter.- Follow the Sun is the first book to showcase the full breadth of Lougheed's artistic legacy. More than 400 full-color reproductions trace his trajectory from early Canadian... He was the man behind Mobil Oil Company's legendary flying Pegasus and the creator of numerous magazine covers familiar to a generation of readers.... |
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386,59 zł |
Empresses, Art, & Agency in Song Dynasty China
ISBN: 9780295989631 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is the first book in any language devoted to the art of imperial women in China. Utilizing a wide range of historical sources and materials, this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study pieces together a lost history of female creativity by focusing on the critical role emperors' wives played as patrons, collectors, taste-makers, and artists during the three-century Song dynasty (960-1279), an era noted for spectacular cultural achievements. The Song led China to unrivaled intellectual, socioeconomic, scientific, and urban... Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynasty China is the first book in any language devoted to the art of imperial women in China. Utilizing ... |
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A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism
ISBN: 9781571134554 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than any other avant-garde movement, German Expressionism captures the aesthetic revolution of 20th-century modernity in all its contrasts and conflicts. In continuous eruptions from 1905 to 1925, Expressionism upset reigning practices in the arts, most vividly in painting and the visual arts. In the literature, a heady intellectualism combined with dramatic gesture, graphic visions, exuberant emotions and urgent proclamations to forge forceful styles of verbal expression. Expressionism introduced into art both visual and verbal a shockingly new intensity with many facets and many faces....
More than any other avant-garde movement, German Expressionism captures the aesthetic revolution of 20th-century modernity in all its contrasts and co...
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Disability Aesthetics
ISBN: 9780472071005 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Disability Aesthetics ambitiously redefines both 'disability' and 'aesthetics, ' showing us that disability is central not only to modern art but also to the way we apprehend (and interact with) bodies and buildings. Along the way, Tobin Siebers revisits the beautiful and the sublime, 'degenerate' art and 'disqualified' bodies, culture wars and condemned neighborhoods, the art of Marc Quinn and the fiction of Junot Diaz---and much, much more. Disability Aesthetics is a stunning achievement, a must-read for anyone interested in how to understand the world we half create and... "Disability Aesthetics ambitiously redefines both 'disability' and 'aesthetics, ' showing us that disability is central not only to modern a... |
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Musikalische Norm um 1700
ISBN: 9783110233445 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the changes of style and knowledge about music around 1700 in eleven essays from musicology, literary studies, philosophy and legal history. The key to the change is a new understanding of the rules for composing, making music and listening. Music is no longer steered by fundamental natural musical laws, but rather orients itself, even normatively, toward trends, taste and situational circumstances. This book explores the changes of style and knowledge about music around 1700 in eleven essays from musicology, literary studies, philosophy and le... |
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730,65 zł |
Aux limites de l'imitation : L'ut pictura poesis a l'epreuve de la matiere (XVIe-XVIIIe siecles)
ISBN: 9789042027510 / Francuski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Aux limites de l'imitation "pose une question audacieuse que les innombrables tudes existantes sur l'"ut pictura poesis" l'[ge classique ont eu tendance laisser dans l'ombre: celle de la matire comme limite de l'imitation, suivant l'hypothse selon laquelle le surgissement du matriel est l'origine du dlitement de l'"ut pictura poesis" au cours de l'[ge classique. Les tudes runies ici abordent cette question pour l'ensemble de l'[ge classique (allant du XVIe la fin du XVIIIe sicle) ainsi que pour les principaux domaines artistiques que l'on peut distinguer (littrature, peinture, sculpture,...
"Aux limites de l'imitation "pose une question audacieuse que les innombrables tudes existantes sur l'"ut pictura poesis" l'[ge classique ont eu tenda...
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Papua New Guinea Headhunt - An Artist's Journey to Paint Indigenous People in the South Pacific
ISBN: 9781906393205 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1920s, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were among the worlds last wild places. Largely unmapped and inhabited by headhunters and cannibals, these jungle islands of the Coral Sea captured the popular imagination as examples of the unknown.
Many adventurers went to these remote islands, the least likely of whom were two young American women, Caroline Mytinger and Margaret Warner who set out from San Francisco in 1926 armed with little more than art supplies and a ukelele, used by Margaret to entertain sitters while Caroline painted their portraits. Mytinger and Warner went... In the 1920s, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were among the worlds last wild places. Largely unmapped and inhabited by headhunters and cann...
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Andy Goldsworthy in America
ISBN: 9781861712509 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ANDY GOLDSWORTHY IN AMERICA
This study looks at the contemporary British artist, Andy Goldsworthy, and his work in the United States of America. Goldsworthy's presence in America grew steadily with a series of exhibitions beginning in the late Nineties with the Storm King Wall and show. This was followed by: Cornell University in 2000; the Three Cairns show and installations in 2002-03; Austin Museum in 2003; the Garden of Stone and Stone Houses in New York City in 2003-04; and Roof in Washington in 2005. There are a number of essential sites to visit for Andy Goldsworthy's art in... ANDY GOLDSWORTHY IN AMERICA
This study looks at the contemporary British artist, Andy Goldsworthy, and his work in the United States of America. G... |
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The Image of the Black in Western Art: Volume II
ISBN: 9780674052581 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became collector's items. A half-century later, Harvard University Press and the Du Bois Institute are proud to publish a complete set of ten sumptuous books, including new editions of the original volumes and two additional ones. Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World, written by a small team of French scholars, has established... In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Weste... |
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Manet's 'le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe'
ISBN: 9780521479844 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edouard Manet's controversial painting "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" is one of the best known images in French art. The subject of critical analysis for more than a century, it still defies singular interpretations. These essays, written specially for this volume by the leading scholars of French modern art, therefore offer six different readings of the painting, incorporating close examinations of its radical style and novel subject, relevant historical developments and archival material, as well as biographical evidence that prompts psychological inquiries.
Edouard Manet's controversial painting "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" is one of the best known images in French art. The subject of critical analysis for m...
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The Dictionary of Fashion History
ISBN: 9781847885340 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - What is an earthquake gown? A Dictionary of English Costume by C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard was originally published in 1960. A monumental achievement and encyclopaedic in scope, it was a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from the mid-medieval period up to 1900. It was reissued and updated several times, for the last time in 1976. For decades it has served as a bible for costume historians. The Dictionary of Fashion History... - What is an earthquake gown? A Dictionary... |
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Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents
ISBN: 9780822349433 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite the liveliness and creativity of avant-garde Chinese art in the post-Mao era and its prominence in the world of international contemporary art, until now there has been no systematic introduction to this important work in any Western language. Moreover, most of the relevant primary documents have existed only in Chinese, scattered in hard-to-find publications. "Contemporary Chinese Art" remedies this situation by bringing together carefully selected primary texts in English translation. Arranged in chronological order, the texts guide readers through the development of avant-garde...
Despite the liveliness and creativity of avant-garde Chinese art in the post-Mao era and its prominence in the world of international contemporary art...
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Forging a Nation: The American History Collection at Gilcrease Museum
ISBN: 9780972565783 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forging a Nation: The American History Collection at Gilcrease Museum explores that strugglethe history of the United Statesas told through art, artifacts, and archival materials that illuminate some three hundred years of a shared cultural experience.
Forging a Nation: The American History Collection at Gilcrease Museum explores that strugglethe history of the United Statesas told through art, artif...
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Fighting Colors: The Creation of Military Aircraft Nose Art
ISBN: 9781596527584 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrews a sense of pride in ""their war bird."" This comprehensive volume covers the technical aspect on how nose art was applied to vintage military aircraft, with hundreds of fighters and bombers pictured. The uses of materials, supplies, and development of nose art designs are discussed with surviving nose artists. The author examines and analyzes WWIIera photographs and reveals their content along with numerous photos never before published....
Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrews a...
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Trajectories To The Moon
ISBN: 9781849912044 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description Sarah uses her many life experiences to explore the human psyche. Sarah's love of words and the poignant pictures they evoke shine through in many of her pieces of work. Although many of the subjects are of a serious nature her profound sense of humour and her understanding of the absurdity of life are self evident. This book will appeal to a wide audience, each picking out a particular poem that communicates to them as an individual. Sarah's use of words to paint mind pictures, such as two little shoes, where she uses that as a symbolism of loss, will catch the imagination... Description Sarah uses her many life experiences to explore the human psyche. Sarah's love of words and the poignant pictures they evoke shine t... |
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Filipino Tattoos: Ancient to Modern
ISBN: 9780764336027 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tattooing is a very old and spiritually respected art form that has existed in many different cultures around the world. After many centuries of not being practiced in Europe, tattooing was re-introduced to the Western world through the inhabitants of the Pacific Ocean. Beginnning in the 16th century, European explorers came across many people who practiced tattooing as an integral part of their cultures. This is the first serious study of Filipino tattoos, and it considers early accounts from explorers and Spanish-speaking writers. The text presents Filipino cultural practices connected with...
Tattooing is a very old and spiritually respected art form that has existed in many different cultures around the world. After many centuries of not b...
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Radical History & the Politics of Art
ISBN: 9780231152013 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gabriel Rockhill opens new space for rethinking the relationship between art and politics. Rather than understanding the two spheres as separated by an insurmountable divide or linked by a privileged bridge, Rockhill demonstrates that art and politics are not fixed entities with a singular relation but rather dynamically negotiated, sociohistorical practices with shifting and imprecise borders. Radical History and the Politics of Art proposes a significant departure from extant debates on what is commonly called "art" and "politics," and the result is an impressive foray into the...
Gabriel Rockhill opens new space for rethinking the relationship between art and politics. Rather than understanding the two spheres as separated by a...
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Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire
ISBN: 9781416590637 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasures they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. In Hitler's Holy Relics, bestselling author Sidney Kirkpatrick tells the riveting and never-before-told true story of how an American college professor turned Army sleuth recovered these cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand-Year Reich before they could become a rallying point in the creation of a Fourth and equally unholy Reich. Anticipating the Allied invasion of Nazi Germany,...
From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasures they looted ...
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Thalassa: One Week in a Provincetown Dune Shack
ISBN: 9781884540233 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An account of the author's August 2007 solitary one-week stay in one of Provincetown's historic dune shacks with a discussion of the shacks' history. Delightful photographs by the author and others.
An account of the author's August 2007 solitary one-week stay in one of Provincetown's historic dune shacks with a discussion of the shacks' history. ...
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