This book deals with the complexity of art by focusing on the singularity of the work of art. Gathering a selection of writings in art theory and semiotics, it explores the question of apprehending art from its perceptual aspects to ae...Lasīt vairāk
Compelling and troubling, colorful and dark, black figures served as the quintessential image of difference in nineteenth-century European art; the essays in this volume further the investigation of constructions of blackness during this period...Lasīt vairāk
Long obfuscated by modern definitions of historical evidence and art patronage, Lucrezia Tornabuoni de Medicis impact on the visual world of her time comes to light in this book, the first full-length scholarly argument for a lay womans contributi...Lasīt vairāk
John Clarks magisterial The Asian Modern reconstructs the notion of art and its historiography. Writing the history of the Asian modern through the social life of artists, he generates a new paradigm for the narration of art. Both volumes me...Lasīt vairāk
This book is about the aesthetics and politics of contemporary artists moving image installations, and the ways that they use temporal and spatial relationships in the gallery to connect with geopolitical issues. Displaced from the cinema,...Lasīt vairāk
Introductory and user-friendly textbook for scholars and students in the humanitiesMultidisciplinary approach to digital cultureCross-fertilization of three major perspectives: history of ideas, art, identity and memory studies...Lasīt vairāk
Safe use of art or craft materials requires awareness and training. A host of toxic industrial chemicals and environmental pollutants, including lead, cadmium, mercury, asbestos, cancer-causing dyes and pigments, and brain-damaging hydrocarbon solven...Lasīt vairāk
Japonisme, the nineteenth-century fascination for Japanese art, has generated an enormous body of scholarship over the last twenty years, but most of it neglects women, who also acquired objects from the Far East and displayed them in their hom...Lasīt vairāk
Centred on artistic practice, The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon introduces readers to the thought, methods of depiction and lived experience that have emerged from an increasingly globalised world. Ideas of representation and cultural identity...Lasīt vairāk
Centred on artistic practice, The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon introduces readers to the thought, methods of depiction and lived experience that have emerged from an increasingly globalised world. Ideas of representation and cultural identity...Lasīt vairāk
The newest addition to the Artist’s Materials series offers the first technical studyof one of Australia’s greatest modern painters. Sidney Nolan (1917–1992) is renowned for an oeuvre rang...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Jan-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Rizzoli International Publications, ISBN-13: 9780847868094)
Best known for his paintings of pies and cakes, this beloved West Coast painter explores the theme of mountains, capturing the majesty and strength of the forms....Lasīt vairāk
Have you ever longed to be able to draw or paint, write or compose music? With The Artists Way you can discover how to unlock your latent creativity and make your dreams a reality. With the basic principle that creative expression is the...Lasīt vairāk
This book takes the reader on a grand tour of the empirical research concerning the personality trait of appreciation of beauty. It particularly focuses on engagement with natural beauty, engagement with artistic beauty, and engagement with mor...Lasīt vairāk
Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of sloppy craft - craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or...Lasīt vairāk