Imagination ablaze: Dante, Blake, and epic visions of heaven and hell Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, TheDivine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265 -1321) is widely considered the greatest ... Zobraziť viac
When she was in her early sixties, Leni Riefenstahl began traveling frequently to the African continent, where she has worked on various film and photography projects over the last half century... Zobraziť viac
Art historical theory is a forum of intense, often passionate debate. This book provides an accessible introduction to the range of critical theories used in analyzing art... Zobraziť viac
You only need to look at the story of Samson and Delilah to see just how important a man's hairstyle can be. Thankfully, A... Zobraziť viac
Salami, goulash, pancakes and many other delicacies - that's what Hungarian cuisin is all about! From hearty stews, meat dishes, sweet pastries, and cakes to exquisite culinary delights... Zobraziť viac
This vibrant board book from Ladybird introduces young children to essential first concepts and key themes. A great introduction to the everyday things around the home, little ones will be encouraged to find and name all the ... Zobraziť viac
The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill. In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn gathered a remarkable collection of works by schizophrenic patients that would astonish ... Zobraziť viac
Tracing Warhol's origins as the sickly child of Ruthenian immigrants in working-class Pittsburgh to his transformation into New York's dark prince of Pop and finally into the world's most successful 'business artist'... Zobraziť viac
Long-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world, and its mystifying authentication processLate one afternoon in the winter of 2003 art critic Richard Dorment answered a telephone call from a stranger... Zobraziť viac
Workshop of the Film Form provides an in-depth overview of the achievements of Warsztat Formy Filmowej (WWF; Workshop of the Film Form), a group of avant-garde artists who were working at the... Zobraziť viac
Sborník příspěvků pro Lubomíra Konečného obsahuje tématicky i metodologicky rozmanité studie, příspěvky a úvahy v širokém časovém a tématickém rozpětí od antiky přes středověk, raný novověk a moderní dobu až po současnost.... Zobraziť viac
The Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin holds the most important collection on the Bauhaus today... Zobraziť viac
Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written... Zobraziť viac
The publication sums up current knowledge and for the first time presents the complete facts on Preissig's rich body of work as a designer, which encompassed a wide range of activities, from bespoke graphics, to work on books and periodicals, to... Zobraziť viac
This book discusses Tyrš's body of work on art theory, aesthetics, and criticism in a comprehensive way, placing his ideas in the context of contemporary thought and analysing the main terms he uses. In certain respects, Tyrš's views remain in... Zobraziť viac
""Art history after modernism" does not only mean that art looks different today; it also means that our discourse on art has taken a different direction, if it is safe to say it has taken a direction at all."So begins Hans Belting's brilliant,... Zobraziť viac
In this classic 1982 work, Norman Bryson examines the evolution of narrative styles: the kinds of stories paintings tell, the ways they communicate their information, the different techniques of presenting the body as an instrument for incorporating... Zobraziť viac
Peter Lamarque explores metaphysical aspects of works of art, looking at their status as cultural artefacts, their distinctive kinds of properties, their relation to interpretation, their style. He reaches surprising conclusions about the identity... Zobraziť viac
Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a new, searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art: above all, in the highly influential writings of Plato and... Zobraziť viac
Synthesis of current research on the material culture of Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods. Zobraziť viac
