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The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include?
Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-04-25
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In 2008, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon acquired a painting called The Flight into Egypt which was attributed to the French artist Nicolas Poussin. Thought to have been painted in 1657, the painting had gone missing for more than three centuries. Several versions were...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-04-15
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This book is a pioneering study of temporal typography and time-based calligraphic art written in the Arabic system of writing. Inspired by the innate qualities of Arabic script as well as certain practices in Islamic calligraphy and contemporary calligraphic art, the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-12
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This collection is a study of the value of craft as it can be understood within the study and practice of animation. The book reconsiders the position of craft, which is often understood as inferior to ‘art’, with a particular focus on questions of labour in animation...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-04-03
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Palgrave Animation
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A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future development Illustration is contextualized visual communication; its purpose is to serve society by influencing the many aspects of its cultural...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-03-27
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Blackwell Companions to Art History
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Join the green revolution !
Bring plants into the home to reconnect with nature—it’s the perfect antidote to life’s frenetic pace. With stepby-step tips, you’ll learn how to choose and care for stylish, low-maintenance houseplants, including ferns, air plants, cacti,...
Editeur :
Flammarion
Parution :
2019-03-20
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HORS COLLECTION
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A mother's hug lasts for long after she lets go. There's nowhere warmer or safer than the embrace of a loving mother, and even as we grow older, our thoughts return again and again to the love we received as infants.Just like us, mums from the natural world are devoted...
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Ilex Press
Parution :
2019-03-07
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This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But, rather than simply providing set meanings...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-03-05
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This open access book contains a collection of rare geologic maps and figures made by Chinese geologists in the last century. Preserved in National Geological Archives of China, these artworks demonstrate the development and innovation of geological mapping technology...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-02-25
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A critical overview of contemporary design and its place within the broader context of art history A Companion to Contemporary Design since 1945 introduces readers to a collection of specially commissioned essays exploring the complex areas of design that emerged...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-02-22
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s - shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-02-21
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Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Hollywood thrillers from the 1940s and 50s - shadowy, black-and-white pictures about private eyes, femme fatales, outlaw...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-02-15
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The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin? When did it end? And what did it include?
Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century Italy, views of the Renaissance...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-02-14
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A fully updated and comprehensive companion to Romanesque and Gothic art history This definitive reference brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe and provides a clear analytical survey of what is...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-02-08
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Art History
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Die besondere Wirkkraft von Kunstwerken, die Gebrauchsgegenstände der Alltagswelt konkret einbeziehen, ausstellen oder verwandeln, liegt in der verblüffenden Abweichung vom Gewohnten am Gewohnten selbst. Diese Studie untersucht die Erfahrung von Offenheit und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2018-12-11
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This book analyses intersemiotic translation, where the translator works across sign systems and cultural boundaries. Challenging Roman Jakobson’s seminal definitions, it examines how a poem may be expressed as dance, a short story as an olfactory experience, or a film...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-12-08
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Patients as Art explores the capacity of art to provide a unique perspective on the history of humankind. Fearturing over 160 full-color works of art, this book offers a pictorial review of medical history stretching from Paleolithic times to the present, reflecting the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-11-29
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A veteran art critic helps us make sense of modern and contemporary art The landscape of contemporary art has changed dramatically during the last hundred years: from Malevich's 1915 painting of a single black square and Duchamp's 1917 signed porcelain urinal to Jackson...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2018-11-27
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With their festivals and traditional industries, their commun halls, pagodas, temples, and vernacular buildings, the villages around Hà N?i possess a rich body of cultural, architectural and craft heritage. Less than one hour from the capital are over 500 specialist...
Editeur :
IRD Éditions
Parution :
2018-11-19
Collection :
HORS COLLECTION
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