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Art of the Street: Berlin by Andy Cantillon
Category: Tattoo/Body Modification | Series: Art of the Street
The second book in a series celebrating the phenomenon of street art in the world's greatest cities. A photographer's view of Berlin's transient street art scene shot over a two year period from 2014. Celebrating the vibrancy, creativity and colour of the movement and documenting a time and place in its ...Show more
Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures by Arthur Rackham; Arthur Quiller-Couch (As told to)
Category: Art | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
With his distinctive blend of humor and romance, English illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) recaptured scenes from a thrilling fairy tale world -- a realm shadowed by danger, yet suffused with a sense of sweetness and light. His images enjoyed both popular and critical success, conveying a mood of j ...Show more
Artist Rebel Dandy Men of Fashion by Kate Irvin
Category: Fashion | Series: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
"Artist/Rebel/Dandy" celebrates the pleasures of the sharp-dressed man, from the discreet sophistication of the consummately elegant George Bryan "Beau" Brummell in the early 19th century to the diverse, highly personal flair of the tastemakers who colour the landscape of menswear today. Since the word ...Show more
Artists' Film - World of Art by David Curtis; Steve McQueen (Foreword by)
Category: Film & Tv | Series: World of Art Ser.
International in scope and accessibly written by a renowned authority on the subject, Artists' Film is an introductory guide to the exciting and expanding field of artists' film and an alternative history of the moving image, chronicling artists' ever-evolving fascination with filmmaking from the early ...Show more
Arts In Spain by John F. Moffitt
Category: Art | Series: World of Art S.
This text provides an overview of the arts in Spain from prehistory to the present day. Providing examples from different artistic fields, the author traces the development of the arts in Spain from its Christian foundations through to the innovative works of Picasso, Dali and Miro.
At the Bay by Katherine Mansfield
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Art of the Novella Ser.
This dreamy, formally audacious story of a summer's day in the life of one family is a small masterpiece by Katherine Mansfield, hailed by Lorna Sage as 'one of the great modernist writers'.
Athenian Red Figure Vases - The Archaic Period - A Handbook by John Boardman
Category: World Art | Series: World of Art S.
In his sequel to "Athenian Black Figure Vases, " John Boardman, Professor Emeritus at Oxford University, covers the invention of the "red figure" technique in about 530 BC. Professor Boardman illuminates the ancient art form by placing the painters and their vases within the history of Athens and the gr ...Show more
Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life: Early Twentieth-century European Modernism by Matthew S. Witkovsky
Category: Art | Series: Art Institute of Chicago S.
Beginning around 1910, vanguard artists demanded that true art go beyond the intellectual and transform daily life. This volume highlights the work of six influential European artists who took this idea into the wider world, where it merged enthusiastically with demands in the industrial marketplace, th ...Show more
BERTRAND GOLDBERG ARCHITECTURE OF INVENT by RYAN ZOE
Category: Architecture | Series: Art Institute of Chicago Ser.
Bertrand Goldberg (1913-1997) was a visionary Chicago architect whose designs for housing, urban planning, and industrial design made a distinctive mark in the modern era. This handsome publication, the first to focus in-depth on the entirety of Goldberg's life and work, traces his development from his ...Show more
BLACK ART A CULTURAL HISTORY by Richard J. Powell
Category: World Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
From musings on the "the souls of black folk" in early twentieth-century painting, sculpture, and photography to questions of racial and cultural identities in performance, media, and computer-assisted arts in the 1990s, the book draws on the works of hundreds of artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, ...Show more
BRONZINO by MCCORQUODALE CHARLES
Category: Art and Design | Series: Chaucer Library of Art S.
Ballet and Modern Dance by Susan Au; James Rutter
Category: World Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
Dance's extraordinary range extends from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap, and ethnic dancing. This comprehensive history covers the entire spectrum, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the cont ...Show more