Artistry of the Everyday: Beauty and Craftsmanship in Berber Art (Bernasek Lisa)(Paperback)

Artistry of the Everyday: Beauty and Craftsmanship in Berber Art (Bernasek Lisa)(Paperback)

Imazighen Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life presents the Peabody Museum's collection of arts from the Berber-speaking regions of North Africa. The book gives an overview of Berber history and culture, focusing on the rich aesthetic traditions of Amazigh (Berber) craftsmen and women. From

Cinematography: Theory and Practice: For Cinematographers and Directors (Brown Blain)(Paperback)

This book covers both the artistry and craftsmanship of cinematography and visual storytelling. Few art forms are as tied to their tools and technology as is cinematography. Take your mastery of these new tools, techniques, and roles to the next level with this cutting-edge roadmap from author and

The Beauty of Everyday Things (Yanagi Soetsu)(Paperback)

'Radical and inspiring ... Yanagi's vision puts the connection between heart and hand before the transient and commercial' - Edmund de WaalThe daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As

The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space, and Social Inclusion (Cartiere Cameron)(Paperback)

The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space, and Social Inclusion is a multidisciplinary anthology of analyses exploring the expansion of contemporary public art issues beyond the built environment. It follows the highly successful publication The Practice of Public Art (eds. Cartiere and

Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon (Smucker Janneken)(Paperback)

Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Country stores in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and other tourist regions display row after row of handcrafted quilts. In luxury homes, office buildings, and museums, the quilts have been preserved and

Curationism - How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else (Balzer David)(Paperback / softback)

A criticism of the saturation of the 'curator' in art, business and everyday

The Nature and Art of Workmanship (Pye David)(Paperback)

This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. Init, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship todesign and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzythinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept ofgood workmanship and shows how it imparts

Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World (International Pie)(Paperback)

Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World is a celebration of the beauty of the scenes and backgrounds in anime and manga. This unusual book turns the spotlight exclusively on the scenes and background illustrations. With only a few oridnary characters in these scenes, attention here is focused on the

Trauma and Visuality in Modernity (Saltzman Lisa)(Paperback)

This groundbreaking collection is among the first in the field of art history to explore the relation between the traumatic and the visual field in the modern period. Ranging across media and spanning from the origins of modernity to the present, the essays gathered here pursue trauma as a

Digital Handmade - Craftsmanship in the New Industrial Revolution (Johnston Lucy)(Paperback / softback)

A revised and updated paperback edition of this survey of international designers and makers working at the intersection of handicrafts and digital

Runaway (Munro Alice)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite collection. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro's writing. Runaway is about the power

London's New Scene: Art and Culture in the 1960s (Tickner Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking and extensively researched account of the 1960s London art scene In the 1960s, London became a vibrant hub of artistic production. Postwar reconstruction, jet air travel, television arts programs, new color supplements, a generation of young artists, dealers, and curators, the

Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing (Pearson Matt)(Paperback)

SummaryGenerative Art presents both the technique and the beauty of algorithmic art. The book includes high-quality examples of generative art, along with the specific programmatic steps author and artist Matt Pearson followed to create each unique piece using the Processing programming

Artistry of Neil Gaiman: Finding Light in the Shadows (Eveleth Kyle)(Paperback)

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: 50 Masterpieces of Art and Design (Fletcher-Jones Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

The artistry and splendor of ancient Egyptian jewelry in fifty masterpieces Jewelry was worn by ancient Egyptians at every level of society and, like their modern descendants, they prized it for its aesthetic value, as a way to adorn and beautify the body. It was also a conspicuous signifier of

Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life (Niequist Shauna)(Paperback)

Shauna Niequist calls us to see the beauty, hope, and dimension in our ordinary days through the life-giving practice of celebration. Cold Tangerines is beautiful narration of Shauna's journey as a young writer, wife, and mom making peace with herself and crafting a life that celebrates the

Culture as Weapon: The Art of Influence in Everyday Life (Thompson Nato)(Paperback)

One of the country's leading activist curators explores how corporations and governments have used art and culture to mystify and manipulate us. The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and

Everyday Madness - On Grief, Anger, Loss and Love (Appignanesi Lisa)(Paperback / softback)

'You will find all of life in this' Deborah

The Dark Triad of Personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy in Everyday Life (Lyons Minna)(Paperback)

The Dark Triad of Personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy in Everyday Life summarizes the latest research on how these personality traits (psychopathology, narcissism, Machiavellianism) are defined and displayed, while also exploring the impact they have on individuals and

Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages (Eco Umberto)(Paperback)

In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic

Ulysses and Us - The Art of Everyday Living (Kiberd Declan)(Paperback / softback)

In Ulysses and Us, Declan Kiberd argues that James Joyce's Ulysses offers a humane vision of a more tolerant and decent life under the dreadful pressures of the modern

The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty (Yanagi Soetsu)(Paperback)

This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late

Remains of the Everyday: A Century of Recycling in Beijing (Goldstein Joshua)(Paperback)

Remains of the Everyday traces the changing material culture and industrial ecology of China through the lens of recycling. Over the last century, waste recovery and secondhand goods markets have been integral to Beijing's economic functioning and cultural identity, and acts of recycling have

Flanders Panel (Perez-Reverte Arturo)(Paperback / softback)

The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess. In a 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are pictured playing