Seeing Through Closed Eyelids: Giuseppe Penone and the Nature of Sculpture (Mangini Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Seeing Through Closed Eyelids: Giuseppe Penone and the Nature of Sculpture (Mangini Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Can a work of art help us know our world differently? In this first scholarly study of Giuseppe Penone, art historian Elizabeth Mangini argues that the Italian artist's engagement of the body's multiple senses constitutes a new theory of sculpture as a means to connect with and know the phenomenal

Degas: Dance, Politics and Society (Degas Edgar)(Pevná vazba)

A radical reconception of Degas' sculpture through the lens of gender, labor and more, with new photography of the worksThis substantial new monograph on the work of Edgar Degas (1834-1917), one of the most significant artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, is a decisive contribution to the

Degas, Painter of Ballerinas (Metropolitan Museum of Art the)(Pevná vazba)

Through Edgar Degas's beloved paintings, drawings, and sculptures, Susan Goldman Rubin conveys the wonder and excitement of the ballet world. Degas is one of the most celebrated painters of the impressionist movement, and his ballerina paintings are among the most favorite of his fans. In his

Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler (Brown Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Casson Dinah)(Pevná vazba)

The author guides the inquisitive museum visitor through a series of questions and problems which confront museum curators, and their designers, behind closed doors. With a foreword by Christopher

Elizabeth Bishop and Translation (Machova Mariana)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop's translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests that translation can be seen as a poetic principle that can be related to the poet's original

Vintage Beauty: Nude Photography 1900-1960 (B Nico)(Pevná vazba)

Artists have explored the nude image since the beginning of time, through sculpture, ink, and paint on canvas, and celebrated the female form in all its natural beauty. Photography is no stranger to this since its arrival. We hereby present an archive of rare glamour photography from the 1900s

Do Something for Nothing - Seeing beneath the surface of homelessness, through the simple act of a haircut (Coombes Joshua)(Pevná vazba)

Based on the grassroots movement and Netflix film hosted by Morgan Freeman, this is a beautiful, moving and inspiring collection of photographs capturing the stories behind those living on the streets across the

En Passant: Impressionism in Sculpture (Eiling Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the sculptures of Impressionism and how they embody the movement's ideals. Is there such a thing as 'Impressionist sculpture'? Since 1881 when Edgar Degas presented Little Dancer Aged Fourteen at the Sixth Impressionist Exhibition in Paris, the term has existed along with the discourse

Chihuly at Kew: Reflections on Nature (Chihuly Dale)(Pevná vazba)

Dale Chihuly's sculptures are some of the most immediately recognizable and internationally beloved. He revolutionized the Studio Glass movement and is credited as helping to elevate blown glass from craft to fine artform. However, most people come across Chihuly not within the walls of a museum,

Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe: Seventeenth Century to Contemporary (Hart Imogen)(Pevná vazba)

Sculpture and the decorative meet in all manner of objects, art practices, and contexts. Yet they are largely kept apart in academia, art criticism, exhibitions and museums. By foregrounding the overlaps between sculpture and the decorative, this volume of essays by artists, curators and art

Men In this Town: A Decade of Men's Street Style

For the last decade, Giuseppe Santamaria has observed and recorded the men of big cities while they cross streets, sit at cafes, and pose, momentarily, on busy sidewalks. Traveling the continents, Giuseppe has documented the evolution of men's identities, communicated through their attitude and

Time Is a Flower (Morstad Julie)(Pevná vazba)

A playful and poignant exploration of the nature of time through the eyes of a child from acclaimed author/illustrator Julie Morstad. What is time? Is it the tick tick tock of a clock, numbers and words on a calendar? It's that, but so much more. Time is a seed waiting to grow, a flower blooming, a

The Culture of Bronze: Making and Meaning in Italian Renaissance Sculpture (Motture Peta)(Pevná vazba)

The Italian Renaissance was a golden age for bronze sculpture, both on a grand scale--such as Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, or Cellini's Perseus--and more intimate statuettes and small-scale functional objects. Bronze, being both costly and luxurious, embodied power, authority, and eternity and

Elizabeth & Margaret - The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters (Morton Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

A captivating and unique biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret, told by the internationally renowned royal biographer Andrew

Wild Capital: Nature's Economic and Ecological Wealth (Jones Barbara K.)(Pevná vazba)

In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be

Seeing through the Screen: Interpreting American Political Film (Altschuler Bruce E.)(Pevná vazba)

Although films affect and reflect the way Americans look at politics, they have received far less attention than television or newspapers. This is changing, particularly on college campuses, where courses on politics and film are growing in popularity. This book consists of short essays on

The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork (Williamson Paul)(Pevná vazba)

This is the definitive catalogue of one of the most important collections of medieval art that exists in private hands, not previously accessible to the public. Comprised of outstanding European sculptures of the medieval period, as well as some Late Antique and Byzantine pieces and related works

Let Go: Release Yourself from Anxiety (Archer Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully designed and accessible book on letting go of stress and anxiety through practical lifestyle changes and holistic therapies. I breathe in peace, I breathe out tension Embrace the calm and happiness that comes once you've learnt to let go. Don't we all want to live a life full of

Direct Wood Sculpture: Technique - Innovation - Creativity (Liebson Milt)(Pevná vazba)

This is a book that explores into two worlds, the appreciation of wood as medium for sculpture and a practical look of technique. The history of sculpting directly into wood is explored, illustrated with many classic examples of the art, from ancient Egypt to the twentieth century. But this book is

Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth (Bellerjeau Claire)(Pevná vazba)

Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga (Araki Hirohiko)(Pevná vazba)

Learn how to create manga from Hirohiko Araki--creator of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and a master of the medium Hirohiko Araki is the author of one of the longest-running and most beloved manga of all time, the epic fan favorite JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. According to him, manga is the ultimate

Rome: An Empire of Many Nations - New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cultural Identity(Pevná vazba)

Explores the nature of the vast multinational Roman Empire through the identities of ethnic groups and the experiences of single individuals. The chapters range across the many cultures, languages, religions and literatures of the Empire, with a special focus on the Jews as a test-case for the

Between Gaia and Ground: Four Axioms of Existence and the Ancestral Catastrophe of Late Liberalism (Povinelli Elizabeth a.)(Pevná vazba)

In Between Gaia and Ground Elizabeth A. Povinelli theorizes the climatic, environmental, viral, and social catastrophe present as an ancestral catastrophe that Indigenous and colonized peoples have been suffering through for centuries. In this way, the violence and philosophies the West relies on