The Forces of Form in German Modernism (Maskarinec Malika)(Pevná vazba)

The Forces of Form in German Modernism (Maskarinec Malika)(Pevná vazba)

The Forces of Form in German Modernism charts a modern history of form as emergent from force. Offering a provocative alternative to the imagery of crisis and estrangement that has preoccupied scholarship on modernism, Malika Maskarinec shows that German modernism conceives of human bodies and

Art and Emergency: Modernism in Twentieth-Century India (Terracciano Emilia)(Pevná vazba)

During states of emergency, normal rules and rights are suspended, and force can often prevail. In these precarious intervals, when the human potential for violence can be released and rehearsed, images may also emerge. This book asks: what happens to art during a state of emergency? Investigating

Gabriel Guevrekian: The Elusive Modernist (Guevrekian Gabriel)(Pevná vazba)

This book revisits the history of modernism in architecture through the legacy of one of its protagonists, Armenian architect Gabriel Guevrekian (c. 1900-70). Born in Istanbul, Guevrekian grew up in Tehran and then moved to Vienna to study architecture at the Kunstgewerbeschule; he later worked

Johannes Itten and Thun: Nature in Focus (Hirsch Helen)(Pevná vazba)

The Bauhaus master Johannes Itten was one of the prominent protagonists of early Modernism in twentieth-century art. But few people are aware of the close links between his beginnings as an artist and his experience of landscape and nature in the town of Thun and Lake Thun. Sojourns in Thun and its

Modernism and the Materiality of Texts (Amiran Eyal)(Pevná vazba)

Modernism and the Materiality of Texts argues that elements of modernist texts that are meaningless in themselves are motivated by their authors' psychic crises. Physical features of texts that interest modernist writers, such as sound patterns and anagrams, cannot be dissociated from abstraction

Malice Aforethought (Iles Francis)(Pevná vazba)

Malice Aforethought is one of the earliest and finest examples of the inverted detective story - we know who committed the crime, the question is, will he get away with it? Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and

Ando (Furuyama Masao)(Pevná vazba)

In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and

Philosophy in the Condition of Modernism (Falcato Ana)(Pevná vazba)

Produced on the fringes of philosophy and literary criticism, this book is a pioneering study which aims to explicitly address and thematize what may be called a 'critical philosophy in the condition of

Of Modernism: Essays in Honour of Christopher Green (Brockington Grace)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating cross-section of current research in modernist art history, at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship, with essays by pupils of the renowned scholar Professor Christopher Green. Of Modernism brings together twelve original essays by leading scholars in modernist art history,

Modernism and Naturalism in British and Irish Fiction, 1880-1930 (Joyce Simon)(Pevná vazba)

This book argues that the history of literary modernism is inextricably connected with naturalism. Simon Joyce traces a complex response among aesthetes to the work of mile Zola at the turn of the century, recovering naturalism's assumed compatibility with impressionism as a central cause of their

White Malice - The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa (Williams Susan)(Pevná vazba)

Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism, Second Edition (Fisher James)(Pevná vazba)

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism covers the history of modernist American Theatre through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 2,000 cross-referenced entries on actors and actresses, directors,

Fighting Forces of the Second World War: On Land (Miles John C.)(Pevná vazba)

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World

Fighting Forces of the Second World War: At Sea (Miles John)(Pevná vazba)

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World

Kursk 1943: Hitler's Bitter Harvest (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

In 1943, as war raged along the Eastern Front, the German forces attempted to push further east in the brutal Operation Citadel, which saw one of the largest armoured clashes in history in the Battle of Prokhorovka. Countered by two Soviet attacks, this operation saw the tide turn on the Eastern

Modernism in the Streets: A Life and Times in Essays (Berman Marshall)(Pevná vazba)

Essays tracing the intellectual life of a quintessential New York City writer and thinker Marshall Berman was one of the great urbanists and Marxist cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and his brilliant, nearly sui generis book All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is a

Casa Moderna: Latin American Living (Jodidio Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Since the modernism pioneered by Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil, Latin America has become one of the world's most exciting locations for contemporary architecture. The wide architectural range, set amid varied climates, social conditions, and environments, has brought international attention to a

Biology and Management of the German Cockroach (Wang Changlu)(Pevná vazba)

The German cockroach continues to be one of the most important indoor urban pests in the world. They contaminate foods, transmit pathogens and produce allergens that trigger asthma. The last seminal publication dedicated to the German cockroach was published in 1995 by Rust, Owens and Reierson, and

Modernism: The Basics (Winkiel Laura)(Paperback)

Modernism: The Basics provides an accessible overview of the study of modernism in its global dimensions. Examining the key concepts, history and varied forms of the field, it guides the reader through the major approaches, outlining key debates, to answer such questions as: What is modernism?

German Self-Propelled Guns on the Battlefield (Feenstra Jon)(Pevná vazba)

In the nineteenth volume of this photo-monograph series, German self-propelled guns on the battlefield were displayed with more than hundred unpublished photographs from various German made self-propelled guns widely known as Hummel, Wespe, Sturmtiger, Bison I and many more.The hardcover, landscape

Zeppelin in Combat: a History of the German Naval Airship Division (Robinson Douglas H.)(Pevná vazba)

Rations of the German Wehrmacht in World War II: Vol 2 (Pool Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Poland and the Second World War, 1938-1948 (McGilvray Evan)(Pevná vazba)

The invasion of Poland by German forces (quickly joined by their then-allies the Soviets) ignited the Second World War. Despite determined resistance, Poland was quickly conquered but Poles continued the struggle to the very last day of the war against Germany, resisting the occupier within their

Malice in Wonderland - My Adventures in the World of Cecil Beaton (Vickers Hugo)(Pevná vazba)

The witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinary - often legendary - characters in his search for the real Cecil