Dieses Buch gilt als die aktuellste und umfassendste Kunstgeschichte, die je in einem Band veröffentlicht wurde. Sie präsentiert die Geschichte der Kunst als einen wesentlichen Teil der Menschheitsentwicklung von der Höhlenmalerei bis hin zur Digital-, Video- und Installationskunst des neuen Jahrtausends. Die überarbeitete 7. Ausgabe ist erweitert um neue Entwicklungen in der Archäologie und der kunsthistorischen Forschung.
With film rights snapped up by an Oscar winning Hollywood production company, rights sold in a world record 43 territories, and rave blurbs from David Baldacci, Lee Child and A.J. Finn, The Silent Patient promises to be the debut thriller of 2019.
Textilepedia is an extensive textile dictionary that covers all essential fabric knowledge, this ultra-accessible manual is the perfect companion for fashion aficionados and aspiring fashion designers
Seven years after the publication of Graphic Design: The New Basics, coauthors Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips have updated the book with current content and extended key sections.
"Revised and expanded third edition of the essential guide to how typefaces are constructed and how to use them"--
Suitable for individual learning, for classrooms, and for a team that wants to develop a culture of design practice, this book provides instructions and exercises, various sketching methods that may let you express your design ideas about user experiences across time.
Skandinavien ist weltberühmt für sein "Demokratisches Design": Nicht nur schafft es Verbindungen zwischen Handwerk und industrieller Produktion sowie organischen Formen und Alltagsfunktionalität, es ist Design für alle und somit einzigartig. Möbel, Glas, Keramik, Textilien, Schmuck, Metallwaren und Industriedesign Skandinaviens von 1900 bis heute bildet dieser umfassende Band ab - als detaillierter Überblick und mit ausführlichen Einträgen zu 125 Designern und von Designern geführten Unternehmen. Dazu gehören Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Timo Sarpaneva, Hans Wegner, Tapio Wirkkala, Stig Lindberg, Finn Juhl, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Arnold Madsen, Barbro Nilsson, Fritz Hansen, Artek, Le Klint, Gustavsberg, Iittala, Fiskars, Orrefors, Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Arabia, Marimekko und Georg Jensen.
Helps you learn a bit about what works: how to make people feel at home, how to cook food they love, how to make a room stylish but welcoming, how to throw a party, get the lighting right, mix a cocktail, design a bedroom, build an art collection.
A survey of modern architecture and its origins. This book also explores the effects of globalization on architecture, the rise annd rise of the celebrity architect, and the way in which practices worldwide have addressed such issues as sustainability and habitat.
Diese Einführung in die kritischen Theorien der Kunstanalyse wurde aktualisiert, um die neueste Forschung in der zeitgenössischen Kunst widerzuspiegeln. Unter anderem wurde der Text in kleinere Abschnitte unterteilt, um die Klarheit und Zugänglichkeit zu verbessern. Das Buch beginnt mit einem überarbeiteten Diskurs über den Unterschied zwischen Methode und Theorie, wendet in den folgenden Kapiteln die verschiedenen Ansätze auf Kunstwerke an, und endet schließlich mit einem aktualisierten Fazit darüber, wie das Kunststudium von der Theorie geprägt wird.
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. "e;Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak."e;"e;But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled."e; John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "e;This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures."e; By now he has.
This engaging volume tells the history of Western fashion, exploring how and why it has influenced people's attitudes, actions, and beliefs since the Middle Ages. Back in Fashion focuses on themes specific to particular periods - such as the significance of medieval sumptuary laws that limited expenditure on clothing; the use of black in early modern Europe; the role of sports on clothing in contemporary times; and the rise of luxury in the new millennium. Author Giorgio Riello investigates how fashion has shaped and continues to characterize Western societies, impacting the lives of millions of people and their relationship to the economy and politics.
From the invention of the needle to the dawn of denim, neolithic weavers to catwalk creations, this title intends to cover the trends, from vintage to high street chic and the reinvention of haute couture. It also explains the forces shaping fashion, including Internet technology, celebrity influence, fast fashion, recession and global markets.
Boken RÅPUNK – The Birth of Swedish Hardcore dokumenterar den andra vågen av svensk punk.Boken dokumenterar band som Anticimex och MOB 47, men också de som var en del av scenen igenom sitt kreativa och/eller ideologiska engagemang. Råpunk innehåller ett stort antal aldrig tidigare publicerad fotografier, fanzines, posters, skiv- och kassettomslag.
The world's leading electronic music production magazine delivers the definitive guide to making cutting-edge dance music. Featuring 312 color pages packed with technique, tips, illustrations and hands-on walkthroughs, The Secrets of Dance Music Production pulls together everything you need to take a mix from concept to club-ready master - whether you make house or techno, 2-step or D&B, EDM or trance. Topics include studio fundamentals, the golden rules of mixing, essential techniques, improving writing chops, bigger beats, learning from the masters and more.
This invaluable guide enables students to get the most from their art history course. Written in an accessible style, the book introduces two basic art historical methods - formal analysis and contextual analysis. In this new edition revising author Michael Cothren has extended the discussion on iconography and iconology, as well as adding discussions on the effects of the market and museums on art. Greater emphasis is placed on the global and multicultural aspects of art creation and analysis with new images and more case studies. There is more step-by-step guidance on how to use these methods to prepare for exams and write papers.
"A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities."--Provided by publisher.
Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe
Charts the evolution of feminist art history and pedagogy since the 1970s, revealing how artists have developed and subverted the strategies of feminism. This title includes a discussion of some of the significant international women artists.
Whether looking at an imposing modular system or posing with a DX7 on Top of the Pops, the synth has also always had an undeniable physical presence. This book celebrates their impact on music and culture by providing a comprehensive and meticulously researched directory of every major synthesizer, drum machine and sampler made between 1963 and 1995. Each instrument is illustrated by hand, and shown alongside its vital statistics and some fascinatingly quirky facts. In tracing the evolution of the analogue synthesizer from its invention in the early 1960s to the digital revolution of the 1980s right up until the point that analogue circuits could be modelled using software in the mid-1990s, the book tells the story of analogue to digital - and back again.
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