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100 Artists' Manifestos
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableIn this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Feminism, Communism, Destructivism, Vorticism, Stridentism, Cannibalism and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architecture, fashion, and cookery. Artists' manifestos... more...
Gute Gestaltung / Good Design 10
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 60.00"Good Design 10" presents the works selected by the Deutscher Designer Club (DDC) in its annual "Good Design" competition ? prizewinning design from architecture, product and trade fair design, corporate communication, digital design, or advertising. The competition has now been expanded to include two new categories: "Graphic Fine Art" and "Photo/Film". more...
Graecomania
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00Hardly any other 19th century political movement aroused such a fervid response from artists and publicists as Philhellenism, which came to full fruition in the course of the Greek struggle for liberation. The combination of classicistic and romantic ideals with political, esthetic, and religious motifs gave this movement a unique dynamism whose influence... more...
Digital Art Masters
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 39.95Meet some of the finest 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today and discover how they create some of the most innovative digital art in the world. More than a gallery book or a coffee table book- Digital Art Masters Volume 4 includes over 50 artists and 900 unique and stunning 2D and 3D digital art. Beyond the breaktaking images is a breakdown... more...
Fine Art Publicity
Constable & Robinson 2005; US$ 5.82This savvy resource helps artists and art professionals generate the publicity that keeps their artwork and business in the public spotlight. Provided are practical tools for attracting the media's attention and building bridges between artists, their galleries, and collectors, and between museums and their audiences. This new edition provides the... more...
Austronesian Soundscapes
Amsterdam University Press 2011; US$ 47.50In Austronesia--the region that stretches from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island in the east--music plays a vital role in both the construction and expression of social and cultural identities. Yet research into the music of Austronesia has hitherto been sparse. Drawing together contemporary cultural studies and musical analysis, "Austronesian... more...
Palladio
Penguin Books Ltd 1991; Not AvailablePalladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age - the Humanist era of Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Veronese - and examines each of the villas, churches and palaces in turn and tries to penetrate to the heart of the Palladian miracle. Palladio's... more...
J.M.W. Turner
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 21.95In this second volume in the Ackroyd?s Brief Lives series, bestselling author Peter Ackroyd brings us a man of humble beginnings, crude manners, and prodigious talents, the nineteenth-century painter J. M. W. Turner. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London in 1775. His father was a barber, and his mother came from a family of London butchers.... more...
Islamic Art Collections
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 190.00An annotated index and general orientation of Islamic art collections in museums, libraries, other institutions and on private hands. Includes a short description of each collection, its main characteristics, documentation, publications and exhibitions. more...
Roman Building
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 130.00With over 750 illustrations, Roman Buildings is a thorough and systematic examination of Roman architecture and building practice, looking at large-scale public buildings as well as more modest homes and shops. Placing emphasis on the technical aspects of the subject, the author follows the process of building through each stage -- from quarry to... more...









