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Art History: The Basics
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 21.95Art History: The Basics is a concise and accessible introduction for the general reader and the undergraduate approaching the history of art for the first time at college or university. It will give you answers to questions like: What is art and art history? What are the main methodologies used to understand art? How have... more...
Seven Discourses on Art
The Floating Press 1901; US$ 6.95Sir Joshua Reynolds laid down principles of art from the point of view of a man of genius who had made his power felt, and with the clear good sense which is the foundation of all work that looks upward and may hope to live. The truths here expressed concerning Art may, with slight adjustment of the way of thought, be applied to Literature or to any... more...
Digital Painting, 37 Advanced Tricks and Techniques
F+W Media 2011; US$ 5.99Learn how to get more out of your software and elevate your digital artwork to the next level. You?ll discover the freedom to experiment with new ideas quickly and tweak details freely. State-of-the-art advice from one of the world?s leading digital art pros covers every aspect of computer-generated art?from brush modes and special effects to speed... more...
Vom Simulacrum zum Bildwesen
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99Die heutige Bildpraxis wie sie sich beispielsweise in der Cyborg Art, Virtual Architecture oder Bio Art zeigt befreit die Aktivit t des Bildes, die bisher in der sthetischen virtuellen Dimension eingesperrt war. Das Bild selbst kann sich nun als Lebewesen behaupten, indem es sich in einem K rper oder Material manifestiert. In der virtuellen Kunst wird... more...
Das Standbild - Die Malkunst - Grundlagen der Malerei
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 26.44Hauptbeschreibung Mit der gemeinsamen Publikation der drei Schriften "De Statua", "De Pictura" und "Elementa Picturae" (Das Standbild, Die Malkunst, Grundlagen der Malerei) verwirklicht das Buch ein Vorhaben Albertis, das bis zu dessen Tod 1472 nicht realisiert werden konnte. Die Texte erhellen das Kunstverständnis ihrer Entstehungszeit und geben... more...
Kleine Kunstgeschichte der deutschen Stadt im Mittelalter
Primus Verlag 2011; US$ 17.63Hauptbeschreibung Wer die mittelalterliche Stadtbaugeschichte näher kennenlernen möchte, der sollte zu diesem handlichen Band greifen. Cord Meckseper zeichnet die wichtigsten Entwicklungslinien nach und nutzt dabei auch die Ergebnisse von Bauforschern, Historikern, Mittelalterarchäologen und Siedlungsgeographen. Der erste Teil des Bandes gibt einen... more...
L. Bernard Hall
NewSouth 2013; US$ 55.99As Director of the National Gallery of Victoria from 1892 to 1935, L. Bernard Hall was Australian arts most influential administrator and teacher, yet his achievements have been virtually written out of history. In this book Gwen Rankin uncovers Halls fascinating story. Never as conservative as sometimes suggested, Hall came to Australia... more...
Winckelmann und die Mythologie der Klassik
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 105.00The contributions from a German-Italian conference on the subject of descriptions of art at the time of Winckelmann and his successors are collected in these bilingual proceedings.They deal with the theoretical foundations as well as the literary-aesthetic effects of a radically new approach to classical ancient art and its mythological context. The... more...
Clement Greenberg Between the Lines
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 17.00Clement Greenberg (1909–1994), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism—of Pollock, Miró, and Matisse—has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time. This volume, a lively reassessment of Greenberg’s writings,... more...









