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Sculpture
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 22.50"The eye that gathers impressions is no longer the eye that sees a depiction on a surface; it becomes a hand, the ray of light becomes a finger, and the imagination becomes a form of immediate touching."—Johann Gottfried Herder Long recognized as one of the most important eighteenth-century works on aesthetics and the visual arts, Johann Gottfried... more...
Not Dark Yet
Loose Chippings 2010; US$ 11.65Spiced with humour, the tales of epic encounters at Clifton Hampden are told alongside more modest affairs at Lords, Headingley and OldTrafford. more...
Osogbo and the Art of Heritage
Indiana University Press 2011; US$ 20.95Why has the home of a Yoruba river goddess become a UNESCO World Heritage site and a global attraction? Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world visit the sacred grove of Osun, Osogbo's guardian deity, to attend her festival. Peter Probst takes readers on a riveting journey to Osogbo.... more...
Levende beelden
Leiden University Press 2011; US$ 29.00Throughout the ages, and all over the world people have treated works of art as if they were living beings. This has until recently been dismissed as idolatry or fetishism. more...
Significant difference?
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 21.75Violent incidents that took place in 2004 and 2005 in the Netherlands and the UK respectively prompted people to claim that multiculturalism had failed. This claim requires an assessment of the effect of the policies that were drafted based on this political philosophy. In this study, the author analyses two sets of policies developed from multiculturalism:... more...
A Northern Christmas
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 9.99How a father and son find the spirit of Christmas in the Alaskan wilderness. more...
Rembrandt's Nose: Of Flesh and Spirit in the Master's Portraits
ARTBOOK | DIGITAL 2012; US$ 27.50The year 2006 marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest portrait painters that ever lived, the Dutch seventeenth-century master, Rembrandt. Although Rembrandt is among the most important artists in western history, and perhaps our greatest draftsman, no one has ever, until now, been able to pinpoint exactly how it was that... more...
Creative Time and Space
F+W Media 2009; US$ 22.99How do you make room for making art? Do you long to uncover secrets to sneaking more creative time into your day, or to making your studio the perfect place to unleash your artistic potential? Have you often wondered how successful creative types seem to manage both with ease? In her inspiring follow-up to Living the Creative Life , author Rice... more...
Vincent van Gogh
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00La vida y obra de Van Gogh se hallan tan entrelazadas, que es casi imposible apreciar sus pinturas sin ver reflejada en ellas la historia de su vida: una vida de la que se habló tanto, que ya se ha convertido en leyenda. Van Gogh es la encarnación del sufrimiento, un mártir incomprendido del arte moderno, el emblema del artista como un extraño. more...
Art Nouveau
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 5.00Ever since its triumph at the Paris Universal Exposition, Art Nouveau has continued to inspire artists. The movement offered an artistic response to the industrial revolution and the creative vacuum left in its wake, exerting a huge impact on the decorative arts. The Mega Square Art Nouveau spans all forms of expression ? design, painting and architecture... more...









