A celebration of the prolific artist's heartfelt devotion to the people and places of the American SouthA View from the South: The Narrative Art of Boyd Saunders is the first comprehensive examination of the life and art of one of America's premier printmakers.
The Sonderkommando the special squad of enslaved Jewish laborers who were forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz-Birkenau comprise one of the most fascinating and troubling topics within Holocaust history.
What I hope this timely and fascinating book does is to take the reader beyond the lurid interest in art by society's outcasts, to discovering the hugely positive role art plays in prison life - Grayson Perry.
A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the maintenance and sustaining of material worlds Argues that the interrelationship of humans and things is a defining characteristic of human history and culture Offers a nuanced argument that values the physical processes of things without succumbing to materialism Discusses historical and modern examples, using evolutionary theory to show how long-standing entanglements are irreversible and increase in scale and complexity over time Integrates aspects of a diverse array of contemporary theories in archaeology and related natural and biological sciences Provides a critical review of many of the key contemporary perspectives from materiality, material culture studies and phenomenology to evolutionary theory, behavioral archaeology, cognitive archaeology, human behavioral ecology, Actor Network Theory and complexity theory
A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the maintenance and sustaining of material worlds Argues that the interrelationship of humans and things is a defining characteristic of human history and culture Offers a nuanced argument that values the physical processes of things without succumbing to materialism Discusses historical and modern examples, using evolutionary theory to show how long-standing entanglements are irreversible and increase in scale and complexity over time Integrates aspects of a diverse array of contemporary theories in archaeology and related natural and biological sciences Provides a critical review of many of the key contemporary perspectives from materiality, material culture studies and phenomenology to evolutionary theory, behavioral archaeology, cognitive archaeology, human behavioral ecology, Actor Network Theory and complexity theory
Ce livre écrit plus de dix ans après l'émergence des premiers sites Web d'information, répond aux prophètes en communication en apportant un éclairage cru sur la réalité économique et sociologique des médias Web d'information, au moment même où sévit la mode du "journalisme participatif".
Kent v Lancashire 1906 tells the story of a remarkable painting, commissioned at the height of cricket's golden age and at the apogee of Britain's colonial power.
Sustainability is foremost in the minds of many designer-makers at themoment; there has been a surge of environmentally-sustainabledevelopments in the collections shown recently at Origin, at NewDesigners in Islington, at Pulse and at Collect.
Off the Page offers a series of critical "e;scripts"e; exploring various cultural texts, and a working definition of performative criticism grounded in poststructuralist literary, cultural, and performance theory.
A celebration of the prolific artist's heartfelt devotion to the people and places of the American SouthA View from the South: The Narrative Art of Boyd Saunders is the first comprehensive examination of the life and art of one of America's premier printmakers.
This classic book has been the go-to embroidery reference work since it was first published in 1934, owing to its clear instructions and huge library of stitches.
In this book, Michel Lauricella presents both his artistic and systematic methods for drawing the human bodywith drawing techniques from the ecorche (showing the musculature underneath the skin) to sketches of models in action.
Learn how to create beautiful mehendi designs using an entirely-natural, simple paste made from the leaves of the henna plant with this step-by-step guide.
A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own wordsAngela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor.
Translated by Lucinda Byatt This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo.
A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own wordsAngela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor.
Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies and art history, Perform, Repeat, Record addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history.
Learn how to create beautiful mehendi designs using an entirely-natural, simple paste made from the leaves of the henna plant with this step-by-step guide.
Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies and art history, Perform, Repeat, Record addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history.