The Arts: treatments and subjects

The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents nearly 300 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public-featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown.

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) is considered to have introduced the practice of socially engaged painting, and he is viewed as one of the most important repre-sentatives of Realism.

»Kunst ist Denken, keine Theorie.

Die Regulierung von und Kontrolle über ein natürliches Phänomen wie den Schlaf kann als paradigmatisch für die Rationalisierung des Alltagslebens in Zeiten der kapitalistischen »Hypermodernität« bezeichnet werden.

In einem Gespräch mit Ayreen Anastas und Rene Gabri, Agenten der dOCUMENTA (13), gibt der in New York lebende Videokünstler Paul Ryan Auskunft über die theoretischen wie biografischen Hintergründe seiner Arbeit, über seine prägende Tätigkeit für Marshall McLuhan sowie über seine Rolle innerhalb der Videogruppe Raindance und der von ihr herausgegebenen Zeitschrift Radical Software.

Mit The Great Hidden Inspirer, dem vierten Band der Poiesis-Reihe, widmet sich der renommierte Duchamp-Forscher Michael R.

Dieses Notizbuch erlaubt einen intimen Einblick in den Entstehungsprozess der Texte der österreichischen Psychoanalytikerin Melanie Klein (1882–1960) anhand des in Auszügen faksimilierten Manuskripts zu ihrer Abhandlung Über Identifizierung aus dem Jahr 1955.

Unsere Auffassungen von Zeit verändern sich fortwährend auf vielschichtige Art und Weise.

In einem Brief an Bettina Funcke, Leiterin der Publikationsabteilung der dOCUMENTA (13), verwebt der in New York lebende Dichter Kenneth Goldsmith (*1961) verschiedene Stränge seiner künstlerischen Tätigkeit zum Gesamtbild seines Schaffens.

In seinen großformatigen Gemälden schichtet Sean Scully Farben übereinander zu opulenten Gemälden.

Die Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin ist für ihre hervorragende Sammlung europäischer Meisterwerke des 13.

Ist die Mittelschicht unsere neue revolutionäre Klasse?

Stilbewusst und (selbst-) kritisch kommentiert Zimmer in seinem Tagebuch das gesellschaftliche Klima im Nachkriegsdeutschland.

Embracing pilgrimage as a comprehensive image of the Christian life, Mission Bound offers a transformative approach to short-term mission.

Wading birds, raptors, waterfowl, pelicans, gulls & terns, shorebirds, and songbirds.

José Domingo Rodríguez hace parte de la prolífica generación de artistas formados en la Escuela de Bellas Artes durante los inicios del siglo XX.

The films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and divergences across them.

The films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and divergences across them.

Popular culture in the 1990s often primarily reflected millennial catastrophic anxieties.

Devils, ghosts, poltergeists, werewolves, and witches are all covered in this book about the "e;dark side"e; of supernatural beliefs in early modern Europe, tapping period literature, folklore, art, and scholarly writings in its investigation.

El presente libro es un estudio histórico sobre la producción de imágenes, imaginaciones y sentidos en la Buenos Aires de la década de 1860.

Centring priest and navigator Tupaia and Pacific worldviews, this richly illustrated volume weaves a new set of cultural histories in the Pacific, between local islanders and the crew of the Endeavour on James Cook's first 'voyage of discovery' (1768-1771).

Centring priest and navigator Tupaia and Pacific worldviews, this richly illustrated volume weaves a new set of cultural histories in the Pacific, between local islanders and the crew of the Endeavour on James Cook's first 'voyage of discovery' (1768-1771).

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published.

In Germany, 1969, Eugen Fink's Fashion: Seductive Play was published.

This book addresses the work of architect John Dalton (1927-2007), an important voice in mid-century modernism in Australia whose work, despite his being exhibited and published internationally and also winning several awards for his designs, is woefully little known.

This book takes a novel, data-driven approach to the cemeteries of Paris, analyzing a largely text-based body of archival material as proxy evidence for visual material that has been lost due to systematic, and legally sanctioned, acts of erasure.

Story of Water and Fire is a captivating account of the joint life of two prominent figures in the Iraqi art scene, poet and art critic May Muzaffar and artist Rafa Nasiri.

Die Kunstsammlung und Kunstbibliothek der Wredowstiftung in Brandenburg an der Havel bilden zusammen eine der historisch bedeutsamsten und größten privaten Kollektionen von Werken der bildenden Kunst und der Kunstgeschichte im Land Brandenburg.

The appreciation of nature and natural beauty demands our attention as environmental issues become ever more urgent.

The appreciation of nature and natural beauty demands our attention as environmental issues become ever more urgent.

Rainbow Children is the first of her Voices of Children series that communicates and displays the heart of a child's identity and dreams through the creativity of face painting.

Publicado por primera vez en 1991, El ABC de la Bauhaus se ha convertido en una referencia ineludible y un verdadero clásico entre los diseñadores.

Contrariamente a su fama de superficial y efímera, la moda ha jugado un papel importante en procesos de cambio histórico y representa una compleja realidad donde confluyen fuerzas económicas, políticas y sociales.

¿Qué colores utilizar para transmitir en acuarela el frescor y la calidez de un paisaje tropical?

¿Qué es la belleza?

Cortadas en pequeños trozos y dibujadas, las emociones son mucho más fáciles de digerir.

Por mucho que conozcamos la genialidad de los grandes artistas del pasado, a menudo, cuando vemos una obra maestra, nos resulta difícil conectar con ella y captar su grandeza.

Tracing the flows of people, material items, and digitalcontent between Havana and Miami, as well as between Cuba and Panama, Guyana,and Mexico, this book demonstrates the worldmaking of marginalized Cubancommunities in a transnational setting.

El artista, arquitecto, comisario, editor, poeta y urbanista chino Ai Weiwei ha ampliado con su polifacética obra la noción tradicional de arte y se ha convertido en uno de los personajes más significativos del panorama creativo y cultural internacional.

Este pequeño manual de mitología reúne las principales leyendas y mitos sobre los dioses, héroes y demás personajes fabulosos de la tradición grecoromana.

This book reads Alfred Hitchcock as a philosopher of what constitutes the erotic.

Create beautiful botanical artworks, engage with the natural world around you, and take pleasure in the changing seasons with A Year of Watercolour.

This study presents the history of the Market Photo Workshop (MPW) in Johannesburg and works produced by its new generation of photography students.

By carefully conceptualising the domestic in relation to the self and the photographic, this book offers a unique contribution to both photography theory and criticism, and life-narrative studies.

By carefully conceptualising the domestic in relation to the self and the photographic, this book offers a unique contribution to both photography theory and criticism, and life-narrative studies.

This study presents the history of the Market Photo Workshop (MPW) in Johannesburg and works produced by its new generation of photography students.

Courtly Mediators examines Italian Renaissance collecting practices from the perspective of trade, diplomacy, and global encounters.

Courtly Mediators examines Italian Renaissance collecting practices from the perspective of trade, diplomacy, and global encounters.

This book demonstrates the relevance and importance of cognitive linguistics when applied to the analysis and practice of graphic design/communication design.