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“arnold hauser”

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  • Social History of Art, Volume 2

    Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque

    by Arnold Hauser ...
    First published in 1951 Arnold Hauser's commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. Exploring the interaction between art and society, Hauser effectively details social and historical movements and sketches the frameworks in which visual art is produced.This new edition provides an excellent introduction to ... Read more

    Was $61.99 USD Now $54.99 USD

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    Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired

    by Francine Prose ...
    All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros.In a brilliant, wry, and provocative book, National Book Award finalist Francine Prose explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. In so doing, she illuminates with great sensitivity and intelligence the elusive emotional wellsprings of the creative process. ... Read more

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  • Fifty Cars that Changed the World

    Design Museum Fifty

    by DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD ...
    Series series Design Museum Fifty
    Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Cars That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 cars that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today. From the1908 Ford Model T to the 1998 smart car, each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made ... Read more

    Was $3.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • The Alchemy of Paint

    by Spike Bucklow ...
    Spike Bucklow sets out to unravel the myths behind the pigments, like dragonsblood, which is said to be a mixture of elephant and dragon blood. Examining both the medieval palette and the often cloak-and-dagger science that created it, he uncovers the secret recipes behind the luxurious colours we are familiar with today. Driven by an overriding passion for art, Spike Bucklow's aim is to restore ... Read more

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  • 149 Paintings You Really Should See in Europe — Germany and Austria

    by Julian Porter ...
    This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Germany and Austria. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he visits Berlin, Vienna, Dresden, and Munich and discusses works by masters such as ... Read more

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  • Visual Studies

    A Skeptical Introduction

    by James Elkins ...
    In his latest book, James Elkins offers a road map through the field of visual studies, describing its major concerns and its principal theoretical sources. Then, with the skill and insight that have marked his successful books on art and visuality, Elkins takes the reader down a side road where visual studies can become a more interesting place. Why look only at the same handful of theorists? Why ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Prohibition Madness

    Life and Death in and Around Long Beach, California, 1920-1933

    by Claudine Burnett ...
    Throughout America cocktail parties sparkled defiantly through the dreaded first minutes of January 20, 1920. With morning would come the official start of Prohibition. It was easy, however, to keep the party going in Long Beach, California. Though Long Beach had been "dry" throughout most of its history, illegal liquor distribution throughout the city was already perfected by the time the 18th ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Signal: 02

    A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture

    Edited by Josh MacPhee, Alec Icky Dunn ...
    Series Book 2 - Signal
    Signal is an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation struggles. Artists and cultural workers have been at the center of upheavals and revolts the world over, from the painters and poets in the Paris Commune to the poster makers and street theatre performers of the recent Occupy ... Read more

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  • Computers and Art

    Computers and Art

    by Stuart Mealing ...
    Insightful perspectives on the use of the computer as a tool for artists. The approaches taken vary from its historical, philosophical and practical implications to the use of computer technology in art practice. The contributors include an art critic, an educator, a practicing artist and a researcher. The Editor's contribution will look at the potential for future developments in the field, ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Public Painting and Visual Culture in Early Republican Florence

    by George Bent ...
    Street corners, guild halls, government offices, and confraternity centers contained paintings that made the city of Florence a visual jewel at precisely the time of its emergence as an international cultural leader. This book considers the paintings that were made specifically for consideration by lay viewers, as well as the way they could have been interpreted by audiences who approached them ... Read more

    $127.99 USD

  • Theories of Art

    1. From Plato to Winckelmann

    by Moshe Barasch ...
    This book, the first in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory, offers a comprehensive analysis and reassessment of major trends in European art theory and its development from the time of Plato to the early eighteenth century. Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven attitudes and traditions of antiquity, through the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and the aesthetic values of the ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Wonder Beyond Belief

    On Christianity

    by Navid Kermani ...
    Translated by Tony Crawford ...
    What happens when one of Germany’s most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Kermani is awestruck by a religion full of sacrifice and lamentation, love and wonder, the irrational and the unfathomable, the deeply human and the divine – a Christianity that today’s Christians rarely speak of so earnestly, boldly and enthusiastically ... Read more

    $16.00 USD