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Arriving with a bang on the post-World War I scene, the Surrealists proclaimed a revolution of thought and creation, insisting on breaking away from the past and a world that had been left in ruins. This refusal to integrate into bourgeois society was also a leitmotiv...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2024-10-20
ePub
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Influenced by Art Nouveau, this movement (created in 1897 by Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and Josef Hoffmann) was not an anonymous artistic revolution. Defining itself as a “total art”, without any political or commercial constraint, the Viennese Secession represented the...
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Parkstone International
Parution :
2024-10-20
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The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th-century in Italy and had extended across the whole of Europe by the second half of the 16th-century.The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of the arts following the...
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Parkstone International
Parution :
2024-10-20
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Romanticism was a reaction against the Neoclassicism that invaded the 19th-century, and marked a veritable intellectual rupture. Found in the writings of Victor Hugo and Lord Byron among others, its ideas are expressed in painting by Eugène Delacroix, Caspar David...
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Parkstone International
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2024-10-20
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Symbolism appeared in France and Europe between the 1880s and the beginning of the 20th-century. The Symbolists, fascinated with ancient mythology, attempted to escape the reign of rational thought imposed by science. They wished to transcend the world of the visible...
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Parkstone International
Parution :
2024-10-20
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Born at the dawn of the 20th-century, Fauvism burst onto the artistic scene at the 1905 Salon d'Automne with great controversy by throwing bright, vibrant colours in the face of artistic convention. Fuelled by change, artists like Matisse, Derain, and Vlaminck searched...
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Parkstone International
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2024-10-20
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Behind nearly every item in the modern wardrobe is a 'first of its kind' - the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, on which all subsequent versions have been based (and originals of which are now collector items in the...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2024-10-17
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This book gathers a set of peer-reviewed works at the intersection between music, sound, and image research and practice. They are based on presentations contributed to the EIMAD–Meeting of Research in Music, Arts and Design conference, held at the Polytechnic...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-10-17
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Versatile and accessible, acrylic paint markers are the must-have art material for beginner and experienced artists alike. Under the expert guidance of artist and educator Angela Pan, learn how to get to grips with your acrylic marker set and really master the...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2024-10-17
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This book provides a Renaissance art historian’s view of how the picturesque aesthetic developed from roots in the sixteenth century (mostly in painting, but with ramifications for printmaking, landscape design, and architecture), and further, how the picturesque...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-16
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The Byzantine icon has long remained marginal to the study of art's history, only emerging from Giorgio Vasari's condemnation of the gilded, unnatural style of Byzantine painting (maniera greca) when his theories were challenged in the early twentieth century. Eccentric...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-10-16
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Chinese embroidery, including its history, styles in different regions, patterns, techniques, and its appreciation. It serves as the first guidebook in the international community for scholars, students either at...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2024-10-15
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On Tropical Grounds develops a new approach to the avant-garde and Surrealism in Caribbean and Atlantic studies. The book examines how islands and their tropical associations figure in the cultural and political imaginaries of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2024-10-11
Collection :
Critical South
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Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history.In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Dr Campbell Price takes us through every aspect of Ancient Egypt, from the incredible architectural marvels of the...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
Parution :
2024-10-10
ePub
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Journey back in time to explore one the most fascinating and influential periods of ancient history.In this concise and incredibly readable short history, Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts journeys from the warrior societies of The Bronze Age all the way to the invention of...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
Parution :
2024-10-10
ePub
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8,49€
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No matter what the news, Matt will always find exactly the right cartoon to make us smile - he has the genius-like ability to hit the right note every time!WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT MATT cartoons:'Hilarious' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Christmas would not be...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
Parution :
2024-10-10
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From paper folding genius Paul Jackson comes his latest book How to Think and Design in the Third Dimension. We live in a 3-D world, but most three-dimensional objects are designed from a series of two-dimensional side elevations and plan views. This book will teach you...
Editeur :
Laurence King Publishing
Parution :
2024-10-10
ePub
Offre spéciale
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19,99€
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International Conference of Science Technology and Social Sciences (ICONSTAS 2023)
ICONSTAS 2023 is organized by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in collaboration with Universitas Hasanuddin (UNHAS), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), IPB...
Editeur :
Atlantis Press
Parution :
2024-10-02
Collection :
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
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Trapeze
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2024-09-26
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An intrepid and gifted artist uncovers and illustrates more than 100 surprising, enchanting, and sometimes downright bizarre nooks and crannies that make New York such a compelling city. It’s no surprise that New York City is the most visited destination in the...
Editeur :
Workman Publishing Company
Parution :
2024-09-10
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