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  • Mirko Ilic

    Fist to Face

    by Dejan Krsic ...
    Mirko Ilic has a reputation as a rebel, but his iconoclasm is matched with tremendous gifts as an illustrator, a designer, and an educator. Ilic is a visionary and a leading voice of visual culture across disciplines and continents.This visual biography of one of the most prolific and distinguished designers of the last half century traces Ilic's formative years as a precocious youth in Yugoslavia ... Read more

    51,58 €

  • The Interior Design Handbook

    by Frida Ramstedt ...
    THE BESTSELLING SWEDISH PHENOMENONWhat looks good and why?Design consultant Frida Ramstedt runs Scandinavia's leading interior design blog. In this book she distils the secrets of successful interior design and styling to help you create a home that works best for your space, taste and lifestyle. Filled with practical tips, rules-of-thumb and tricks of the trade, The Interior Design Handbook will ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

    by Walter Benjamin ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • Grammars of Creation

    by George Steiner ...
    Are great works of art, literature and music 'creations' or 'inventions'? Does the mathematician 'invent' or 'discover'? Exploring an often neglected field, this book asks whether the current revolutions in our means of communication and in the biological sciences, may bring with them radical changes in the concept of individual creation and of poetic and philosophical invention. Are we returning ... Read more

    12,18 €

  • Colour Theory for Artists

    Everything you need to know about working with colour

    by Ian Goldsmith ...
    The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists.Full of beautiful, intricate handpainted colour wheels and practical advice on using and mixing colour, this book is a must-have for any artist working with pigment and paint. Starting from the basics of colour and working up to the complexities of tonality, harmony, opacity and pigment, artist Ian Goldsmith explores and explains all the ... Read more

    6,49 €

  • The Total Art of Stalinism

    Avant-Garde, Aesthetic Dictatorship, and Beyond

    by Boris Groys ...
    Translated by Charles Rougle ...
    From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists' goal of producing world-transformative art. In this new edition, Groys revisits the debate that ... Read more

    7,52 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Design of Everyday Things

    by Don Norman ...
    **The essential guide to human-centered design“Even more relevant today than it was when first published.”—Tim Brown, CEO, IDEO**Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • Ordinary Notes

    by Christina Sharpe ...
    A singular achievement, Christina Sharpe's Ordinary Notes explores, with immense care, profound questions about loss, pain and beauty; private memory and public monument; art; complexity; and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake. In a series of 248 brief and urgent notes that cumulatively gather meaning, artifacts from the past – both public ones and the poignantly personal – are ... Read more

    8,47 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 畫語錄－王季遷教你看懂中國書畫

    by 徐小虎 ...
    Series Book 58 - Treasure
    一位是在中國古書畫鑑定斷代堅持五十餘年的徐小虎，一位是當代極富盛名的旅美書畫收藏家王季遷，透過作者徐小虎歷時近十年的精彩訪談，兩人以時而直言犀利，時而幽默風趣的提問對答方式，對中國古書畫的各種疑難，一一提出精闢的觀點與見解。書中王季遷以其個人的藝術創作經驗和多年來在中國繪畫史的研究及鑑藏心得，分別針對用筆、墨跡、紙張，乃至書畫品評、等級、收藏心態等等，作了具體的分析與說明。他強調：唯有以自己的眼、手，親自去「看」、去「畫」、去「模仿」每一位大師的獨有筆法，才是奠定書畫收藏鑑賞方法的不二準則。此外，針對中國書畫筆墨的分析與探討，更是貫穿全書，引人入勝。筆墨可謂畫家個人獨一無二的內在天賦與創作靈魂，翻開中國書畫史，對於筆墨的探討幾乎微乎其微，本書精彩記錄王季遷關於筆墨鑑賞的獨到觀點及看法，彌足珍貴。誠如王老所言：「如果你不看一個畫家基本表現潛能之發揮（即透過筆墨），那麼你將看不到中國畫的精髓 ... Read more

    6,11 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making Design Theory

    by Johan Redstrom ...
    Series series Design Thinking, Design Theory
    A new approach to theory development for practice-driven research, proposing that theory is something made in and through design.Tendencies toward “academization” of traditionally practice-based fields have forced design to articulate itself as an academic discipline, in theoretical terms. In this book, Johan Redström offers a new approach to theory development in design research–one that is ... Read more

    17,37 €

  • Design as Art

    by Bruno Munari ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever.Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as ‘the new Leonardo’. Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Architecture and ekphrasis

    Space, time and the embodied description of the past

    by Amelia Jones, Marsha Meskimmon, Dana Arnold ...
    Series series Rethinking Art's Histories
    Architecture and ekphrasisexamines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Using original archival material, it considers the idea of the past in the period, specifically how it was discovered and described, and investigates how space and time inform visual ekphrasis or descriptions of architecture. The idea of embodiment is used ... Read more

    19,28 €

  • The Artist's Way

    A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

    by Julia Cameron ...
    'A really good starting point to discover what lights you up' - Emma Gannon'Unlock your inner creativity and ease your anxiety' Daily TelegraphTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERSince its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper ... Read more

    15,04 €

  • Art & Fear

    Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

    by David Bayles, Ted Orland ...
    THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER - A VITAL GUIDE TO CREATIVITY, OVERCOMING OBSTACLES AND MAKING YOUR WORK NO MATTER WHAT'Filled with insights that every artist and creator needs to hear' JAMES CLEAR'I've stolen tons of inspiration from this book ... and so will you' AUSTIN KLEON'The antidote to our creative ailments' DEBBIE MILLMAN**'The ultimate pep talk for artist... ... Read more

    9,32 €

  • Talk Art

    Everything you wanted to know about contemporary art but were afraid to ask

    by Russell Tovey, Robert Diament ...
    Series series Talk Art
    ***'An indispensable volume'Vogue'As rabid admirers and collectors of contemporary art and photography we wholeheartedly recommend this passionate and joyous book. Without art the human soul is unfulfilled. This collection by Russell and Robert fully explains why.'Sir Elton John and David Furnish**'**Russell and Robert have made talking a... ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Art Spirit

    by Robert Henri ...
    A classic work of advice, criticism, and inspiration for aspiring artists and lovers of art"Art when really understood is the province of every human being." So begins The Art Spirit, the collected words, teachings, and wisdom of innovative artist and beloved teacher Robert Henri. Henri, who painted in the Realist style and was a founding member of the Ashcan School, was known for his belief in ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • On Chapel Sands

    My mother and other missing persons

    by Laura Cumming ...
    **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.'A modern masterpiece' GuardianAutumn 1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. Five agonising days go by before she is discovered safe and... ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Art as Experience

    by John Dewey ...
    Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and literature. ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Understanding a Photograph

    by John Berger ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Classics
    John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W. Eugene Smith - and the lives of those photographed - with fierce engagement, intensity and ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Bright Earth

    The Invention of Colour

    by Philip Ball ...
    Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist's palette - and charting the discoveries and developments that have led to the many splendoured rainbow of modern paints, Bright Earth brings the story ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • The World According to Colour

    A Cultural History

    by James Fox ...
    'Extraordinary. A****n intellectual feast as well as a visual one**'**Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber EyesThe world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as it does in our surroundings, as this scintillating book reveals. Each chapter immerses the reader in a single colour, drawing together stories from the histories of art and humanity to illuminate the ... Read more

    11,99 €

  • The Psychology of Visual Art

    Eye, Brain and Art

    by George Mather ...
    What can art tell us about how the brain works? And what can the brain tell us about how we perceive and create art? Humans have created visual art throughout history and its significance has been an endless source of fascination and debate. Visual art is a product of the human brain, but is art so complex and sophisticated that brain function and evolution are not relevant to our understanding? ... Read more

    38,57 €

  • L'Émerveillé

    Écrit à mesure (1923-1931)

    by Jacques-Henri Lartigue ...
    À l'âge de quatre ans, pour saisir les jeux de mon frère et de ses amis, dont j'étais exclu, j'avais inventé un piège d'œil. Cela consistait à ouvrir les yeux, puis à les fermer, puis à les rouvrir, à tourner une fois sur moi-même et l'image était attrapée. Je croyais même, par ce moyen, pouvoir conserver mes émerveillements pour la nature. Depuis, Jacques-Henri Lartigue a remplacé ce piège ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Curation

    The power of selection in a world of excess

    by Michael Bhaskar ...
    'A terrific and important book . . . it's a great, fresh take on how the 21st century is transforming the way we select everything from food to music' David Bodanis, author of E=MC2In the past two years humanity has produced more data than the rest of human history combined. We carry a library of data in our pockets, accessible at any second. We have more information and more goods at our disposal ... Read more

    3,99 €