Migrating Objects: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Hardcover - Vivien Green

Reducere. The result of extensive recent research, Migrating Objects reveals Peggy Guggenheim's two-decade period of collecting beyond the European and North...

Reducere. Art of the Non-Western World: Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas gives students the tools to better understand and appreciate the arts in a gl...

Reducere. DescriptionA patron of art since the 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider's view of the early days of modern art...

Reducere. DescriptionThe definitive guide to the Guggenheim's tremendous collection, now revised and expandedRevised, updated and completely redesigned, the ...

Reducere. DescriptionA visual biography of the great patron and collectorThis book offers a thorough visual biography of the life of Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1...

DescriptionThe must-have photography monograph of the year, this lavish oversized volume celebrates David Yarrow's unparalleled wildlife imagery. F...

Reducere. Albers in ``the promised land of abstract art`` the little-known influence of Mexico``Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art, `` Josef A...

Reducere. The wayward life (1898-1979) of the voracious art collector and great female patron of world-famous artists.'Mrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have...

In Praise of the Ancestors is a revisionist interpretation of early colonial accounts and sources that reveal incongruities in accepted knowledge a...

Description"Architects are trained to see a space before it's realised, so I think photography helps me with that. But I'd also say it's the other ...

DescriptionAs part of the feminist movement of the 1970s, female artists began consciously using their works to challenge social conceptions and th...

The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on board, luxury and magnificence, and peril and disasterIllustra...

This history of the struggles to regenerate France's colonial empire in the eighteenth century reveals how political economists, colonial administr...

Reducere. Peggy Guggenheim -- millionairess, legendary lover, sadomasochist, appalling parent, selective miser -- was one of the greatest and most notorious ...

DescriptionVivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of th...

Confesiunile unei dependente de arta - Peggy Guggenheim

This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultu...

On a motorcycle trip from Manitoba to southern Chile, Cameron Dueck seeks out isolated enclaves of Mennonites--and himself. "An engrossing account ...

Reducere. When investigating the mysteries of Chicago's past, it's helpful to examine the physical evidence. From a fiddle played by a Chicago pioneer and a ...

Handbook of Comparative Educational Law: Selected European from Africa and the Americas, Volume 4 provides detailed analysis of education law in Br...

Reducere. Because of his recourse to language, photography and systems of information, On Kawara is often described as a key figure in the history of Concept...

DescriptionAn updated edition of the definitive monograph on Maurizio Cattelan--provocateur, prankster and tragic poet of our timesThe Guggenheim M...

Reducere. Pinatas and Paper Flowers: Holidays of the Americas in English and Spanish, Paperback

Reducere. Peggy Guggenheim 978-973-1989-71-6

-First systematic review of Tibetan ritual art -Never-before-published Buddhist art objects -Written by expert on Tibetan art, Michael Henss Tibeta...

Reducere. In the past fifty years, the study of indigenous and pre-Columbian art has evolved from a groundbreaking area of inquiry in the mid-1960s to an est...

The movement of designed objects is not just something purely functional but also triggers a wide range of sensations. A curtain swaying gently in ...

Hilma af Klint's daring abstractions exert a mystical magnetismWhen Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died in 1944 at the age of 81, she left behind mo...

Reducere. Images of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa is an exploration of the low budget, black-action cinema that emerged in Sout...

Todd Webb is largely known for his skillful photographic documentation of everyday life and architecture in cities, most notably New York and Paris...

The small coastal village of Torekov, Sweden, is known for both its local pier, Morgonbryggan, and for the associated daily ritual of a morning dip...

Follow the Sacred Journey to Create One of the Lasting Musical Masterpieces of Our Time Bob Marley is one of our most important and influential art...

This is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circ...

Reducere. Craft is a diverse, democratic art form practiced by Americans of every gender, age, ethnicity, and class. Crafting America traces this expansive r...

Reducere. A lavishly illustrated and engaging selection of highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago's extraordinary collection of the arts of Africa.Abou...