Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Hardcover - Constantine Petridis

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

Examines both the art-historical framework of Tomma Abts's painting as well as its deep philosophical and psychological dimensions With a rigorous ...

A timely exploration of the allusive, sculptural fiber work of an important contemporary South African artistPublisher: Art Institute of ChicagoIll...

Reducere. Brash, brilliant and funny, the Chicago Imagists--from the Hairy Who and Nonplussed Some to False Image and Marriage Chicago Style--receive a full ...

DescriptionThis generously illustrated catalogue explores the history and significance of the Hairy Who, a group of six Chicago artists who transfo...

The Art of Public Speaking - Dale Carnegie

Speaking Out of Turn is the first monograph dedicated to the forty-year oeuvre of feminist conceptual artist Lorraine O'Grady. Examining O'Grady's ...

DescriptionThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (Exodus, Andreas, Judith) and Beowulf in order to uncover the poetics of ...

DescriptionThe first comparative history of African American and Black British artists, artworks, and art movements, Stick to the Skin traces the l...

Shows us that sex in art is as diverse as sex in everyday life. This book examines the reception and frequent misunderstanding of highly sexualized...

Reducere. America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic...

A veteran journalist discovers an ancient system of speech techniques for overcoming the fear of public speaking--and reveals how they can profound...

Reducere. In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in t...

The German art historian and critic Carl Einstein (1885-1940) was at the forefront of the modernist movement that defined the twentieth century. On...

This book is about dreaming big, being true to your vision, and making it a reality. Glenn Bowie, through his lifelong journey and lessons, demonst...

South African artist Irma Stern (1894-1966) is one of the nation's most enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on ra...

At the turn of the twentieth century, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) created a body of work that left visible reality behind, exploring ...

This year marks the golden anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicia...

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

Reducere. Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the people. A discography cl...

The city on the Kerkenes Dag in the high plateau of central Turkey was a new Iron Age capital, very probably Pteria. Founded in the later seventh c...

Reducere. Human beings have made images continuously for more than thirty thousand years. The oldest known cave paintings are between six and ten times older...

This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped i...

A collection of Foucault's lectures that trace the historical formation and contemporary significance of the hermeneutics of the self.Publisher: Th...

DescriptionPrinciples of Art History by Heinrich W lfflin (1864-1945), a revolutionary attempt to construct a science of art through the study of t...

Reducere. MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE FORGET THE SELF. CAST OUT THE FEAR. IT'S TIME TO STEP IN TO THE SPOTLIGHT AND SHINE! Captivating an audience is a...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressIllustration(s): 110 color platesNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 180 x 232 x 25Cove...

What is thinking? What does it feel like? What is it good for? Andrea Gadberry looks for answers to these questions in the philosophy of Ren Descar...

Art Making with MoMA, from the educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults ...

DescriptionThis collection of prefaces, originally written for the 1909 multi-volume New York Edition of Henry James's fiction, first appeared in b...

"SEEK TO BLESS - NOT IMPRESS""WHEN YOU ARE PREPARED YOU SHALL NOT FEAR"LEARN TO ANSWER: 'Why Should I Listen To You? (Credibility)Can I Do It Too? ...

Contributor(s): Author: Julia Bryan-WilsonIn 1974, women in a feminist consciousness-raising group in Eugene, Oregon, formed a mock organization ca...

DescriptionThe Art of Inventing Hope offers an unprecedented, in-depth conversation between the world's most revered Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiese...

Reducere. To the average office-dweller, marine scientists seem to have the good life: cruising at sea for weeks at a time, swimming in warm coastal waters, ...

African-American poetry and art take wing and soar in this collection compiled by Belinda Rochelle.With work that spans the nineteenth century thro...