The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists

Why exactly did Van Gogh cut off his ear? Was Warhol an original or just a copyist? This title provides answers to all this. It includes entries th...

This remarkable and wide-ranging book is an inventory of symbols and the symbolic imagination. The editors and their fifteen contributors are drawn...

This is a major revision and expansion of what has long been recognized as a basic reference in its field. Besides updating the existing text, the ...

From Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Artist of the Beautiful" and Albert Camus's "The Artist at Work" to Bernard Malamud's "Rembrandt's Hat" and Aimee B...

A visually rich survey of two hundred years of Alabama fine arts and artists Alabama artists have been an integral part of the story of the state, ...

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Second edition with over 7, 500 updated geological definitions.

An outstanding distillation of Grimal's classic reference, this extensively cross-referenced work offers clear and concise entries that capture the...

A collection of over 6000 proverbs (and their origins).

A completely new and fully-comprehensive book aimed at anyone who has contact with the construction industry.

Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you're going to fail your zoology or botany ex...

A dictionary of international relations that provides an overview of this complex subject. Ranging from the Arab-Israeli conflict to weapons of mas...

Many courses in literary or cultural studies include some discussion of psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-modernism, linguistics and semiotics. T...

well-known poems such as Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' and Auden's 'Musee de Beaux-Arts', Homer's immortal account of the forging of the Shield of...

Takes in various branches of pure and applied mathematics, from algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics. Suitable for students at...

A dictionary that covers all the important topics in this key subject area including chemistry, physics, molecular biology, biochemistry, human ana...

The Telegraph kicked off the 2006-07 academic year with the declaration "Nota bene: Latin is back." Arguably, it never really went away. Despite lo...

Unbuttoned: The Art and Artists of Theatrical Costume Design documents the creative journey of costume creation from concept to performance. Each c...

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

Over 1, 900 entries provide succinct and accessible explanations of a variety of terms used in art, covering materials, techniques, styles, and per...

Contributor(s): Author: Ying YiWith: Xiaobing TangIn this lavishly illustrated study, the scholar and critic Yi Ying brings a distinctly Chinese pe...

For every commercial work released by an artist, countless doodles and sketches remain in sketchbooks, unseen by all but a select few. It is a rare...

This stunningly illustrated book examines the history of poster design and its relation to the arts and broader culture.

Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio VasariTranslator: George BullIntroduction by: George BullIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Va...

Crusaders of Art and Design 1920-1970 brings to the fore the personalities who contributed to design and the arts over a 50-year period.Illustratio...

Featuring texts by leading scholars of the history and culture of medieval Armenia, this book offers an in-depth look at its art, trade, and religi...

Publisher: Hatje CantzIllustration(s): 15 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 211 x 20Cover type:...

Reducere. An indispensable guide to the colors and combinations of contemporary Japanese design--by one of Japan's leading colorists! Color consultant Teruko...

From world-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives ...

DescriptionThe Hyborian Age meets the Marvel Age in this stunning gallery of classic Conan comic art The Cimmerian warrior made his comics mark at ...

Immerse yourself in the world of the Disney princesses, and take a closer look at how each of them came to be.

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Contributor(s): Author: Giorgio VasariTranslator: George BullIntroduction by: George BullIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Va...

DescriptionGirl on Girl looks at how women are using photography, the internet and the female gaze to explore self-image and female identity in con...

Reducere. What Makes Art, Art? It is one of the most rhetorical questions that every person answering the way they want. And they cannot be criticized. In th...

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Reducere. "My Grandfather's Gallery tells Paul Rosenberg's story in bits and pieces that construct a life and a legend through association . . . A detailed a...

Close Encounters of Art and Physics is a voyage in time through the abstract ideas harboured in the minds of humans, starting from the graffiti art...

Celebrates a century of outstanding graphic design commissioned by the Underground, London Transport, and its successor, Transport for London. This...

A heroic biography of John Cage and his awakening through Zen Buddhism a kind of love story about a brilliant American pioneer of the creative arts...