Konsthistoria och stilbildning

Since its first publication this book has been hailed as the most comprehensive history of art ever published in a single volume. Presenting art history as an essential part of the development of humankind, it offers an authoritative, balanced and...

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Updated with expanded coverage of twenty-first century architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, India, Russia, Chin...

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Art History: A critical introduction to its methods provides a lively and stimulating introduction to methodological debates within art history. Offering a lucid account of approaches from Hegel to post-colonialism, the book provides a sense of ar...

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This book is an accessible introduction to the critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches, presenting individual arguments, controversies and divergent perspectives. This edition has been updated to reflect rece...

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Not all artists oeuvre can, will, or deserve to be collected in a Catalogue Raisonné but Hilma af Klint's art not only deserves it - it demands it - since her oeuvre holds a message and reveals a philosophy. For the first time ever, the reader wil...

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Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of C osimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este,...

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This book debates the concept of landscape and explores particular periods and national traditions over the past 500 years of Western Landscape Art in painting, photography, garden design, Land Art, and other forms of expression. It aims to stimul...

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I den mest uttömmande boken om Hilma af Klint som hittills getts ut, skriver 20 specialister inom modern konst, konsthistoria, idéhistoria och religionshistoria utifrån sin unika utgångspunkt och ger sin syn på af Klints konstnärskap. Ämnena rör s...

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This book is an accessible introduction to the critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches, presenting individual arguments, controversies and divergent perspectives. This edition has been updated to reflect rece...

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This invaluable guide enables students to get the most from their art history course. Written in an accessible style, the book introduces two basic art historical methods - formal analysis and contextual analysis. In this new edition revising auth...

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Alla känner till Carl Larsson-gården i Sundborn, det världsberömda konstnärshemmet i Dalarna. Alla vet vem Carl Larsson var. Och alla har sett hans Karin på tavlorna. Många vet också att hon i likhet med sin man hade konstnärlig begåvning och en g...

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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. The author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the ...

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Learning to Look at Paintings is an accessible guide to the study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. Mary Acton shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by anal...

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Chanel's combination of tradition, originality and style has always made it the most seductive of brands. Here the House of Chanel opens its private archives, revealing a galaxy of brilliant designs created by Coco Chanel from the 1920s onwards, a...

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In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideals for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanshi...

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En fantastisk anteckningsbok med lyxig kvalitet och legendarisk design. 176 gräddvita och linjerade sidor, 2st sidmarkörer. Längst bak en praktisk ficka att lägga kvitton, bilder eller annat viktigt i. Boken stängs med magnet så att den håller iho...

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WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel . . . Never stuffy or supercilious, Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards re...

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The rise of the major European avant-garde groups the Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Cubists, and Surrealists between 1851 to 1929, was also a time of rapid social, economic, and political change, encompassing a revolut...

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"ett praktverk om fotografiets och fotograferandets historia. Hon har tillsammans med 15 andra experter sammanställt, producerat och redigerat vad som nog bör ses som ett svenskt standardverk för fotohistoria. Betyg 5" BTJ Fotografihisto...

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Denmark has long since written international design history. Today, Danish furniture, textiles, and home appliances and utensils from the sixties and seventies are more popular than ever. The beautiful pieces are meanwhile for sale at design galle...

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Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college course...

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No artist captured the glamour of the fin-de-siecle era as definitively as Alphonse Mucha. Dubbed the 'father' of Art Nouveau, this Czech artist transcended the boundaries between commercial and fine art, with his richly decorative images adorning...

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In Swedish with English translation on every page. Vinnare av Svenska Designpriset 2016 i kategorin Bästa bok/print. Många känner till Josef Frank (1885-1967), den österrikiske arkitekten och formgivaren. Än idag är hans klassiska möbler, lampor o...

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The senses play a vital role in our health, social interactions, and in enjoying food, music and the arts. The book provides a unique interdisciplinary overview of the senses, ranging from the neuroscience of sensory processing in the body, to cul...

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The Film Experience offers a comprehensive introduction to the art, language, industry, culture, and experience of the movieswith new digital tools to bring that experience to life and help students master course material. The text highlights how ...

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Tre anteckningsböcker i perfekt storlek att ha med i väskan för korta anteckningar, listor eller några minnesvärda citat. Passar också fint som läsedagbok. William Morris underbara mönster på omslagen med folierade detaljer. Tre små anteckningsböc...

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Havet har alltid fascinerat människan. Det var havet som tog människor till nya kontinenter och det var havet som möjliggjorde handel och utveckling. Men det var också havet som hotade människor och liv, som var mörkt och stormigt. I dag uppfattar...

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The photographer and visual artist Erik Johansson creates surreal worlds through his own unique method. It often takes him months just to create one image, in a process where his photographs are combined so that an original place emerges. The resu...

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