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  • W.G. Sebald's Artistic Legacies

    Memory, Word and Image

    Edited by Leonida Kovac, Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes, Ihab Saloul, Ilse van Rijn ...
    Series series Heritage and Memory Studies
    When the mind turns more than one would wish towards questions of – as W.G. Sebald puts it – the “natural history of destruction”, comparative consideration by artists and interdisciplinary scholars is directed to the interstices between images, novel, essay, (auto)biography, memorial and travelogue. Artists have been among Sebald’s most prolific interpreters – as they are among the more fearless ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Edita Schubert: Profusion

    by David Crowley, Leonida Kovač, Marika Kuźmicz, Edita Schubert, Harald Pridgar ...
    This book is the first major study of Edita Schubert's art published outside Croatia. Edita Schubert's body of work is strikingly diverse, spanning pioneering explorations of natural ecology in the 1970s to bold paintings in the spirit of the transavantgarde in the 1980s. She also created performance art on the streets of Dubrovnik and created installations that invited viewers into her world. Her ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

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  • Composition

    Uncover the ideas behind great works of modern art

    by Michael Archer ...
    The rules of composition have changed. Discover the new ideas that shape the art we make today.Art has changed beyond recognition since the principles of harmonious composition were established in classical times. From the invention of photography to the digital revolution, technological and social advances have transformed the way we see the world. This new vision, influenced by changing ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Dramaturgy of Sound in the Avant-garde and Postdramatic Theatre

    by Mladen Ovadija ...
    Sound is born and dies with action. In this surprising, resourceful study, Mladen Ovadija makes a case for the centrality of sound as an integral element of contemporary theatre. He argues that sound in theatre inevitably "betrays" the dramatic text, and that sound is performance.Until recently, theatrical sound has largely been regarded as supplemental to the dramatic plot. Now, however, sound is ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Abstract Art

    by Anna Moszynska ...
    Series series World of Art
    An exceptionally clear, thorough, and well-illustrated introduction to abstract art since 1900.Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context.Well ... Read more

    $22.69 CAD

  • Modern Painting: A Concise History (World of Art)

    by Simon Morley ...
    Series Book 0 - World of Art
    This new concise history of modern painting offers an indispensable reference to the complexities and characteristics of this medium, which now exists alongside many other contemporary practices that embrace radically expanded ideas about art.While acknowledging the legacy of Herbert Read’s classic 1959 study A Concise History of Modern Painting in the World of Art series, academic and artist ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Dada and Surrealism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Hopkins ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Painting and Understanding Abstract Art

    by John Lowry ...
    Painting and Understanding Abstract Art is a practical book on how to paint abstracts but it also explains how to approach and understand abstract art. It moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level of 'what am I doing when I paint?' and 'what am I trying to say in this painting?' Using practical exercises with explanatory ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Postdramatic Theatre

    by Hans-Thies Lehmann ...
    Translated by Karen Juers-Munby ...
    Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre.In looking at the developments since the late 1960s, Lehmann considers them in relation to dramatic theory and theatre ... Read more

    $111.99 CAD

  • Slovene Impressionists and their Time 1890-1920

    guide to the exhibition

    by Narodna galerija, Kristina Preininger, Andrej Smrekar ...
    The exhibition marks the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union and the 90th anniversary of the National Gallery of Slovenia. It is also an opportunity for the public, after several decades, to reacquaint themselves directly with the widely loved and respected originals of four master Impressionists – Jakopi?, Jama, Grohar and Sternen – and to, at the same time, get to know again, or grow fond ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Bedside Essays for Lovers (of Cities)

    by Daniel Solomon ...
    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
    In this provocative collection of essays, renowned architect Daniel Solomon delves into the complexities of what makes a city vibrant. Acknowledging that a city is not a static thing, he argues we need to pay more attention to nurturing what he calls “continuous cities.” In such a city, he says, “new buildings, new institutions, and new technologies don’t rip apart the old and wreck it. They ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Pensive Image

    Art as a Form of Thinking

    by Hanneke Grootenboer ...
    Grootenboer considers painting as a form of thinking in itself, rather than a subject of philosophical and interpretive thought.While the philosophical dimension of painting has long been discussed, a clear case for painting as a form of visual thinking has yet to be made. Traditionally, vanitas still life paintings are considered to raise ontological issues while landscapes direct the mind toward ... Read more

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