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How to See the World by Nicholas Mirzoeff
epub |eng | 2016-02-28 | Author:Nicholas Mirzoeff

DIVIDED CITIES During the Cold War, certain cities became separated and divided in ways that could not be ignored. If Paris was the paradigm of nineteenth-century imperial cities, Berlin was ...
( Category: History April 14,2016 )
Drawn to Speed by Lander John
epub |eng | 2015-07-29 | Author:Lander, John

“Miles and Friend” In the pre–World War II years, naming of cars was a popular tradition, especially in Great Britain. Miles Collier christened his MG Special “Leonidis.” Leonidis began life ...
( Category: History April 13,2016 )
The Handy Art History Answer Book by Madelynn Dickerson
epub |eng | 2013-04-08 | Author:Madelynn Dickerson

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)—Highly honored, English portrait painter who also painted landscapes. A rival of Reynolds, his work is infused with elegance and elements of nature. His work is sometimes considered ...
( Category: History April 9,2016 )
Garden Cities by Sarah Rutherford
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah Rutherford

An idealised interior, designed by Barry Parker for his brother Stanley, in Letchworth Garden City, 102 Wilbury Road. Arts and Crafts and historicist styles were strong themes, as epitomised in ...
( Category: England April 8,2016 )
The Age of Insight by Eric Kandel
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-03-26 | Author:Eric Kandel [Kandel, Eric R.]

Both Freud and Darwin recognized that human behavior can give rise to a variety of emotional responses that lie between the polar extremes of approach and avoidance. Moreover, this family ...
( Category: History April 8,2016 )
Failed Hope by John Wilson
epub |eng | 2012-09-24 | Author:John Wilson

Turning Point—1933 … the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. — FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, INAUGURAL ADDRESS Roosevelt became president promising hope and a way out of the economic ...
( Category: Canada April 8,2016 )
Art Nouveau Objects and Artifacts by Anton Seder
epub |eng | 2015-03-23 | Author:Anton Seder [Anton Seder]

ART NOUVEAU Objects and Artifacts www.doverpublications.com
( Category: Plants & Animals March 24,2016 )
Futurism by Lawrence Rainey & Christine Poggi & Laura Wittman
epub |eng | 2009-03-12 | Author:Lawrence Rainey & Christine Poggi & Laura Wittman

TACTILISM F. T. MARINETTI 16 January 1921 Period. And once again from the top. Futurism, launched by us in 1909 in Milan, has given the world a hatred of Museums, ...
( Category: Essays March 13,2016 )
Beautiful Geometry by Maor Eli; Jost Eugen;
epub |eng | 2013-03-11 | Author:Maor, Eli; Jost, Eugen;

NOTE: 1. For a full account of Archimedes’s method, see The Works of Archimedes, edited by T. L. Heath (New York: Dover. 1953), pp. 91–98. 28 The Digit Hunters In ...
( Category: Themes March 12,2016 )
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
epub |eng | 2016-03-01 | Author:Olivia Laing [Laing, Olivia]

It was hard to square that statement with the things I’d seen: folder after folder attesting to creative decisions, to choices made and problems solved, though if I’d never read ...
( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers March 9,2016 )
A History Of Wood Engraving by Douglas Percy Bliss
epub |eng | 2013-03-08 | Author:Douglas Percy Bliss

Burgkmair Griffon. From the “Triumph of Maximilian” (14¾” X 13") Schaufelein’s hand can be detected in part of the designs for the Triumph and Dürer is responsible for the historiated ...
( Category: History March 9,2016 )
Under the Sign of Saturn by Susan Sontag
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-02-23 | Author:Susan Sontag

Under the Sign of Saturn In most of the portrait photographs he is looking down, his right hand to his face. The earliest one I know shows him in 1927—he ...
( Category: Essays March 8,2016 )
The Splendor of English Gothic Architecture by Hendrix John
epub |eng | | Author:Hendrix, John. [Hendrix, John Shannon]

Nave, vault replaced after 1840. York Minster. West front. Exeter Cathedral. Chapter house vault, c. 1300. Southwell Minster. The design of Exeter Cathedral is consistent from its conception in around ...
( Category: History March 1,2016 )
Picasso by Stein Gertrude;
epub |eng | 2012-10-10 | Author:Stein, Gertrude;

45 HEAD OF A MAN: Drawing in Chalk and Cut Paper 46 SETTING FOR “MERCURE” (1923) 47 TORSO: Ink Drawing (1906) We are now in 1924 and the production of ...
( Category: History February 15,2016 )
Thoughts on Design by Paul Rand
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-01-29 | Author:Paul Rand [Paul Rand]

Newspaper advertisement GHP Cigar Company 1957 The kind of humor expressed by the “Dubonnet man” (originated by Cassandre) is inherent in the design itself. The “funny” face and general attitude ...
( Category: Advertising January 30,2016 )

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