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How To Be Intelligent? - Leadership, Management and Leadership of all kinds of Entertainment (Hardcover): Gloria List How To Be Intelligent? - Leadership, Management and Leadership of all kinds of Entertainment (Hardcover)
Gloria List
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Better Late Than Never - Andy Green Pixel Art (Hardcover, Collector's ed.): Andy Green Better Late Than Never - Andy Green Pixel Art (Hardcover, Collector's ed.)
Andy Green; Compiled by Richard Langford
R1,129 Discovery Miles 11 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
It Hurts: New York Art from Warhol to Now (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Matthew Collings It Hurts: New York Art from Warhol to Now (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Matthew Collings; Photographs by Ian MacMillan
R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Applying the same perceptive wit that made "Blimey!" such a success, Matthew Collings turns his attention to the New York art scene covering the critics, artists and dealers from the 1960s through to the present day. From Warhol to the super-brats of the eighties like Koons and Schnabel right up to the young players of the nineties, they are all brought to life in this readable but thoughtful book.

Mock Modernism - An Anthology of Parodies, Travesties, Frauds, 1910-1935 (Hardcover): Leonard Diepeveen Mock Modernism - An Anthology of Parodies, Travesties, Frauds, 1910-1935 (Hardcover)
Leonard Diepeveen
R2,338 Discovery Miles 23 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How was the modernist movement understood by the general public when it was first emerging? This question can be addressed by looking at how modernist literature and art were interpreted by journalists in daily newspapers, mainstream magazines like Punch and Vanity Fair, and literary magazines. In the earliest decades of the movement - before modernist artists were considered important, and before modernism's meaning was clearly understood - many of these interpretations took the form of parodies. Mock Modernism is an anthology of these amusing pieces, the overwhelming majority of which have not been in print since the first decades of the twentieth century. They include Max Beerbohm's send-up of Henry James; J.C. Squire's account of how a poet, writing deliberately incomprehensible poetry as a hoax, became the poet laureate of the British Bolshevist Revolution; and the Chicago Record-Herald's account of some art students' "trial" of Henri Matisse for "crimes against anatomy." An introduction and headnotes by Leonard Diepeveen highlight the usefulness of these pieces for comprehending media and public perceptions of a form of art that would later develop an almost unassailable power.

Melanie Smith - Farce and Artifice (Paperback): Tanya Barson, Robin Ad ele Greeley Melanie Smith - Farce and Artifice (Paperback)
Tanya Barson, Robin Ad ele Greeley
R990 R902 Discovery Miles 9 020 Save R88 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Melanie Smith: Farce and Artifice is the publication that takes up the idea of the exhibition organised by the MACBA, jointly with the MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo and UNAM, in Mexico City, and the Museo Amparo, in Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest organised to date in Europe about the work of an artist who defies easy classification, born in England (Poole, 1965) but active on the Mexican art scene since the nineties.

The Face of Music - Over 300 Hand Drawn Portraits of Music's Most Significant Icons of the 20th Century Complete with... The Face of Music - Over 300 Hand Drawn Portraits of Music's Most Significant Icons of the 20th Century Complete with their Biographies and Interesting Facts (Hardcover)
David S. Thompson
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Silence (Paperback): Don DeLillo The Silence (Paperback)
Don DeLillo
R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'An apocalyptic novel for our times' - Guardian 'Horrifyingly resonant' - Observer Superbowl Sunday, 2022. A couple wait in their Manhattan apartment for their final dinner guests to arrive. The game is about it start. The missing guests' flight from Paris should have landed by now. Suddenly, screens go blank. Phones are dead. Is this the end of civilization? All anybody can do is wait. From one of America's greatest writers, The Silence is a timely and compelling novel about what happens when an unpredictable crisis strikes. 'The Silence is Don DeLillo distilled . . . a straight shot of the good stuff' - Spectator

The Art of Arthur Rackham: Celebrating 150 Years of the Great British Artist (Hardcover): Pook Press The Art of Arthur Rackham: Celebrating 150 Years of the Great British Artist (Hardcover)
Pook Press; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Design and the Question of History (Hardcover): Tony Fry, Clive Dilnot, Susan Stewart Design and the Question of History (Hardcover)
Tony Fry, Clive Dilnot, Susan Stewart
R4,238 Discovery Miles 42 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Design and the Question of History is not a work of Design History. Rather, it is a mixture of mediation, advocacy and polemic that takes seriously the directive force of design as an historical actor in and upon the world. Understanding design as a shaper of worlds within which the political, ethical and historical character of human being is at stake, this text demands radically transformed notions of both design and history. Above all, the authors posit history as the generational site of the future. Blindness to history, it is suggested, blinds us both to possibility, and to the foreclosure of possibilities, enacted through our designing. The text is not a resolved, continuous work, presented through one voice. Rather, the three authors cut across each other, presenting readers with the task of disclosing, to themselves, the commonalities, repetitions and differences within the deployed arguments, issues, approaches and styles from which the text is constituted. This is a work of friendship, of solidarity in difference, an act of cultural politics. It invites the reader to take a position - it seeks engagement over agreement.

Danish Modern - Between Art and Design (Hardcover): Mark Mussari Danish Modern - Between Art and Design (Hardcover)
Mark Mussari
R4,234 Discovery Miles 42 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960. He considers how Danish designers responded to early Modernist currents: the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930, their rejection of Bauhaus aesthetic demands, their early fealty to wood and materials, and the tension between cabinetmaker craft and industrial production as it challenged and altered their aesthetic approach. Tracing the theoretical foundations for these developments, Mussari discusses the writings and works of such figures as Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Nanna Ditzel, and Finn Juhl.

Bussard Ramjet (Hardcover): John Timberlake Bussard Ramjet (Hardcover)
John Timberlake
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
We Shall Sing Our Wednesdays - an illustrated poem (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): J. F. Martel We Shall Sing Our Wednesdays - an illustrated poem (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
J. F. Martel; Illustrated by Dominic Bercier
R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Edvard Munch - Masterpieces from Bergen (Paperback): Barnaby Wright Edvard Munch - Masterpieces from Bergen (Paperback)
Barnaby Wright; Contributions by Line Daatland, Caroline Levitt, Coralie Malissard, Frode Sandvik
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This important publication accompanies a major exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, London, of paintings by Edvard Munch, one of the world's greatest modern artists. The exhibition and catalogue showcase 18 major works from the collection of KODE Art Museums in Bergen. The works span the most significant part of Munch's artistic development and have never before been shown as a group outside of Scandinavia. KODE houses one of the most important collections of paintings by Edvard Munch (1863-1944) in the world. The collection was assembled at the beginning of the 20th century by the Norwegian industrialist, mill owner and philanthropist Rasmus Meyer (1858-1916), who was one of the first significant early collectors of Munch's work. Meyer knew Munch personally and was astute in acquiring major canvases by the artist that chart his artistic development. Edvard Munch: Masterpieces from Bergen explores this group of remarkable works in detail and considers the important role of Rasmus Meyer as a collector. The exhibition and publication include seminal paintings from Munch's early 'realist' phase of the 1880s, such as Morning (1884), which was made when the artist was just twenty years old, and Summer Night (1889), a pivotal work that shows the artist's move towards the expressive and psychologically charged work for which he became famous. These paintings launched Munch's career and set the stage for his renowned, highly expressive paintings of the 1890s when his compositions became powerful projections of his emotions and imaginative states. Such works are a major feature of the exhibition that includes remarkable canvases from Munch's famous 'Frieze of Life' series, such as Evening on Karl Johan (1892), Melancholy (1894-96) and At the Death Bed (1895). Through his 'Frieze of Life' works, Munch intended to address profound themes of human existence, from love to death. The artist used his own experiences as source material to make visceral depictions of the human psyche, which he hoped would help others understand their own life. Munch's powerful use of colour and form to convey his subjects marked him out as one of the most radical painters at the turn of the 20th century. This fully illustrated publication includes a catalogue of the works, with contributions by leading experts in their fi eld from KODE and The Courtauld.

Carroll Quigley - Life, Lectures and Collected Writings (Hardcover): Carroll Quigley Carroll Quigley - Life, Lectures and Collected Writings (Hardcover)
Carroll Quigley; Contributions by Leo Hercouet
R804 Discovery Miles 8 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Off the Page - Literary and Cultural Criticism as Multimedia Performance (Hardcover): Tom Lavazzi Off the Page - Literary and Cultural Criticism as Multimedia Performance (Hardcover)
Tom Lavazzi
R2,075 Discovery Miles 20 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Adobe Up Close - The Beauty of Buildings Made of Mud (Hardcover): Marcia Johnson Adobe Up Close - The Beauty of Buildings Made of Mud (Hardcover)
Marcia Johnson; Photographs by Michael Gamer
R1,092 R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Save R166 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Exhibition in Colour (Hardcover): Heritage Hunter The Great Exhibition in Colour (Hardcover)
Heritage Hunter; Edited by Andrew Chapman
R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
All Shapes and Sizes - An illustrated history of film in cinema and television (Hardcover): Jim Slater, Grant Lobban All Shapes and Sizes - An illustrated history of film in cinema and television (Hardcover)
Jim Slater, Grant Lobban
R1,022 Discovery Miles 10 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Fairy Tale Art of W. Heath Robinson - A Treasury of Children's Book Illustration (Hardcover): Pook Press, W.Heath... The Fairy Tale Art of W. Heath Robinson - A Treasury of Children's Book Illustration (Hardcover)
Pook Press, W.Heath Robinson
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leonora Carrington - Surrealism, Alchemy and Art (Paperback, New Ed): Susan Aberth Leonora Carrington - Surrealism, Alchemy and Art (Paperback, New Ed)
Susan Aberth
R921 Discovery Miles 9 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Now available in paperback, this book remains the definitive survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). Carrington burst onto the Surrealist scene in 1936, when, as a precocious nineteen-year-old debutante, she escaped the stultifying demands of her wealthy English family by running away to Paris with her lover Max Ernst. She was immediately championed by Andre Breton, who responded enthusiastically to her fantastical, dark and satirical writing style and her interest in fairy tales and the occult. Her stories were included in Surrealist publications, and her paintings in the Surrealists' exhibitions. After the dramas and tragic separations of the Second World War, Carrington ended up in the 1940s as part of the circle of Surrealist European emigres living in Mexico City. Close friends with Luis Bunuel, Benjamin Peret, Octavio Paz and a host of both expatriate Surrealists and Mexican modernists, Carrington was at the centre of Mexican cultural life, while still maintaining her European connections. Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art provides a fascinating overview of this intriguing artist's rich body of work. The author considers Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the occult, and explores the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production.

New Performance/New Writing (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2016): John Freeman New Performance/New Writing (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2016)
John Freeman
R3,206 Discovery Miles 32 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contemporary theatre is going through a period of unparalleled excitement and challenge. Terms like 'postmodern' and 'postdramatic' have their own contested and defended histories, while notions of truth in verbatim theatre are open to serious critical challenge. Theatre writing can result in no words being spoken and nothing appearing on the page, and productions are stretching the boundaries of space, place and context like never before. This revised and significantly expanded edition of New Performance/New Writing explores immersive and solo theatre, autoethnography, applied drama, performance writing, plot, story, narrative and devising. It presents an invaluable response to questions that arise from new theatre, prompting active reading that enhances classroom and workshop learning, and improves productivity in rehearsal. Each chapter explores a key aspect of theatre study, while an extensive timeline of theatre events gives a broad overview of its evolution. Case studies on practitioners as diverse as Kneehigh, Punchdrunk, Mark Ravenhill and Forced Entertainment are scattered throughout the book, along with detailed suggestions for workshops, which encourage readers to test some of the book's ideas in practice.

Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement (Hardcover): Ryan Shin Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement (Hardcover)
Ryan Shin
R5,396 Discovery Miles 53 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Art is a multi-faceted part of human society, and often is used for more than purely aesthetic purposes. When used as a narrative on modern society, art can actively engage citizens in cultural and pedagogical discussions. Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on the relationship between popular media, art, and visual culture, analyzing how this intersection promotes global pedagogy and learning. Highlighting relevant perspectives from both international and community levels, this book is ideally designed for professionals, upper-level students, researchers, and academics interested in the role of art in global learning.

The Code (Hardcover): Jacqueline Ruby, Marcellus Moses The Code (Hardcover)
Jacqueline Ruby, Marcellus Moses
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Authorizing Superhero Comics - On the Evolution of a Popular Serial Genre (Hardcover): Daniel Stein Authorizing Superhero Comics - On the Evolution of a Popular Serial Genre (Hardcover)
Daniel Stein
R3,601 Discovery Miles 36 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
McNaughton (Hardcover): Sara Medici, Brendon Mcnaughton McNaughton (Hardcover)
Sara Medici, Brendon Mcnaughton
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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