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Shangji Long (Hardcover): Stan Young Shangji Long (Hardcover)
Stan Young
R614 Discovery Miles 6 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Orientation of Buildings - or, Planning for Sunlight (Hardcover): William B 1866 Atkinson The Orientation of Buildings - or, Planning for Sunlight (Hardcover)
William B 1866 Atkinson
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Zenobia - a Tragedy (Hardcover): Arthur Murphy Zenobia - a Tragedy (Hardcover)
Arthur Murphy
R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Nine Pillars of History - A Guide For Peace, A Personal Perspective (Hardcover): Gunnar Sevelius The Nine Pillars of History - A Guide For Peace, A Personal Perspective (Hardcover)
Gunnar Sevelius
R994 Discovery Miles 9 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Township of Sandwich (past and Present) ... An Interesting History of the Canadian Frontier Along the Detroit River,... The Township of Sandwich (past and Present) ... An Interesting History of the Canadian Frontier Along the Detroit River, Including the Territory Which Now Embrace [!] the Present City of Windsor, the Towns of Sandwich and Walkerville and the Sandwich... (Hardcover)
Frederick Neal
R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fire Keeper - Self Expression, Reimagined (Hardcover): Jessica Blue Fire Keeper - Self Expression, Reimagined (Hardcover)
Jessica Blue
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Perspective Made Easie - Or, the art of Representing all Manner of Objects as They Appear to the eye in all Scituations... Perspective Made Easie - Or, the art of Representing all Manner of Objects as They Appear to the eye in all Scituations Illustrated With Above Fifty Figures Written Originally in French (Hardcover)
Bernard Lamy
R899 Discovery Miles 8 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Riding with Death - Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince (Hardcover): Jana Braziel Riding with Death - Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince (Hardcover)
Jana Braziel
R3,187 Discovery Miles 31 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On the southern end of the Grand Rue, a major thoroughfare that runs through the center of Port-au-Prince, waits the Haitian capital's automobile repair district. This veritable junkyard of steel and rubber, recycled parts, old tires, and scrap metal might seem an unlikely foundry for art. Yet, on the street's opposite end thrives the Grand Rue Galerie, a working studio of assembled art and sculptures wrought from the refuse. Established by artists Andre Eugene and Celeur in the late 1990s, the Grand Rue's urban environmental aesthetics-defined by motifs of machinic urbanism, Vodou bricolage, the postprimitivist altermodern, and performative politics-radically challenge ideas about consumption, waste, and environmental hazards, as well as consider innovative solutions to these problems in the midst of poverty, insufficient social welfare, lack of access to arts, education, and basic needs. In Riding with Death, Jana Braziel explores the urban environmental aesthetics of the Grand Rue Sculptors and the beautifully constructed sculptures they have designed from salvaged automobile parts, rubber tires, carved wood, and other recycled materials.Through first-person accounts and fieldwork, Braziel constructs an urban ecological framework for understanding these sculptures amid environmental degradation and grinding poverty. Influenced by urban geographers, art historians, and political theorists, the book regards the underdeveloped cities of the Global South as alternate spaces for challenging the profit-driven machinations of global capitalism. Above all, Braziel presents Haitian artists who live on the most challenged Caribbean island, yet who thrive as creators reinventing refuse as art and resisting the abjection of their circumstances.

Marvel By Design - Graphic Design Strategies of the World's Greatest Comics Company (Hardcover): Liz Gestalten, Stinson Marvel By Design - Graphic Design Strategies of the World's Greatest Comics Company (Hardcover)
Liz Gestalten, Stinson
R1,476 R1,223 Discovery Miles 12 230 Save R253 (17%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art - With a Critical Text and Translation of the Poetics (Hardcover): S H (Samuel... Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art - With a Critical Text and Translation of the Poetics (Hardcover)
S H (Samuel Henry) 1850-1 Butcher, Aristotle Poetics
R1,075 Discovery Miles 10 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Art of Leadership and Command - A Study of McClellan and Lee and Their Contemporaries (1861-1865) (Hardcover): John Gibson The Art of Leadership and Command - A Study of McClellan and Lee and Their Contemporaries (1861-1865) (Hardcover)
John Gibson
R822 R722 Discovery Miles 7 220 Save R100 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Indian Poetry (Hardcover): Edwin Arnold Indian Poetry (Hardcover)
Edwin Arnold
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Socially Engaged Public Art in East Asia - Space, Place, and Community in Action (Hardcover): Meiqin Wang Socially Engaged Public Art in East Asia - Space, Place, and Community in Action (Hardcover)
Meiqin Wang
R2,376 Discovery Miles 23 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Compleat Penman; or Young Clerk's Companion; Exemplified in all the Various Hands, and Forms of Business, ... by... The Compleat Penman; or Young Clerk's Companion; Exemplified in all the Various Hands, and Forms of Business, ... by William Richards, (Hardcover)
William Richards
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cruise of the Breeze - The Journal, Art and Life of a Victorian Soldier in Canada (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Marc... The Cruise of the Breeze - The Journal, Art and Life of a Victorian Soldier in Canada (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Marc Seguin; Contributions by Henry Edward Baines; As told by Henry E. Baines
R926 Discovery Miles 9 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Milestones of Art - Keith Haring: Next Stop Art (Hardcover): Willie Bloess Milestones of Art - Keith Haring: Next Stop Art (Hardcover)
Willie Bloess; Edited by Darren G Davis
R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Digressions of V. - Written for His Own Fun and That of His Friends / by Elihu Vedder; Containing the Quaint Legends of His... The Digressions of V. - Written for His Own Fun and That of His Friends / by Elihu Vedder; Containing the Quaint Legends of His Infancy, an Account of His Stay in Florence, the Garden of Lost Opportunities, Return Home on the Track of Columbus, His... (Hardcover)
Elihu Vedder
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Modern Pen Drawings - European and American; (Hardcover): Charles 1848-1923 Holme Modern Pen Drawings - European and American; (Hardcover)
Charles 1848-1923 Holme
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Complete Dictionary of Music. Consisting of a Copious Explanation of all Words Necessary to a True Knowledge and... The Complete Dictionary of Music. Consisting of a Copious Explanation of all Words Necessary to a True Knowledge and Understanding of Music. Translated From the Original French of Mons. J. J. Rousseau. By William Waring. Second Edition (Hardcover)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
R1,075 Discovery Miles 10 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Cyclopaedia - Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; ... By E. Chambers, F.R.S. The Fourth Edition, Corrected and... Cyclopaedia - Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; ... By E. Chambers, F.R.S. The Fourth Edition, Corrected and Amended; with Some Additions. In Two Volumes. ... Of 2; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Chambers Ephraim Chambers
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Dissertation Upon the Orders of Columns, and Their Appendages; the Whole Constituting the Orders of Architecture - ...... A Dissertation Upon the Orders of Columns, and Their Appendages; the Whole Constituting the Orders of Architecture - ... Compiled for the use of Artificers in the Building Trades. By John Wood, (Hardcover)
John Wood
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at the Courtauld (Paperback): Ketty Gottardo, Guido Rebecchini The Art of Experiment: Parmigianino at the Courtauld (Paperback)
Ketty Gottardo, Guido Rebecchini
R967 Discovery Miles 9 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This stunning catalogue presents The Courtauld's outstanding collection of works by Renaissance artist Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino (1503-1540). This catalogue accompanies a display of works by Parmigianino at The Courtauld, including his famous and enigmatic painting of the Virgin and Child, as well as drawn studies for his most ambitious projects such as the Madonna of the Long Neck and the frescoes of the church of Santa Maria della Steccata in Parma. The latter was the last and most important commission of his life and would have been his triumphal homecoming. Instead, Parmigianino became entangled in his experimental processes and failed to complete it, leading to his brief imprisonment for breach of contract. Fundamentally a draftsman at heart, Parmigianino drew relentlessly during his relatively short life, and around a thousand of his drawings have survived. The Courtauld's collection comprises twenty-four sheets. In preparation for the catalogue, new photography and technical examinations have been carried out on all the works revealing two new drawings that were previously unknown, hidden underneath their historic mounts. They have also helped to better identify connections between some of the drawings and the finished paintings for which they were conceived. The catalogue illustrates the whole Courtauld collection, which also includes two paintings and more than ten prints. As a printmaker, Parmigianino is considered to have been the first to experiment with etching in Italy and was a pioneer of the chiaroscuro woodcut technique. His refined and graceful compositions were much appreciated by his contemporaries and exalted by the artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari (1511-74). This catalogue and display have been curated by Gottardo and Rebecchini in collaboration with former and current research students at The Courtauld, and technical research has been conducted by members of The Courtauld Conservation Institute. A truly collaborative project, the catalogue sheds light on an artist who approached every technique with unprecedented freedom and produced innovative works which were studied and admired by artists and collectors for many years to come.

Drawn to the Word - The Bible and Graphic Design (Hardcover): Amanda Dillon Drawn to the Word - The Bible and Graphic Design (Hardcover)
Amanda Dillon
R1,627 Discovery Miles 16 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lumberman's House Plan Book - Being a Collection of One Hundred Absolutely New and Attractive Plans Never Before... Lumberman's House Plan Book - Being a Collection of One Hundred Absolutely New and Attractive Plans Never Before Published, Together With a Selection of One Hundred of Our Most Popular Houses Published Heretofore ...: 200 House Plans (Hardcover)
Radford Architectural Company
R899 Discovery Miles 8 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Van Gogh. Self-Portraits (Paperback): Louis van Tilborgh Van Gogh. Self-Portraits (Paperback)
Louis van Tilborgh; Edited by Karen Serres; Martin Bailey
R904 R823 Discovery Miles 8 230 Save R81 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The myth of Van Gogh today is linked as much to his extraordinary life as it is to his stunning paintings. His biography has often shaped the way that his self-portraits have been (mis)understood. Van Gogh. Self-Portraits reconsiders this aspect of his production and places the artist's self-representation in context to reveal the role it plays in his oeuvre. It also explores the power and profound emotion of these highly personal paintings. Van Gogh. Self-Portraits is the first time this theme has been exclusively addressed. Self-portraits painted during Van Gogh's time in Paris (February 1886 - February 1888) have been the subject of two exhibitions (in 1960 at Marlborough Fine Arts in London and in 1995 at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg) but never has the full chronological range been explored. The exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, which this volume accompanies, features paintings from both the Parisian and Provencal periods. It brings together half of Van Gogh's thirty-five known self-portraits to examine the ways the artist approached this particular subject-matter. On a practical level, painting himself provided Van Gogh with the cheapest and most patient of models and represented an important conduit for stylistic experimentation. He also used self-portraiture as an homage to his illustrious Dutch predecessor Rembrandt, as well as a way of fashioning his own identity and presenting himself to the outside world. Of particular interest is the striking way the evolution of Van Gogh's self-representation over the short years of his artistic activity can be seen as a microcosm of his development as a painter. In addition to the world-famous Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear in The Courtauld's collection, the exhibition showcases a group of major masterpieces brought together from international collections, including the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Muse d'Orsay in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. This beautifully illustrated catalogue includes detailed entries on each work, an appendix illustrating all of Van Gogh's self-portraits and three insightful essays on the theme.

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