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Este libro brinda un conjunto de observaciones y herramientas para leer la fecunda historia del teatro argentino entre aproximadamente 1910 y 2010. Parte de la idea de que no hay un teatro argentino sino teatro(s) argentino(s), según el fenómeno que se focalice geográficamente. Por la naturaleza de su acontecer, el teatro no se deja desterritorializar a través de la mediación tecnológica y exige la presencia de los cuerpos de quienes lo hacen:...
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The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world - curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection. Who knows what's hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage and aircraft hangars. Most of a museum's collection never gets seen. It sits in the quiet dark of an archive waiting for a treasure hunter...
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The work of T. C. Steele, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, Otto Stark, and Richard Gruelle, known collectively as the Hoosier Group, established plein air ("in the open air") painting as a major art form in Indiana. The vitality of this style is represented in Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place which includes 100 juried works by current Indiana plein air artists, along with paintings by the Hoosier Group, all featuring notable Indiana landmarks....
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Este libro analiza la radical propuesta estético-política de la Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención liderada por Tomás Maldonado en la década de 1940, a partir de la recuperación de sus vínculos con el Partido Comunista Argentino y el gobierno peronista. Con este objetivo, las producciones y acciones de los artistas concretos son abordadas en el marco de una trama de relaciones y posiciones compleja, atravesada por los debates en el comunismo...
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Bienvenue à La migration de l'art entre l'histoire et la géographie, un livre qui explore le concept fascinant de la migration des arts à travers l'histoire et la géographie. Dans ce livre, nous irons dans un voyage qui explore comment l'art a voyagé à travers le temps et l'espace, d'une région à l'autre, se transformant et s'adaptant à mesure qu'il migre.Nous examinerons les influences culturelles, sociales et politiques qui façonnent la...
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How does South Africa deal with public art from its years of colonialism and apartheid? How do new monuments address fraught histories and commemorate heroes of the struggle? Across South Africa, statues commemorating figures such as Cecil Rhodes have provoked heated protests, while new works commemorating icons of the liberation struggle have also sometimes proved contentious. In this lively volume, Kim Miller, Brenda Schmahmann and an international...
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A complete guide to drawing media, from pencils and charcoal to pastels and colored inks. Learn how to achieve exciting and unusual effects by combining two or more drawing media. More than one hundred step-by-step demonstrations show ways of tackling tricky subjects. Includes tips on how to professionally present your work and get it into the marketplace.
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On February 22, 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock's haunting landscape, Brook by Moonlight, was sold at auction for $20,000, a record price for a painting by a living American artist. The sale made him famous, newspapers called him America's greatest artist, and thousands flocked to exhibits of his work. Yet at the time of his triumph Blakelock had spent 15 years confined in a psychiatric hospital in upstate New York and his wife and children were living...
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"Dive into the mesmerizing world of sacred geometry with 'Sacred Geometry Flash Art V.1' by William Radmacher. This visual masterpiece features 100 captivating flash art images that take you on a mystical journey through the hidden language of the universe. Each image is a portal to a realm where mathematics and spirituality converge, revealing the timeless patterns that underlie all of creation. From the intricate symmetry of the Flower of Life to...
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There may be many folk artists in Canada, but there is only one integrated folk art scene: the one in Nova Scotia. A full-colour, photo-filled, narrative guide to the uniquely Nova Scotian folk art genre from former Art Gallery of NS curator and author of Our Maud.
There may be many folk artists in Canada, but there is only one integrated folk art scene: the one in Nova Scotia.
Classic folk art is the work of artists who did not think of themselves...
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Rembrandt's stunning religious prints stand as evidence of the Dutch master's extraordinary skill as a technician and as a testament to his genius as a teller of tales. Here, several virtually unknown etchings, collected by the Feddersen family and now preserved for the ages at the University of Notre Dame, are made widely available in a lavishly illustrated volume. Building on the contributions of earlier Rembrandt scholars, noted art historian Charles...
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I hope that you will embark on an exhilarating journey through the lens with "Digital Photography". In this dynamic guide, the world of pixels and creativity converges to unravel the secrets of capturing and crafting stunning images. Whether you're a novice seeking a solid foundation or an experienced snapper craving advanced insights, this book serves as your compass in the ever-evolving landscape of digital imaging. Explore the nuances of composition,...
13) Let's Wrestle
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The third of three books of David Shrigley's addictively strange and entertaining work reveals new truths, anxieties, and amusements.
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Two people that met in a time in their lives where they were content with their lives but at different times realized something was missing and discovered during their spiritual journey that they both share the same soil and desires for life after separating and coming back together 2 years after trauma.
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"(...) Die Schönheit des Schachs kommt derjenigen in der Poesie nahe. Schachfiguren sind ein Alphabet, das Gedanken formt, und diese Gedanken drücken sich abstrakt durch das visuelle Design aus, das auf dem Schachbrett entsteht, genauso wie in der Poesie... Nach Jahren der Nähe zu Schachspielern und Künstlern kann ich ehrlich sagen, dass nicht alle Schachspieler Künstler sind, während nicht alle Künstler Schachspieler sind."(M. Duchamp)
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I have traveled around the world. I have visited and revisited more than eighty countries. With each trip, a discovery about the history and culture of a people through packaging. This narrative is unveiled in detail through photographs, typographies, illustrations, characters, materials, colors and formats. The wealth of a people is packed in shelves within reach of consumers.
The idea behind the books is to provide this journey through...
19) Bezna
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Bezna 5 makes an ouroboric move of plunging into itself ('Bezna' in Romanian means consistent darkness + diffuse fear). Bezna 5 is darkly glowing dead thinking, cosmic pessimism, hairy autonomy, limbo sighs, horrendous pink volumes, underground nematodes, happy dismemberment, haunting prehumanism, glowing horror, sinister moods, eternal stillness, future plague, idiot nonknowing and news from Cioran:The Book of Delusions (fragments) Emil CioranFollowing...
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Social Media and its ample use suggests about access to technology and having capability to express oneself that means a good ability to read and write. Access to technology and ability to read and write are one of the best measures of social, economic, scientific and human progress. However the outcomes are far from this reality. Instead social media is accused of influencing national elections by manipulation of democratic values, cultural dis harmony...
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