One of the common features of communist regimes is the use of art for revolutionary means. Posters in particular have served as beacons of propaganda – vehicles of coercion, instruction, censure and debate – in every communist nation. They have promoted the authority of state and revolution, but have also been used as an effective means of protest. This is the first truly global survey of the...

The Singing Earth is a collection of musical adventure stories from Grammy-winning producer, composer, and writer Barrett Martin. The book chronicles Martin's musical work in 14 different musical regions, across 6 continents, over the course of 30 years. It starts with his involvement in the 1990's Seattle music scene, and then explores song lines and sea trails in Australia and New Zealand;...

Open house. Tour the world's most exceptional recent homes The third installment in our popular Architecture Now! Houses series incles 60 of the most dramatic new residences around the world. See the extraordinary House Turtle designed by the artists Carsten Höller and Marcel Odenbach in Biriwa, Ghana; visit Tadao Ando’s dramatic House in Monterrey, Mexico, or take off to see...

A beautifully designed flexibound edition that comes in a slipcase, this is a first of it’s kind celebration featuring more than 600 examples of the human body as represented in graphic design, this innovative book will appeal to art directors, graphic designers, and design fans. This groundbreaking volume investigates and illuminates a new generation of artists and the ways that they relate...

Ingram and Publishers Weekly bestseller!"This book takes you on a photographic voyage through my life so far." -Keegan AllenKeegan Allen is currently known to fans of the ABC Family hit television series, Pretty Little Liars. He has also appeared in numerous independent films and made his New York Stage debut in the acclaimed MCC production of Small Engine Repair. Keegan was given his...

Encountering the work of Alan Davie (1920-2014) at Wakefield Art Gallery in 1958, a young David Hockney (b.1937) was struck by Davie's landmark Abstract Expressionist paintings, which mirrored and stimulated his own fledgling experimentation with colourful abstraction. Juxtaposing the remarkable early work of two greats of post-war painting, this book provides an original perspective on an...

Wersja w języku włoskim. Jedno z największych dzieł mistrza Adama Bujaka, efekt blisko 40 lat pracy rozmiłowanego w krakowskim grodzie artysty, wybór najlepszych spośród tysięcy ujęć, które ma w swoim dorobku. 350 artystycznych fotografii portretuje podwawelski gród o wszystkich porach dnia i roku; oddaje niezwykłość architektury i bogactwo niezliczonych dzieł sztuki królewskiego miasta:...

Vienna is wealthy and conservative city that values and exploits its history. Its inner city is brimful with luscious architectural confectionery, a heritage that is a source of both local pride and thourist revenue. This book explores how five architects - Rudiger Lainer in the Seilergasse penthouse, Hermann Czech in the MAK-Cafe, Driendl & Steixner in the SKALA-Bar, Helmut Richter in...

The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption of prints and the medium attracted a new generation of artists whose attitude towards making art had...

“The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world,” wrote Edgar Allan Poe. And one is tempted to be of the same opinion when considering Ophelia, Madame Bovary, or Anna Karenina. This concept is also deeply rooted in Far Eastern culture: Buddhism even recommends daily meditation on one’s own death. The Japanese artist Izima Kaoru (*1954 in Kyoto) lets the...

Zürich 1932. Ein noch kontrovers diskutierter Künstler präsentiert einen selbst kuratierten Rückblick auf sein Werk im Kunsthaus Zürich und schreibt damit Geschichte. Die Rezeption seines Schaffens erreicht neue Dimensionen; ebenso wie die Bedeutung der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Künstlern, Museen, Händlern und Institutionen. Der Name des Künstlers: Pablo Picasso. Zur Feier seines hundertjährigen...

Big ideas for small buildings Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be diminutive in their dimensions, but are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese...

MODERN GARDEN DESIGN to niezwykły album poświęcony nowoczesnym ogrodom zarówno miejskim, jak i wiejskim. Wszystkie przedstawione projekty charakteryzuje nowy sposób myślenia o roślinach i ich roli w otoczeniu. Dzięki książce poznamy sposoby wykorzystania stali Corten i aluminium ? nowych materiałów cenionych w nowoczesnym projektowaniu zielonych przestrzeni. Będziemy mogli również ocenić...

'The ultimate traveller guilty pleasure, offering a look inside some of the most compelling cabins around the world' Lonely Planet Initially created by a group of friends as an online scrapbook, Cabin Porn became a phenomenon following the publication of the first volume of photographs of hand-made homes in breathtaking natural landscapes around the world. This new book - now available as a...

This striking and innovative collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined a sound. Containing record covers from the 1940s through to the early 1990s, each reproduction is accompanied with essential background information. Spanning photographic and illustrative works, these album artworks are a marriage of music and design and a remarkable history of jazz.

Publikacja została wydana z okazji 25-lecia Muzeum Historii Polskiego Ruchu Ludowego. Zawiera kolekcje tematyczne, tj. malarstwo o tematyce historycznej, malarstwo o tematyce religijnej, malarstwo portretowe, typy ludowe, malarstwo rodzajowe, malarstwo pejzażowe, architektura, varia. Książka zawiera tłumaczenie na język angielski.