This text features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. This ambitious...
PublishedChicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013
Kosky focuses on a handful of artists - Walter De Maria, Diller + Scofidio, James Turrell, and Andy Goldsworthy - to show how they introduce spaces hospitable...
PublishedFrankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Edition, 2016
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Features essays that explore the phenomenon of the double in multiple aspects of German visual culture, from traditional art forms like painting and classical...
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the greatest painter of the Romantic movement in Germany, was perhaps Europe's first truly modern artist. Here, Joseph...
Limited edition is the new buzzword in furniture design. This title pursues this new trend in furniture design and uncovers its background in meticulous...
During his reign, King Charles I (1600-1649) assembled one of Europe's most extraordinary art collections. Indeed, by the time of his death, it contained...
Celebrating the most famous and influential fashion school in the world, 'Fashion Central Saint Martins' is filled with never-before-seen student work...
Museums and Centers of Contemporary Art in Central Europe is a comprehensive study of the ecosystem of art museums and centers in the Czech Republic,...
Adopting a broad-based and systematic approach to its assessment of the market in contemporary art, this survey is rich in economic data and analysis...
This title provides an illustrated account of cabinets of curiosities from the Renaissance until today. The book contains a large number of photographs...