We live in an era of abundant photography. Is it then counterintuitive to study photographs that disappear or are difficult to discern? Kate Palmer Albers argues that it is precisely this current cultural moment that allows us to recognize what has always been a basic and foundational, yet unseen, condition of photography: its ephemerality. Through a series of case studies spanning the history…
Discover your unique inner artist through 21 intuitive, process-based lessons in drawing with graphite pencil, colored pencil, and ink—then joyfully share your works of beauty with the world. In Drawing Is for Everyone, artist Kateri Ewing—author of Look Closer, Draw Better and Watercolor Is for Everyone—guides you through a series of simple creative drawing projects using a …
What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles, lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical clocks, the look appears across popular culture, in movies, art, fashion, and literature. But steampunk is both an aesthetic program and a way-of-life and its underlying philosophy is the key to its broad…
Dame la libertad para poner un fin. De diarios y cartas es un documento vivo impactante que recoge reflexiones, sentimientos y recuerdos que abarcan tres imperios alemanes y dos guerras mundiales. Leemos sobre el miedo de una madre por su familia, sobre las dudas y frustraciones del trabajo artístico, sobre su biografía política –que va desde la convicción revolucionaria hasta la distanci…
Als es 1720 in England zu einem Börsenkrach, der sogenannten Südseeblase, kam, standen viele Menschen plötzlich vor dem finanziellen Ruin. Durch betrügerische Machenschaften der Handelsgesellschaft South Sea Company hatte sich der Aktienhandel stark aufgebläht, bis die »Blase« schließlich platzte. Wie wurde diese frühe Finanzkrise in der Kunst des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts verarbeitet? …
Shortlisted for the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion - Constructive-Reflective Studies Winner of the American Academy of Religion's Religion and the Arts Book Award Winner of the Borsch-Rast Book Prize & Lectureship An Oxford Alumni Book of the Month pick While place-based pilgrimage is an embodied practice, can it be experienced in its fullness thro…
Go beyond rice with 80 recipes that work with both the multicooker functionality and a stand-alone rice cooker. Whether using a fancy multicooker or a multifunction rice cooker, most people think the rice function can only make rice. But rice cookers can do so much more! The rice cooker is able to do everything from baking a cake to cooking chili, from making soups to steaming meats. It&rsquo…
Enjoy delicious and fresh weeknight meals in just minutes with these easy recipes using the most underrated yet versatile appliance in the kitchenthe toaster oven! While your standard oven is great for big meals, who wants to wait for it to pre-heat when you’re making weeknight dinner? That’s when the toaster oven comes in handy! As one of the most flexible and space-saving applian…
Professional practice is increasingly becoming more complex, demanding, dynamic and diverse. This important and original new book considers how self-study using arts-based methods can enable purposeful reflection toward understanding and envisioning professional practice. Ideally for visual arts practitioners on all levels, this book presents a self-study model grounded in compelling research t…
Dieser Band versammelt die besten Gespräche der »Schriftstellerin und Ikone« (The New Yorker) aus vier Jahrzehnten. Joan Didion erzählt von ihrer Kindheit in Sacramento, ihrer Studienzeit in Berkeley, den Jahren in New York und Los Angeles. Sie denkt nach über ihre Ehe mit dem Schriftsteller John Gregory Dunne, seinen unerwarteten Tod und den ihrer Tochter Quintana, nur zwei Jahre später …