Since the 1980s there has been considerable interest in Mexico and its art, as one can see from the sheer number of exhibitions, catalogues, and articles devoted to the subject. Despite this interest, there are few books devoted to contemporary Mexican art. New Tendencies in Mexican Art is the first book-length study devoted to a generation of Mexican artists who have had enormous international…
"Catalogue of Greek Coins - The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt" is a 1888 work by Reginald S. Poole. Reginald Stuart Poole (1832 - 1895) was an English numismatist, archaeologist, and orientalist whose best work is arguably his contributions to Encyclopædia Britannica on the subjects of on Egypt, Hieroglyphics and Numismatics. He also worked on "Smith's Dictionary of the Bible", and was "Keeper of …
Veganistan is a brand new volume from Sally Butcher following the silk trail started by Veggiestan and Persepolis. After the success of bestseller Veggiestan, Sally Butcher continues her gastronomic journey along the Silk Road with Veganistan. In response to many requests in her Peckham restaurant, Persepolis, Sally has created a vegan cookbook celebrating plants and wholefoods with the luscio…
Following the success of A Dog a Day, Sally Muir returns with a collection of new, but crucially old, faces. Several years ago Sally Muir began a Facebook project, posting dog art daily, which became the best-selling book A Dog A Day. Through the project she was introduced to endless people and their dogs, and the distinct personalities and complex emotions that owners attribute to them. More …
A inicios de 1868, los vulcanólogos alemanes Alphons Stübel y Wilhelm Reiss arribaron a la costa atlántica de Colombia, la primera estación de su estadía en América del Sur, que duró hasta 1877. En el transcurso del viaje, compraron miles de fotografías, principalmente de ciudades, paisajes y "tipospopulares". Estas imágenes constituyen la colección más importante de fotografías de …
Explore 35 step-by-step how-tos and more than 100 additional tips and tricks for creating a variety of manga characters, animals, and scenes in The Art of Drawing Manga. With 144 pages of in-depth instruction and hundreds of reference images, The Art of Drawing Mangais suitable for all manga artists and enthusiasts, regardless of age. From learning the basics of drawing archetypal characters w…
Publication "Work in Progress" contains papers by PhD candidates of the Department of Art History Masaryk University in Brno which focus on the art from Middle Ages to the present.
Das Kunstschaffen in der Schweiz des 19. Jahrhunderts war von einem vielfältigen und intensiven Austausch mit dem Ausland geprägt. Die häufig übersehenen Grenzüberschreitungen nimmt dieses Buch zum Anlass, eine neue Konzeption der Schweizer Kunst zu entwickeln. In deren Lichte stellt die Verfasserin exemplarisch an dem Schweizer David-Schüler Hans Jakob Oeri die Zusammenhänge zwischen Ku…
Este libro nos ofrece la inmersión en una cocina vegana exquisita, de gran riqueza, con muchos sabores, fusionando la experiencia de la cocina oriental con la europea.No se trata de un simple recetario de cocina sino de una invitación para preparar deliciosas recetas y descubrir los sabores de nuestra maravillosa vida. Una cocina sana, sabrosa, de fusión, dirigida no solo a los veganos, sino…
Pobres pintores ingenuos, los grandes desconocidos del ayer.Ya desde los inicios del siglo XX Chile cuenta con un número considerable de obras de arte naif dignas de figurar en la primera línea del arte nacional. Sin embargo, estas han pasado desapercibidas para el público. Tampoco han sido tomadas en cuenta por nuestros escasos textos de recopilación artística. Y, si lo hacen, se refieren…