This is What Democracy Looked LikeA Visual History of the Printed Ballot

This Is What Democracy Looked Like, the first illustrated history of printed ballot design, illuminates the noble but often flawed process at the heart of our democracy. An exploration and celebration of US ballots from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this visual history reveals unregulated, outlandish, and, at times, absurd designs that reflect the explosive growth and changing f…

Visuelle AutobiographienSammeln als Selbstentwurf bei Hannah Höch, Sophie Ca…

Die Faszinationskraft von Autobiographien ist ungebrochen; zugleich ergreift die Musealisierung des Selbst auch die bildende Kunst. Anhand der bisher kaum analysierten Werke »Lebensbild« von Hannah Höch, »Autobiographische Geschichten« von Sophie Calle und »Alben-Sammlungen« von Annette Messager widmet sich dieses Buch den folgenden Fragen: Was ist eine visuelle Autobiographie? Wie entwi…

How to Write Art History Second Edition

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Buddy's Best Cupcakes & Little Cakes (from Baking with the Cake Boss)10 Delic…

From Baking with the Cake Boss: a collection of ten delectable cupcake and little cake recipes, including a decorating guide for creating pretty, sweet treats! Cake Boss desserts are in high demand, with fans clamoring for more of Buddy Valastros delicious cupcakes and little cakes. This collection of recipes includes easy-to-follow instructions, along with mouthwatering recipes for butterfly …

Images of Illegalized ImmigrationTowards a Critical Iconology of Politics

Illegalized immigration is a highly iconic topic. The public perception of the current regime for mobility is profoundly shaped by visual and verbal images. As the issue of illegalized immigration is gaining increasing political momentum, the authors feel it is a well-warranted undertaking to analyze the role of images in the creation of illegalization. Their aim is to trace the visual processe…

Raphael and the Antique

The Renaissance artist Raphael is known for his extraordinary frescoes, his sublime Madonnas, devotional altarpieces, architectural designs, and his inventive prints and tapestries. It was his use of ancient Roman models – classical sculptures, reliefs and paintings – that formed his much admired classical style, and influenced the styles of many later artists. In Raphael and the Antique Cl…

Antike Texte und ihre MaterialitätAlltägliche Präsenz, mediale Sema…

Texte sind im antiken Alltag in vielfältiger Weise materiell präsent: als in Stein gemeißelte Grabepigramme, auf Tonscherben gepinselte Abrechnungen oder in Buchrollen inszenierte Gedichte. Die Materialität der unterschiedlichen Medienformate macht Text überhaupt erst begreif- und lesbar. Darüber hinaus sind die materiellen Dimensionen eines Textes nicht nur untrennbar mit seinen Gebrauch…

Manuale completo di fotografiaDalla tecnica al linguaggio fotografico

Questo libro, interamente a colori e ricco di immagini esplicative, tratta in maniera completa, chiara e approfondita sia la tecnica fotografica (analogica e digitale) sia il linguaggio fotografico, per rendere il lettore padrone del mezzo e consentirgli di produrre immagini che rispecchino i suoi intenti espressivi. Il testo è adatto sia agli appassionati che vogliono costruirsi una solida ba…

600 Decorative Floral Designs

The Victorians loved their flowers, and from a stunning nineteenth-century collection of floral motifs comes this garden of decorative designs. Exquisitely detailed and stylistically rare, its illustrations feature lush blossoms and plants surrounded by design elements of the most magnificent order. These 72 pages offer a wealth of images for a virtually unlimited array of applications. Perfect…

The Codex BorgiaA Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript

Considered by many scholars the finest extant Mexican codex and one of the most important original sources for the study of pre-Columbian religion, the Codex Borgia is a work of profound beauty, filled with strange and evocative images related to calendrical, cosmological, ritual, and divinatory matters. Generally similar to such Mixtec manuscripts as the Codex Nuttall, the Codex Borgia is thou…