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Queen and Country
By Steve McQueenQueen and Country was created by Steve McQueen in response to his 2003 commission by the Imperial War Museum's Art Commissions Committee to create a work in response to the...
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Film Posters Science Fiction
By Tony Nourmand, Graham MarshFilm Posters Science Fiction
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Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences
By Lawrence WeschlerFrom a cuneiform tablet to a Chicago prison, from the depths of the cosmos to the text on our T-shirts, art historian and journalist Lawrence Weschler finds strange connections wherever...
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Space-age Aesthetics: Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, and the Postwar European Avant-garde
By Stephen Petersen"In the Space Age," wrote Italian artist Lucio Fontana, "spatial art." Fontana's desire to create art in space came in response to unprecedented technological advances and contemporary fantasies of space...
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Double Vision: Perspectives on Gender and the Visual Arts
By Natalie Harris BluestoneThis interdisciplinary collection on women and art includes essays representing the fields of philosophy, modern European social history, the history of art and architecture, and film theory and criticism.
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Sargent's Women
By John Singer SargentSargent was surrounded by beautiful and remarkable women when he was a young man. He was closely involved with them, and he sought their company and chose them as friends...
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像藝術家一樣開發創意
By 貝蒂．愛德華開發創意的最佳途徑：啟動你的視覺思考！ ‧別說自己不會畫！只要會簽名，就會畫畫──簽名的線條，就是你獨特的視覺語言。 ‧想釐清思緒時，來畫張畫吧！用線條畫出對問題的感受，思考將變得清晰可見！ ►怎麼會？明明顛倒著作畫，反而畫得更好！ 作者原創的經典繪畫練習足以為證： 將一張圖像上下顛倒擺放，讓學生臨摹作畫，每個人反而都畫得更好！ 只因為它幫助人們以全新的方式觀看，而輕易看見了不易掌握的細節和整體。 ►重新找回你的視覺語言，就能看見新視野 想開啟嶄新的觀看方式？畫畫是最佳途徑！能從尋常事物中看見創新的契機。 圖像是人類比文字更早使用的「語言」，擁有強大的思考與表達力量； 只要我們善用「視覺語言」這與生俱來的能力， 開啟另一種觀看方式，並將感受和想法視覺化，就能把事物本質看得更透徹。 ►「創意」是能越練越精通的技巧！開啟你的無窮潛力 作者破解創意的祕密，歸納出創意發想過程的五大階段： 「初步洞見→準備→醞釀→啟發→驗證」， 並在本書中提供一系列循序漸進的視覺感知練習， 你可從中體驗創意的孕育過程，學會藝術家的觀看方式， 當你精通開發創意的這套技巧，便能一再輕鬆迎來解決問題的洞見！ ◎這是一趟啟動創造力的美妙之旅，適合： ‧渴望提升創意思考能力、靈活解決問題的你 ‧好奇創意如何產生，想了解人類心智奧妙的你 ‧想找回視覺語言運用能力，開發自己更多潛能的你...
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今日的藝術
By 岡本太郎●戰後日本前衛藝術巨匠──岡本太郎著作，首次繁體中文版出版！ ●在《二十世紀少年》、《半澤直樹》中不斷出現的「太陽之塔」、澀谷車站巨大壁畫〈明日的神話〉，背後藝術觀大揭密！ ●啟發藝術家橫尾忠則、打開台灣抽象藝術大師陳正雄的現代藝術大門的重要著作！ ●語言犀利又詼諧，是給對藝術有興趣、卻又對藝術有所畏懼的人的藝術指南！ 我要大聲宣布： 今日的藝術， 不能精巧， 不能漂亮， 不能舒服。 因為我堅信，這是藝術之所以是藝術的根本條件。 ──岡本太郎 還記得在《二十世紀少年》、《半澤直樹》中不斷出現的「太陽之塔」嗎？想知道這個奇妙的「太陽之塔」的設計發想是怎麼來的嗎？ 「太陽之塔」的設計者，正是戰後日本夙負盛名的前衛藝術巨匠──岡本太郎，《今日的藝術》一書也正是岡本闡述自身獨特的藝術論的重要著作。 在書中，岡本認為，現代人已經習慣依據常識與既定邏輯去理解藝術，無法純粹地享受藝術帶給人的樂趣，因此，唯有清除那些固有觀念，才能自由地享受藝術帶給生活的喜悅。這本書就是要破除「懂不懂」、「新不新」、「美不美」這些阻擾我們欣賞藝術的障礙，岡本甚至認為，唯有實際參與藝術，我們才會真正享受到藝術。 在《今日的藝術》出版當時，岡本犀利詼諧的言談、獨特的個人魅力、不給自己留後路的自信，及其欲以他特殊的藝術觀改革當時日本藝術界與教育大眾何謂藝術的野心，震動了日本戰後社會。此後該書暢銷多年，成為無數對藝術有興趣的人的啟蒙書、年輕藝術家的必讀書。不少藝術家如美術家橫尾忠則，就曾表示自己深受該書啟發，台灣抽象藝術大師陳正雄也曾說過這本書在他20多歲時，開啟了他的現代藝術大門。 事隔半個世紀以上，我們拾起這本書，發現這本書迄今未曾過時。想想我們現在還是無法放下對藝術的刻板印象，經常看到藝術作品就喊難，就說看不懂，一談起去美術館就舉步維艱，一說起畫畫就創作艱難，這不就可看出我們始終都還是沒有解決岡本當年所提出的問題。由此足見，岡本的這本書及他所提出的藝術論，至今對我們還是具有提醒與指導作用。爆炸推薦日本國寶級藝術家──橫尾忠則 解放藝術舊觀念激推 姚瑞中｜2020年台灣雙年展策展人、師大美術系兼任副教授黃子佼｜跨界王蔣伯欣｜台灣藝術田野工作站發起人龔卓軍｜國立臺南藝術大學藝術創作理論研究所副教授
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The American West: Out of Myth, Into Reality
By Peter H. HassrickWestern art of America's frontier years, from about 1825 to 1925, has traditionally been perceived as the art most representative of the country's cultural and historical essence. European American explorers...
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Women who Read are Dangerous
By Stefan Bollmann"This book brings together a selection of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs for women reading by a diverse range of artists from the Middle Ages to the present day. Each...
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Landscapes and Seasons of the Medieval World
By Derek Pearsall, Elizabeth SalterLandscapes and Seasons of the Medieval World
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American Scene Painting: California, 1930s and 1940s
By Janet B. Dominik, Ruth Lilly WestphalAmerican Scene Painting: California, 1930s and 1940s
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Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for women's dress, medieval-1500
By Jean Hunnisett"'Period Costume for Stage & Screen' is a comprehensive guide to creating women's dress through five centuries. As well as being accurate, Jean Hunnisett's patterns have been adapted so that...
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The Dictionary of Sea Painters of Europe and America
By Edward H. H. ArchibaldThe third edition of The Dictionary of Sea Painters further enhances its stature as the pre-eminent reference guide in its field. Marine painting, as befits the historical importance of its...
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Dictionary of Sea Painters
By Edward H. H. ArchibaldDictionary of Sea Painters
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All that is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School
By John Paul DriscollThe Hudson River began to figure prominently in the artistic consciousness of the nineteenth century when painter Thomas Cole journeyed up its waters in the summer of 1825. The canvases...
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The English Grand Tour: Artists and Admirers of England's Historic Sites
By Julius BryantIn this beautifully illustrated book, Julius Bryant, Chief Curator at English Heritage, looks at how some of England's most beautiful and iconic historic sites have inspired artists as diverse as...
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The Image of the Individual: Portraits in the Renaissance
By Nicholas Mann, Luke SysonThe portrait in the Renaissance has long been connected with the cult of personality which emerged in the 15th century and provoked people to record their features accurately for the...
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Remington & Russell: The Sid Richardson Collection
By Brian W. DippieSince its original publication in 1982, Remington and Russell has become an essential introduction to the work of these artists, and this revision substantially enhances the book's strengths. Every painting...
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The Grand Frontier: Remington and Russell in the Amon Carter Museum
By Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Rick StewartThe Grand Frontier: Remington and Russell in the Amon Carter Museum