Kunst og kultur

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting?

A celebration of the human body and spirit in more than 100 photographs - all nude, all taken at night. These photographs illustrate the hard work and the dedication it takes to succeed in dancing, acting, photography.

Using vivid imagery from Frankenstein to Rem Koolhaas, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to architectural design for adaptive reuse projects.

A charming illustrated collection that sheds light on the creative process by one of the most inventive designers working today

A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London. Finalist for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2017, Photographic Books, Art / Architecture Monographs.

SEX DRUMS ROCK 'N' ROLL! THE HARDEST HITTING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS

Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoire is the only single-source reference of essential historical and analytical information about 35 of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Its contextual and theoretical insights make this text an indispensable resource for teachers as well as student, professional, and amateur flutists.

An iconoclastic re-evaluation of one English Literature's most celebrated novelists.

This book was published as an in-depth guide to the selection, mixing and application of lime and clay based plasters, renders, paints and washes.

Robbie Robertson's singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time. Above all, it's the moving story of the profound friendship among five young men who together created a new kind of popular music.

Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history.

If you thought these paintings were familiar, look again, and look closer. Part art history, part detective work, this fascinating collection explores 100 world-famous works of art through enlarged details, revealing the fashions and lifestyles, the loves and intrigues, politics and people that truly make a masterpiece.

Covering every era, from early art in 3000BCE to contemporary work, with chronological features on the major schools and movements and close-up critical appraisals of twenty-two masterpieces, this book offers a broad but thorough introduction to art history.

Investigates the latent and manifest traces of the East in Pre-Raphaelite literature and culture.

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft-from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows,Breaking Bad.

Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang 'Walk on the Wild Side'.

The story of how the museums of the West acquired the treasures of antiquity, from the Benin Bronzes to the Bust of Nefertiti - and why they should not be returned to the lands from which they came.

Riffling through the wardrobes of years gone by, costume historian Lucy Adlington reveals the rich stories underlying the clothes we wear in this stylish tour of the most important developments in the history of fashion, from ancient times to the present day.

Collection of articles written for the journal Wireless world (now Electronics world), 1976-2012.