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Wyoming is my home. I am grateful to have lived here most of my life. Before I joined the Marine Corps in 2001, I loved Wyoming. Returning home after my commitment to the Marines, I appreciated it even more. Sure, I like to visit all sorts of other places in the world, but Wyoming is the land that I...

Art history traditionally concentrates on the visual. Sound has either been ignored or has been appreciated in a highly selective manner within a different discipline: music. This book is about recent attempts by artists trained in (West) Germany to provoke listening experiences to awaken the senses....

Create Remarkable Art out of What Inspires You! Get ready to create extraordinary mixed-media art! This artful adventure is accessible to everyone, no matter your skill level. Whenever you take a stroll through your neighborhood, travel or are just out in nature, you're on an artful adventure....

Art, Media Design, and Postproduction: Open Guidelines on Appropriation and Remix offers a set of open-ended guidelines for art and design studio-based projects. The creative application of appropriation and remix are now common across creative disciplines due to the ongoing recycling and repurposing...

Discover your inner chalk artist! Chalk art and lettering are all around: on menu boards at a favorite local coffee shop, brightening sidewalk easels at street fairs, and in lively artwork found in the home. Chalk art and lettering pros Amanda Arneill and Shannon Roberts have teamed up to provide...

Open your heart to the presence of angels, God’s holy messengers and protectors. In Meditations on Vatican Art: Angels, you can reflect on stunning depictions from the Vatican Museums and contemplate angelic encounters in Scripture. Following his acclaimed first book, Fr. Mark Haydu, international...

Partez à la découverte de l'art russe avec ce Grand Article Universalis ! Par art russe ancien les historiens de l'art désignent la période d'activité artistique qui débute en Russie par l'adoption du christianisme, en l'an 988, et se poursuit jusqu'à la réforme de Pierre le Grand,...

En 1979, Hervé Fischer a déclaré au cours d'une performance au Centre Beaubourg à Paris : L'Histoire de l'art est terminée. Puis, il a publié sous ce titre un livre qui a eu un grand retentissement. Trente ans plus tard, où en sommes-nous ? Sa prophétie était-elle juste ? Dans L'avenir de...

Texte intégral révisé suivi d'une biographie de Henri Focillon. Avant d'être le grand critique d'art médiéviste que l'on connaît, Henri Focillon fut aussi un spécialiste des arts asiatiques. Au début de sa carrière, il publia deux essais magistraux où il synthétise sur un ton philosophique...

Sylvia Netcheva est considérée comme l’une des plus grandes artistes de l’art du collage contemporain . L’ouvrage Sylvia Netcheva ou l’art retrouvé du collage retrace son parcours, ses techniques, et est accompagné d’une trentaine de reproduction de ses œuvres. Si Netcheva fait...

Du Moyen Âge à l'Époque contemporaine, l'art décoratif peut être défini par les matériaux, le design et les objets artistiques utilisés à la fois en architecture urbaine et en architecture d'intérieur. Comme beaucoup d'autres formes d'art, l'art décoratif continue à se développer, ajoutant...

* AWARDED BEST ANTHOLOGY BY THE ART ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND * How has Asia been imagined, represented and transferred both literally and visually across linguistic, geopolitical and cultural boundaries? This book explores the shifting roles of those who produce, critique and...

From the river valleys of interior British Columbia south to the hills of northern Oregon and east to the continental divide in western Montana, hundreds of cliffs and boulders display carved and painted designs created by ancient artists who inhabited this area, the Columbia Plateau, as long as seven...

Since 1990, Grant Hill has thrilled sports fans with his artistry on the basketball court, first as an All-American player at Duke University and then as a six-time NBA All-Star for the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic. During these years, Hill has amassed a collection of art by African Americans...