3,178円 Typecasting chronicles the emergence of the "science of first impression" and reveals how the work of its creatorsーearly social scientistsーcontinues to shape how we see the world and to inform our most fundamental and unconscious judgments of beauty, humanity, and degeneracy. In this groundbrea...

3,317円 This work is the first thorough analysis of the creative oeuvre of the Quay Brothers. Known for their animation shorts that rely on puppetry, miniatures, and stop-motion techniques, their fiercely idiosyncratic films are fertile fields for Suzanne Buchan's engaging descriptions and provocative in...

1,856円 A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves. Three great revolutions rocked the world around 1800. The first two - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution - have inspired the greatest volume of litera...

45,603円 This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments. Illustrated throughout with full colour images reproduced to the high...

1,060円 Pierre–Auguste Renoir (Limoges, 1841 – Cagnes-Sur-Mer, 1919) Pierre-Auguste Renoir naquit le 25 février 1841 à Limoges. En 1854, ses parents retirèrent l'enfant de l'école et le placèrent dans l'atelier des frères Lévy afin qu'il apprenne la peinture sur porcelaine. Son frère cadet, Edmond Renoir...

9,616円 Museums, Society, Inequality explores the wide-ranging social roles and responsibilities of the museum. It brings together international perspectives to stimulate critical debate, inform the work of practitioners and policy makers, and to advance recognition of the purpose, responsibilities and v...

748円 Discover the artistry and symbolism of Ancient Egyptian jewellery with Ambrose Lansing’s illuminating study. Ancient Egyptian Jewelry by Ambrose Lansing provides a detailed and captivating exploration of the craftsmanship, cultural significance, and timeless beauty of Egyptian adornments. From ex...

1,060円 Kasimir Malevitch (Kiev, 1878 ー Saint-Pétersbourg, 1935) était un peintre, un grand théoricien d’art, et surtout le père fondateur du suprématisme, style basé sur les formes géométriques et la recherche de l’abstraction pure. « Le suprématisme, écrivit-il, m’a conduit à découvrir quelque chose q...

562円 This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of The Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tou...

4,807円 Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the greatest painter of the Romantic movement in Germany, was perhaps Europe’s first truly modern artist. His melancholy landscapes, often peopled by lonely wanderers, represent experiments towards a radically subjective art, one in which, as Friedrich wrote, t...

2,395円 President Nixon's famous 1972 trip has gone down in history as the first great opening between the West and Communist China. However, eighteen years previously, former prime minister Clement Attlee had also been to China to shake Chairman Mao by the hand. In the second half of 1954, scores of Eur...

1,600円 Robert W. Burns lives in an ordinary house in Brighton, England. Except it's not an ordinary house. Not at all. On the outside, it seems like any other dwelling, but on the inside, it's been transformed into an incredible art gallery, a shrine to and celebration of Renaissance art, containing won...