Contemporary painting in context

Contemporary Painting in Context

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Contemporary Jewellery in Context

A comprehensive picture of contemporary jewelly in the 21st century, with contributions by experts in their field making this an overview of jewellery

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Contemporary Painting

An international survey exploring the many ways in which painting is re-approached, re-imagined and challenged by today’s artists.

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Architecture in Context

Contemporary design solutions based on environmental, social and cultural identities.

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New Realism in Contemporary Israeli Painting

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New Realism in Contemporary Israeli Painting

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Scottish Art a Artists in Historical and Contemporary Context

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Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 2

Showcases exhibitions that have defined contemporary painting in Britain since 2018.

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Painting Portraits in Acrylics

A fantastic, accessible and practical guide to contemporary portraiture. Learn from master artist and author Hashim Akib as he shows you how to produc

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Translation of Contemporary Taiwan Literature in a Cross-Cultural Context

Translation of Contemporary Taiwan Literature in a Cross-Cultural Context explores the social, cultural, and linguistic implications of translation of

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European Union in the Global Context

The European Union in a Global Context is an engaging text, incorporating anecdotes and contemporary arguments, and presenting different perspectives

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Women, Crime and Justice in Context

Women, Crime and Justice in Context presents contemporary feminist approaches to key issues in criminal justice. It draws together key researchers fro

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Contemporary Flowers in Mixed Media

Packed with exciting techniques for contemporary and impressionist style of flower painting, using watercolours, acrylics, pastels, collage and textur

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Painting Portraits in Acrylics, A Practical Guide to Contemporary Portraiture SEARCH PRESS LTD

A fantastic, accessible and practical guide to contemporary portraiture. Learn from master artist and author Hashim Akib as he shows you how to produce striking, interesting portraits in your own style....

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Kew Book of Painting Orchids in Watercolour

Paint inspiring, luminous orchids in watercolour using this practical, contemporary guide from respected artist, Vivienne Cawson, published in associa

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What is Painting?

A new, significantly revised edition of Julian BellÂ’s 1999 book, taking a fresh, focused look at the situation of painting in contemporary culture.

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Landscape Painting Now

Brimming with some of the brightest stars in the contemporary art world, this is a far-reaching exploration of the very best landscape painting now.

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Art of Contemporary China

A redefinition of contemporary Chinese art of the last forty years in the context of unprecedented cultural, political and urban transformation.

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Fundamental Painting - Claudia Rajlich

Anotace: Fundamental Painting (1975): Lessons in Minimalist Painting is the first account of this 1970s current and its role in the history of 20th century painting. The term Fundamental Painting was coined by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam as the title of a 1975 exhibition that sought to highlight a new kind of painting emerging on both sides of the Atlantic. It was bui...

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Metamodernism and Contemporary British Poetry

This book discusses contemporary British poetry in the context of metamodernism. It asks if the concept of metamodernist poetry helps to recalibrate t

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Metamodernism and Contemporary British Poetry

This book discusses contemporary British poetry in the context of metamodernism. It asks if the concept of metamodernist poetry helps to recalibrate t

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Deleuze and the Contemporary World

The twelve new essays in this volume join the pragmatic philosophy of Deleuze to current affairs, using a contemporary context to think through and wi

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Dramaturgy of Sex on Stage in Contemporary Theatre

This book explores the dramaturgy of sex in contemporary works for the stage in the social, cultural and historical context of the time and place duri

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Occupational Mobility in Contemporary India Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book analyses the magnitude of the relationship between family background and adult occupational and educational outcomes and provides a comprehensive view of intergenerational mobility in the context of religious and caste dynamics in India....

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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy

An introduction to Italian painting in the 15th century, and the social history behind it. The book covers the structure of the picture trade and its economic basis through contracts, letters and accounts. The author also illustrates how art history can be used to give insights into social history, by showing how the visual skills and activities of daily life can be relat...

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Sensing Justice Through Contemporary Spanish Cinema

Sensing Justice examines the aesthetic frames that mediate the sensory perception and signification of law and justice in the context of 21st century

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Knowing Illusion: Bringing a Tibetan Debate into Contemporary Discourse

This two-volume set examines the Tibetan debate regarding the possibility of knowledge in the context of Madhyamaka initiated by the 15th century phil

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Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art Taylor & Francis Ltd

This volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within contemporary art. Engaging with issues of voice, embodiment, power, and projection, the case studies assembled in this volume span a range of media from painting, sculpture, and photography to installation, performance, architecture, and video....

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Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art Taylor & Francis Ltd

This volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within contemporary art. Engaging with issues of voice, embodiment, power, and projection, the case studies assembled in this volume span a range of media from painting, sculpture, and photography to installation, performance, architecture, and video....

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Contemporary Watercolour on the Go: Capturing the Essence of a Place. Shapes, Gestures and Colour in Direct Watercolour

Explore a new approach to watercolour painting without using any preliminary drawings to paint directly with a brush on the spot.

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Englishness Revisited – Contemporary Literary Representations of English National and Cultural Identity

This book discusses selected works of literature written in Great Britain in the final decades of the twentieth century in the context of contemporary

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Energy in Action

A contemporary take on manifesting based on processing our emotions within the context of metaphysical truths to create a full life.

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Egyptian Belly Dance in Transition

Drawing on an array of primary sources, the author traces the early development of raqs sharqi in the context of contemporary trends in Egyptian arts

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Methodological Issues in Management Research

Using contemporary examples of business and management research, predominantly within the context of India, this book offers numerous tools and techni

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The Alchemical Laboratory in Visual and and Written Sources

Alchemy was an experimental laboratory activity that involved numerous disciplines. It was practised over time and among various strata of society, ranging from artisans and burghers, physicians and clergy, to nobility and rulers. It was part of the natural sciences, but also included medicine, religion and the fine arts, which is why the study of its history requires an ...

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Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU m

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Art and Nature in the Anthropocene

This book examines how contemporary artists have engaged with histories of nature, geology, and extinction within the context of the changing planet.

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Engineering Applications in Sustainable Design and Development, SI Edition

Focusing on pressing contemporary issues, this title puts product design in the context of models of sustainability.

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The Alchemical Laboratory in Visual and and Written Sources - Vladimír Karpenko

<p>Alchemy was an experimental laboratory activity that involved numerous disciplines. It was practised over time and among various strata of society, ranging from artisans and burghers, physicians and clergy, to nobility and rulers. It was part of the natural sciences, but also included medicine, religion and the fine arts, which is why the study of its history req...

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Community Engagement in Higher Education Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book explores the finer nuances of community engagement in Indian higher education ranging from theory to practice. It contextualizes the concept and practice of community engagement in the contemporary context, capturing global experiences, insights, and varied standpoints. The book will be of interest to scholars, teachers and researchers of education, higher educa...

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Routledge Handbook of Sport in China Taylor & Francis Ltd

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, and development of sport from the ancient to the contemporary era in China. It opens different perspectives on Chinese sport and addresses a wide range of issues central to the development of sport in the context of Chinese culture, politics, economy and society. It explores a diverse set of topics i...

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The Lady in Gold - Anne-Marie O'Connor

<p>National Bestseller The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O'Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt's 1907 masterpiece--the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The celebrated painting, stolen b...

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The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures

Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Academy of Sci...

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Enlightenment, Culture, Leisure: Houses of Culture in Czechoslovakia - Michaela Janečková

<p>The publication is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of the building of a nationwide network of cultural houses, which were systematically established during the socialist period in the former Czechoslovakia. As places of public life in post-war society, these buildings enjoyed generous state support, not only economically but also politically and...

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The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures - Martin Franc; Vlasta Mádlová

Anotace: Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Acad...

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The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures - Martin Franc

<p>Based on period documents and photography, the book maps in detail the development of Czech non-university sciences from the 18th century when the Society of Unknown Scholars in the Austrian Lands was founded in Olomouc. The main attention is focused on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and its most important precursors, whether the Czechoslovak Acade...

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Enlightenment, Culture, Leisure: Houses of Culture in Czechoslovakia - Michaela Janečková,Irena Lehkoživová

Anotace: The publication is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of the building of a nationwide network of cultural houses, which were systematically established during the socialist period in the former Czechoslovakia. As places of public life in post-war society, these buildings enjoyed generous state support, not only economically but also politically an...

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Men and Welfare

This book explores the complex, evolving relationships between men, masculinities and social welfare in contemporary context.

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Men and Welfare

This book explores the complex, evolving relationships between men, masculinities and social welfare in contemporary context.

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British Cinema and a Divided Nation

Offers contemporary context of Britain as a deeply divided society as reflected in film.

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Einstein's Cosmos

An insightful new book putting Einstein's work in a contemporary context

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50 masterpieces of Czech Fin de Siecle Art from the Collections of the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: The collection of the fin de siécle art from the collections of the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen is one of the best in the context of Czech public collections. It includes all the important styles and trends that appeared on the art scene of the time, i.e. naturalism, symbolism, impressionism and art nouveau. Czech art at this time was in the process of int...

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Facing China

An exploration of the portrait arts in China, from the dynastic to the contemporary, in painting, sculpture, photography and video.

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50 masterpieces of Czech Fin de Siecle Art from the Collections of the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pi - autorů kolektiv

<p>The collection of the fin de siécle art from the collections of the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen is one of the best in the context of Czech public collections. It includes all the important styles and trends that appeared on the art scene of the time, i.e. naturalism, symbolism, impressionism and art nouveau. Czech art at this time was in the process of inte...

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Jeanette Winterson

In this comprehensive introduction to Winterson's work, Sonya Andermahr considers its significance in the context of contemporary British culture and

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Michael Kvium

First comprehensive monograph on contemporary Danish artist Michael Kvium, mapping-out his entire career in painting, drawing, and sculpture.

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Kant and the Problem of Politics

This book examines the significance of KantÂ’s political philosophy in the context of contemporary philosophical and political debates.

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Introducing Language and Society

An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, addressing contemporary social problems

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English Pronunciation Teaching and Research

This book offers contemporary perspectives on English pronunciation teaching and research in the context of increasing multilingualism and English as

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Deleuze and Guattari and Fascism

In the first volume to place Deleuze and Guattari's philosophy in the context of contemporary fascism, international contributors uncover and reflect

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