Sheela Gowda (Bhadravati, Karnataka, India, 1957; lives and works in Bangalore) is one of the leading names in contemporary art in India.The book presents, in addition to two new productions, a wide s
Yves Saint Laurent is a name synonymous with style, elegance and high fashion. When he came on the scene at Dior and then started his own line, he quickly changed the way people regarded haute couture
A school of painterly vision―the artist Jochen Hein offers nothing less. From a distance Hein’s paintings seem to depict the surface of the sea, green meadows, or vast skies. But upon closer inspectio
Anri Sala (Tirana, 1974) uses film, music, sculpture, photographs and drawings to create installations that explore the cracks, gaps, overlaps, and echoes through which reality unfolds in time and eve
This book charts the course and causes of UN, G7 and G20 governance of climate change through the crucial period of 2015-2017. It provides a careful, comprehensive, and reliable description of individ
Back at home, Ezzygot out his Almanac of All Animals and looked under the letter D. Then he put on a warm sweater, strapped on his largest backpack and started climbing the bare mountain.Three days pa
Australia is drenched in a light that is different from anywhere else in the world. A light so distinctive, it can only be of one place. Imagined as a celebration of the particular beauty of Australia
In the mid-1970s in the United States as feminism gained huge momentum, three American photographers Eve Arnold, Abigail Heyman and Susan Meiselas published books of a new kind. Combining testimonies
Franco Viola paints landscapes based on sketches he produces during tours in the mountains and along the coast near his hometown. During the painting process in the studio, the sketches are enriched a
Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s traces the emergence and development of abstraction in the Arab World through paintings and sculpture dating from the 1950s through the 1980s
The small city of Anjar lies about sixty kilometers east of Beirut, in Lebanon. Its history borders on the miraculous. In 1939 a group of Armenians from the area Musa Dagh, who had survived the massac
Published on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Álvaro Siza in/discipline’ at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, this book brings together a large selection of Siza’s drawings, sketches and person
Emigration, being lost in a strange world, the search for a new identityand longing for things and people that have been lost form the central topics in the work of the Albanian artist Adrian Paci. Th
The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of ‘Transvestite Potter’, bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry is now a household name as a resu
The book presents the experimental results of the strength of sands and clay soils in the following conditions: plane shear, triaxial stress state, with passive and active loading. It is intended for
This book is concerned with the development of design techniques for controlling motion of mechanical systems which are employed to execute certain tasks acting collaboratively. The book introduces un
Open this book and step into the fiery world of volcanoes! Find out why they erupt, what scientists can learn from them and which animals call them home. Explore volcanoes at the bottom of the sea, ga
The first comprehensive monograph on the art of Joe Zucker, this career-spanning survey deals with all the artist’s various bodies of work, from his grid paintings of the 1960s to his latest work, inc
The works of Roberto Matta (1911-2002) on the occasion of the first exhibition in Russia devoted to one of the last Surrealist masters.Published on the occasion of the first exhibition in Russia, the
Since the start of the Romantic era, painting has been regarded as the leading artistic discipline in Germany. To this day, the nation of “Painter Princes” continues to promote the development of the
From the Sydney Opera House and the National Gallery of Victoria to sought-after homes across the country, the pervasive presence of modernism is inescapable in Australia. Led by the likes of Robin Bo
This book covers design, construction, quality control, monitoring and maintenance of soil nailing, along with case studies of projects, for practicing engineers and graduate students.
The book investigates static and dynamic behavior of nanocomposites using various reinforcements. It discusses matrices strengthened via various nanofillers like carbon nanotubes, graphene platel
This new book examines trends in American public opinion toward Israel since the country’s establishment in 1948. Analyzing data from hundreds of surveys and in jargon-free writing, the authors show t
Wave Propagation Analysis of Smart Nanostructures presents a mathematical framework for the wave propagation problem of small scale nanobeams and nanoplates manufactured from various materials includi
This book discusses 'tribological interface' that consists of two solid surfaces in contact with or without fluids in between. This book is written for engineering researchers and design engineers as
The 2018 exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future, introduced the general public to the abstract mystical masterpieces of Swedish painter Hilma af Kli
This book introduces a unique, new dataset on welfare state reforms in the UK, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany from 1974 to 2014. Using a variety of welfare state types in Europe, the authors hav
Peter Saul has consistently challenged art, history, and politics with his radical, unrefined style. Positioned outside of the can-on of contemporary and Pop Art, Saul’s exuberantly grotesque works fe
Can the Bauhaus only be found in Berlin, Dessau, or Weimar? No way! There are outstanding Bauhaus and modernist sites all over Germany―trailblazing architecture that has left a lasting mark on our und
This Book of Images comes as a true storm, full of ideas on how to think differently about photography and context. How they can blend in with each other, enhance each other or clash with each other,
In 2019, the Vitra Design Museum will publish the Atlas of Furniture Design, the definitive, encyclopedic overview of the history of modern furniture design. Featuring over 1700 objects by more than
Phase-change Material based heat sinks and associated optimization remains a topic of great interest, as evident from the increasing number of citations and new applications and miniaturization. Often
Through Positive Eyes is a collaborative photo-storytelling project by 130 people living with HIV and AIDS around the world. This global photographic collaboration with Gideon Mendel and the UCLA Art
Sean Godsell, an award-winning pioneer of ‘Australian bush minimalism’, has established himself as an influence on the global architecture scene. This survey of his residential architecture features t
Renée Levi is one of Switzerland’s most prominent contemporary artists working with painting and installation. Since the late 1990s she has examined the limits of painting, expanding her explorations
For more than forty years Nelly Rau-Häring wandered the streets of the city with her camera. She pursued her two great passions: her enthusiasm for photography and her curiosity about Berlin’s residen
One of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30–1569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work that
