Frieder Burda began collecting art over forty years ago out of a fascination for painting as a medium for emotional expression. Meanwhile the first-class collection amassed by this patron of the arts
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Due to the significant growth of the global holistic health movement during the past years, the wellness factor plays an increasingly crucial role in the hospitality industry. Today, high value is alw
"This table," said the man. "What about the table?" said the woman. "It's wearing me out," said the man. What to do? The man makes a decision. He finds a tablewood tree, cuts it down, saws it up and m
The first book in a very funny new illustrated-fiction series from the award-winning Bridesmaids and The IT Crowd actor Chris O'Dowd and his long-term friend and Moone Boy TV-scriptwriting collaborato
"Reconceptualizing Curriculum Development provides accessible, clear guidance on curriculum problem solving and educational leadership through the practice of a synoptic curriculum study. This practic
Inspired by Garden & Gun magazine’s popular “Good Dog” column, a rich collection of true stories celebrating the unique relationship between humans and their canine companions, penned by some of t
The Viennese artists'' association Hagenbund had a decisive influence on the art scene between 1900 and 1938, not only at home but also in Central Europe. It united different art movements under its u
An-My Lê''s first publication, "Small Wars," brought together three bodies of black-and-white work ("Vietnam," "Small Wars" and "29 Palms"), offering a trilogy of tautly rendered examinations of lands
Since the early 1990s Steve Sabella (*1975 in Jerusalem) has consistently been creating cycles of work that comment on each other: Jerusalem in Exile (2006), Exit (2007), In Exile (2008), In Transitio
Tyrmi’s new sculptures and installations as well as a number of works realized during the last fifteen years. The Lost Thing uses the house as a metaphor in which the various rooms are images of menta
From photography''s earliest days, the thrill and immediacy of the new medium were defined at the first public exhibitions. This book presents the history of photography via international exhibitions.
Amelia is 14 years old. In many ways, she is your average American teenager: since she was three years old, she has been her mother’s muse, and the subject of her photographs. However, not every mom i
Francisco Goya has been widely celebrated as the most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns, and an a
"Gail Albert Halaban: Paris Views" is a continuation of Halaban''s 2012 series "Out My Window." In this new set of images, Halaban shifts her focus from New York to Paris--while continuing to steady h
Tells the story of how the Big Apple emerged as the cultural capital of the postwar world in all fields of creative endeavour art, architecture, design, music, theatre and dance.
Ask anyone what single object they associate with China and the most common answer will be a Ming vase. Probably without even knowing the dates of the Ming dynasty (13681644), people are aware of the
There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and animals ... I never thought I would fall in love like this with a cat Karl Lagerfeld Choupette is the constant feline companion of designer Karl Lagerfe
Other Animals is the sequel to American artist Elliot Ross’ criticallyacclaimed book of photographic animal portraits titled Animal (SchiltPublishing 2010). Approaching more closely subjects of manysp
Beginning with a fragment of yellow jasper―all that is left of the face of an Egyptian woman who lived 3,500 years ago―this book confronts the elusive questions: how, and why, do we look at art?Philip
Early Capitals of Islamic Culture reproduces archaeological materials and selected masterpieces from the first centuries of Islam that, together, chart the transition from pre-Islamic to Islamic cultu
A richly illustrated monograph dedicated to one of the most attractive and influential figures of contemporary creation. Loie Fuller was one of the leading and most influential figures of the twentiet
A stunning volume celebrating the work of Agostino Bonalumi during the 1960s and 1970s and its connection with other artists of the Azimut group. A selection of Bonalumi’s paintings from the 1960s and
Celebrates the history and influence of the Fondation Cartier through interviews, exhibition photographs, and documentation of the Jean Nouvel building
Andrzej Wróblewski (1927–1957) was one of the most unusual artists of the twentieth century. In only a single decade―he died prematurely at the age of thirty―he created an oeuvre in which one can perc
For this project, the author took photographs of Rochester, New York, with his last rolls of Kodachrome, a formerly vibrant colour film that can now only be processed as black-and-white. This book dea
As famous, and sometimes famously controversial, as the three generations of Wyeth artists have been, the artistic vision of Jamie Wyeth considered separate from the context of his family remains surp
A look at our exterior and interior worlds through intriguing and imaginative maps from over 130 contributors in the fields of art, science, film, and more
A prestigious catalog following the first solo exhibition of the artist in Italy at Fondazione Mudima. Kata Legrady''s approach to art takes the form of a symbolic encounter between objects associate
Other Rooms, the first publication to comprehensively feature Jo Ann Callis'' mid-1970s investigation of the nude body and sexuality, is a revelation; the work is provocative, seductive and remarkably
From the 1890s through the turn of the century, there was a flourishing of imaginative art and craft throughout Europe that we now know as Art Nouveau. The Netherlands experienced an inventive variant
The Albertina in Vienna houses one of the world’s most eminent collections of art. This extensive, sumptuously illustrated volume presents the museum’s masterpieces acquired by the founder of the coll
A man shrouded in mystery, Sergio Larrain (1931–2012) could be called a photographer’s photographer. Assuming the perspective of a vagabond, the Chilean captured breathtaking images, largely working
STAND was a site-specific installation, which in 2012 activated the architecture of the Capitain Petzel gallery in Berlin. The building was shrouded with an enormous depiction of the American flag in
The German capital is characterized by a lively, heterogeneous and innovative architectural scene with high technical and design standards. Berlin Architecture serves as a showcase of Berlin’s archite
