Gustav IIIs Collection including his own and other famous architects drawings, accompanied Gustav IV Adolf during his exile in 1809. The collection was returned to Sweden via a purchase in ...

It is well known that architecture has the potential to support and promote ideological propaganda. In the totalitarian regimes of twentieth-century Europe, political leaders clearly understood that potential and knew ...

A selection of twelve previously published papers by Ernst Grube which examine specific materials used in Islamic decorative arts. Six papers examine pottery and tiles, one considers Ilkhanis stucco work ...

A testament to the Detroit Institute of Arts rich and diverse collection, this impressive catalogue brings together a selection of the museums masterworks in American, European, African, Asian, Native American, ...

An in-depth look at the influence of Zaha Hadid's pedagogy on her practice and the architecture field The first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and the designer of ...

This book arose from two observations: that building design in the first decades of the 21st century accepts and pursues some increasingly odd and disturbing trends; and that there seems ...

Provides a comprehensive insight into the complete works of global design and innovation by the prolific industry giant, Ralph Johnson from Perkins+Will Presents a vivid and yielding portrayal of Ralph ...

Este libro es una recopilación de sesenta años en imágenes, en su mayoría inéditas, de los destinos más emblemáticos de veraneo de la costa cantábrica desde finales del siglo XIX ...

Edito per Electaarchitettura, il volume, bilingue italiano e inglese, documenta l'ideazione e la costruzione del moderno Headquarters che il gruppo industriale Chiesi Farmaceutici ha inaugurato nel giugno 2020 alle porte ...

In the 1910s, immediately after completing his studies, the Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz made a trip to Italy in order to discover classical architecture. Carrying a camera, the photos he ...

The Kyrenia ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC and sunk off the north coast of Cyprus 294-291 BC, was excavated between 1967 and 1972 under the direction of ...

Hilma af Klint became known to a wider audience in 2013, nearly 70 years after her death, in conjunction with Moderna Museets Stockholm exhibition Hilma af Klint: Abstract Pioneer. Six ...

This book - lavishly illustrated with plans, sketches, and photographs - emerged from an international educational cooperation of the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz, the Norwegian University of Science and ...

This sixth volume in the European Festival Studies series stems from a joint conference (Venice, 2013) between the Society for European Festivals Research and the European Science Foundations PALATIUM project. ...

The real history of photography is a vast collection of interconnected stories stretching from East Asia to West Africa, from New Zealand to Uzbekistan. It parallels acknowledged greats with forgotten ...

American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) experienced Spain, including the picturesque island of Majorca, as a source of rejuvenation and inspiration. Sargent and Spain features scores of the artists dazzling ...

Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was one of the greatest figurative painters of the twentieth century. With an unflinching eye and an uncompromising commitment to his work, he created masterpieces that continue ...

La muestra Picasso-González ofrece una nueva aproximación en torno a la colaboración artística entre ambos artistas y estudia el tema teniendo en cuenta el amplio contexto en el que se ...

The Present Prospects of Social Art History represents a major reconsideration of how art historians analyze works of art and the role that historical factors, both those at the moment ...