В монографии представлены материалы по истории архитектуры Китая, на примере которых рассмотрены основные закономерности развития этой важнейшей сферы традиционной культуры. Выявлены принципы планировки и конструктивные особенности зданий, их связь с использованием новых строительных материалов, а также взаимовлияние архитектурных традиций Китая и сопредельных стран

Modern Women explores how history might account for the women missing from the familar narrative of modernism; how women variously fit into, redefine or upend the usual categories of art and art-making; and the role of the Museum of Modern Art as a site of both patronage and protest. This book offers a lively discourse around gender and the production of meaning in art, one absolutely necessary for a more complex understanding of the art of our time

Along Route 66 describes the architectural styles found along the highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and pairs photos with stories of the buildings and of the people who built them, lived in them, and made a living from them

A beautiful exhibition catalog for a landmark collection of works on paper, An American Focus: The Anderson Graphic Arts Collection, reproduces the complete exhibition including works by Diebenkorn, Stella, Lichtenstein, and Rauschenberg, in addition to a checklist and essays on American collecting prints and printmaking

This is a great book for fans of the art of Winslow Homer; the book contains reproductions of many of his great watercolors related to the theme of fishing - and fishing was one of Homer's passions. Anyone with a slight familiarity with Homer's work who would like to see a more in-depth analysis of this paintings that relate to a single theme - fishing - will likely enjoy this book. It accompanies an exhibition of splendid paintings.... kaleidoscopic views of trout ponds, brilliantly colored trophy fish, and evocative transcriptions of a sportsman`s days on teeming rivers and lazy creeks

Art Deco 1910-1939 surveys the sources and development of the popular style with more than 400 color illustrations and 40 chapters by numerous design specialists. The book's broad focus encompasses industrial artifacts (the Hindenburg blimp, the Burlington Zephyr locomotive), as well as architecture, furniture, accessories, fashion, jewelry, typography and poster design

This book serves as the catalog for a major exhibition and conservation project organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem, in association with the Williamstown Art Conservation Center and the six participating HBCUs. The book contains a profile of each university collection, color reproductions of many artworks included in the exhibition, biographical information on all the represented artists, and documentation of the conservation and care practices helping to preserve the art for future generations

This book offers a fascinating pyscho-social biography of Winslow Homer. More than a biography, it offers much discussion of his art and his artistic motivations, along with outstanding quality reproductions

The book demonstrates the resurgence of interest in streamlining among international vanguard designers from the 1980 to the present. It celebrates streamlining as epitomized by the work of Raymond Loewy, Donald Deskey, Henri Dreyfuss, Russel Wright, and Norman Bel Geddes, and introduces other industrial designers

In this handsome volume Philip Parisi offers a comprehensive view of these stunning and historic works of art - with 104 of the 127 images in full color. He tells the story of how they came to be, how the communities influenced and accepted them, and what efforts have been made to restore and preserve them. A map guides visitors to the locations of the extant treasures