Tag: Arts

Free Download Judith H. Miller, "Decorative Arts: Style and Design from Classical to Contemporary"
English | 2006 | pages: 442 | ISBN: 1405312904 | PDF | 93,5 mb
This is a comprehensive guide to the history and development of style and design from 1700 to the present day, from No.1 antiques and collectables expert Judith Miller. From priceless Oriental porcelain and Huguenot silver to exquisite Art Deco glass and minimalist contemporary chairs, explore the entire spectrum of decorative pieces including furniture, ceramics, silverware, glass, textiles, sculpture, clocks, and posters through the centuries. Discover how to identify the key features and motifs, materials and techniques that influenced design and their significance. Uncover the stories behind the key designers and craftsmen, and the movements they represent. Over 3,000 beautiful items reveal the style and beauty of furnishings and objects used to decorate interiors through the centuries.

Free Download Mark William Roche, "Beautiful Ugliness: Christianity, Modernity, and the Arts"
English | ISBN: 0268207011 | 2023 | 520 pages | EPUB | 81 MB
This book probes the intersection of the beautiful and the ugly, offering a systematic framework to understand, interpret, and evaluate how ugliness can contribute to beautiful art.

Free Download Slav N. Gratchev, "The Poetics of the Avant-garde in Literature, Arts, and Philosophy"
English | ISBN: 1793615748 | 2020 | 246 pages | EPUB, PDF | 9 MB + 4 MB
The Poetics of the Avant-garde in Literature, Arts, and Philosophy presents a range of chapters written by a highly international group of scholars from disciplines such as literary studies, arts, theatre, and philosophy to analyze the ambitions of avant-garde artists. Together, these essays highlight the interdisciplinary scope of the historic avant-garde and the interconnectedness of its artists.

Free Download Antonella Brita, "Manuscripts and Performances in Religions, Arts, and Sciences "
English | ISBN: 3111343472 | 2023 | 440 pages | EPUB, PDF | 141 MB + 16 MB
Throughout history, manuscripts have been made and used for religious, artistic, and scientific performances, and this practice continues in most cultures today. By focusing on the role manuscripts have in different kinds of performances, this volume contributes to the evolving field of investigating written artefacts and their functions.

Free Download Leadership in Arts Organisations: The Power of Successful Work Relationships by Andrea Hausmann , Lena Zischler
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 164 Pages | ISBN : 3031401905 | 4.1 MB
At a time of transformation for many arts and cultural organisations, this book provides a compact, in-depth and practical introduction to effective leadership in arts organisations. It begins with an overview of leadership theories, then moves on discuss the specific tasks and challenges of leadership in the arts, including digital leadership and remote work challenges for arts managers.

Free Download Maiju Loukola, "Figurations of Peripheries Through Arts and Visual Studies: Peripheries in Parallax "
English | ISBN: 1032390646 | 2023 | 188 pages | EPUB, PDF | 11 MB + 15 MB
This edited volume breaks new ground for understanding peripheries and peripherality by providing a multidisciplinary cross-exposure through a collection of chapters and visual essays by researchers and artists.

Free Download Margarita Georgieva, "Depictions of Children and the Adults Journey in the Arts"
English | ISBN: 1527500233 | 2017 | 102 pages | PDF | 416 KB
Why do adults write about the child and why do they choose to depict children? This book looks at various examples from literature, art and film to analyze aspects of adults outlook on the child, and what it tells us about the adult. It pays special attention to the eye motif, as well as looking, watching and representing children. It outlines what might become an interesting topic of analysis for other studies, namely, the idea that the adults journey to self-actualization passes through writing for and about children. Rather than drawing major conclusions, the book opens venues for further thought on the topics treated. It also brings together works that might not have been compared or contrasted before, so that the reader can acquire a broader view of the threads that connect literature, art and film.

Free Download Creating Digitally: Shifting Boundaries: Arts and Technologies-Contemporary Applications and Concepts by Anthony L. Brooks
English | EPUB (True) | 2023 | 562 Pages | ISBN : 3031313593 | 148.8 MB
This book of 21 chapters shares endeavors associated to the human trait of creative expression within, across, and between digital media in wide-ranging contexts making the contents perfect as a course study book uptake within related educations. Globally located chapter authors share their comprehensive artisan perspectives from works associated with regional cultures, diversities of interpretations, and widespread scopes of meanings. Contents illustrate contemporary works reflecting thought-provoking comprehensions, functions, and purposes, posit as contributing toward shifting of boundaries within the field. Original to this approach is the reflective offerings on creating digitally beyond typical psychological analysis/rapportage. The book’s general scope and key uses are thus to contribute to scholarly discussions toward informing future projects by having an intended wide readership including from within educations, to artisans, and wider interested public.

Free Download Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3319570714 | 2794 Pages | PDF True | 114 MB
The goal of this Handbook is to become an authoritative source with chapters that show the origins, unification, and points of similarity between different disciplines and mathematics. Some chapters will also show bifurcations and the development of disciplines which grow to take on a life of their own. Science and Art are used as umbrella terms to encompass the physical, natural and geological sciences, as well as the visual and performing arts.

Free Download Albert Sonnenfeld, "Food Is Culture (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)"
English | 2006 | pages: 163 | ISBN: 0231137907 | PDF | 0,7 mb
Elegantly written by a distinguished culinary historian, Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with food―its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption―represents a cultural act. Even the "choices" made by primitive hunters and gatherers were determined by a culture of economics (availability) and medicine (digestibility and nutrition) that led to the development of specific social structures and traditions.