This handsomely illustrated book is an original attempt to make clear how much the art of the orators and the painters in the Renaissance had in common ... Extremely important for the history of art

Francis Alÿs examines the patterns of various urban sites before weaving his own fables into their tangled social fabric with wit, sensitivity, and an acutely personal connection to his subject matter.

A scene such as a Volkswagen Beetle struggling up a hill or a man pushing a block of ice can carry a message that resonates far beyond the work's simple parameters. As Alÿs puts it, 'Sometimes doing something poetic can become political, and sometimes doing something political can become poetic.'...

Almost all books on design present the finished article. Rarely do we gain an insight into how visual solutions have been reached or the exploration, experimentation, and embryonic ideas behind them. In this ambitious publication, some one hundred of the world's leading graphic designers and illustrators open up their private sketchbooks to offer a privileged glimpse into their creative process. The result is a visual tour de force...

During the 1960s and 1970s, the Russian conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov was a galvanizing figure in Moscow's underground art community, ultimately gaining international prominence as the “leader” of a band of artists known as the Moscow Conceptual Circle. Throughout this time, he created texts that he would distribute among his friends, and by the late 1990s his written production amounted to hundreds of pages...

The official catalogue to accompany Anselm Kiefer’s 2014 retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts, featuring sculpture, paintings and monumental installations that span Kiefer's forty-year career. The catalogue includes in-depth essays exploring the themes of history, religion and mythology in Kiefer's work, as well as numerous studio photographs taken by the artist himself.

Nach seinen Gemälden wird mittlerweile auch den Editionen Gerhard Richters international ein immer größeres Interesse entgegengebracht. Editionen sind all jene künstlerischen Originale, die nicht als Unikate, sondern in Auflage entstanden sind. Hubertus Butin stellt in seinem neuen Werkverzeichnis sämtliche Druckgrafiken, Fotoeditionen, Künstlerbücher, Multiples (Auflagenobjekte) und Gemäldeeditionen von 1965 bis 2013 vor. Mit grundlegenden Textbeiträgen und zahlreichen Abbildungen wird deutlich gemacht, dass die Editionen einen eigenständigen und zentralen Teil in Gerhard Richters Œuvre bilden. Sie bieten dem Künstler die Gelegenheit, ein größeres Publikum zu erreichen und gleichzeitig die Möglichkeiten des Bildnerischen auf besonders vielfältige und experimentelle Weise auszuloten.

Fanzines have been one of the liveliest forms of self-expression for over 70 years. Their subject matter is as varied as the passions of their creators, ranging across music, comics, typography, animal rights, politics, alternative lifestyles, clip art, thrift shopping, beer drinking …

Produced in small quantities, distributed by hand or via independent music or book stores, fanzines were the original medium of super-niche interest groups and the cultural underground. Ephemeral and irreplaceable, many have been lost to all but a few passionate collectors...

In 1929, ten years after the Bauhaus was founded, Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau launched the exhibition “New Typography.” László Moholy-Nagy, who had left Dessau the previous year and had earned a reputation as a designer in Berlin, was invited to exhibit his work together with other artists. He designed a room—entitled “Wohin geht die typografische Entwicklung?” (“Where is typography headed?”)—where he presented 78 wall charts illustrating the development of the “New Typography” since the turn of the century and extrapolating its possible future. To create these charts, he not only used his own designs, but also included advertising prints by colleagues associated with the Bauhaus...

History of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the ancient to the modern. Hundreds of color images show illustrations within their social, cultural, and technical context, while they are ordered from the past to the present. Readers will be able to analyze images for their displayed techniques, cultural standards, and ideas to appreciate the art form. This essential guide is the first history of illustration written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators.

Site-Specific Art charts the development of an experimental art form in an experimental way. Nick Kaye traces the fascinating historical antecedents of today's installation and performance art, while also assembling a unique documentation of contemporary practice around the world.
The book is divided into individual analyses of the themes of space, materials, site, and frames. These are interspersed by specially commissioned documentary artwork from some of the world's foremost practitioners and artists working today. This interweaving of critique and creativity has never been achieved on this scale before...

The Visual History of Type is a comprehensive, detailed survey of the major typefaces produced since the advent of printing with movable type in the mid-fifteenth century to the present day. Arranged chronologically to provide context, more than 320 typefaces are displayed in the form of their original type specimens or earliest printing. Each entry is supported by a brief history and description of key characteristics of the typeface.

This book will be the definitive publication in its field, appealing to graphic designers, educators, historians and design students. It will also be a significant resource for professional type designers and students of type....

„Michelangelo alighanem azért jött a világra, mert Isten példát akart mutatni általa a művészeknek” – írta kortársa és barátja, Giorgio Vasari, akinek köszönhetően a mester nevével elválaszthatatlanul összeforrt az „isteni” jelző...