Kunst & Kultur

Otto Dix (1891–1969) is considered one of the true lions of 20th-C art, a man who established himself as an uncompromising artist that refused to temper how he rendered the realities that he witnessed. Dix’s early works often depict the true brutalities of the WWI battlefields and trenches he served in for over three years, as well as the decadent underworld of 1920s Berlin.  With the publication of this first of three volumes of an extensive selection of letters, the most comprehensive collection of Otto Dix texts at last comes into print in English. Encompassing well over 1,000 letters, and ranging from friends and family to other artists, collectors, colleagues, critics & biographers, the letters offer a personal portrait of six decades of the 20th C. Dix himself was a controversial figure throughout his life, and while he claimed never to write self-testimonials, the artist had much to say about the widest range of subjects in his private correspondence. Therein, we discover much about a figure who exhibited a gruff, often abrasive persona to many, a man who depicted war with unrepentant brutality yet who could at the same time pen the most romantic, schmaltzy letters to his wife and sketch amusing caricatures to his daughter.   Following his experiences throughout WWI, Dix immediately took up with the dadaists in Dresden in 1919 and became an established figure as part of the Sezession. A few years later, after his first portrait commission in Dusseldorf in 1922, Dix met his future wife, Martha, with whom he would go on to raise three children, and who is one of the principle correspondents in this volume of letters. Some of his most significant work was produced in the 1920s, including his powerful Krieg (War) portfolio, for which the Nazis branded him a “degenerate artist” and forced him to resign his professorship in 1933. Condemned to internal exile, Dix thereafter resided in Hemmenhofen, in the extreme southwest part of Germany. Twelve years later, he would suffer further indignities from the Nazis when ordered to join the Volkssturm in 1945. Dix ended up in a prisoner-of-war camp, again a survivor of a second harrowing cataclysm. After his release, from 1946 onwards, the painter lived between East and West Germany, never truly at home in either ideologically, yet he remained prolific, continuing to produce art until the end of his life, having lived through two World Wars as well as the “Cold War.” This first volume covers the period 1904–1927 and the heart of it is a selection of Dix’s postcards from the WWI front written to his school friend in Dresden, Helene Jakob, a form of artistic reportage of uncanny power. Recipient of the Die schönsten Deutschen Bücher shortlist in 2014, Dix’s letters will prove to be of considerable interest to art historians, scholars of Expressionism, and aficionados of Dix, all of whom will encounter the artist as never before.

8.25 inch square format coloring book with 20 delightfully dark mandalas featuring the world's most infamous monsters from myth, literature and pop culture. Each spread of single-sided pages features a mandala design, plus info about the creature, additional illustrations to practice on and space to test your colors. Grab your gel pens, fine tips and a good pencil sharpener, because the details can get devilishly delicate...but you're not afraid of that, are you? Monsters include: the Great Old Ones, Vampire, Daikaiju, Balrog, Witch, Wyrm, Medusa, Bigfoot, Mummy, Wendigo, Slenderman, Leviathan, Minotaur, Jorogumo, Zombies, the Grim Reaper, Werewolf, Chupacabra, T-Rex and Alien.

A follow-up to the bestselling "An Evolution of Bond" comes Collection Editions James Bond. For the first time every 007 fan can see the entire history of the world's most famous spy. From Ian Fleming's wartime adventures through to the creation of this beloved character... Bringing books to screen, the lawsuits, the scandals, the lost opportunities, the deaths and loss of limbs on set, and the successes of the biggest movie franchise ever.

Michele created this book, Art In My Heart; The Power of Watercolor Mandala Making, from her original 6-week classes, where she developed her own unique way of teaching watercolor and mandalas. She makes learning to paint watercolor simple and easy. At the same time, she teaches how to have fun with the profound process of creating personal mandalas.Full color and beautiful, this how-to book shows how to create many different mandalas and enjoy immediate results. Each chapter presents a new mandala with a “How to Get Started” section at the end of the chapter.There are inspirational examples of Michele’s mandalas as well her student’s. Finally, it tells the story of how Michele got started with mandalas and what they taught her about centering, healing and painting from her heart. This is a book for anyone to learn watercolor, create personal mandalas and connect with their inner creative spirit.

In the first complete biography of Metal legends Sepultura's epic career, Sao Paulo-based US author Jason Korolenko tells the remarkable story of how Brazil's biggest musical act came to sell over 20 million albums world-wide. -- .

The creator of popular blog "Advanced Style" brings together affectionate portraits of older people celebrating love around the world.

This Companion is an invaluable resource for music students and teachers, professional and amateur musicians, scholars and record collectors. It provides seventeen chapters on every aspect of the harpsichord and its music - composers, genres, national styles, tuning and the art of harpsichord building - by fourteen leading experts in the field.

An investigation into the elements of looking, combining art and science and painting a portrait of our culture, by the critically-acclaimed writer and filmmaker

Highlighting the universal importance of the color white in culture

New edition of this book, originally published in 2008, featuring Karol Bodmer's iconic watercolours and the engravings made later from them. A unique document of 19th-century Native American culture. Text in English and German.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this pictorial journey back to the magical-and turbulent-1960s. It was a time when culture, society and politics were changing at a rapid pace. And it was the music of Motown that brought people together in a way never before achieved in popular culture. It didn't matter if you were black or white, rich or poor, young or old...we were ALL listening to, dancing to, and buying the music of Motown. Motown provided the soundtrack for the 1960s. This book is a collection of photos taken by Motown fans throughout the years. Because it is based on available photos from those fans willing to share their collections, not all of Motown's artists are represented here. Most of the photos depict Motown artists today, rather than as they appeared in their heyday.

Einst gleichgesetzt mit hässlichen Autobahnbrücken und abbröckelnden Fassaden ungeliebter Wohnblocks, hat Beton ein Revival erfahren und gilt heute als verwegen und sexy. Dieses Buch versammelt die beeindruckendsten Betonbauten zeitgenössischer Architektur, hervorgebracht sowohl von Stars wie Tadao Ando und Herzog & de Meuron als auch von aufstrebenden neuen Büros wie dem russischen SPEECH.

A reduced edition of this cornucopia of Karl Lagerfeld's legendary maxims.

An exclusive look at the art and creation of the PS4 exclusive videogame Marvel's Spider-Man.

This retrospective of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen's most groundbreaking designs explores the underlying themes of his work, informed by commentary from members of McQueen's inner circle such as Simon Costin, Bobby Hillson and Les Child.

Ganz entspannt und natürlich entblößen die Modelle ihre hübsche Vulva, deren dichte Schambehaarung manchmal bis in die Pofalte wandert und ihren Anus einrahmt. Manche Mädchen haben einen kohlschwarzen Busch und Achselhaare. Einige rasieren sich teilweise und lassen nur einen Streifen stehen. Auch ein sorgfältig rasiertes Dreieck auf dem Schamhügel, das mit seiner unteren Spitze auf den Kitzler und die Schamlippen zeigt, ist eine beliebte Frisur. Aber die meisten Mädchen rasieren sich gar nicht und bevorzugen es, die Haare natürlich und wild wachsen zu lassen. Nicht nur im Orient, auch im Westen schenken heute noch Frauen ihre Schamhaare als Zeichen der Liebe und Freundschaft. Manchmal sind sie sorgfältig in kleine Säckchen eingenäht. Bis in unsere Tage verwenden Frauen ihre Schamhaare für magische Liebesrituale.

Out of print for fifty years, Jeff Nuttall's legendary exploration of radical 1960s art, music, and protest movements.

With a new foreword by Will Johnson, this book presents a detailed account of the Rust Belt-born prolific and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter Jason Molina. As the first authorized account of this self-mythologizer, the book provides unparalleled insight into Molina's tormented life and the Midwest musical underground that birthed him.

A book without words, recounting a day in the life of an office worker, told completely in the symbols, icons, and logos of modern life. Twenty years ago I made Book from the Sky, a book of illegible Chinese characters that no one could read. Now I have created Book from the Ground, a book that anyone can read.—Xu BingFollowing his classic work Book from the Sky, the Chinese artist Xu Bing presents a new graphic novel—one composed entirely of symbols and icons that are universally understood. Xu Bing spent seven years gathering materials, experimenting, revising, and arranging thousands of pictograms to construct the narrative of Book from the Ground. The result is a readable story without words, an account of twenty-four hours in the life of "Mr. Black,” a typical urban white-collar worker.Our protagonist's day begins with wake-up calls from a nearby bird and his bedside alarm clock; it continues through tooth-brushing, coffee-making, TV-watching, and cat-feeding. He commutes to his job on the subway, works in his office, ponders various fast-food options for lunch, waits in line for the bathroom, daydreams, sends flowers, socializes after work, goes home, kills a mosquito, goes to bed, sleeps, and gets up the next morning to do it all over again. His day is recounted with meticulous and intimate detail, and reads like a postmodern, post-textual riff on James Joyce's account of Bloom's peregrinations in Ulysses. But Xu Bing's narrative, using an exclusively visual language, could be published anywhere, without translation or explication; anyone with experience in contemporary life—anyone who has internalized the icons and logos of modernity, from smiley faces to transit maps to menus—can understand it.

This book considers the greatest film scores produced over a span of more than 80 years. Each entry includes background information about the film, biographical information about the composer, a concise analysis of the score, and a summary of the score's impact both within the film it accompanies, but also on cinematic history.