Kunst & Kultur

The book takes the reader through all the major steps of fashion portfolio creation. A beautiful but practical book that provides useful techniques and helps the reader get inside the mind of the designer.

The author has been conducting ongoing conversations with the world's greatest living artists since he began in Switzerland, aged 19, with Fischli and Weiss. In this book, he chooses nineteen of the greatest figures and presents their conversations, offering the reader intimacy with the artists and insight into their creative processes.

A multi-disciplinary study of the notion of the baroque, using examples of music, art, visual culture, literature and architecture, revealing it to be a global phenomenon -- .

Leitmotifs are a type of associative theme found in dramatic music. In this book, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the background and development of the musical leitmotif, from Wagner and art music to the Hollywood adaptations of The Lord of The Rings and the Harry Potter series.

A Danish musician here presents the most accurate, comprehensive work on a major figure in American jazz: Lester Willis Young (1909-1959), better known as `Pres' or `Prez,' from the nickname `President' given to him by Billie Holiday.

Addresses the needs of researchers, performers, and informed listeners who wish to apply knowledge about historically informed performance to specific pieces. This title emphasises on the period 1680 to 1760, when the viol, violin, and violoncello grew to prominence as solo instruments in France.

Broadway actress Billie Burke was one of the most sought after young stage beauties of her time, stealing the hearts of Enrico Caruso, Mark Twain, and, most importantly, famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, who became her husband. This book provides the history of Burke's stage, screen, and radio work.

Chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped film since its inception. This title discusses the milestones that have given Hollywood a hegemony over world cinema. It also features subjects as diverse as German Expressionism, auteur theory and Third Cinema.

Artistic Research Methodology argues for artistic research as a context-aware and historical process that works inside-in, beginning and ending with acts committed within an artistic practice. This book is essential reading for university courses in art, art education, media and social sciences.

Charlie Louvin was a good, god-fearing, church-going Christian gospel singer. His brother Ira was not. Ira lived fast and died young. This title presents the tale of the sixty-plus-year career of Charlie Louvin, the murder ballads of the Louvin Brothers, and an epic tale of two brothers bound together by love, hate, alcohol, blood, and music.

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood-the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie-tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time .

Examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art. Early interpreters seized fancifully on resemblances between figurines from different places, but contemporary practice rejects such interpretive leaps. Lesure argues for the necessity of comparison and offers a new analytical framework.

Shows how, from the mid eighteenth century onward, sublime feeling is, instead, constantly rearticulated in a complex interaction with musicality. This book rewrites musically the history and philosophy of the sublime. It presents a sublime of matter, rather than form-performative rather than representational.

Covers the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to those who do motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy, or director of photography. This book focuses on what is important when working on-set: trouble-shooting, teamwork, set protocol, and safety.

The premier study of an incomparable American director

Eileen Gray is regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early 20th century and the most influential woman in those fields. Her work inspired both modernism and Art Deco. This title presents a survey of her eventful life and groundbreaking career.

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Suitable for those serious about photography, this comprehensive guide takes you from capture to output in both digital and film media, with sections on lens use, darkroom techniques, digital cameras and scanners, image editing techniques and processes, workflow, digital file formats and image archiving.

Traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. This translation of the original "A sthetik des Performativen" addresses key issues in performance art, experimental theatre and cultural performances to lay the ground for a fresh appreciation of the artistic event.

The final word on the world's greatest rock band, Led Zeppelin.

Examining Wim Wenders' career from his early film school productions through his mature works of the 1970s, this book also analyses the most recent works, as well as the themes and preoccupations that unite his oeuvre.

What were the contexts, aims, achievements, and impact of the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art? Andrew Stewart introduces students to these questions, examining Greek architecture, painting, and sculpture of the fifth and fourth centuries BC in relation to the great political, social, cultural, and intellectual issues of the period.

Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this book identifies and explores the use of heritage throughout the world. Challenging the idea that heritage value is self-evident, and that things must be preserved, it demonstrates how it gives tangibility to the values that underpin different communities.

Takes up the story of bands and their development from the end of the WWII to the start of the new millennium. Considering both local and regional contests and larger-scale national events, this title investigates the impact of the radio, television, and commercial recording on the brass band industry, and what the future holds for the genre.