Asemic writing is a wordless form of writing, an art form offering an impression or abstraction of conventional physical writing. In Fluency, we see a union of Karla Van Vliet's lifelon...więcej »
2012 Reprint of 1960 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this unique and fascinating book, two collectors of pictorial symbols t...więcej »
Foundations of Design by Jeff Davis provides a straightforward examination of the basic principles of two-dimensional design. Written in a clear and concise style, this...więcej »
FRA ANGELICO
FRA ANGELICO, known by various names, including Fra Giovanni Beato Angelico da Fiesole (1399?-1455), is one of the very few painters of the Italian Renaissance who painted religio...więcej »
FRA FILIPPO LIPPIBy Paul G. KonodyThis is a study of the great Italian Renaissance painter Fra Filippo Lippi (1406-1469). He is best-known for his lyrical ima...więcej »
Fractals are patterns, infinitely reiterating, self-similar in shape. Benoit Mandelbrot coined the term in the 1970s, but scientists and mathematicians had been exploring the concept for centuri...więcej »
FRANK STELLA
A study of the American abstract artist Frank Stella (b. 1936), surveying his career from the famous Black Paintings of the late 1950s up to the present day.
Frank St...więcej »
In a market long dominated by Hollywood, French films are consistently the most widely distributed non-English language works. French cinema, however, appears to undergo a transformation as it...więcej »
The work consists of an exhibition memorial of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her impressive trajectory as one of the women who inscribed her name in the History of Humanity. It is a theoretic...więcej »
A fascinating book for any fan of classical music and the composers that have created some of the most marvelous symphonies, but how did certain people create these quantum leaps in music single ha...więcej »
Many church-goers will recognize the name William Bradbury, a nineteenth-century American composer of popular hymns still sung at Sunday services. Bradbury's name may also bring to mind Esther, ...więcej »
This is a delightful read for travellers, adventurers, artists and lovers. 'From Shadow into Sun' is a mix of travel diary, auto-biography, love letter and more, all richly illustrated on the sp...więcej »
What makes something funny? This book shows how humor can be analyzed without killing the joke. Alex Clayton argues that the brevity of a sketch or skit and its typical rejection of narrative devel...więcej »
Foundational text for Semiology as a scientific discipline; after a brief review of the history of this field of study , it identifies with precision the exclusive object and general problem for se...więcej »
A Fascinating Look at Italian Creative GeniusItalian culture might rightly be described as the pride and glory of the Western world. But how did this come about? What is ...więcej »