Konsthistoria & stilar från 1900

Postmodernismen hör till de senaste decenniernas mest inflytelserika teorier. I När postmodernismen kom till Sverige skildrar Johan Lundberg hur det postmoderna tankegodset slog igenom på svenska kultursidor och i kretsen kring Svenska Akademien p...

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Containing the stories of four legendary fashion houses, this collectable box holds a beautiful set of covetable style guides. Exploring four designers who exemplify elegance and high couture, these little books of fashion follow these brands from...

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Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted museums, and record prices of tens of millions of do...

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In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideals for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanshi...

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En fantastisk anteckningsbok med lyxig kvalitet och legendarisk design. 176 gräddvita och linjerade sidor, 2st sidmarkörer. Längst bak en praktisk ficka att lägga kvitton, bilder eller annat viktigt i. Boken stängs med magnet så att den håller iho...

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In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining "form-givers of the 20th century." Today, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. As a Bauhaus pioneer, even his earliest ...

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Alla känner till Carl Larsson-gården i Sundborn, det världsberömda konstnärshemmet i Dalarna. Alla vet vem Carl Larsson var. Och alla har sett hans Karin på tavlorna. Många vet också att hon i likhet med sin man hade konstnärlig begåvning och en g...

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Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many...

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Denmark has long since written international design history. Today, Danish furniture, textiles, and home appliances and utensils from the sixties and seventies are more popular than ever. The beautiful pieces are meanwhile for sale at design galle...

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For over a hundred years 'the avant-garde' has been the most influential concept in modern art; its impact on the history of modern culture has been profound. In this Very Short Introduction, David Cottington explores why the avant-garde carries s...

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Följ med på spaning efter portaler i Jugend och Art Nouveau utmed Stockholms gator och torg. Tvärtemot vad många tror finns det gott om spännande jugendportaler i Stockholm, prydda med både rosor och tistlar, tallkottar och ekorrar, vackra flickor...

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Kairos nr 11: På flera plan kan den konceptuella konsten ses som en direkt vidareutveckling av minimalismen, en radikalisering av dess idéer om objektets beroende av sin kontext och därmed som ytterligare ett steg i nedbrytningen av idén om det »e...

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The photographer and visual artist Erik Johansson creates surreal worlds through his own unique method. It often takes him months just to create one image, in a process where his photographs are combined so that an original place emerges. The resu...

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Hur Taserudsjugend kom till världen Bröderna Eriksson (Ola, Karl och Elis) övertog sin fars snickeri 1891 och startade Bröderna Erikssons Möbelverkstad i Arvika. De var då alla välutbildade och snickeriet var redo utföra avancerade beställningar. ...

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The rise of the major European avant-garde groups the Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Cubists, and Surrealists between 1851 to 1929, was also a time of rapid social, economic, and political change, encompassing a revolut...

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A new selection of post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gough's letters, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh put a human face on one of the most haunting figures in modern Western culture. In this Penguin Classics edition, the letters are selected a...

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In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928-1962) declared that "a new world calls for a new man." With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold artist would go on to pursue a brief but bountiful career, producing more than 1,000 pain...

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Dark Souls: Design Works Showcasing the grim and chilling artwork behind the fan-favorite Dark Souls game in a gorgeous hardcover collection. Dark Souls: Design Works features key visuals, concept art, character & monster designs, rough sketches, ...

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Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise. This handsome hardcover contains never-before-seen concept a...

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"We benefit from Saltz's rare ability to articulate the mysterious alchemy of great art." - New York Times "An entertaining, informative, and, at times, profoundly affecting read." - Canberra Times "The most famous, most l...

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In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private home...

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Through four case studies, Curating beyond the Mainstream researches decolonial and other non-hegemonic approaches to the profession of curating in Sweden from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Carlos Capelán, Elisabet Haglund, Gunilla Lundahl, and Ja...

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A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of Klimt's major works alongside authoritative art histori...

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Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century's most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful lead...

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*A Financial Times Book of the Year* 'The first time I opened What Artists Wear, I gasped with pleasure. Imagine it as a kind of punk cousin to John Berger's Ways of Seeing, liberally illustrated with the most astonishing images of artists, decked...

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Discover the ultimate collection of Ron Cobb's artwork from across his entire career (Alien, Star Wars, Back to the Future) in this comprehensive coffee table book. During his sixty-year career, Ron Cobb provided concept art for some of the bigges...

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Färgstark, subjektiv, hyllad, kritiserad. Sjutton arkitekter, stadsplanerare, byggnadsantikvarier och konstvetare granskar ismen som bröt med postmodernismens formspråk. Genom texter, bilder, planritningar och skisser undersöker de 1980- och 90-ta...

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How to use design as a tool to create not only things but ideas, to speculate about possible futures. Today designers often focus on making technology easy to use, sexy, and consumable. In Speculative Everything, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby propo...

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In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, ...

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No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye!" who stayed true to ...

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