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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days The New Paradigm in Architecture tells the story of a movement that has changed the face of architecture over the last forty years. The book begins by surveying the counter culture of the 1960s, when Jane Jacobs and Robert Venturi called for a more complex urbanism and architecture. It concludes by showing how such demands began to be realized by the 1990s in a new architecture that is aided by computer design-more convivial, sensuous, and articulate than the Modern architecture it challenges. Promoted by such architects as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and Peter Eisenman, it has also been adopted by many schools and offices around the world. Charles Jencks traces the history of computer design which is, at its heart, built on the desire for an architecture that communicates with its users, one based on the heterogeneity of cities and global culture. This book, the first to explore the broad issue of Postmodernism, has fostered its growth in other fields such as philosophy and the arts. First written at the start of an architectural movement in the mid-1970s, it has been translated into eleven languages and has gone through six editions. Now completely rewritten and with two new chapters, this edition brings the history up to date with the latest twists in the narrative and the turn to a new complexity in architecture. Features Summary The story of a movement that changed the face of architecture over the last 40 years of the 20th century. First written at the start of an architectural movement in the middle 1970s... Author Charles Jencks Publisher Yale University Press Release date 20020614 Pages 279 ISBN 0-300-09512-0 ISBN 13 978-0-300-09512-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The art and architecture of the Bavarian capital are examined in this book. Tracing Munich's history from the 12th-century to the present, it illustrates the city's treasures, from the collections of antiquities, to baroque and rococo buildings, to the neon-lit festivities of the modern day. Features Summary The art and architecture of the Bavarian capital are examined in this book. Tracing Munich's history from the 12th-century to the present, it illustrates the city's treasures... Author Hans F. Nohbauer (Author), Achim Bunz (Photographer) Publisher Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. Release date 19941027 Pages 348 ISBN 1-55859-865-0 ISBN 13 978-1-55859-865-2

THE ARTS IN SOUTH AFRICA Edited by W.H.K. THE KNOX PRINTING COMPANY 1933/34 BLUE REXINE BOARDS, GOLD EMBOSSED TITLE TO FRONT COVER & SPINE,  Size:  25cm x 19cm   302 PAGES, CORNERS BUMPED, HINGE STARTING TO CRACK ON TITLE PAGE, FRONT COVER MILDLY BOWED (WHICH WILL RECOVER IN TIME) NO INSCRIPTIONS, SOME SMALL SCRATCH MARK TO HEAD OF SPINE, BINDING GOOD, A GOOD/VERY GOOD COPY. Covering South African Artist's small Biographies from: Music, Literature, Architecture, Fine Arts, Dramatic Art, Broadcasting & Dancing. Includes: Jack Calder, Hedley Chilvers, Ruth Cohen, Cecil Dana, Hans Endler, Shelley Jack Francis, Paul Kerby, Maggie Loubser, Otto Menge, Douglas Mossop, Ruth Prowse, Irene Van Dyck, Norah M. Wolfe & many more. VERY SCARCE BOOK!!! POSTAGE R70.00 due to weight S.A.P.O.  

Paperback. English. SA National Gallery. 1968. In fair condition. Hulde aan - Homage to Irma Stern 1894 - 1966. South African National Gallery, Cape Arts Festival 1968. This exhibition catalogue is presented by the Rembrandt Van Rijn Art Foundation in co-operation with the Cape Arts Festival and the S A National Gallery - 1968. Contents include - Introduction, Some notes on the palette of Irma Stern, Catalogue, Illustrations, Biographical Notes, One man exhibitions, Films on Irma Stern, Previous catalogues and Bibliography. Paperback, 52 pages, 13 full page plates (all black and white). Text in English and Afrikaans. Condtion - some shelfwear and signs of use with some paper loss to the cover. Internally good.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days It will come as a surprise to many that a wealth of Gothic art and architecture can still be found in Ireland. This ground-breaking book examines for the first time the most westerly expression of Gothic--on the edge of Europe--and traces its development from the beginning of the thirteenth century to the Reformation. Colum Hourihane offers new insights into Gothic Irish art, and he presents a revised view of art in Ireland in the Middle Ages. Brought to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans and religious reform movements, the style was adopted and adapted locally, first appearing in monastic architecture and subsequently in the other arts. The book looks at what survives of Gothic art in Ireland, examines previously unknown material, and discusses such wide-ranging topics as the historiography of the style, its metalwork, iconography, and forms. Features Summary An examination of Irish Gothic art from the years 1169 to 1550. It looks at what survives of Gothic art in Ireland and discusses such wide-ranging topics as the historiography of the style... Author Colum Hourihane Publisher Yale University Press Release date 20030401 Pages 208 ISBN 0-300-09435-3 ISBN 13 978-0-300-09435-0

 Educating Alice ADVENTURES OF A CURIOUS WOMAN By ALICE STEINBACH     When Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Alice Steinbach decided to take a year off to explore Europe and rediscover what it was like to be an independent woman, she left her job, family, friends and routine behind. The result, WITHOUT RESERVATIONS, became a bestseller and inspired women everywhere to take that leap, if not in reality, at least in their imaginations.But having opened the door to a new way of living, Steinbach found herself unwilling to return to the old routine. She quit her job and left home again, only this time her objective was to find a way to combine three of her greatest passions: travelling, writing and learning. EDUCATING ALICE is the intimate, funny and richly entertaining story of her adventures roaming the world to conquer new challenges, large and small. She learns how to cook at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, tackles the intricacies of traditional Japanese arts in Kyoto, makes a pilgrimage to Jane Austen's birthplace, revisits the past in Prague, surrenders to the spontaneous joy of music and memories in Havana, uncovers the secrets of border collie training in Scotland, and much, much more. Along the way, Steinbach learns more from the people she connects with on her travels and unplanned encounters than any of her lessons.                     This funny and tender book combines three of Alice Steinbach’s greatest passions: learning, traveling, and writing. After chronicling her European journey of self-discovery in Without Reservations,  this Pulitzer Prize—winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun quit her job and left home again. This time she roamed the world, taking lessons and courses in such things as French cooking in Paris, Border collie training in Scotland, traditional Japanese arts in Kyoto, and architecture and art in Havana. With warmth and wit, Steinbach guides us through the pleasures and perils of discovering how to be a student again. She also learns the true value of this second chance at educating herself: the opportunity to connect with and learn from the people she meets along the way.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain was inevitably the epicenter of the development of modern industrial design. This book-the fourth volume in the "MoMA Design Series," featuring works in the Museum's extraordinary design collection-explores this legacy, tracing the growth of British design from the early stages of the Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century to the Millennium Dome and beyond. In its more than 200-year scope, "British Design" explores a variety of design products and movements, such as Wedgwood pottery, the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes of World War II, the Mini car and Dyson vacuum cleaner, the "Cool Britannia" cultural explosion in the late 1990s and British designers' take on the digital devices that define entertainment and communication in the early twenty-first century. An introduction by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, provides an overview of design culture in Britain; an essay and timeline by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, former design critic for "The New Statesman" and author of "The Most Beautiful Molecule" and "New American," illuminate the masterpieces of modern British design superbly reproduced in the volume's plate section. Features Summary Text by Hugh Aldersey-Williams. Introduction by Paola Antonelli. Author Hugh Aldersey-Williams Publisher Museum of Modern Art Release date 20100501 Pages 143 ISBN 0-87070-781-7 ISBN 13 978-0-87070-781-0