In 1979, Edward P. Alexander's Museums in Motion was hailed as a much-needed addition to the museum literature. In combining the history of museums since the eighteenth century with a detailed examination of the function of museums and museum workers in modern society, it served as an essential resource for those seeking to enter to the museum profession and for established professionals looking for an expanded understanding of their own discipline. Now, Mary Alexander has produced a newly revised edition of the classic text, bringing it the twenty-first century with coverage of emerging trends, resources, and challenges. New material also includes a discussion of the children's museum as a distinct type of institution and an exploration of the role computers play in both outreach and traditional in-person visits.
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An essential illustrated reference for both beginner and advanced potters, these step-by-step photographic sequences guide you through a comprehensive range of shaping, firing and decorating techniques, so you can begin making wonderful ceramics even if you've never attempted pottery before. Learn about essential tools and equipment, different types and constituencies of clay, methods of production and much more. Includes dozens of ideas for creating textured surface effects and decorations. Over 45,000 copies sold worldwide...
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The conclusion of the Cold War in 1989 signalled the beginning of a new era in Eastern Europe, and this widespread change was felt no less strongly in the world of art. In Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe, Piotr Piotrowski examines the art made after 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe in light of the profound political, social, economic and cultural transformations in the region...
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Featuring nearly 90 installations, sculptures, furniture, and objects, Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design explores some of the most cutting-edge conceptual and technical trends in woodworking today. The exhibition emphasizes the way artists, designers, and craftspeople have incorporated postmodernist approaches and strategies into woodworking—deconstructing vessel shapes, playing on the relationship between function and form, and utilizing woodturning and furniture techniques in the creation of sculpture and demonstrating exciting possibilities through the use of technology...
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What has been loosely termed Installation Art, dominates the exhibition programmes of galleries worldwide. However, while it is much discussed it has rarely been clearly defined. Installation Art provides, for the first time, a clear account of the rise of this now prevalent strand of contemporary art. Author Claire Bishop provides both a history and a full critical examination of installation art, in a survey of the form that is both thorough and accessible. While revising and, in some cases, re-assessing many well-known names in post-1960 art, it will also introduce the audience to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention..
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Ceramicists searching for new ways to fire their creations now have a wealth of options. Authors James Watkins and Paul Wandless, along with a group of distinguished artisans, demonstrate in detail how to build low-cost, low-tech, yet high-quality kilns and varied firing techniques...
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Offering compelling photos, engaging examples, and select studies by anthropologists in a variety of locations around the globe, this market-leading text presents cultural anthropology in vivid, accessible terms--showing students how the field is relevant to understanding the complex world around them.
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Award-winning scholar-professor Fred Kleiner continues to set the standard for art history textbooks, combining impeccable scholarship with an engaging approach that discusses the most significant artworks and monuments in their full historical and cultural contexts...
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Als erste umfassende Auseinandersetzung mit der ungarischen Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts führt die vorliegende Publikation bis hin zu aktuellen zeitgenössischen Tendenzen. Elf bedeutende ungarische Kunsthistoriker und Kuratoren untersuchen in ihren Texten unter anderem die Entwicklung der ungarischen Kunst im internationalen Vergleich sowie den spezifischen Beitrag Ungarns zur europäischen Kunstgeschichte am Beispiel der Schule von Nagybanya und Künstlern wie Lajos Kassák oder László Moholy-Nagy. Éva Forgács (Paul Ghetty Foundation Los Angeles) analysiert die Avantgarde in Ungarn bis zu den 70er Jahren. Lóránd Hegyi (Direktor des Museums Moderner Kunst Wien) beschreibt die Aufbruchstimmung in der ungarischen Kunstszene im noch kommunistischen Osteuropa der 80er Jahre.
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"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. But questions about the categories of "art" and "art history" acquired increased urgency during the 1970s, when new developments in critical theory and other intellectual projects dramatically transformed the discipline. The first edition of Critical Terms for Art History both mapped and contributed to those transformations, offering a spirited reassessment of the field's methods and terminology...
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This unique anthology brings together material from 38 well-known writers, artists, and scientists who attempt to describe the process by which original ideas come to them. Contributors include Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amy Lowell, Rudyard Kipling, Max Ernst, Katherine Anne Porter, Henry Miller, Carl Gustav Jung, Mary Wigman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Henri Poincaré and many others.
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A Helyzetkép nekem olyan, mint egy kézikönyv. Mert bár 2014-ben készültek a beszélgetések, az elmúlt 25 év legtöbb gondja-baja vita tárgyát képezi az egyes műsorokban. Az unió, a cigánykérdés, a felzárkóztatás, a politikusok cselekedetei, az urizálás, a társadalmi nézetkülönbségek, szóval minden, ami a közbeszédben benne van. És nem feltétlenül politikai korrekt /PC/ módon, hanem tisztességesen. A neves újságírók, politológusok véleményét olvasva jócskán eltöprenghetünk azon, miképpen történhetett meg, hogy egy negyedszázad sem volt elég bizonyos társadalmi gondok, elvárások tisztességes megoldására. Bőséggel találunk példákat arra is, mit rontottunk el, és miért.” Kondor Katalin előszavából
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