It is well known that architecture has the potential to support and promote ideological propaganda. In the totalitarian regimes of twentieth-century Europe, political leaders clearly understood that potential and knew ...

An in-depth look at the influence of Zaha Hadid's pedagogy on her practice and the architecture field The first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and the designer of ...

Graphic Design in Museum Exhibitions offers an in-depth analysis of the multiple roles that exhibition graphics perform in contemporary museums and exhibitions. Drawing on a study of exhibitions that took ...

Photography, both in the form of contemporary practice and that of historical material, now occupies a significant place in the citadels of Western art culture. It has an institutional network ...

Dès le début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, René Magritte (1898-1967), frappé par la similitude du climat européen sous le joug nazi avec ce qu'exprimait le surréalisme, dresse le bilan ...

This book takes a new look at the eclectic work of Dominique Coulon; his production of public buildings illustrates the complexity of his architectural approach. Dominique Coulon plays with context, ...

Tracey Emin (b. 1963) has long claimed that Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was the artist who had inspired her the most. In her formative years as an artist, it was the ...

Deeply stratified settlements are a distinctive site type featuring prominently in diverse later prehistoric landscapes of the Old World. Their massive materiality has attracted the curiosity of lay people and ...

Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism This book investigates how architecture can shape an open-minded and inclusive society, highlighting three internationally renowned projects: the White Mosque in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1980); the ...

Whether we like a room or not largely depends on the design of the color landscape that we perceive when we enter the room. What is the key? In what ...

Rooted in the modernist tradition, Erdy McHenry Architecture brings uncommon rigour to their work. Recognised for their uniquely diverse portfolio of mixed-use, institutional, office, agricultural, and residential design, Erdy McHenry ...

The Meadows Museum, founded by Algur H. Meadows, boasts one of the finest collections of Spanish art outside Spain. This impressive handbook presents the breadth of the museum's holdings, which ...

In the world of interior design, mid-century Modernism has left an indelible mark still seen and felt today in countless open-concept floor plans and spare, geometric furnishings. Yet despite our ...

Tokyo is Japans cultural and commercial epicenter, bursting with vibrancy and life. Its buildings, both historical and contemporary, are a direct reflection of its history and its people. Kengo Kuma ...

La Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) guarda una colección de 156 manuscritos iluminados franceses y flamencos fechados entre los siglos IX y XVI de enorme interés histórico y artístico. El ...

In 1940s occupied Paris, Jean Dubuffet began to champion a progressive vision for art; one that rejected classical notions of beauty in favor of a more visceral aesthetic. Taking a ...

By reorganizing access to a wide spectrum of fundamental domains, such as education, housing, health care, or even political information, platforms are destined to become the most powerful players regulating ...

This major work provides the first comprehensive history of one of modernism's most defining and controversial architectural legacies: the 20th-century drive to provide 'homes for the people'. Vast programmes of ...

Figura absoluta del arte latinoamericano en la escena internacional, Vicuña está considerada una de las máximas representantes de la performance, pero es también escritora, poeta, activista y artista visual. Desde ...

Can a sculpture be a river? Can contemporary art unite conflicting systems of belief? Do other species appreciate culture? And can public art revive communities and ecosystems? Cristina Iglesias horizontal ...