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247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm
Genève : Skira, 1985.
Journal de l'art nouveau, 1870-1914 / Jean-Paul Bouillon.
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Genève : Skira, 1985.
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In 'Japanese Gardens and Landscapes, 1650-1950' Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation.
Japanese landscapes and gardens, 1650-1950
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In 'Japanese Gardens and Landscapes, 1650-1950' Wybe Kuitert presents a richly illustrated survey of the gardens and the people who commissioned, created, and used them and chronicles the modernization of traditional aesthetics in the context of economic, political, and environmental transformation.
Gardens
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A ground-breaking contribution to contemporary thinking about aesthetics, Arthur C. Danto's new collection of interconnected essays grapples with the most challenging issues in art today, among them the problems of contemporary pluralism and the dilemmas of censorship and state support for artists.
Beyond the Brillo box, the visual arts in post-historical perspective
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A ground-breaking contribution to contemporary thinking about aesthetics, Arthur C. Danto's new collection of interconnected essays grapples with the most challenging issues in art today, among them the problems of contemporary pluralism and the dilemmas of censorship and state support for artists.
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September 1998
Art Theory
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208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
London : Studio Vista, 1980, ©1971.
The arts and crafts movement : a study of its sources, ideals and influence on design theory / Gillian Naylor.
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London : Studio Vista, 1980, ©1971.
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408 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000.
Gothic architecture / Paul Frankl ; revised by Paul Crossley.
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408 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000.
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x, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
The Grosvenor Gallery exhibitions : change and continuity in the Victorian art world / Christopher Newall.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Simply design
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Amid the ascent of sustainability as a primary criterion in current architectural practice, the status of aesthetics has become a curiously fraught topic. Simply Design explores the tension between these criteria across five themed chapters: “Revealing Place,” “Programming,” “Forming and Joining,” “Choreographing” and “Staging.”
Simply design
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Amid the ascent of sustainability as a primary criterion in current architectural practice, the status of aesthetics has become a curiously fraught topic. Simply Design explores the tension between these criteria across five themed chapters: “Revealing Place,” “Programming,” “Forming and Joining,” “Choreographing” and “Staging.”
Architectural Theory
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This monograph presents research by Vienna-based artist Sofie Thorsen (born 1971) on an artistic phenomenon of postwar Austria—sculptures designed by artists for children to play on. Thorsen's works make explicit the connections between abstract sculpture, architecture, urban planning and the aesthetics of play.
Sophie Thorsen : play sculpture
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This monograph presents research by Vienna-based artist Sofie Thorsen (born 1971) on an artistic phenomenon of postwar Austria—sculptures designed by artists for children to play on. Thorsen's works make explicit the connections between abstract sculpture, architecture, urban planning and the aesthetics of play.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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565 pages : illustrations, charts, facsimiles, plans ; 30 cm
Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2018]
Proportional systems in the history of architecture : a critical reconsideration / edited by Matthew A. Cohen and Maarten Delbeke.
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565 pages : illustrations, charts, facsimiles, plans ; 30 cm
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Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2018]
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2 items : illustrations ; 28 cm or smaller
Design for Tomorrow : a residential engineered wood design competition : competition documents, 1995-1996.
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