Modelling and Sculpting the Figure details the creative process for sculpting the figure, from conceptual and practical considerations to the finished work. It covers tools, methods for building armatures, and how to create realistic, abstract and expressive figures, in a variety of media. For beginners and established artists alike.

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Majida Mouasher owned an art gallery called 4 Walls, in Amman, Jordan between 2000 and 2006. During that time she worked with more than ninety artists. In Jordan at the time there were mostly foundations or institutions, and only very few contemporary art galleries. This collection focuses on contemprorary art from the Levant.

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Based on several years of multidisciplinary research, this title features a repertoire of more than 150 buildings, all illustrated and analyzed in order to understand the dynamics of change and innovation they represent. It examines a wide range of buildings selected for their specific qualitative aspects, and more.

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A guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world. It discusses over 440 structures from those regarded as classics of modern architecture, such as L'Institut du Monde Arab in Paris and the Sydney Opera House, to buildings such as the Swiss Re building in London and the Parliamentary Library in New Delhi.

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Highlights from one of the world's finest modern art collections, featuring masterpieces from the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century up to contemporary art, including works by Beckmann, Picasso, Dal and Warhol.

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Extensive holdings of contemporary art produced from 1980 until now are showcased in this updated and revised edition. This edition provides an international spectrum of more than 580 works of key contemporary art in a variety of mediums, including 36 new works that have been added to the MoMA collection since 1999.

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Brings to light a creative process often overlooked: the graphic design process behind pattern formation.

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A collection of ancient Japanese erotic art, or Shunga, remade for the modern age. The perfect book for lovers of high-class dirty pictures!

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Shows the creativity of the architects and designers of the period, as well as the currents in the city's culture that helped shape their work. This title sheds light on the key features of the Art Deco style and more.

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In his most ambitious endeavour since Freud, acclaimed cultural historian Peter Gay traces and explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century.

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The first comprehensive survey of Mid-Century Modern graphic design in America

An up-to-date monograph devoted to the Moroccan contemporary artist, among the most creative of his generation.

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Comparing the artistic glass enamels of Samuel and Gottlob Mohn with those of Anton Kothgasser, this book explores the differences and similarities in decoration and painting by showing important glasses in museums and otherwise inaccessible private collections, with never-before-seen essays, photographs and enlarged details.

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With a new Afterword, this book relates the Metropolitan Opera Company's rich and turbulent history, from the early days to more recent times, when musical superstars have electrified the grand gold-curtained stage and scandalized the public.

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