Konst- & designstilar: modernism & Bauhaus

This little pop-up book by artist Katerina Karolik is about a seemingly ordinary object—the tea or coffee cup. Seen through an artist‘s eyes, however, everyday items can take on …

Six authoritative encyclicals of the Catholic Church condemning and critiquing liberalism, modernism, religious indifferentism, capitalism, communism and the state of the modern …

Dieses Lesebuch ist eine wissenschaftliche Anthologie und ein Text-Mosaik zum modernen Interieur und seinem Ursprung sowie seiner historischen Entwicklung. Das Thema Interieur ist …

The effort to go beyond given knowledge in different domains - artistic, scientific, political, metaphysical - is a characteristic driving force in modernism and the avant-gardes. …

Situated at the crossroads of the foreign and the vernacular, Quito-the capital of Ecuador, with its world-famous yet understudied built environment-stands as a testament to …

An "e;immensely valuable"e; dual biography of the iconic American architect and the city that transformed his career in the early twentieth century (Francis Morrone, New …

Documenting Sze’s monumental Guggenheim installation—a reflection on the continual reshaping of experience by digital and material saturation Over three decades, Sarah Sze has …

On the cusp of the twenty-first century, the notion of art as revelation of reality held sway in film aesthetics and criticism. Where did this seemingly naive belief in the …

In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, …

Shine allures and awakens desire. As a phenomenon of perception shiny things and materials fascinate and tantalize. They are a formative element of material culture, promising …