4e de couv. : Entre 1928 et 1949, William H. Coverdale, président de la Canada Steamship Lines, a rassemblé une remarquable collection composée de près de 3 000 œuvres iconographiques, de centaines de pièces de mobilier et d'objets ethnographiques du Canada français, d'une impor…
A mathematical explanation of how art works, presented in a manner anyone can understand. Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have foundations in mathematics as we…
"What do a pine cone, a trout, and the human body have in common? They all have natural proportioning systems that provide the foundation for the work of many, some would say all, artists and designers. Revealing these natural systems, Kimberly Elam uncovers the mysterious relat…
A mathematical explanation of how art works, presented in a manner anyone can understand. Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have foundations in mathematics as we…
Les nombreuses contributions de la psychanalyse à l'esthétique se sont surtout attachées à l'interprétation du contenu fantasmatique des oeuvres ou à la psychopathologie des auteurs. Si féconds qu'aient été en leur temps ces travaux, ils laissaient sans réponse les questions que…
"In this book Martha Buskirk addresses the fact that since the early 1960s, almost everything can be and has been called art. Among other practices, contemporary artists have employed mass-produced elements, impermanent materials, and appropriated imagery, have incorporated perf…