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W.J.T. Mitchell - one of the founders of visual studies - has been at the forefront of many disciplines such as iconology, art history and media studies. His concept of the pictorial turn is known worldwide for having set new philosophical paradigms in...

In this provocative and intensely personal new book of essays about love and language, desire and drama, reminiscence, change, and fandom, William J. Simmons takes up Eve Sedgwick's reparative reading as a challenge to empirical and taxonomical...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593188637Author Kerby RosanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 186mm * 234mm * 6mm

Mark Simpson, known by his pen name, Jock, is an internationally recognized three-time New York Times best-selling artist and Eisner Award nominee. Over the last two decades, Jock has become one of the most distinguished illustrators in comics, with...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988726819Author Mark DiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Resistance ManifestoPublisher Resistance ManifestoWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The official Star Trek: Discovery art book. Star Trek: Discovery, the newest chapter in the Star Trek Universe, follows the exploits of Vulcan-raised science officer Michael Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery as they boldly go where no one...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368081658Author Disney BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

New York is a street art Mecca, boasting a vast outdoor gallery which encompasses walls, fences, sidewalks and just about any other available surface. Featured in this dynamic collection are approximately 200 images of works by artists such as New...

In 2017, twenty-five years after its initial release, a new season of Twin Peaks shook the world of television. This new book is a detailed analysis of the third season of the television series and aims to elucidate some of the meanings of Twin Peaks:...

Japanese Sumi-e brush painting combines the techniques of calligraphy and ink painting to produce compositions of rare beauty.This art has its roots in the Zen Buddhist practices of mindfulness and meditation--serving as a means not just for describing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792981401Author Laura's Dot to Dot TherapyFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries Dot to Dot...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756249739Author Koichi YomotoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint PIE BooksPublisher PIE Books

The first monograph on a digital art phenomenon As one of the originators of the current "everyday" movement in 3D graphics, Mike Winkelmann has been creating a picture every day-from start to finish-and posting it online for more than ten years, without...

Released in 1958, Vertigo is widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. This is the first book devoted to exploring the philosophical aspects of Vertigo. Following an introduction by the editor that...

Baroque between the Wars is a fascinating and new account of the arts in the twenties and thirties. We often think of this time as being dominated by modernism, yet the period saw a dialogue between modern baroque - eclectic, playful, camp, open to...

This book provides a revolutionary new 3-step tracing technique that beginning artists can use to quickly learn to draw manga characters just like a pro!Every page presents a classic manga pose, from walking and running to jumping for joy, in three...

How do some monuments become so socially powerful that people seek to destroy them? After ignoring monuments for years, why must we now commemorate public trauma, but not triumph, with a monument? To explore these and other questions, Robert S. Nelson...

Lavishly decorated manhole covers, pink polka-dotted backhoes, toilets with warmable seats, blow dryers (and other bells and whistles). It's just another day in Japan, where the futuristic and zany stands side-by-side with the rooted and the venerable,...

Color Scheme explores an alternative way of seeing through gridded systems of colors, or palettes," to take readers on a visual journey through art history and pop culture. From the various shades of pink used by artists to describe the blush of Madame...

Shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best first book '...I don't know what comes after, once I decide to let desire have its way with me. How to un-melt the melted? How to turn the ground powder back into a...

The Art of Top Cow: Legacy brings together the past and present, showing the artistic evolution of the studio in a coffee table-style book featuring editorial commentary to guide collectors of exceptional comics' art through the history of each series...

Barbara Browning follows the trail of "infectious rhythm" from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion...

A lavishly illustrated book that explores the language of curves that spans the human body, science, engineering, and artCurves are seductive. These smooth, organic lines and surfaces-like those of the human body-appeal to us in an instinctive, visceral...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722378905Author Avinash Chandra SainiFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197358Author David LarkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 844g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636142043Author Chuck DFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

Discover art that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when artists take tradition and rip it up. ArtQuake tells the stories of 50 pivotal works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories...

"I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599541211Author Stanislao PuglieseFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Bordighera PressPublisher Bordighera PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534908673Author Jean TumbagahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Helene Cixous is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and innovative contemporary thinkers. Published here in English for the first time Helene Cixous, Rootprints is an ideal introduction to Cixous's theory and her fiction, tracing her development as a...

This Christmas, LEGO is moving from under the tree to on the tree! With The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book as your guide, you ll make classic globe and barrel ornaments, all out of LEGO, as well as original gingerbread houses, a charming wreath, arcade...

Beginning with the bold claim, "There can be no culture without the transvestite," Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Rich in anecdote and insight, Vested Interests...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684057115Author Chris SamneeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

These essays critically rethink Marxism in the light of the disintegration of communist regimes Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Containing essays from a group of internationally distinguished writers and intellectuals, this collection addresses...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368062473Author Daniel HandkeFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Disney EditionsPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

Taking as her starting point images from the holdings of the National Portrait Gallery, London, writer and art historian Lucinda Hawksley explores the history of facial hair, from prehistoric times to the present day. By way of introduction, she...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781449981280Author Keyser B SozeFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838777Author John Rhett ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

A visually rich book that offers a varied and diverse selection of 85 of the best graffiti artists, urban artists and muralists in the world today, showcasing a selection of their work and sharing their passions, dreams, challenges and the difficulties...