Cultural History
Forthcoming Books
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Ed. Walter Moser
Faces - The Power of the Human Visage
Helmar Lerski and Portrait Photography between the WarsStarting with Helmar Lerski’s outstanding photo series "Metamorphosis through Light" from 1935/36, the magnificent volume "Faces – The Power of the Human Visage" presents portraits from the era of the Weimar Republic. ... -
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Ed. Mona AlJalhami et al.
The Art of Orientation
An Exploration of the Mosque Through Objects"The Art of Orientation" explores the mosque through 125 artefacts from across the Islamic world. It employs an original and contemporary approach by incorporating essays by leading Arab and international authors, which provide a fresh ... -
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Karin Althaus et al.
Florine Stettheimer
The Great Masters of Art“I was thrilled”, was Andy Warhol’s enthusiastic reaction to the pictures of Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944). Many of the elements of her work inspired his Pop Art. During Stettheimer’s life her sensuous and ironic ... -
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Ed. Judith W. Mann
Paintings on Stone
Science and the SacredPaintings on Stone: Science and the Sacred examines a fascinating tradition long overlooked by art historians – stone surfaces used to create stunning portraits, mythological scenes, and sacred images. Written by an international team of ... -
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Ed. Annegret Laabs
Max Uhlig
Die Fenster der Johanniskirche / The Windows of the St. Johannis ChurchThe Dresden artist Max Uhlig (*1937) created one of the greatest window cycles of contemporary art for the Gothic Church of Saint John in Magdeburg. Vines and coloured foliage together with lines in expressive rhythms which are a revelation in ... -
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Ed. Klaus Kinold
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Barcelona Pavillon / Haus TugendhatLudwig Mies van der Rohe is one of the outstanding representatives of the New Building. He achieved legendary fame as the director of the Bauhaus in Berlin and as a teacher at the IIT in Chicago. The pavilion built at the World Exhibition in ... -
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Ed. Contempo Rotterdam et al.
Isabelle Dyckerhoff
on canvas / on paperHow can you paint colour? That is the question which the Munich artist Isabelle Dyckerhoff asks herself anew before every picture. The material presence of colour, its expressive power and spatial effect are characteristic for her works on canvas ... -
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Ed. Christoph Wagner
Cinemas
From Babylon Berlin to La Rampa HavanaLost places of cinema—the photographer Margarete Freudenstadt has dedicated herself to cinema and strikingly captured contemporary history with her camera. Cinemas confronts her melancholic pictures of movie theaters in the former East ... -
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Ed. Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
The Reconstruction of Berlin Palace
Façade, Architecture and SculptureThe reconstructed Berliner Schloss in the heart of the German capital is both a monument of Baroque architecture and a vital new cultural building in the city. The art history, architecture and sculpture of the palace’s masterful ... -
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Ed. Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
The elephant is a much-admired animal, but it is also endangered. The ivory from its tusks has been in great demand across the centuries and throughout all cultures. What sort of material is it? How has it been used in the past and the present? And ... -
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Ed. Nicolaus Schafhausen et al.
Tell me about <s>yesterday</s> tomorrow
About the Future of the PastHistorical events and our knowledge of them mould our understanding of today’s world. The interdisciplinary authorship of this volume focuses on the connection between past and future. A bold and unusual publication whose approaches and ... -
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Ed. Medill Higgins Harvey et al.
Modern Gothic
The Inventive Furniture of Kimbel and Cabus, 1863-1882Kimbel and Cabus were among the most progressive design reformers of their time. This is the first publication to explore the timeless American immigrant success story of the trailblazing New York City design team who captured national attention ... -
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Christoph Wagner
Johannes Itten
Catalogue Raisonné Vol.II. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. 1939-1967The Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888–1967) was not only a pioneering art theorist and a prominent teacher at the Bauhaus, but he also left an extensive and wide-ranging oeuvre which is only known in part today. The lavishly illustrated ... -
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Ed. Dario Gamboni et al.
The Aesthetics of Marble
From Late Antiquity to the PresentThis magnificent book sheds new light on the celebration and uses of marble in art and literature and on the iconic potential of the stone. With 240 color illustrations, it showcases the marble cladding of architecture, the carving of marble and ... -
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Ed. Bridget R. Cooks et al.
The artists featured in "The Black Index" – Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell and Lava Thomas – build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to ... -
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Ed. Quentin Buvelot et al.
Jacobus Vrel
Looking for Clues of an Enigmatic PainterHis pictures look curious, his figures introverted and his street scenes strangely stage-like. Jacobus Vrel records everyday life in Holland during the 17th century, and creates quirky worlds at the same time. This volume presents the fascinating ... -
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Ed. Thomas Zuhr
All the Beauty at Hand
A Brief History of Hirmer PublishersFounded in 1948, Hirmer Publishers soon established a name for art books produced to the highest standards. Over the past decade they have become equally well-known in English-speaking countries, with a reputation as one of the most prestigious ...