Ivo: Tangerine Fusion

Bolivian architect Ivo Drpic demonstrates how using simple equipment and easy-to-master techniques, anyone can progress from free-flowing doodles to completely professional presentation quality renderings of interior spaces, saving themselves time and the high cost of hiring professional renderers. ...more

The first significant American painter in 20th century art... Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is considered the first significant American painter in 20th-century art. Living in a secluded country house with his wife, Josephine, he depicted the loneliness of big-city people in canvas after canvas. Probably the most famous of them, Nighthawks, ...more

Filled with bright, exciting and informative graphs, photographs, renderings, archival materials, statistics and scholarly texts and unified by an especially bold design, this engaging study of the Netherlands as the site of the 2028 Olympic Games brings together the imaginative powers of the world-famous Rotterdam-based architecture firm MVRDV and Holland's ...more

George Grosz (1893-1959) was one of the most important exponents of Dadaism, and therefore of political painting in general. He not only condemned both militarism and bourgeois culture, but also set himself in opposition to traditional forms of art. The decisive element in Grosz's paintings is their content: in them ...more

A photographic exploration of oak-framed buildings. ...more

For centuries, the people of Morocco have been producing magnificent embroideries, pile rugs, and flatweaves. The Fabric of Moroccan Life showcases rare embroideries, hangings, and rugs that reflect the broad range of traditions and cultural influences active in Morocco during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The book explores the ...more

Taking the city as a laboratory, Fugitive Sites challenges the predictable radicality of global art projects, the usual notions of site specificity, community engagement, artistic practice, and public space. Initiated in 1992 as a collaborative venture of cultural institutions in San Diego and Tijuana, inSITE commissions new work by artists ...more

With over 500 color photos, Bags offers a unique survey of the bag in all its forms: handbags, travel bags, makeup and evening bags, pouches, purses and chatelaines, tie pockets, wallets and letter cases, reticules and more, covering virtually all styles and materials. The book includes a historical section, which ...more