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English In his book Das Auge der Geschichte Ramon Voges examines Frans Hogenberg's visual reports on the Dutch Revolt and the French Wars of Religion as historical sources. He contributes with his analysis to the history of historiography and the cultural history of politics. Deutsch In seinem Buch Das Auge der Geschichte untersucht Ramon Voges die Bildberichte Franz Hogenbergs zum Aufstand der Niederlande und zu den Franzoesischen Religionskriegen als historische Quellen. Er leistet damit...

An overview of John Stezaker’s film still collages, this book showcases the evolution of the artist’s relationship with a specific material. Leading British collage and appropriation artist John Stezaker began his ongoing series of film still collages in 1979 – the result of a period that marked a crucial change in the direction of the artist’s work, which had previously been centered around a text-based ‘conceptualism’. The series moves with Stezaker’s changing interests, using stills from clas...

From decorative paper bags to elegant home furnishings, the 26 attractive projects in this beginner's manual will win converts to the simple, fabulous craft of screen printing. The entire printing process receives in-depth explanations and unfolds in numerous detailed photos. Find out how to select and mix inks, print a picture evenly, care for screens, and transform basic sketches into scale images for a design. Make a light exposure unit to create prints of drawings, photographs, and found obj...

Printmakers today are sustained both by their traditions and by their willingness to embrace new technologies, new mediums, and innovative processes. Over 500 beautiful color images display the innovative work of 75 talented printmakers and 30 print shops. Traditional printing techniques featured include lithography, intaglio, screen print, and relief, while newer techniques include installation, digital, and fiber, among other forms of new print media. The artists speak for themselves, revealin...

This full-colour catalogue illustrates and describes over 300 surimono (privately published deluxe Japanese prints) belonging to the Graphics Collection of the Museum of Design Zurich, which were recently placed on long-term loan to the Museum Rietberg Zurich. Originally bequeathed to the Museum of Design by the Swiss collector Marino Lusy (1880-1954), the collection includes many rare and previously unpublished examples. Edited by John T. Carpenter, with contributions from a distinguished roste...

Making Monotypes enables artists at every skill level to master an exciting art technique without the use of a press or other expensive equipment. This book provides easy-to-follow, illustrated instruction for making monoprints and monotypes. Monotypes - one-of-a-kind, printed, hand-made impressions - are created with readily available materials such as unflavoured gelatin, waterbased printing inks and tempera paint. The finished products resemble many of the time proven mechanical printmaking p...

Takehisa Yumeji (1884–1934) remains today one of the most celebrated Japanese artists. His unique style — characterised by a romantic, melancholic image of women—has remained popular with contemporary Japanese audiences. The six museums dedicated to his work as painter, printmaker and illustrator are testimony to his enduring appeal. Takehisa Yumeiji is the first publication outside Japan devoted to Yumeji's life and art. It chronicles the individuality of his art practice as well as the diverse...

This book reveals the secrets of hybrid and combination techniques. Combined techniques are often used by printmakers as tricky ways of achieving particular results, and then not fully acknowledged or detailed in the information that accompanies the print when it is exhibited. Combination printmaking has a long history, but the explosion of media now available to printmakers has opened up many new possibilities. Learning the techniques associated with creating hybrid prints is, at the moment, a...

«Halte dich stets an das Merkmal, welches ein Alter bezeichnet», lautet ein Grundsatz in der Ars Poetica des Horaz. Die Notwendigkeit der Konformität von Darstellung und Realität beschreibt einen Aspekt der decorum-Lehre, deren Rezeption in Frankreich mit der Gründung der Königlichen Kunstakademie begann. Die Vorstellung von der Perfektion der Antike bestimmte dort sowohl die Kunsttheorie als auch den Zeichenunterricht: die Proportionen der Statuen sollten auf die lebenden Modelle übertragen wer...

Literature as Document considers the relationship between documents and literary texts in Western Literature of the 1930s. More specifically, the volume deals with the notion of the "document" and its multifaceted and complex connections to literary "texts" and attempts to provide answers to the problematic nature of that relationship. In an effort to determine a possible theoretical definition, many different disciplines have been taken into account, as well as individual case studies. In order...