Designs from private homes to world-class spas and resorts, from a leading voice of mindful interior design. Clodagh is the pioneer of the 'life-enhancing minimalism' style. Highlights key projects throughout a successful career at the top of the industry Includes both aspirational photography and practical guidance, along with personal anecdotes and life experience. Entering a Clodagh-designed space is an experience of both serenity and indulgence. Clodagh believes that clutter undermines sere...
A rare combination of dogs and decor, which fills a void in the marketplace for consumers who are interested in both topics. Dogs remain a perennial popular topic world-wide - in the U.S. alone, approximately 37 percent of all households have a pet dog. Contains the top 10 most popular dog breeds including Labrador Retrievers, French Bulldogs, German Shepherds, and Beagles. Envision opulent manors, modern homes, rustic charmers, and traditional abodes. What do so many of these homes have in com...
For many years, the world of cartoons and comics was seen as a male preserve. The reality is that women have been drawing and publishing cartoons for longer than most people realise. In the early 1760s, Mary Darly illustrated, wrote and published the first book on caricature drawing published in England, A Book of Caricaturas. In the nineteenth century, Britain's first comic character, Ally Sloper, was developed by the actress and cartoonist Marie Duval (1847-1890). Cartoons were used by the suf...
“I want to have an effect at this time, in which people are at such a loss and so much in need of help.” Käthe Kollwitz is the woman artist from 20th-century Germany whose works are best-known internationally. She also enjoys the highest esteem beyond the boundaries of Europe. The inimitable, touching language of her graphic and sculptural works is universally understood and her haunting message is more topical than ever. Outraged at the societal and social ills of her time, Kollwitz devot...
In the last years of the nineteenth century, the Tunisian city of Qayrawān suddenly found itself covered in murals. Concentrated on and around the city’s Great Mosque, these monumental artworks were only visible for about fifty years, from the 1880s through the 1930s. This book investigates the fascinating history of who created these outdoor paintings and why. Using visual archaeological methods, William Gallois reconstructs the visual history of these works and vividly brings them back to lif...
A Window on the Italian Female Modernist Subjectivity
This collection of essays surveys some of the artistic productions by female figures who stood at the forefront of Italian modernity in the fields of literature, photography, and even the theatre, in order to explore how artistic engagement in women informed their views on, and reactions to the challenges of a changing society and a ‘disinhibiting’ intellectual landscape. However, one other objective takes on a central role in this volume: that of opening a window on the re-definition of the sub...
