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Nach einer Ausbildung an der Prager Kunstakademie beginnt Miroslav Tichý in den späten vierziger Jahren eine Karriere als Maler und Zeichner, die durch die Machtübernahme der Kommunisten unterbrochen wird. Nach jahrelanger Haft und vollständiger kultureller Isolation entsteht in den siebziger und achtziger Jahren ein fotografisches Werk von hoher Qualität. Mit selbstgebauten Kameras aus Konservendosen, Brillengläsern und anderen Materialien fotografiert Tichý Frauen auf dem Markt, im Schwimmbad, bei der Arbeit und in der Öffentlichkeit. Die unscharfen, verwackelten und mit Fingerabdrücken versehenen Fotos wirken wie die Produkte eines ungelenken Dilettanten. Der erotisch-obsessive Charakter des Werkes und Tichýs sonderbare Lebensweise positionieren ihn zunächst als künstlerischen Außenseiter. Doch sein Werk ist konzeptuell und formal aufsehenerregend. Die bewusste Sichtbarmachung fotochemischer Prozesse, die Verwendung primitiver Gerätschaften und das expressive Retuschieren machen Tichýs Oeuvre einzigartig. Diese erste englischsprachige Monografie präsentiert unveröffentlichte Bilder Tichýs. Ein biografischer Text von Roman Buxbaum beschreibt erste Begegnungen mit dem Künstler und Erinnerungen aus seiner Kindheit in Tichýs Nachbarschaft.

A comprehensive reference guide packed with a wealth of useful information. Suitable for every classroom, it includes pages on: rules; vowels; consonants; plurals; prefixes; suffixes; apostrophes; acronyms; abbreviations; and, root words.

The world without money is just unimaginable! Just as unimaginable as a world without purpose, ideals and dreams that go beyond the merely materialistic. Philosophers, artists, poets, statesmen and revolutionaries have always since time immemorial given serious thought to current and forward-looking concepts of value and their visual representation. The topic of money and value directly awakens many associations. Obviously, that is precisely what the golden pavilion built specifically for the exhibit in Biel does: hoarding and jewellery, precious and conflict, blame and atonement, myths and fairy-tales. Money and Value / The last taboo shows a wide panorama of different views of this as portrayed by various artists, including works by Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Marcel Duchamp, Tracey Emin, Mona Hatoum, Barbara Kruger, Piero Manzoni, Jean Baptiste Ngnetchopa, Wang Du, Yukinori Yanagi and many others. Reflections on the topic of money by poets and thinkers, from Aristotle all the way to Oscar Wilde round off the refreshing spectrum of this fascinating picture gallery.

Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 2,000 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. This book covers the Central Asian section of the Silk Road.

Organized by the Museum of American Folk Art, this unique collection of paintings, sculpture, collages, and drawings celebrates the remarkable work of America's self-taught artists. Insightful profiles of the life and work of each of the featured artists by curators, critics, scholars, and artists with a broad range of perspectives are accompanied by major essays by distinguished scholars Arthur C. Danto, Maurice Berger, and Gerald L. Davis. Together, with the curators, Elsa Longhauser and Harald Szeemann, they bring a fresh understanding to the work of these thirty-two gifted artists.

"The whites have driven us from the great salt water, forced us over the mountains.The way, the only way, to check and stop this evil is for all red men to unite in claiming a common equal right in the land." -Tecumseh, quoted in Tecumseh: Vision of Glory The legendary charismatic Indian chief Tecumseh was born nearly a decade before Columbus' discovery of the New World. He came of age in an era of violence and cultural decay in which Indian tribes across the American continent expended their energy attempting to oust invading Europeans who were confiscating their land. When white settlers were pushing beyond into Indian territories as the state of Ohio joined the Union in 1803, angry Native Americans vowed to keep these settlers from taking more Indian land. Tecumseh, already an accomplished warrior assumed the role of war chief to organize Indian nations into a confederation and then led the drive to preserve Indian lands and customs. Noted biographer GLENN TUCKER expands the scope of his earlier books by focusing exclusively on the intimate knowledge of his subject; Tecumseh. Taking an in-depth look at this complex man, his life, and the times that shaped him, Tucker's work appeals to history buffs as well as anyone interested in thoughtfully crafted American biographies.

This beautifully illustrated book is intended as background reading for travelers on one of the most popular sections of the Silk Road--the Xian to Kashgar route through China, linking with the Karakorum Highway through Northern Pakistan.

On the third day of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee launched a magnificent attack. For pure pageantry it was unsurpassed, and it also marked the centerpiece of the war, both time-wise and in terms of how the conflict had turned a corner- from persistent Confederate hopes to impending Rebel despair.

Golden Age of Piracy's most famous female pirate, shrouded in myth for centuries, revealed here in her first biography.