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    Francis Picabia
    Nothing But The Clouds Unchanged - Artists in World War I
    Crime, Violence and Modernity
    Criminological Perspectives
    Resisting Abstraction: Robert Delaunay and Vision in the Face of Modernism
    • Focusing on the groundbreaking contributions of Robert Delaunay, this study presents him as a pivotal figure in early twentieth-century art, asserting that he was the first to explore pure abstraction. Unlike his contemporaries, Delaunay's vibrant, optically driven works were deeply rooted in the material sensations of modern life, reflecting contemporary optical science. This approach distinguished him from artists like Kandinsky and Mondrian, whose spiritual motivations contrasted sharply with Delaunay's vision, ultimately influencing the trajectory of mid-twentieth-century abstraction.

      Resisting Abstraction: Robert Delaunay and Vision in the Face of Modernism
    • Criminological Perspectives

      Essential Readings

      • 628pagine
      • 22 ore di lettura

      This book presents in accessible form the most relevant readings from the diverse criminology literature, and provides students with direct access to the main theories and perspectives, which underpin and shape the discipline of criminology.

      Criminological Perspectives
    • Crime, Violence and Modernity

      Connecting Classical and Contemporary Practice in Sociological Criminology

      • 242pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      The book offers a fresh perspective by linking criminology to classical sociological themes, emphasizing the importance of comparative and historical sociology. It explores how these connections can deepen the understanding of crime and deviance, highlighting the relevance of sociological imagination in contemporary criminological research. Through this approach, it seeks to enrich the discourse surrounding crime by integrating historical context and comparative analysis.

      Crime, Violence and Modernity
    • Much of how WWI is understood today is rooted in the artistic depictions of the brutal violence and extensive destruction that marked the conflict. This book examines how the physical and psychological devastation of the war altered the course of 20th-century artistic Modernism.

      Nothing But The Clouds Unchanged - Artists in World War I
    • Francis Picabia

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Dada ist da! In Zürich schon immer und zum 100. Jubiläum der Bewegung in diesem Jahr erst recht. Einer der gepriesensten Protagonisten der Bewegung steht im Fokus dieser fulminanten Publikation: Francis Picabia (1879–1953), der Appropriation-Künstler, bevor es dieses Wort überhaupt gab, der schneidige Rennfahrer, Salonlöwe und Frauenheld, der den Autoritäten spottete und sich mit Chuzpe der Kunstgeschichte »annahm«. Seine Kunst erscheint wie ein Spiegelbild seiner selbst: Sie bewegt sich zwischen Kitsch und Ambition, ist exzentrisch, ironisch und exzessiv zugleich. Der Katalog umfasst Texte namhafter Autoren, die die Position Picabias in die Dada-Bewegung einordnen und seinen Beitrag zur Kunst der Moderne kritisch hinterfragen. Nicht zuletzt der opulente Abbildungsteil macht das aufwendig ausgestattete Buch zu einem Lesevergnügen mit Langzeitwirkung, weit über den Ausstellungsbesuch hinaus. Ausstellungen: Kunsthaus Zürich 3.5.–25.9.2016 | MoMA, New York 20.11.2016–19.3.2017

      Francis Picabia