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A useful simplification and condensation of Johannes ltten's major work. The Art of Color , this book covers subjective feeling and objective color principles in detail. It presents the key to understanding color in ltten's color circle and color contrasts.

Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later, Revised Edition

Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later, Revised Edition

by Johannes Itten

Text: English, German (translation)

Bauhaus: 1919 - 1933

by Bauhaus Archiv, Magdalena Droste

Best of Bauhaus: An in-depth study of the seminal movement in art and architecture... The Bauhaus Archiv Museum of Design in Berlin holds the most important collection on the Bauhaus today. Documents, workshop products from all areas of design, studies sketches in the classroom, and architectural plans and models are all part of its comprehensive inventory. The Bauhaus Archiv is dedicated to the study and... (more)

Modernism

by Richard Weston

Modernist ideas have pervaded every form of design, from graphics to architecture, as well as being a key influence on art, literature and music. In this comprehensive survey, Richard Weston traces the course of Modernism from its beginnings to its contemporary manifestations. He explores the Modernist movements of the early twentieth century – Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Purism – and concludes with the... (more)

Dark Entries: Bauhaus and Beyond (Music)

Dark Entries: Bauhaus and Beyond (Music)

by Ian Shirley

The full gothic rise and fall of Bauhaus, from their early days as glam-struck lads in Northampton, England to worldwide cult status.

Modernism: Designing a New World

The first book to explore Modernism from a truly international perspective, Modernism: Designing a New World offers a reassessment of the concept and reveals the fundamental ways in which it has shaped our world and its visual culture. Modernism flourished between 1914 and 1939, and became a key point of reference for 20th-century architecture, art, and design. This important, lavishly illustrated book... (more)

A cor no processo criativo

by Lilian Ried Miller Barros

Bauhaus

by Xavier Girard

Josef Albers : formulation : articulation

Josef Albers : formulation : articulation

by Josef Albers, T. G. Rosenthal

A sumptuously produced introduction to the ideas and methods of one of the most influential artists and theorists of the twentieth century. First issued in 1972 as a limited edition set of prints, Formulation: Articulation is being published in book form for the first time. Josef Albers drew on over forty years' work in a variety of media—woodcuts, sandblasted glass pictures, and oil paintings—for these poetic... (more)

GOTHIC ROCK BLACK BOOK By MICK MERCER

by mick mercer

The first book ever published about Goth, written in 1988, but out of print for nearly two decades. For the 21st anniversary I have increased it from its original 96 pages to 268, including 311 photos from my archive, the majority previously unpublished. Seven chapters: All About Eve, The Cult, Fields Of The Nephilim, The Sisters Of Mercy and The Mission, plus two looking at the start of Goth, and the smaller 80s... (more)

The Color Star

by Johannes Itten

Consisting of eight stencil-like disks that can be placed over ltten's color wheel to compare cool and warm values, complementary colors, and different hues and intensities, this useful and innovative tool helps designers explore a myriad of harmonious color.

The ABC's of Bauhaus, The Bauhaus and Design Theory

The ABC's of Bauhaus, The Bauhaus and Design Theory

by Ellen Lupton

The ABC's of Bauhaus traces the origins and impact of the Bauhaus in relation to design, graphic design, and typography. The book, designed by the authors, invokes the Bauhaus ideal of synthesizing editorial concept, typography, and format. The essays address such issues as modernist design theory in relation to the nineteenth-century kindergarden movement and Bauhaus graphic design in relation to the idea of a... (more)

Journal

by Paul Klee

Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition

Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Josef Albers

Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color is a masterwork in twentieth-century art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this timeless book presents Albers’s unique ideas of color experimentation in a way that is valuable to specialists as well as to a larger audience. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150... (more)

Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents (October Books)

Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents (October Books)

This volume is a revised and expanded version of a special issue of the journal October (Winter 1997) that was devoted to the work of the Situationist International (SI). The first section of the issue contained previously unpublished critical texts, and the second section contained translations of primary texts that had previously been unavailable in English. The emphasis was on the SI's profound engagement... (more)

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The Elements of Color

by Johannes Itten

Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later, Revised Edition

by Johannes Itten

Bauhaus: 1919 - 1933

by Bauhaus Archiv, Magdalena Droste

Modernism

by Richard Weston

Dark Entries: Bauhaus and Beyond (Music)

by Ian Shirley

Modernism: Designing a New World

A cor no processo criativo

by Lilian Ried Miller Barros

Bauhaus

Bauhaus

by Xavier Girard

Josef Albers : formulation : articulation

by Josef Albers, T. G. Rosenthal

GOTHIC ROCK BLACK BOOK By MICK MERCER

by mick mercer

The Color Star

by Johannes Itten

The ABC's of Bauhaus, The Bauhaus and Design Theory

by Ellen Lupton

Journal

by Paul Klee

Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Josef Albers

Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents (October Books)