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<i>Danish Ceramic Architecture</i> offers a presentation of Danish architecture that has not been seen before. With ceramic and lightweight terracotta façades as a medium, the book narrates a piece of Danish architectural history unknown to most people. It is thus a new way of approaching the Danish architectural treasure by zooming in on approximately the past 100 years and otherwise overlooked buildings, as well as telling new stories about well-known works. This is how the book demonstrates why this particular style of architecture is something professionals and others interested in architecture and aesthetics should be aware of. <br/><br/>Through essays by and interviews with leading architecture thinkers and practitioners as well as dozens of projects with façades in ceramic, by major Danish architectural firms such as Vilhelm Lauritzen, Cobe and BIG the purpose of the book is to relate ceramic façades to central Danish (and international) currents in architecture and material. In this way, it will help point forward to new forms of expression for Danish architecture. <br/><br/>The book was conceived by the architect, writer, teacher, consultant and designer Rune Bundgaard, who has worked with ceramic architecture since 2015 in his own firm KLINK. He is currently also employed at Henning Larsen Architects.

It was the decade of Coco Chanel, Jos®phine Baker, Art Deco, Surrealism, caf® culture and cabarets. American luminaries mingled with European artists like Dal¡ and Picasso in Montparnasse's bohemian arts scene, while Brassa» captured the vibrant dance halls of Montmartre. Explore anew the ann®es folles of 1920s Paris through this vibrant portrait.

Resisting interpretation or classification, <strong>Mark Rothko (1903-1970)</strong> was a prominent advocate for the artist's consummate freedom of expression. Although identified as a key protagonist of the<strong> Abstract Expressionist</strong> movement, first formed in New York City, Rothko rejected the label and insisted instead on <strong>"a consummated experience between picture and onlooker."</strong><br/><br/> Following a repertoire of figurative works, Rothko developed his now iconic canvases of <strong>bold color blocks</strong> in red, yellow, ochre, maroon, black, or green. With these shimmering, pulsating color masses, Rothko stressed that he had not removed the human figure but rather put symbols or shapes in its place. These intense color forms contained <strong>all the tragedy of the human condition</strong>. At the same time, Rothko explicitly empowered the viewer in the expressive potential of his work. He believed <strong>"A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer."</strong><br/><br/> From his early development through to his most famous color fields, this book introduces the intellect and influence of Rothko's dramatic, intimate, and revolutionary work.

For over 150 years, Louis Vuitton's monographed bags have been associated with style and luxury. Born in 1821, he had left home at 13 to seek his fortune in Paris where he became an apprentice box-maker which eventually led him to introductions at the French Royal Court. With royal endorsement, Louis opened of his first workshop in 1854 where his skills and innovations established his brand as one of Europe's most popular.<br/><br/>Passing his passion for crafting beautiful luggage onto his son, Georges, and later his grandson Gaston-Louis, they ensured the company continued to grow, surviving two world wars, to become the luxury brand it's renowned for.<br/><br/>Louis Vuitton stores opened in cities throughout the world and expanded into other high-end brands. The merger in 1987 with Moeet Hennessy created the megabrand LVMH, and in 1997 the appointment of Marc Jacobs launched Louis Vuitton into the world of fashion.<br/><br/><b>"The Louis Vuitton woman is more about a quality - a quality within some women that needs to come forward, to be noticed and recognised."</b><br/><i>Marc Jacobs</i><br/><br/><b>"There's a lot of baggage that comes along with our family, but it's like Louis Vuitton baggage."</b><br/><i>Kim Kardashian</i><br/><br/><b>"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."</b><br/><i>Louis Vuitton</i>

<b>Published to mark the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich's birth, the most thorough Friedrich retrospective in many years.</b><br/><br/> Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is renowned as the Romantic painter par excellence, his works icons of an age of major social upheaval. His landscape paintings and drawings broke with traditional patterns of representation, and paved new ways of both experiencing and reflecting on the ambivalent relationship between humankind and nature.<br/><br/> Accompanying the most comprehensive Friedrich retrospective in many years, this catalogue re-examines the artist's groundbreaking work in light of the urgent challenges in a time of climate crisis. It centres on more than sixty paintings, among them many major iconic works, and about 100 drawings. Selected works by Friedrich's colleagues, notably Carl Blechen, Carl Gustav Carus, Johan Christian Dahl, August Heinrich and Georg Friedrich Kersting, are also featured. The second part of the book focuses on the contemporary reception of his work. In contributions ranging from video and photography to installations, some twenty artists working across a variety of genres and media explore the Romantic era, its attitude to nature and the art of Caspar David Friedrich. The participants include Elina Brotherus, Julian Charriere, David Claerbout, Olafur Eliasson, Alex Grein, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Mariele Neudecker, Ulrike Rosenbach, Susan Schuppli, Santeri Tuori and Kehinde Wiley. These reinterpretations and appropriations of Friedrich's images and themes allow the Romantic view of nature to enter into a fascinating dialogue with contemporary perspectives on nature and the discourse on ecological issues.

<em><strong>The Book of Symbols</strong></em><strong> combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history.</strong> The compelling texts and <strong>over 800 beautiful full-color images</strong> come together in a unique way to convey hidden dimensions of meaning. Each of the ca. 350 essays examines a given symbol's psychic background, and how it evokes psychic processes and dynamics. Etymological roots, the play of opposites, paradox and shadow, the ways in which diverse cultures have engaged a symbolic image-all these factors are taken into consideration.<br/><br/> Authored by writers from the fields of psychology, religion, art, literature, and comparative myth, the essays flow into each other in ways that mirror the psyche's unexpected convergences. There are no pat definitions of the kind that tend to collapse a symbol; a still vital symbol remains partially unknown, compels our attention and unfolds in new meanings and manifestations over time. Rather than merely categorize, <em><strong>The Book of Symbols</strong></em><strong> illuminates how to move from the visual experience of a symbolic image in art, religion, life, or dreams to directly experiencing its personal and psychological resonance</strong>.<br/><br/><em><strong>The </strong></em><strong><em>Book of Symbols</em> sets new standards for thoughtful exploration of symbols and their meanings</strong>, and will appeal to a wide range of readers: artists, designers, dreamers and dream interpreters, psychotherapists, self-helpers, gamers, comic book readers, religious and spiritual searchers, writers, students, and anyone curious about the power of archetypal images.

From the time <em>The Big Penis Book</em> was published, readers anticipated <em>The Big Book of Pussy</em>. Granted, perhaps not the same readers, but the seed had been planted and the calls and letters began flowing in. Once they had that long-awaited book, some found themselves overwhelmed by the variety and abundance, as well as the sheer size of the book. As one reviewer wrote, "let's give credit to Amazon for...the strength of its packaging. Who wants a 2-ton pussy book being 'exposed' for the mailman...?"<br/><br/> For those who worry that there can be too much of a good thing, we've made a pared down, "best of" edition of <em>The Big Book of Pussy</em>, <strong>a petite little kitten of a book that puts those in-your-face photos in proper perspective</strong>. Now you can follow the evolution of genital exposure with ease, through 100 years of photos with one thing in common: the exhibitionistic pleasure with which the models present their feminine pulchritude. And with <strong>over 150 photos</strong>-<strong>36 new to this book</strong>-of the pet we love to pet, no bothersome text to interrupt the flow, all in a package that won't stress the mailman's back, we just may have produced the perfect self-gifter of the year.