£77.99
£77.99
Explore contemporary design practices through humor, history, and technology. This book covers key aspects of interior architecture, from the adaptive reuse of historical buildings to sustainable approaches that utilize natural resources and enhance indoor environmental quality.
This book brings together research results on several aspects of interior architecture and design, including adaptive reuse of historical buildings; design, culture, environment and behavior issues; environmental systems and technology. The main target audience of this book is academicians, researchers, practitioners, and students who are interested in interior architecture and design and other disciplines that collaborate with them. The book consists of three main chapters. The first chapter delves into the theory, history, practice, and education surrounding the adaptive reuse of architectural heritage. The second chapter explores multiple design dimensions, intertwining humor, spatial narratives, and innovative educational approaches. Together, these sections provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary design practices through humor, history, interaction, and technology, enriching the discourse in design and education. The third chapter focuses on key elements of interior design, indicating the utilization of natural resources, enhancement of indoor environmental quality, and implementation of sustainable approaches.
This pioneering book introduces the “feminine,” a dimension of film not reducible to women’s experience. Exploring this Jungian concept through movies spanning seven decades, it enhances the appreciation of film as a depth psychological medium.
This is the first monograph dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci’s commission for The Virgin of the Rocks, which he painted twice. It opens up Leonardo’s world and unveils the secret realms of human dissection and philosophy that inspired the creation of the painter’s two masterpieces
This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
Why did we evolve a sense of beauty? This book answers from the perspective of scientists with deep knowledge of the arts, weaving together experimental science with art, music, and more. They show how all our senses are similar under the hood in shaping our aesthetic experience.
This conference proceedings brings together researchers, artists, art historians, and activists to collaboratively map the uncharted territories of new forms of botanical knowledge, and to capitalize on contemporary art’s ability to productively unhinge scientific theories.
This publication focuses on the various vectors of visual communication, particularly contemporary brands as social phenomena, culture and the way people communicate and create meanings, from a designer’s perspective.
Millais exposes the myths that surround Le Corbusier, detailing the endless failures of his proposals and his projects and arguing that his influence on architecture was disastrous, as traditional buildings were destroyed and replaced by featureless boxes of varying sizes.
Redwood undertakes a close formal analysis of Tarkovsky’s later films. Charting the stylistic and narrative innovations in Mirror, Stalker, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, he succeeds in shedding new light on these celebrated, but often misunderstood, masterpieces.
This collection of essays explores the enduring afterlife of medieval art and architecture. It examines how medieval works were preserved, restored, and appropriated from the 16th to 20th centuries to shape modern political, religious, and cultural practices.
This accessible collection offers a fresh approach to photography and literature. Essays by acknowledged experts consider both key literary figures, from Proust to Sebald, and photographic practitioners to give a commanding, ground-breaking overview of the subject.
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