A firsthand survey of the most original graffiti scene to emerge in the past decade. From the startlingly distinctive achievements of the internationally renowned twin-brother painters Os Gemeos to the visual powers of the ubiquitous daredevil Pichadores, Brazil's graffiti captivates with entirely fresh ideas, techniques, and messages. Whether one's taste is for the extraordi...(展开全部)

Ever since anonymous spray-can art began appearing on city walls in New York and Philadelphia in the late 1960s, graffiti has been a ubiquitous presence in the urban landscape, its artists largely unsung heroes. As hip-hop culture spread from America, graffiti became a worldwide phenomenon, emerging in the 1980s as the symbolic artistic language of young people everywhere and o...(展开全部)

Alex Ross has made his home at Dynamite Entertainment for the past several years with the creation of his own universe in Project Superpowers. Having produced many other illustrations for Dynamite comic books like Green Hornet and Vampirella, and having reunited with his Marvels collaborator, Kurt Busiek, with Kirby: Genesis, there can be no argument that Alex Ross is as popula...(展开全部)

Alex Ross has made his home at Dynamite Entertainment for the past several years with the creation of his own universe in Project Superpowers. Having produced many other illustrations for Dynamite comic books like Green Hornet and Vampirella, and having reunited with his Marvels collaborator, Kurt Busiek, with Kirby: Genesis, there can be no argument that Alex Ross is as popula...(展开全部)

在整個藝術史當中，塗鴉藝術仍算是一門初生的想法與概念。這種 Ephemeral Art（消失性藝術），是基於作品本身的毀滅性或是它的短暫性，它存在的時間從藝術家創造它直到它在街頭到被天然或人為因素銷毀為止，也因此，這種街頭藝術的特質困擾著目前以收藏持久性藝術作品為主的美術館。但這種消失性藝術的維持及其活力正是靠著大量的新作品和其中持續轉變的訊息內容所延續下去。 塗鴉藝術是一個既新又舊的話題，但這股正在迅速席捲世界青少年的次文化，已經遠遠滲透到流行文化的各個方面，包括音樂、時尚、設計，甚至是純藝術領域，例如英國ICA（國家當代藝術中心）每年都舉辦塗鴉藝術週，邀請文化圈的知名人士，以整體文化架構的角度來討論這種現象。另外更有不計其數的塗鴉藝術家活躍在街頭創作，而且紛紛建立起自己的品牌，銷售服裝、玩具和代表這種生活方式的各種產品，這同時是一股正在擴張的...(展开全部)

在整個藝術史當中，塗鴉藝術仍算是一門初生的想法與概念。這種 Ephemeral Art（消失性藝術），是基於作品本身的毀滅性或是它的短暫性，它存在的時間從藝術家創造它直到它在街頭到被天然或人為因素銷毀為止，也因此，這種街頭藝術的特質困擾著目前以收藏持久性藝術作品為主的美術館。但這種消失性藝術的維持及其活力正是靠著大量的新作品和其中持續轉變的訊息內容所延續下去。 塗鴉藝術是一個既新又舊的話題，但這股正在迅速席捲世界青少年的次文化，已經遠遠滲透到流行文化的各個方面，包括音樂、時尚、設計，甚至是純藝術領域，例如英國ICA（國家當代藝術中心）每年都舉辦塗鴉藝術週，邀請文化圈的知名人士，以整體文化架構的角度來討論這種現象。另外更有不計其數的塗鴉藝術家活躍在街頭創作，而且紛紛建立起自己的品牌，銷售服裝、玩具和代表這種生活方式的各種產品，這同時是一股正在擴張的...(展开全部)

North Korea's Kŭmgangsan is one of Asia's most celebrated sacred mountain ranges, comparable in fame to Mount Tai in China and Mount Fuji in Japan. Carving Status at Kŭmgangsan marks a paradigm shift in the research about East Asian mountains by introducing an entirely new field: autographic rock graffiti. The book details how late Chosŏn (ca. 1600–1900 CE) Korean elite travele...(展开全部)

Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's discovery of dynamite made possible the famous industrial megaprojects that transformed the countryside and defined the era, including the St. Gothard rail tunnel through the Alps, the clearing of New York harbor, the Panama Canal, and countless others. Dynamite also caused terrible injuries and great loss of life, and, in some cases, incalculable...(展开全部)