This is a concise overview of the most extraordinary landmarks built around the world since the turn of the millennium. It features such noteworthy projects as the Casa da Musica in Portugal by OMA, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in the US by Frank Gehry, Federation Square in Australia by Bates Smart and more.

The Age of Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, also called the Age of Reason, was named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. Philosophers of this era who championed radical ideas such as individual liberty and rational inquiry into the universe around them planted seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire capitalism.

This volume presents a survey of modern art. This term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experiment with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art. This text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography...

"This comprehensive introduction to art and design explores making artifacts as a process of making meaning. Making Art: Form and Meaning offers a framework for understanding how all the aspects of an artwork -- subject matter, medium, form, process, and contexts -- interact. The text's wide array of examples and its emphasis on late-modernism and postmodern art give students a thorough look at the expressive possibilities of traditional design elements...