Raised during the Industrial Revolution, Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) strove to distinguish and reaffirm the identity of his native Catalonia as Spain and the rest of Europe modernized... Zobraziť viac
A visual exploration of the Impressionists’ love affair with the new thinking about garden design that swept 19th-century France. In the Gardens of Impressionism explores the Impressionists’ fascination with gardens, parks and flowers in the... Zobraziť viac
La popularité toujours vivace de Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) s'explique non seulement par l'attrait particulier qu'exercent ses toiles luxuriantes mais aussi par les thèmes universaux sur lesquels il travailla: l'amour, la beauté féminine... Zobraziť viac
The first book to devote serious attention to questions of scale in contemporary sculpture, this study considers the phenomenon within the interlinked cultural and socio-historical framework of the legacies of postmodern theory and the growth of global... Zobraziť viac
Learn everything you need to know to create beautiful floral works of art in oil and acrylic! This comprehensive book opens with a guide to essential information on the necessary tools and materials for both sketching and... Zobraziť viac
Erfahren Sie mehr über den höchsten Flügelaltar der Welt! In der Basilika des Heiligen Jakobus in Leutschau befindet sich ein einzigartiges Kunstwerk – der höchste spätgotische Flügelaltar der Welt... Zobraziť viac
Sarah Symmonss fascinating account places Goya within the context of his Spanish heritage, traces the immense in?uence of his work throughout Europe and considers the continued relevance of his art in the twentieth century. Drawings, oil and fresco... Zobraziť viac
Now in a miniature pocket format, and at an unbeatable price, India Modern ia a visually stunning compilation of modern Indian design and architecture. This beautiful book examines contemporary subcontinental design and craft and places it within the... Zobraziť viac
The deftness of da vinci. The drawings of Art History's master genius. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius... Zobraziť viac
Pain and passion: The original and intimate art of Mexico’s most famous female painter. The arresting pictures of Frida Kahlo (1907–54) were in many ways expressions of trauma... Zobraziť viac
The unfading popularity of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) attests not only to the particular appeal of his luxuriant painting but also to the universal themes with which he worked: love, feminine beauty, aging, and death... Zobraziť viac
Diego Rivera (1886–1957) is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history, he was at once husband and paladin of Frida Kahlo, advocate and adversary of Stalin’s Soviet Union, .. Zobraziť viac
As a blind person might see the world if the gift of sight were suddenly returned - this is how we might describe the effect of William Turner's paintings on the observer. John Ruskin, Turner's uncompromising 19th-century defender, ... Zobraziť viac
An Expressionist before the term was coined, James Ensor (1860-1949) was the classic insider-outsider enigma. He knew all the right art-world figures but loathed most of them. His style lurched from the Gothic fantastical to the Christian visionary... Zobraziť viac
A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471 1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whose works explored everything from religion to art theory to philosophy. His vast body of ... Zobraziť viac
A hairless, ghostly figure on a bridge. The sky orange-red above him. His hands raised to his ears, his mouth wide in a haunting wail. In painting The Scream, Edvard Munch(1863–1944) created Mona Lisa for our times. The shriek of his iconic figure... Zobraziť viac
Master of Montmartre: A world of music, dance, and the Moulin Rouge. In our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864—1901) has no small role to play... Zobraziť viac
Emerging amid the brutality of World War I, the revolutionary Dada movement took disgust with the establishment as its starting point. From 1916 until the mid-1920s, artists in Zurich, Cologne, Hanover, Paris, and New York launched a radical assault... Zobraziť viac
The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. Two-thirds of it is irrevocably lost, since the earliest images known to us are from about 40,000 years ago. But what a 40,000 years, ... Zobraziť viac
In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928-1962) declared that "a new world calls for a new man." With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold artist would go on to pursue a brief but bountiful career, producing more than 1,000 paintings over... Zobraziť viac
