Largely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious impulses into figurative forms and intensely claustrophobic compositions. Emerging into notoriety in the period following... Zobraziť viac
Defining Decadence The legacy of Gustav Klimt A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862 1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. In this neat, dependable monograph, ... Zobraziť viac
Jean-Michel Basquiat was only twenty-seven when he died in 1988, his meteoric and often controversial career having lasted for just eight years... Zobraziť viac
Discover the complete works of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the most significant artist of Flemish Renaissance painting. This XXL monograph gathers all 40 paintings, 65 drawings, and 89 engravings... Zobraziť viac
In-your-face, brutally pleasing, achingly simple, deceptively frank, the work of Christopher Wool is so very New York. Though he owes a debt to Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art, he completely transcends - even demolishes - these genres... Zobraziť viac
The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. This beautiful volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long... Zobraziť viac
This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artists who redefined modern self-portraiture... Zobraziť viac
Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Phyllida Barlow, Yinka Shonibare, Rachel Whiteread - these are the sculptors who define sculpture, and here they are in their own words. From the Sculptor's Studio is a unique collection of personal conversations... Zobraziť viac
The fascination of the North is enduring: vast, impenetrable coniferous forests on the edge of the Arctic polar region, "white" summer nights, the long darkness of snowy winters and the famous Northern Lights exert a magical attraction... Zobraziť viac
This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history and development of performance art in the former communist countries of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe since the 1960s. Covering 21 countries and more than 250 artists... Zobraziť viac
Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier, Juliette Aristides’s first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over... Zobraziť viac
Sargent's portraits in charcoal constitute a gallery of the great and the good and the talented, scarcely less remarkable in its range of personalities than that earlier gallery of painted portraits. Zobraziť viac
This book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to portraits created by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, whose figurative work exhibits intense emotion and technical brilliance. Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was one of the ... Zobraziť viac
This book explains the basic sketching techniques and decisions more in depth and provides much more step-by-step example drawings, which makes it even more suitable for students and professionals who want to become better sketchers... Zobraziť viac
Ways of Drawing brings together a sophisticated, exciting range of reflections on markmaking by practising artists, teachers and writers. From explorations of how it feels to draw and personal accounts of artistic development... Zobraziť viac
Focusing on 56 selected works from the 1970s to today, Pushing paper examines why drawing has endured as a method of making art, and explores the vital and fundamental nature of drawing through themes such as systems and process... Zobraziť viac
Some may think sketching is a disappearing skill, but if you ever enter a design studio, you will find out differently. Studios still make sketches and drawings by hand and in most cases, quite a lot of them... Zobraziť viac
Pomíjivost života, citlivá duše i zdrcující nepochopení… To vše nám připomíná malíře „žen s dlouhým krkem“, Amedea Modiglianiho. Byl to umělec křehký, ale zároveň plný života. Angelo Longoni nás provede jeho životem... Zobraziť viac
Celebrates one of the giants of French Impressionism with luxurious, large-format images. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the founders of Impressionism and a friend of Monet, ... Zobraziť viac
What I See, the first book by Brooklyn Beckham, is a series of snapshots of his life. Each chapter tells a different story through pictures by and of Brooklyn, accompanied by.. Zobraziť viac
