Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946-1962 delves into the various circles of artists who lived in France following World War II. Featuring new scholarship and illuminating essays, this groundbreaking volume illustrates many... Zobraziť viac
Flowers have been a popular motif in art for centuries. As the epitome of natural beauty and earthly mortality since the Baroque era, flowers have lost none of their fascination for artists in the 20th and 21st centuries... Zobraziť viac
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s self-portraits are regarded as being among the most important of his radical creative works. In addition to some 50 specific portraits of himself, we can also see his series of likenesses of ... Zobraziť viac
Extensive journeys in Britain and continental Europe provided an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the visionary colour composi-tions of J. M. William Turner. In Switzerland he experienced the beauty and menace of the Alps, ... Zobraziť viac
Alberto Giacometti forged a singular path within European Modernism, restlessly seeking a new language for sculpture as a double of reality. Presenting some 100 sculptures and paintings, the publication tracks... Zobraziť viac
In the spring of 2008, a think tank of engineers, designers, trend researchers, and financial experts met on a factory floor... Zobraziť viac
Between 1933 and 1945, artistic creativity within the German Reich was almost totally under the control of the National Socialist state... Zobraziť viac
Over a career that now spans nearly seven decades, the American painter Alex Katz (b. 1927, New York) has devoted himself to the representation of the here and now and to the immediacy of human perception – a commitment to what the artist has ... Zobraziť viac
Zentralbauten, d.h. Kirchen über dem Grundriss eines Kreises, eines Vier- oder Mehrecks, eines griechischen Kreuzes o.ä., gehören für die Renaissanceforschung seit Jacob Burckhardt zu den wichtigsten Paradigmata der Architektur dieser Epoche... Zobraziť viac
Lying between deserts, mountain chains and seas, Iran developed a fascinating cultural landscape. 360 objects from the time of the first advanced civilisations during the 3rd millennium BC until the end of... Zobraziť viac
This exquisitely designed volume presents the work of a woman whose work at the forefront of photography has been too long ignored... Zobraziť viac
Charles Bukowski, the dirty old man of American literature whose poems and prose are closely interwoven with his life - how does one go about portraying a person like that? In 1985, the young photographer Abe Frajndlich... Zobraziť viac
Around 1500, Lucas Cranach the Elder steps onto the world stage - in Vienna... Zobraziť viac
With Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Andreas Gursky, and Jeff Wall, the exhibition spotlights four master photographers whose visual constructions call into question the possibilities and limits of human perception and the photographic medium... Zobraziť viac
Ai Weiwei is not only one of the most important contemporary artists; he is also an untiring activist and critic of authoritarian systems... Zobraziť viac
Sensuousness, magic, a profound momentousness and irrationality are the hallmarks of the new art movement of Belgian Symbolism, which emerged during the 1880s. From Georg Minne and Fe licien Rops to Fernand Khnopff and James Ensor, the portraits... Zobraziť viac
This publication examines in depth the in-fluence of folkloric traditions on the pioneers of Modernismin the development of their new artistic language. Craft objects and folk art are contrasted with masterpieces by artists of the avant-garde... Zobraziť viac
Joan Jonas (b. 1936, New York) is one of the most highly regarded and influential artists working today. This book focuses on her new exhibition, film screenings and performances at Tate Modern ... Zobraziť viac
Henry Moore has influenced the history of twentieth - century sculpture more decisively than anyone else. He was one of the first contemporary sculptors to realise his ideas in the public space throughout the world. His oeuvre was a lasting source of insp Zobraziť viac
In recent years, an extensive collection of drawings was discovered in Andy Warhol's estate. Dating from the 1950s, the artist's early years in New York, the drawings took as their inspiration magazine photographs and illustrations-many ... Zobraziť viac
