Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A detailed and spectacular overview of the arms and armours of the Collection of the Furusiyya Art Foundation. An invaluable contribution to the historical study of Islamic arms and material culture. The furusiyya is a whole of practical and theoretical knowledge related to the horse: horsemanship, hippology, veterinary medicine, art of warfa. It includes/understands also the disciplines of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 962 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 190) Аннотация: An original, thematic book focused on one of Raphael's favourite subjects, female portraits, which embody the typical ideals of Italian Renaissance: Grace and Beauty. This monograph, catalogue of the Paris fall exhibition, presents a selection of Raphael's female portraits, including extraordinary masterpieces such as the Lady with Unicorn, La Fornarina (The Baker Girl), La Muta (The Mute Woman),…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: An extensive study on Hopper, which accompanies a major travelling exhibition and illuminates the life and work of one of America’s most celebrated artists. Illustrated with over 150 oils, watercolors, etchings and drawings with comments on their formal and technical characteristics, this exhibition’s catalog offers an updated critical interpretation of Edward Hopper’s work and an alternative…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: One of the most complete monographs of the artist to date, this volume depicts the career of Roy Lichtenstein, one of the finest American pop artists of his era. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was the master of the stereotype, and the most sophisticated of the major pop artists. An emblematic protagonist of the New York art scene of the second half of twentieth century, he became a legend in his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: A wide-ranging and detailed survey dedicated to the protagonists of the contemporary art scene in Eastern Europe. As the title suggests, history, memory and identity are the principle «open questions» for many countries in Eastern Europe that have over the past twenty years seen their course in history change radically in the wake of the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th, 1989. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: The never-before-published wardrobe of a timeless star, for lovers of fashion, photography and film history. Greta Garbo’s influence over fashion has transcended time. Her dresses, suits, impeccably-tailored coats with a slightly masculine look and the indispensable accessories (shoes, bags, glasses, foulards) has created a style emulated, imitated, even occasionally reviled, but never fully…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The fifth book in the series, this volume concludes this extraordinary publishing project by analyzing the fascinating and controversial phenomena of contemporary art. This volume presents ten chapters, each written by an international expert. To mention just a few: exhibition curator Nicolas Bourriad discusses installations, video and action art in the post-media age. Gabriella Belli, director…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: In May, 1909 Sergei Diaghilev astonished the world of dance with his first ballet presentations in Paris which demonstrated an unprecedented combination of vitality and grace, originality and technical sophistication. As a primary axis of Diaghilevs activities during the life of the company known as the Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo is celebrating this centenary with a major exhibition of over 300…
Скачать книгу (размер 830 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 164) Аннотация: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1528/30-1569) is one of the best-loved artists in the history of Western art. Famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting until it became a virtually independent genre, he is also considered to be the greatest 16th-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This volume presents the collection of paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder belonging to…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Skira Mini ARTbooks is a pocket-sized series, conveniently priced, very practical and with lots of images dedicated to single international artists, artistic movements and painting genres. It is published on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Caravaggio death, the turbulent life and revolutionary masterpieces of a genius: Michelangelo Merisi called Caravaggio. It offers a new and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 250) Аннотация: This title details a fully-fledged Skira Architecture house organ which presents the Skiras point of view on world architecture. It is published annually, only in English, with a very heavy emphasis on the graphic side: from June to June (summer solstice); on sale date: October.The Yearbook includes — Wall paper: a number of double-page spreads featuring about a hundred of the most interesting…
Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: A catalogue that tries to reveal Warhols personal view on different themes and refines our concept of not only the artist, but of the times in which he lived as well. In appreciating Andy Warhols body of work, one is constantly awed by its sheer volume there is always something new to see. This catalogue comes a step closer to defining the prodigious pop artists legacy. It illuminates Warhols…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: This monograph charts Ruff s entire career including early photographs and works from all his major projects. Thomas Ruff is one of the best-known and most influential german photographers working today. Ever since the early 1980s, through his works he has investigated the photographic medium, the use that is made of it and the world of contemporary visual culture generally. This volume brings…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: An essential tool for a deeper understanding of the multifaceted reality of Asian visual arts. A true catalogue raisonné, Contemporary Photography from the Far East presents the works of twenty-one of Asias most important contemporary artists who have made their mark on the international contemporary art scene in the fields of photography, video and film. It features works by Hiroshi…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: Novembre is a solo voice in today’s chorus of minimalism. He creates interiors, furniture, designs, and installations by «mixing old and new materials, setting the time zone between Byzantium and Blade Runner.» This book is a comprehensive survey of his designs to date.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: George Grosz (1893–1959) was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group. He was born Georg Ehrenfried Groß in Berlin, but changed his name in 1916 out of a romantic enthusiasm for America. Anti-Nazi, Grosz left Germany in 1932, and in 1933 was invited to teach at the Art Students League of New York, where he would teach intermittently until 1955. Over 500 illustrations,…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Mass culture, popular taste, and kitsch were the inspiration for and provocative themes of pop art, a movement that enjoyed great prominence in the late 1950s and 1960s. This super-condensed book shows the development of pop art, from its roots to its rise in popularity as an art form that celebrated the glamour and hedonism of the newly commercialized Western world.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: This supercondensed monograph looks at the paintings of Modigliani, known for his stylized portraits with tapering necks, from his debut in Italy to his time in Paris, as well as how the artist was able to merge the heritage of his country with the ideas of the artistic avant-garde and African art.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: This book on the art of the twentieth century is published almost ten years after the end of the so-called «short century»—which, in terms of art, was anything but short—and is a valuable tool for reflection. The author has placed a series of works in sequence, accompanied by easy to understand critical commentary. With concise introductions devoted to every significant art movement and more than…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: During the 1870s and 1880s, a group of French artists, including Pissarro, Monet, and Renoir, adopted a style of painting and subjects that challenged the art of the Academie Francaise where «official» assumptions about the meaning of painting prevailed. This compact, well-priced survey of the movement features sixty reproductions of some of the most renowned works, and a highly readable…