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Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Spanning the period from romanticism to neo-impressionism, this beautiful book reveals the extraordinary richness, diversity, and inventiveness that fuelled a remarkably creative period of French drawing — called the paper century in the opening essay. Brilliant drawings by Degas, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Seurat as well as by many of their peers allow for a close inspection of such key…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Painted between the years 1632 and 1646, the Passion series is one of Rembrandt's finest accomplishments. This volume investigates a work known as the Entombment Sketch — actually a beautiful finished painting, and the jewel of the Hunterian Art Gallery's collection. Drawing from paint samples, new high — definition imagery, and other technical findings, this volume thoroughly explores the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: During his brief yet prolific career, Egon Schiele created hundreds of drawings, watercolours, and oil paintings of the women in his life. His work is generally regarded as Expressionistic, emotional, intense, autobiographical, and highly sexual. In this elegant and beautifully illustrated book, Jane Kallir examines Schiele's depictions of women to argue that there is more to these images than we…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The history of revolution is as old as humanity; yet it is only since the invention of photography that we have been able to discern the realities of these conflicts from the distance of time. Starting with the Algerian uprising in 1954 and culminating with the most recent triumphs and tragedies of the Arab Spring, this book brings together hundreds of colour and black and white images that…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition, this book documents the artist's career from his youthful meteoric rise to the largely unexplored period preceding his death. Mentored by Robert Henri, leader of the Ashcan school in New York in the early part of the twentieth century, Bellows skilfully and audaciously painted the world around him: street children, tenements, boxers,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: One of the most famous and popular photographers of his time, Jeanloup Sieff photographed some of the most beautiful women and men of his era. This wide-ranging collection of his work captures some of his most famous photographs spanning a career of nearly forty years. These nudes and fashion shots portray more than beautiful bodies draped, or not, with beautiful clothes; Sieff's personal…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Zarina Hashmi's main working medium is paper, which she employs in woodcuts, etchings, drawings, rubbings and casts made from paper pulp. Minimal yet rich in associations, her abstract compositions are inextricably linked to her life and to the themes of dispossession and exile that have marked it. The concept of home-whether personal, geographical, national, spiritual, or familial-resonates…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Chronologically arranged, each chapter focuses on a particular work or idea that changed modern art as we know it. Presented in beautiful spreads and with informative text, readers will discover how a painting such as Edouard Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe shocked the art establishment with its depiction of nude women alongside fully clothed men. The author explains how the work's striking…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Drawing, often considered a minor art, was central to surrealism from the very beginning. Automatic drawing, exquisite cadavers, and frottage are just a few of the techniques invented by surrealists as means to tap into the subconscious realm. While previous books have examined the connection between drawings and surrealist paintings, Drawing Surrealism is the first to recognize the medium as a…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structures. Like a composer, he developed and harmonized pictorial themes, weaving a complex series of signs and symbols into his painting. The book focuses on Klee's decade-long tenure at the Bauhaus, where the artist's theories and practices first merged. Illustrated…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: This refreshing new book, a lavishly produced and illustrated volume on the controversial nineteenth-century Romantic artist, addresses Caspar David Friedrich's modern critics while deepening our appreciation for his singular genius.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This exciting collection of four hundred photographs from the 1960s — taken by Dennis Hopper and recently rediscovered — brilliantly documents the social, political, and creative highlights from a tumultuous era.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Picasso Black and White examines the artist's lifelong exploration of a black and white leitmotiv through some 110 paintings and a selection of sculptures and works on paper. Picasso continued the tradition of engaging the color black that had been employed throughout a centuries-long history of Spanish painting by fellow artists Jose de Ribera, Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Zurbaran, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 039 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 205) Аннотация: The first portrait; the first realistic animal drawing; the first night-time scene; the first nude study; the first still life. These firsts and others are closely explored in twenty-five chapters that help the general reader and art lover alike understand how innovation spurred artistic growth through the years and around the world. Each chapter opens with a specific artist or work that…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: A seventeenth century Spanish painter who continues to influence artists today, Velazquez is primarily known for his portraits of Spanish royalty and other notable figures. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details — allowing the viewer to appreciate every aspect of the artist's technique and oeuvre.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Chronologically arranged, each chapter focuses on a particular work or idea that changed the course of photography. Presented in beautiful spreads and with informative text, the book opens with photography's genesis in the form of the camera obscura. Centuries later, Daguerre, Niepce, and Talbot invented their own means of capturing light on paper. The book covers groundbreaking genres such as…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 276) Аннотация: Is Europe a union in name only? How does the land we live on contribute to our culture? How does it divide or unite a collection of cultures? These important questions are at the root of this pictorial examination of Europe's heterogeneous landscape. This book brings together images from twenty-seven European Union nations and from prominent artists such as Olafur Eliasson (Denmark), Thomas…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This book is a guide to image creation — it covers different ways of drawing viewpoints, perspective, palettes, and choice of media. By showcasing a range of illustrators — from established names to fresh talent — the book reveals the most compelling styles and techniques that are practiced today.

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: The enfant terrible of the Viennese art scene, Klimt was notorious for his portraits of beautiful women. Illustrated with color reproductions, this book profiles the women who figured in the artist's life and on his canvasses. The author looks beyond the standard assumption that Klimt was a hard-hearted philanderer, pointing instead to his committed and loving relationship with Emilie Floge that…

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