Maniera: Pontormo, Bronzino and Medici Florence

Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Emerging in the early 16th century on the heels of the Renaissance, the mannerist style arose out of the art world's attempts to further the incredible achievements of Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael. Mannerist art comprises many facets: it is elegant, cultivated and sophisticated, but also artificial, extravagant and sometimes even bizarre. Some called the art of Maniera the stylish style.…

Goldberg Vicki: Bruce Davidson: Magnum Legacy

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Bruce Davidson began his love affair with photography at age ten. The son of a hardworking divorced mother, he was a loner who disliked school and had difficulty conforming to the world round him. His camera released him from the boundaries of his youth and opened the doors to a lifetime's work. Vicki Goldberg's authoritative text explores the wide range of his vision and technique, and reveals…

Mariani Philomena: The Weegee Guide to New York

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: During his storied career as the quintessential New York photojournalist, Weegee explored the city's least glamorous pockets, depicting brutal crimes, horrific accidents, tenement dwellers, street vendors, and mischievous kids. And although his perspective was often dark and cynical, he was also tremendously sentimental about his subjects' hard lives. This unique guide offers a series of…

Corbijn Anton: Anton Corbijn 1-2-3-4

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Corbijn's interest in music has been the engine of an illustrious decades-long career that has most recently involved the making of feature length films such as The American, A Most Wanted Man and Life, due to be released in 2015. This gloriously illustrated, oversized book pays homage to Corbijn's obsession with rock and roll-an interest that has led to lifelong friendships with Bono, Michael…

The Paintings That Revolutionized Art

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: What makes the Book of Kells such an extraordinary example of illuminated manuscript? Why is Durer's self-portrait so iconic? How did Turner's Rain, Steam, Speed turn the art world on its head? What's so great about Jasper John's Flag? And who was Whistler's mother, anyway? Art history is filled with paintings that shocked, intrigued, enraged and mystified their audiences — paintings that…

Lynn Federle Orr: Art Deco: 50 Works of Art You Should Know

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This new addition to Prestel's successful 50s series focuses on Art Deco, an artistic movement that originated in France after World War I and spread throughout Europe and America. Presented chronologically in full-page illustrations accompanied by explanatory texts, these fifty iconic examples demonstrate the variety of ways Art Deco was expressed. Included here are a soup tureen designed by…

Hodge Susie: Art Nouveau: 50 Works of Art You Should Know

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900. However it was a tremendously important period, not only for its radical shift away from the academic and romantic movements of the late 19th century, but also for its embrace of nature and natural forms. This authoritative, accessible and beautifully illustrated book explores fifty…

Richardson Tim: Spiritual Machine

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Tim Richardson makes images acutely attuned to their time — a fusion of classical and futurist motifs filtered through technology. Spiritual Machine reveals the entire breadth and scope of his diverse career and includes pictures for V Magazine, Dazed & Confused, and Vogue Hommes Japan; portraiture of Brooke Candy, Rinko Kikuchi, Tao Okamoto and collaborations with the award-winning fashion…

Marechal Paul: Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Record Covers

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Diana Ross, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones all had their music promoted by Andy Warhol's record covers. This stunning volume reproduces all of the album covers, front and back, that Warhol designed over four decades. Hundreds of additional contextual illustrations present liner notes and inside covers, related works by Warhol and…

Migayrou Frederic: Frank Gehry

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Arranged chronologically, this book follows the arc of Gehry's later career, during which he has focused mainly on public and cultural facilities. The book explores how Gehry has overcome technological setbacks and aesthetic backlash, never wavering from his vision. It examines his work in the context of the urban environment, showing how Gehry continually strives to make cities «less boring»…

Weidemann Christiane: Year in Art: Activity Book

Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: What better way to learn about art than to create your own masterpiece alongside another, find hidden details that add to an understanding of the artwork, read fascinating stories about how the work came to be created, or take an entertaining quiz that leads to a deeper appreciation of techniques and themes. This beautifully designed activity book introduces children to many of the world's…

Magnum Photos: Year in Photography: Magnum Archive

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: «Now available again in a stunning new format, this generously illustrated book for lovers of photography includes 365 images from the greatest photojournalists of today and yesterday. Founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Magnum Photos is the iconic international photographic cooperative whose members have captured the major historical events of their times, as well as private and intimate moments.…

Friedewald Boris: A Butterfly Journey: Maria Sibylla Merian. Artist and Scientist

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: A woman ahead of her time, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was an intrepid explorer, naturalist and scholar, as well as a magnificent artist. This lovely, impeccably designed book tells Merian's incredible life story alongside colourful reproductions of her engravings and watercolours of the butterflies she encountered during her lifetime in Germany and the Netherlands and her seminal trip to…

Zavala Adriana: Frida Kahlo's Garden

Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: Frida Kahlo created a natural paradise in her home at Casa Azul in Mexico City. The plants cultivated there were vital components of some of her most original work and an important part of her fascination with indigenous Mexican history and culture. From early paintings dating from the 1920s to her last known work, Kahlo's use of botanical imagery reflects not only a love of the natural world,…

Zollner Frank: Botticelli

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Botticelli is one of the most admired artists of the Renaissance period and his seductive Venus and graceful Primavera are among the world's most recognisable works of art. This catalogue raisonne of Botticelli's paintings offers more than two hundred full-colour illustrations and meticulous scholarship by the distinguished Renaissance art historian Frank Zollner, described by The Financial…

Lafont Maria: Soviet Posters

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Dating from 1917 to the end of the Cold War, the posters in this book feature the work of groundbreaking Russian artists such as El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko, as well as extraordinary anonymous work. Presented in full colour and printed on heavy paper in a large-format, the posters gathered here represent the pinnacle of Russian avant-garde design from the 20th century. They range in…

Maren Eichhorn-Johanssen: 25,000 Years of Jewelry

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, this collection of jewellery through the ages links cultures and eras to show how the design, wearing, and collecting of personal adornment has evolved over the ages. They range from classic items such as necklaces, rings and earrings to less common items with origins in non-European cultures. The book features jewellery…

Vivian Endicott Barnett: Klee and Kandinsky

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: Klee and Kandinsky were towering figures of the modernist movement and were close, both as friends and artists. For a time they lived next door to one another and exchanged their artistic ideas on a daily basis. This unique book explores their 30-year relationship, from the time of the Blue Rider group around 1912, through the Bauhaus years in Weimar and Dessau until the late 1930s. With the…

Haeckel Ernst: Art Forms from the Abyss

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: From jewellery designers to scientists, graphic artists to naturalists, the range of people inspired by Ernst Haeckel's illustrations continues to grow. Following up on Prestel's Art Forms in Nature and Art Forms from the Ocean, this new collection features startlingly beautiful images created by Haeckel, who was commissioned to contribute to the report of the HMS Challenger expedition, which…

Akinsha Konstantin: Russian Modernism

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Russian Modernism is dedicated to the radical modernist movements in Russian and German art during the early years of the 20th century. Their development was parallel and often intertwined. Artists such as Vasily Kandinsky or Alexej von Jawlensky are claimed by the Germans but remain Russian artists for the Russians. The Burluk brothers, who became celebrities of the Russian radical art scene,…