Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Jackson Pollock's revolutionary 'drip paintings' put American art on the map, representing the first real break with the formal structures of European art. But it was not only his vibrant canvases that made him a celebrity during his life and a legendary figure after his death in a car crash at the age of forty-four. In the 1950s Pollock became an icon of rebellion, brooding and defiant,…
Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Eye on a Century celebrates a cornerstone of the Yale University Art Gallery's holdings: the Charles B. Benenson Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. This major bequest includes works by a veritable pantheon of modern and contemporary artists — among them Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stuart Davis, Fernand Leger, Joan Miro, James Rosenquist, and David Smith. The catalogue provides exciting new…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 476) Аннотация: This major study offers a new understanding of the aesthetics and politics of postwar European and American art. Questioning the widespread assumption that the most innovative practices were non-representational, it shows how a powerful realist impulse operated alongside a strong commitment to abstraction. Alex Potts makes the case that the ambition to create work that engaged with the everyday…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Seagram Building rises up over New York's Park Avenue with perfect lines of bronze and glass. Considered one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century architecture, the building was commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, founder of the Canadian distillery dynasty Seagram. Bronfman's daughter, Phyllis Lambert, was twenty-seven years old when she took over the search for an architect and chose Mies…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 543 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 500) Аннотация: This groundbreaking publication, a companion to Van Gogh at Work, shows how the artist experimented with an enormous range of materials and techniques in his paintings and drawings. The result of an extensive research project carried out by the Van Gogh Museum, Shell, and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, we learn of the artist's decisions to work with certain supports, priming…
Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: In the years between 1890 and 1905, Paris witnessed a revolution in printmaking. Before this time, prints had primarily served reproductive or political ends, but, as the century came to a close, artistic quality became paramount, and printmaking blossomed into an autonomous art form. This gorgeously illustrated and accessibly written book looks at the circumstances in which this terrific new…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Today's photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions of the past. Seduced by Art looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, and technical experimentation. This sumptuous book shows how photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron sought to elevate the status of their work by…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: In December 1921, the poet Manuel Maples Arce (1898 — 1981) papered the walls of Mexico City with his manifesto Actual No. 1, sparking the movement Estridentismo (Stridentism). It is inspired by Mexico's rapid modernization following the Mexican Revolution, the Estridentistas attempted to overturn the status quo in Mexican culture, taking inspiration from contemporary European movements and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: This fascinating book offers the first comprehensive study in English of Baldassare Longhena (1598-1682), the indispensable architect of the Venetian Baroque. While Longhena's legacy is most visible in his iconic Madonna della Salute, the 17th-century basilica devoted to the Virgin Mary in gratitude for Venice's deliverance from the plague, and in the Pesaro and Rezzonico palaces along the Grand…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Widely regarded as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) did much of his best-known work in Manhattan during the 1960s, becoming an epic chronicler of that tumultuous decade. But Winogrand was also an avid traveller and roamed extensively around the United States, bringing exquisite work out of nearly every region of the country. This landmark…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: Set against the backdrop of imperial Russia, this tale of forbidden romance is the stuff of a great historical novel. It presents the account of the love between Count Nicholas Sheremetev, Russia's richest aristocrat, and Praskovia Kovalyova, his serf and the greatest opera diva of her time.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 104 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 610) Аннотация: Traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. The book covers various areas including works of Impressionism, Cubism, Constructivism and Surrealism.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Marc Chagall (1887-1985), one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century, created his unique style by blending richly colored folk art with Cubism, Surrealism, and imagery drawn from the Russian Christian icon tradition. This book explores a significant but neglected period in the artist's career, from the rise of fascism in the 1930s through the end of World War II, which he spent in Paris…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The Tuileries Garden is a masterpiece of garden design and one of the world's most iconic public art spaces. Designed for Louis XIV by landscape architect Andre Le Notre, it served the now-destroyed Tuileries Palace. It was opened to the public in 1667, becoming one of the first public gardens in Europe. The garden has always been a place for Parisians to convene, celebrate, and promenade, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: «Pliny's «Natural History» (AD 77-79) served as a guide to and exemplar of the ideals of art for Renaissance artists, patrons, and theorists. This title charts the historiography of Latin and Italian manuscripts and early printed copies of the «Natural History» to trace the dissemination of its contents to artists from Donatello to Michelangelo.»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is one of the core figures of 19th-century American art. The Clark Art Institute holds one of the greatest collections of Homer's work across all media. The collection was assembled predominately by Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956). This book examines Clark as a collector of Homer and the Clark's extensive holdings.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Since its origins in the 1970s, punk has had an incendiary influence on fashion. As a style, punk was about chaos, anarchy, and rebellion. This title examines the impact of punk's aesthetic of brutality on high fashion, focusing especially on its do-it-yourself, rip-it-to-shreds ethos, the antithesis of couture's made-to-measure exactitude.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Edward Hopper (1882 — 1967) is recognized as one of the most well-known American artists of the 20th century. His distinctive style, combining subtle observations of the world with his imagination, has not only influenced other artists but also photographers, filmmakers, and popular culture. Although Hopper is primarily known for his oil paintings, including such iconic works as Nighthawks (1942)…
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was featured in the notorious Sensation exhibition (1997). His sculptural installations and performances explore political and social themes, such as the nature of consumerism and…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental, complex question. Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, What Art Is challenges the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning. Danto argues that despite varied approaches, a work of…