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Léon Bakst (1866-1924) was a painter, illustrator, stage and costume designer. He is universally acknowledged for representing a synthesis of creative energy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bakst travelled widely throughout Europe and in 1890 joined the World...
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Parkstone International
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2023-12-19
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Ever since its triumph at the Paris Universal Exposition, Art Nouveau has continued to inspire artists. The movement offered an artistic response to the industrial revolution and the creative vacuum left in its wake, exerting a huge impact on the decorative arts. Art...
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Parkstone International
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2023-12-19
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Audubon’s ambitious project to paint all the birds of North America resulted in a work that represents one of the greatest advances in ornithology. Not only did he identify new species, he also depicted birds within their natural habitat and in vivid poses. This...
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Parkstone International
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2023-12-19
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Throughout time, artists have maintained a close relationship with the animal world, which has proved to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration. First, they received inspiration directly from their environment. Next, animals were used in art for their status as...
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Parkstone International
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2023-12-19
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Even today, the splendid appearance of angels remains undiminished. Images of these heavenly and powerful messengers convey protection, innocence and calm, and have been an inspiration to religious artists throughout the history of art. This book illustrates the most...
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Parkstone International
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2023-12-19
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Durante el Renacimiento, los pintores italianos solían representar a las esposas de sus mecenas como Madonas, a menudo haciéndolas más bellas de lo que eran en realidad.Durante siglos, en la pintura religiosa, la Virgen ha sido presentada como la madre clemente y...
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Parkstone International
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2023-12-19
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«Nordic Design in Translation: The Circulation of Objects, Ideas and Practices is an exciting and necessary addition to the discourse on material culture, bringing together fresh approaches to the transnational character of Nordic design. The contributors take the...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2023-12-14
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Arnold Schönberg war als Komponist und Künstlerpersönlichkeit gleichermaßen einflussreich und umstritten. Seine musikalischen Werke, seine Unterrichtstätigkeit und sein theoretisches Werk begründeten die „Neue Musik“ des 20. Jahrhunderts, seine Schriften – von der...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2023-11-30
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Post-Nordic – The Rise and Fall of a Nordic Art Scene 1986–2006 is the first extensive survey of Nordic art during the transition from postmodernism to what might be called "the period of contemporary art".The book revolves around three historical situations: The early...
Editeur :
Les presses du réel
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2023-11-21
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From contemporary deployments of taxidermy, magic lanterns and microscopy to the visualization of forgotten lives, marginalized narratives and colonial histories, this book explores how the work of artists including Mat Collishaw, Yinka Shonibare, Tessa Farmer, Mark...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-20
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The Videography of Darcy Lange is a critical monograph of a pivotal figure in early analogue video. Trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art, Lange developed a socially engaged video practice with remarkable studies of people at work in industrial,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-20
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Mega Square Shoes focuses on the history of the shoe and elevates the shoe to the rank of a work of art. The author is a leading expert on the subject and curator of France‘s Shoe Museum, which holds the greatest shoe collection in the world, with 12,000 specimens.
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Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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Leonardo’s early life was spent in Florence, his maturity in Milan, and the last three years of his life in France.Leonardo’s teacher was Verrocchio. First he was a goldsmith, then a painter and sculptor: as a painter, representative of the very scientific school of...
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Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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For Claude Monet the designation ‘impressionist’ always remained a source of pride. In spite of all the things critics have written about his work, Monet continued to be a true impressionist to the end of his very long life. He was so by deep conviction, and for his...
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Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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A timeless theme that cannot be ignored, love has always fascinated artists. Painters, sculptors and even architects have drawn inspiration from and illustrated it. Ever new, love has led artists to create the masterworks of their life.
From Titian’s Sacred and Profane...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Lacan, the last owner of Courbet’s The Origin of the World, loved the painting so much that he couldn’t even bring himself to look at it. Instead, he hid it behind a “safer” painting.
The Chinese called it the “valley of the roses” (watch out for the thorns!), the...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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Der Psychoanalytiker Jacques Lacan war nicht nur letzter Besitzer von CourbetsDer Ursprung der Welt, sondern war sich auch dessen anzüglichem Inhalt bewusst. Und so tat der Liebhaber erotischer Kunst es seinen Vorbesitzern gleich und verhüllte beziehungsweise versteckte...
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Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) war zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nicht nur einer der einflussreichsten Künstler, sondern gründete zudem die Bewegung der Wiener Secession. Mithilfe dieser Bewegung übte er Kritik an der traditionellen Kunst, die sich durch ihren Widerstand...
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Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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Raffael (1483-1520), ein Zeitgenosse Leonardo da Vincis und Michelangelos und gleichzeitig der jüngste dieser drei „Titanen“ der Hochrenaissance, war über lange Zeit der Inbegriff des dynamischen, jungen Malergenies – eine Sichtweise, die durch seinen frühen Tod mit 37...
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Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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Louis Comfort Tiffany hat mit seiner Arbeit in vielfältigen künstlerischen Feldern ein beachtliches Erbe hinterlassen, dass bis heute überdauert hat. Als Vorreiter des Jugendstils in den USA trug er maßgeblich dazu bei dass das Kunsthandwerk höheres Ansehen in der Welt...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
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2023-11-14
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