This authoritative and generously illustrated book highlights Gustav Klimt’s portrayals of women in his work. Klimt was a central figure in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, and a ...więcej »
A portrait can reveal the likeness, personality, and even the mood of a person. In previous centuries, portraits were used to reveal someone's social standing, to manipulate the viewer's opinion of...więcej »
The ability to draw the human figure well is the sign of a good artist. So it is vital to appreciate the body's characteristics and how they influence posture and expression. Drawing Anatomy provid...więcej »
Encountering the work of Alan Davie (1920-2014) at Wakefield Art Gallery in 1958, a young David Hockney (b.1937) was struck by Davie's landmark Abstract Expressionist paintings, which mirrored and ...więcej »
The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenb...więcej »
A great many willful painters can be assigned to Post-Impressionism who forged their own artistic paths. Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), like Vincent van Gogh, is a particularly uncompromising expo...więcej »
Van Gogh's distinctive style of expressive brushstrokes and bold colors is now world famous, but during his lifetime the artist was met with cold disinterest from his contemporaries. This book expl...więcej »
Gustav Klimt's exotic, sensuous paintings recall the art of ancient civilizations - their patterns and ornamentation reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics and Egyptian murals. But from what context did ...więcej »
Claude Monet's tranquil water-lily paintings and rural landscape scenes are among some of the most treasured artworks of the 19th and 20th centuries. Hailed as the 'Prince of Impressionism' for his...więcej »
In the words of Matisse and Picasso, Paul Cézanne was the 'father of us all', his approach to color and perspective paving the way for later modernist art movements such as Cubism and Expres...więcej »
This beautiful and engaging volume charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late 19th-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons and animation created throughout Asi...więcej »
Atlas Gerharda Richtera jest unikatowym zbiorem ponad 700 fotografii, rysunków i projektów malarskich, uważanym za jedno z najważniejszych dzieł artysty. Setki zdjęć gromadzonych prze...więcej »
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the foremost Impressionist artists, known for his en plein air scenes of middle-class leisure. But Renoir's primary interest lay indoors, in depictions of sensuous ...więcej »
Readers of this book will find much to discover and relish in Paul Klee's art. Reproductions of his iconic works as well as those that are more rarely exhibited are featured alongside in-depth biog...więcej »
Album prezentuje wybrane arcydzieła malarskie ze skarbów zgromadzonych w Muzeach Watykańskich. Jego autor, wybitny historyk sztuki i wieloletni dyrektor Muzeów, jak nikt potrafił doko...więcej »
Niezwykły, kolekcjonerski album z rysunkami i obrazami Wojciecha Siudmaka inspirowanymi muzyką Fryderyka Chopina w opracowaniu krytycznym wybitnej muzykolożki prof. Ireny Poniatowskiej.&bdquo...więcej »
Mela Muter. A właściwie Maria Melania Mutermilch.Wybitna polska malarka, zaliczana do kręgu École de Paris.Urodziła się w 1876 roku w Warszawie, w rodzinie zamożnego żydowskiego ...więcej »
Through 140 drawings, thought experiments, recipes, activist instructions, gardening ideas, insurgences and personal revolutions, artists who spend their lives thinking outside the box guide you to...więcej »
Wśród prezentowanych projektów, obok mebli, szkła czy porcelany, czyli przedmiotów powszechnie kojarzonych z dizajnem, znalazły się rzeczy mniej oczywiste: kroje liter, loga, d...więcej »
Logos, packages, signs, publications, websites: in the modern world we are surrounded by graphic design. Where does it come from? Why does it look that way? What is it supposed to do?Ho...więcej »