Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980) lived art in the fast lane. With an appetite for glamour and fame as much as Left Bank bohemianism, she fled her native Russia after the Bolshevik revolution an...więcej »
From The Book of Kells to Boccaccio’s Decameron, from the Vienna Genesis to Dante’s Divine Comedy: to open Codices illustres is to open the door into a precious, private world. Now in a...więcej »
To his contemporaries in late 16th-century Venice, El Greco (1541 -1614) was a contrary fellow, an innate artist blessed with extraordinary talent, but stubborn in the pursuit of his own path. Thro...więcej »
It might seem like the sitters and subjects of art history's greatest nude paintings have little left to show, but don't be fooled: there is more than meets the eye in these naked masterworks. Rose...więcej »
As a boy, Tom’s first crush was a strapping young farmhand who worked the fields around his family home. Finland is a land of tough physical men, catching fish in the icy sea; cutting logs in...więcej »
A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Hortus Eystettensis is in a class of its own when it comes to the range of flowers engraved.więcej »
“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.” ―Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir’s timelessly charming paintings still reflect our...więcej »
With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People s Republic in 1949 a...więcej »
Impressionism continues to be one of the most fascinating movements in the history of modern art. It is also the most popular with the general public. Proof of this has been provided in recent year...więcej »
Tom’s taste for police officers and felons―and for sexual tension between the two―developed late in his career. “I’ve never been to prison,” he told a class at the Californi...więcej »
Niezwykła książka najwybitniejszego żyjącego artysty Davida Hockney’a napisana we współpracy z Martinem Gayfordem wybitnym historykiem sztuki.Historia obrazów rozpoczęła s...więcej »
‘Rebecca Vincent is a genius. I’ll be tattooed by no one else.’ – Sali HughesTiny tattoos are big news. With celebrities showcasing them on social media (step fo...więcej »
Obecność plakatów wyborczych jest elementem rytuału demokracji. Należą one do współczesnej ikonosfery, są traktowane jako irytujący, ale konieczny rekwizyt demokratycznego spektaklu. ...więcej »
500 obrazów to zbiór najważniejszych i najpiękniejszych arcydziełach malarstwa. Wiele z nich znasz, z wieloma możesz spotkać się po raz pierwszy, ale w każdym z prezentowanych dzieł m...więcej »
Wyjątkowy zestaw czterech albumów „Beksiński” w eleganckim etui. Komplet ten to niepowtarzalna edycja bestsellerowych wydań albumowych zawierających dzieła Z. Beksińskiego, z kt&...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 »
Co roku setki maturzystów szturmują progi uczelni architektonicznych z nadzieją spełnienia swoich marzeń i wyobrażeń o architekturze. Kandydaci na architektów wiedzą doskonale, że aby...więcej »
Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s (1841–1919) timelessly charming paintings still reflect our ideals of happiness, love, and beauty. Derived from our large-format volume, the most comprehen...więcej »
The Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the greatest artists of all time. Renowned of the iconic Birth of Venus and Primavera, his work has become part of our collective visu...więcej »
Examining Edvard Munch’s influence on his Austrian and German contemporaries, this book offers a fascinating new look at the Norwegian artist, whose painting The Scream has become a symbol of...więcej »