No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye,...więcej »
George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak progressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial ...więcej »
Whether it's Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep, roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect crimes to...więcej »
Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming s...więcej »
Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affir...więcej »
Through ancient wonders, world capitals, and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punches. The world’s second-smallest continent makes up for size with ...więcej »
Andy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge collection of instant pictures of frien...więcej »
Ambitious in scope, democratic in nature, Magnum Streetwise> is an unmissable tour through the photographs and practices that have helped define what street photography is and can be. Magnum pho...więcej »
Pracownia Rysunku Odręcznego „Horyzont” prezentuje nowe, poszerzone wydanie pierwszego w Polsce, specjalistycznego podręcznika do nauki odręcznego rysunku architektonicznego oraz krajo...więcej »
The history of nude photography is the history of people’s fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographe...więcej »
Vincent van Gogh’s story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, fe...więcej »
Termin kultura studencka odnosi się do całego szeregu formalnych i nieformalnych praktyk, wartości oraz postaw, które określa się jako charakterystyczne dla życia w trakcie studiów un...więcej »
Five hundred great works of art from all periods and regions in the world have been carefully selected and are arranged in chronological order, breaking through the usual geographical and cultural ...więcej »
More than forty years after Bruce Lee’s sudden death at age 32, journalist and author Matthew Polly has written the definitive account of Lee’s life. It’s also one of the only acc...więcej »
Podczas gdy tematem tej książki są rezonanse między sferą wizualną, muzyczną i filozoficzną na początku XX stulecia, a także migracje idei i pojęć pomiędzy tymi sferami, podejmowanym problemem...więcej »
Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal underst...więcej »
"Collage by Women" presents 50 international women artists working in the field of collage today through a rigorous selection of their works. Curated by the Spanish collage artist Rebeka ...więcej »
Kino końca wieku to czwarty tom wielotomowej Historii kina, przygotowanej i zredagowanej dla wydawnictwa Universitas przez zespół badaczy z Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Po Kinie niemym (200...więcej »
"Autor bada przede wszystkim lata 80., z wycieczkami do poprzednich dekad PRL oraz w lata 90. W praktykach artystycznych interesuje go „trzecia droga” – za której real...więcej »
Książka Lindy Aronson "Scenariusz na miarę XXI wieku. Przewodnik po technikach pisania nowoczesnych scenariuszy filmowych" to obszerne i praktyczne vademecum scenopisarstwa obejmujące wsz...więcej »
