Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist painters. With its unprecedented precision and mas...
Court painter to King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (June 1599 - August 6, 1660) is not only a leading light of the Spanish Golden Age, but among the most celebrated mast...
Though numbering just 35 known works, the oeuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New Yo...
When traditional craft met blossoming ModernismPoets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism, wal...
A visual journey through the fashion of the decades, Vintage Fashion enables the reader to identify key designers, shapes, textiles, stitching, and other details and characteristics that define the...
Foreword by Anya HindmarchDecade by decade, the lavishly illustrated Vintage Handbags recounts over 100 years of handbag history, from Elsa Schiaparelli's mesh bags for Whiting & Da...
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, ...
Warsaw, the Unvanquished - a historic, patriotic and modern capital.Conceptand design Leszek SosnowskiText Wladyslaw BartoszewskiPhoto Adam BujakFirst edition
Over the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went ...
Paintings’ hidden secrets revealedThis important addition to our understanding of art history’s masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass...
It bodes well when architecture meets vacation, it is a combination that promises relaxation and pleasure, inspiration and style, all in one. Each of these very special European lodgings is disting...
Dobrowolne udanie się Witolda Pileckiego do obozu Auschwitz, a potem pozostanie w nim przez prawie trzy lata było być może jednym z najbardziej bohaterskich czynów, jakich kiedykolwiek dokon...
Wolfgang Tillmans compiles 30 years of his workto draw a picture of where we are todayLike hardly any other artist of his generation, Wolfgang Tillmans has shaped our perception of the ...
Throughout the history of design, women have been overlooked or overshadowed, their work frequently sidelined or credited to their male peers. Women in Design offers a comprehensive introduction to...
In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928–1962) declared that “a new world calls for a new man.” With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold artist would go on to pursue a ...
Zanzibar uwiódł mnie, zanim jeszcze zdążyłem go ujrzeć w olśniewającym turkusie wód, pod nasyconym granatem nieba. Zanim eksplodował we mnie zapachem przydrożnych ziół, aromate...