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...
La La LandA pictorial history of the City of AngelsFrom the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this photographic tribute to the City o...
Łazienki Królewskie to wyjątkowe miejsce - jest to obszar łączący niezwykłą architekturę i piękno przyrody. Cały kompleks ? na który składają się trzy ogrody, Pałac Na Wyspie, Stara P...
Łazienki Królewskie to wyjątkowe miejsce - jest to obszar łączący niezwykłą architekturę i piękno przyrody. Cały kompleks ? na który składają się trzy ogrody, Pałac Na Wyspie, Stara P...
Mysterious and mathematical at once, the magical visual world of Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) has captivated scientists and scholars and made its mark on popular culture, inspiring bo...
The world’s greatest magicians from the Middle Ages to the 1950sMagic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics ...
After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935) found his métier in dissolving literal, representational figures and landscapes int...
Pivotal paintings of modernityLampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Édouard Manet (1832–1883) is now considered a crucial figu...
Man in FocusA gallery of men from photography’s maestro“The way men are seen in photography, in fashion, and the way that men look at pictures of themselves has change...
Grzegorz Marszałek, któremu poświęcony jest kolejny tomik w serii Plakaty, zajmuje się projektowaniem plakatów, ilustracją, rysunkiem i grafiką projektową. Profesor zwyczajny na Uniwersytecie Artys...
Myth, Muscle, and Sexy MaidensThe wonders of fantasy artFantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine...
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a fighting spirit. Despite a cancer diagnosis in 1941, increasing frailty, and the confines of a wheelchair, the indomitable Frenchman never stopped in his quest...
A culinary and graphic travelogue through EuropeJim Heimann’s new book on Menu Design in Europe is a mouthwatering feast for the eyes, featuring hundreds of European menus from the earl...
Zestaw trzech albumów poświęconych wybitnym politykom II Rzeczypospolitej - Ignacemu Paderewskiemu, Józefowi Piłsudskiemu i Ignacemu Mościckiemu. Ta patriotyczna trylogia objęta zosta...
Piotr Michałowski – malarz i rysownik, główny przedstawiciel romantyzmu w polskiej sztuce XIX wieku, a także urzędnik państwowy i działacz społeczny. Warsztat malarski kształtował podczas licznych ...
With a career spanning seven decades, Catalan-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) was a polymath giant of modern art, producing masterworks across painting, sculpture, art books, tapestry, and ...
Space ShapersAn encyclopedia of modern architectureWith more than 280 entries, this architectural A–Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensabl...
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose br...
Abstract pioneerHarmonies in red, yellow, and blueA key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading a...
Hailed the “Prince of the Impressionists”, Claude Monet (1840-1926) transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the precedent of centuries, Monet did not seek t...