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Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Anna Pavlova is a legendary ballerina. Originally from the Imperial Russian Ballet, she performed to great acclaim in Europe for various impresarios at the beginning of the 20th century including Sergei Diaghalev creator of the famous Ballets Russes. Anna Pavlova formed her own dance company in 1912 and based herself in London at Ivy House, Hampstead This book celebrates the centenary of Anna…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This refreshing work recalls the golden age of graphic design in the 50s and 60s but looks forward to a new generation of designers using hand-made, more organic design techniques to create and inspire their works. The visual poetic mix of illustrations shown a celebration and reinvention of the artisanal methods once used in graphic design.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection at Rutgers University's Zimmerli Art Museum is the largest collection of Soviet nonconformist art in existence. Comprising more than 25,000 works by over 900 artists, it documents the activities of underground artists from Moscow and Leningrad, as well as from the former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The 1960s and '70s were a time when mainstream culture was turned on its head. Everything from fashion and music to politics and religion was questioned or reinvented while technological advances allowed people around the world to witness these incredible changes. Drawn from the Nicola Erni Collection, the spectacular images in this volume represent the iconic people, places, and events of the…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: This beautiful volume documents an important moment in the history of the watercolour, as its practitioners moved from the tinted drawings to the creation of fully fledged works of art that rivaled oil paintings in their expressiveness and technical brilliance. With its rolling hills, cloud-laden skies and ever-shifting light, Britain was the perfect setting for such a revolution, as artists…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life. For decades critics have argued that Art Nouveau was not an artistic period in its own right, but an amalgam of artists and styles that served as a bridge between neoclassicism and modernism. In this comprehensive,…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: «Big art for little hands — this new «Salvador Dali Colouring Book» in Prestel's new «Colouring Book» range is a beautifully produced colouring-in book. With plenty of space to colour outside the lines, the book is also designed to give children an early interest in some of the great masters. Sections of Dali's masterpieces are there to inspire children's creativity, whatever their age.»

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Big art for little hands, this enchanting activity book allows young artists to explore the world's Art Nouveau masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Obsessed with contemporary culture, Warhol celebrated the sensational as well as the mundane in every facet of society. His headline works, which were realized in a range of formats-from two-dimensional to time-based media such as film, video, and television-chart in real time the great shift in the technological means employed to deliver the news from the 1950s until the artist's death in 1987.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: This book traces Schiele's development as a portraitist through four principal chronological phases, from 1906 to 1918. Starting with the artist's rigorous training at the Vienna Academy, it chronicles Schiele's eventual break with academia and the emergence of his Expressionistic style. As Schiele honed his technical abilities, he gathered a coterie of patrons-many of whom he immortalized on…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Perhaps the best-loved English romantic painter, Turner became known as the painter of light. A The use of brilliant watercolour characterizes his numerous landscapes. Travelling throughout Europe, Turner captured the vitality of urban and pastoral scenes. As he developed his technique, his paintings took on the quality of pure luminescence, paving the way for the Impressionist era to come.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Throughout his career, the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro produced a vast oeuvre of paintings, drawings, and prints inspired by his fascination with and commitment to politics. Many of these works reflect the tensions between his anarchist ideals and the realities of life in a capitalist society; however, most examinations of Pissarro have approached his art and politics as separate…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is generally considered one of Europe's greatest painters and printmakers, and the master of the Dutch School. His work is distinguished by broad brushwork, luminous palettes, and a sense of order and movement that recalls the finest Renaissance art.…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features the Renaissance period's most important architects, buildings and cities, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, and drawings and plans. The book offers a general introduction to the period and discusses the primary characteristics of the style, along with commonly…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: The Makart PeriodA of the late nineteenth century is known as an era of sumptuous beauty and opulence in Vienna. Hans Makart, after whom the period was named, became a national icon in Austria-a rock star of the art world whose paintings, interior design, theatrical sets and costumes were celebrated as much for their style as for the status they exemplified. This catalogue to an exhibit of…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In her work, Bourgeois used materials ranging from rubber, wood, fabric, and metal to glass, paper, cement and marble, through which the stories of her own life resonated with the lives of others. This generously illustrated book presents the complete cycle of CellA installations from the 1990s until a short time before Bourgeois' death in 2010. In these contained environments Bourgeois reflected…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an artist, environmentalist, philosopher, humanist, architect, and graphic designer, whose unique style appeals to a wide audience. An essay in words and pictures, this publication takes the reader on a journey in thirteen stages through Hundertwasser's life and work. It explores his native city Vienna in the post-war era, his studio, his travels across Europe,…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines.

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Bob Dylan has been a prolific graphic artist since the 1960s, and his graphic art is marked by the same constant drive for renewal that characterises his music. Never content to remain static in a single form of expression that he has already cultivated, he is constantly experimenting and testing new artistic techniques and expressions. This book of the exhibition at the National Gallery of…