Basner Elena: Russian Avant-Garde

Скачать книгу (размер 2 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 552) Аннотация: The famous Russian collector and literary scholar Nikolai Khardzhiev (1903-1996) was a close friend and admirer of the modern painters, poets and philosophers of his time. Often buying directly from the artists and their families, from the late 1920s Khardzhiev collected work by such masters of the Russian avant-garde as Kazimir Malevich, Mikhail Larionov, Olga Rozanova, El Lissitzky, Vasily…

Biesenbach Klaus: Animations

Скачать книгу (размер 968 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 191) Аннотация: Language: English Brand New Book. The works in Animations endow unlikely objects with unexpected and uncanny life. During its century-plus history, animation has continually absorbed, hybridized, mutated and melded disciplines and techniques, undergoing both commercial exploitation and artistic exploration. The latter is documented here, focusing on the cross-continental exchange of artists from…

Escher Meets Islamic Art

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898-1972) is known and loved worldwide for his plane-filling patterns and prints of buildings that are optical illusions. Eschers graphic work made him internationally famous but few people know about the influence of Islamic art on his work. His fascination with it began during two visits to Southern Spain in 1922 and 1936. This book demonstrates how the…

Ralf Mitsch: Why I Love Tattoos

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Through more than 50 portraits of inspiring people who tell the story behind their tattoos, photographer Ralf Mitsch delves into a personal fascination with adorning ones own body with permanent ink. As a teenager in the 1980s, he noticed how those who had tattoos generally came from social strata with little to do with ruling class norms, or just wanted to rebel. Their decorated skin told a kind…