Скачать книгу (размер 1 029 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 203) Аннотация: A comprehensive survey by Peggy Phelan, leading feminist theorist of contemporary art and performance. Exposes assumptions abut gender, politicizing the link between the private and public, and stressing the specificity of art marked by gender, race, age and class.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Pop art is one of the most recognisable, and recent artistic movements in art history. 'Pop Art' explores the most important works and artists of this explosive movement, and reminds us of its impact on the world today, and argues for its status as an ongoing movement. Leading academic, Bradford R. Collins' insightful text places Pop art within it's cultural context, and is illustrated with works…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Max does conjuring tricks, Geoffrey invents a secret code, and Nicholas learns that walking on your hands is much harder than turning somersaults. The Nicholas books have been constant bestsellers in France and across Europe for over fifty years, and are fast becoming as popular in the English-speaking world. Nicholas's adventures and exploits are brought to life by Rene Goscinny, the author of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 428) Аннотация: Born in 1925, Mario Giacomelli died in November 2000. He trained initially as a typographer, and his early interest in graphics became a central part of his later photographic work. Winner of numerous medals and prizes, he achieved international status with exhibitions in Europe, America and Japan. He was intimately involved in the preparation of this book, which was the last major project he…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A personal tour through some of the key buildings by the Renzo Piano Workshop. Each project is introduced with text by Renzo Piano himself and colour photographs take the reader on a visual guide around each building. This book features 25 built projects presented chronologically, starting from the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and including the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, the Potsdamer Platz…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «Piero della Francesca (c.1413-92) is one of the most intriguing artists of the early Italian Renaissance, known not only for the balance of his compositions and the emotional coolness of his style, but also for his outstanding talent as a mathematician. Taking advantage of documentary evidence that has emerged, particularly since the quincentenary of the artist's death in 1992, Piero scholar…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «Goya is often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. He is appreciated as a portrait painter; a creator of menacing and melancholy images in oils; a master of enigmatic, satirical and revolutionary drawings and etchings; the champion of Spanish people in the struggle against oppression; and the recorder of their life and their sufferings in war. This volume aims to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: «The land that is now Egypt nurtured an extraordinary pioneering civilization — one of the oldest, most powerful, long-lasting and technically accomplished cultures the world has ever known. Over the millennia its achievements have never lost their power to amaze — and justly so, for the Egyptian architects and craftsmen produced some of the greatest masterpieces of world art. This book presents…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Heinrich Wolfflin was a pioneering critic who introduced new and rigorous methods of formal analysis into the study of art. Classic Art, first published in 1899, is itself a classic that has exercised a profound influence on the way people have looked at and thought about art. As an appraisal of the great artists of the Renaissance it can hardly be surpassed. Once again available in its elegant…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The Impressionists were scorned by the establishment during their lifetime, yet they are now among the most popular artists of all time. This volume includes the work of some of the best known, including Monet, Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Sisley, Cezanne, Renoir, and Van Gogh. The text touches on painting techniques, light, subject matter and photography. This series acts as an introduction to key…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) was arguably the most talented French painter of the eighteenth century, best known for his original still lifes. Composed of simple, everyday objects, these works glow with warmth and magic, from the dull iron of the kitchen pans, to the glaze of the green earthenware jug or the shining copper of the cauldron. There is no superfluous detail or search for…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the nineteenth century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Secession. Their works at first shocked a conservative public; but their successive exhibitions, their magazine «Ver Sacrum», and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. This book traces the course of this…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A survey of the life and work of Alfred Sisley, one of the leading exponents of the Impressionist movement. The text examines how Sisley's painting life was devoted to the landscape. The author examines the tonal balance of such celebrated paintings as the snow-scenes of the Paris suburbs, views of the flooded Seine at Port-Marly and the colourful regattas on the Thames. The author recognizes…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.