Leonardo: from art and anatomy to helicopters and submarines One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world''''s most famous painting, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mechanic epitomized ...
From works by Botticelli and Raphael to Salvador Dali and Frida Kahlo, discover the paintings that have shaken the art world through the centuries and across continents. Great Paintings takes you on your own personal gallery tour of over 60 of the world\''s best-loved paintings. Unlock the hidden meanings ...
Kniha přináší komplexně zpracované dílo - známkovou tvorbu Oldřicha Kulhánka, řazené do jednotlivých kapitol, které mají chronologickou posloupnost od vydání 1. poštovní známky v roce 1990 do současnosti. Každá kresba námětu známky má svou samostatnou kapitolu, ve které naleznete kromě překrásné kresby ...
V reedici právě vychází úspěšné první dva díly Školy hry na příčnou flétnu. Rádi bychom upozornili, že sešity jsou v souladu s osnovami a obsahují kompletní studijní materiál pro 1. cyklus ZUŠ. Sešity obsahují různá cvičení, etudy původní i převzaté (ze školy Ernesta Köhlera), jsou orientovány na dechová ...
In 1964 Lucian Freud set his students at the Norwich College of Art an assignment: to paint naked self-portraits and to make them ''revealing, telling, believable. really shameless''. It was advice that the artist was often to follow himself. Visceral, unflinching and often nude, Freud''s self-portraits ...
A selection of 100 of the most significant emerging artists today.Sergio Edelsztein, Jens Hoffmann, Lisette Lagnado, Midori Matsui, Shamim Momin, Pi Li, Gloria Sutton, Olesya Turkina, Philippe Vergne, and The Wrong Gallery.An exhibition-in-a-book that presents 100 contemporary artists Selected by 10 ...
Tracing Warhol''s origins as the sickly child of Ruthenian immigrants in working-class Pittsburgh to his transformation into New York''s dark prince of Pop and finally into the world''s most successful ''business artist'', ",Andy Warhol ",Giant", Size", provides an appropriately larger-than-life ...
"30,000 Years of Art" presents 1000 great works of art from all periods and regions in the world, arranged in chronological order for a general readership. Breaking through the usual geographical and cultural boundaries of art history, it celebrates the vast range of human artistry across time and space. ...
Ľudské, umelecké a pedagogické posolstvo Karola Ondreičku dnes už právom môžeme zaradiť medzi zlaté stránky slovenského výtvarného umenia. Osobitý štýl, založený na poetickom spojení fantázie, sna a skutočnosti, rozvíjal v grafickej, maliarskej a ilustračnej tvorbe. Vždy sa sústreďoval na ľudský a harmonický ...
Il divino. This is a glorious exploration of Michelangelo''s works. Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted "David" and "Pieta", two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, ...
One of the key figures in the New York art world of the 1980s, Keith Haring (1958–1990) created a signature style that blended street art, graffiti, a Pop sensibility, and cartoon elements to unique, memorable effect. With thick black outlines, bright colors, and kinetic figures, his public (and occasionally ...
The artist who elevated popular culture into high art. Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) is recognized today as the most important exponent of the Pop Art movement. He overturned the traditional understanding of art and placed in its stead a concept that retracts the individuality of the artist. Warhol was a ...
These small books are quite something! They are packed with information, the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman. The ...
''To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time in the company of the most engaging, informed, and insightful guide imaginable. Walter Isaacson is at once a true scholar and a spellbinding ...
Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces that changed ...
Cílem této celobarevné a u nás zcela ojedinělé publikace je přiblížit způsob vidění a vnímání rostlin typický pro obyvatele Číny a Japonska. Z velkého množství rostlin, obdařených symbolickým posláním, vybrali autoři publikace ty, které se pěstují i u nás. Jsou to bambus, borovice, slivoň, chryzantéma, ...
The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso and Mexican surrealism, he rejected convention to develop his own way of seeing, interpreting, and expressing. ...
One of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) remains a towering figure in art history with enduring public appeal. Sunbathed, charming, and sensual, his work shows painting at its most lighthearted and luminous, while championing the plein air and color innovations ...
Výpravná, tematicky koncipovaná obrazová kniha Bohumil Kubišta – Zářivý krystal přináší nové zhodnocení autora, jemuž nebyla třicet let věnována samostatná pozornost, přestože jde o zakladatelskou osobnost české moderní malby. Zabývá se otázkami utvářejícími Kubištův postoj ke světu. Postihuje, jaký ...