W tej strefie zapraszamy czytelników tak zwane artystyczne dusze po książki z kategorii Sztuka. Polecamy szereg publikacji o sztuce i jej historii,ciekawostki i portfolia artystów, eseje, albumy, książki o malarstwie, rzeźbiarstwie, architekturze oraz histoii fotografii. Biografie ciekawych artystów, książki i powieści przedstawiające fascynujące losy malarzy i osób uwiecznianych na obrazach. W tym dziale tylko ksiązki ze sztuka w tle.
'Pilgrimage' took Annie Leibovitz to places that she could explore with no agenda. She wasn't on assignment. She chose the subjects simply because they meant something to her. The first place was Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, which Leibovitz visited with a small digital camera. A few months later, she went with her three young children to Niagara Falls. 'That's when I started making lists,' she says. She added the houses of Virginia Woolf and Darwin in the English countryside and Freud's final home, in London, but most of the places on the lists were American. The work became more ambitious as Leibovitz discovered that she wanted to photograph objects as well as rooms and landscapes. She began to use more sophisticated cameras and a tripod and to travel with an assistant, but the project remained personal.
Leibovitz went to Concord to photograph the site of Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond. Once she got there, she was drawn into the wider world of the Concord writers. Ralph Waldo Emerson's home and Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott and her family lived and worked, became subjects. The Massachusetts studio of the Beaux Arts sculptor Daniel Chester French, who made the seated statue in the Lincoln Memorial, became the touchstone for trips to Gettysburg and to the archives where the glass negatives of Lincoln's portraits have been saved. Lincoln's portraitists - principally Alexander Gardner and the photographers in Mathew Brady's studio - were also the men whose work at the Gettysburg battlefield established the foundation for war photography. At almost exactly the same time, in a remote, primitive studio on the Isle of Wight, Julia Margaret Cameron was developing her own ultimately influential style of portraiture. Leibovitz made two trips to the Isle of Wight and, in an homage to the other photographer on her list, Ansel Adams, she explored the trails above the Yosemite Valley, where Adams worked for fifty years.
The final list of subjects is perhaps a bit eccentric, featuring Georgia O'Keeffe and Eleanor Roosevelt but also Elvis Presley and Annie Oakley, among others. Figurative imagery gives way to the abstractions of Old Faithful and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. Pilgrimage was a restorative project for Leibovitz, and the arc of the narrative is her own. 'From the beginning, when I was watching my children stand mesmerised over Niagara Falls, it was an exercise in renewal,' she says. 'It taught me to see again.'
The Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the greatest artists of all time. Renowned of the iconic Birth of Venus and Primavera, his work has become part of our collective visual memory, influencing product development, fashion design and artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rene Magritte and Jeff Koons. But Botticelli's fame today was by no means a foregone conclusion. Quickly forgotten after his death, he was only rediscovered as an artist in the nineteenth-century and much of what we know of his work has been pieced together from fragmentary evidence; only three of his works are signed or documented. Since then, Botticelli has been interpreted in many different ways and has led to many questions. How does a painter acquire international fame? What made Botticelli a pop icon? Why are his works considered timeless? What is it that makes him so European that his Venus appears on the 10 cent coin? What we can say safely is that Botticelli, more than any other Old Master, inspired and continues to inspire modern and contemporary art. This book traces the fascinating history of these shifting appropriations and re-evaluations right up to the present, and is the first to present the artist's work a selection of more than forty originals by Botticelli in the context of these adaptations and interpretations in a range of media that spans painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, fashion and design.
"A fascinating study of the relationship between music and visual art in a variety of media from around the world!
The Art of Music« is a handsomely illustrated and rich interdisciplinary look at the mutual influence between music and the visual arts across cultures and eras. The book sheds new light on more familiar artists at the intersection of the visual and the musical, such as Wassily Kandinsky and Arnold Schoenberg, and presents new scholarship on less well-known examples in the arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, from antique pottery to contemporary video and sound art. Essays consider key works and themes such as synesthesia and other formal and theoretical crossovers, motifs of musicians, and performative and ritual functions of music, musical instruments, and art. With more than 250 color images illustrating works of art in diverse traditions, »The Art of Music« offers enriching reading for scholars and general audiences alike."
Published to celebrate the centenary of her birth, this beautifully produced visual biography pays tribute to one of film's greatest actresses, the iconic Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982). Authorized by the Bergman family and co-edited by her daughter Isabella Rossellini, it collects more than 350 images of Bergman throughout her life and career, including many previously unpublished images from the family archive as well as unforgettable shots by the likes of Eve Arnold, Robert Capa, Cecil Beaton, and others.
Complementing the photographs are an introduction by actress Liv Ullmann, a substantial interview with Bergman, and texts by John Updike, Martha Gellhorn, and more, making this an essential volume for Bergman fans and lovers of the cinema.
The book, which features an introduction by her co-star in Autumn Sonata, Liv Ullmann, contains a treasury of photographs that is simply beyond description: unpublished private photos, splendid commission and glamour portraits, film stills, and the indiscrete street photos of the paparazzi, who were constantly on Bergman’s heels from an early stage. Original texts by Ingrid Bergman and many of her famous colleagues accompany the optical feast we have prepared for you and which we proudly present in honor of Ingrid Bergman.
A compelling anthology of photojournalism from the nineteenth century to the present, profiling fifty–four masters of the field and reproducing their most stirring images. Featuring well over 200 memorable photographs. Ever since Roger Fenton inaugurated the genre by photographing the Crimean War in 1855, the worlds great photojournalists have used a variety of approaches to bear witness to their times. At one end of the photojournalistic spectrum are war photographers like Robert Capa and Larry Burrows, who capture the most extreme events of human existence as they happen; at the other are social documentarians like Lewis Hine and Sebastião Salgado, who step back from the single dramatic incident to cover in depth such economic and cultural issues as labor and migration. By compiling 250 of the most memorable images from photojournalism’s 150–year history, Photojournalism 1855 to the Present: Editor’s Choice provides a fascinating introduction to the entire range of the field. Author Reuel Golden, a noted authority on photojournalism, selected the fifty–four photographers featured in this book based on their critical reputations and historical importance. For each photographer, Golden provides a portfolio of representative images—many reproduced at full-page size—as well as a brief biography and an insightful critical commentary on his or her career. In these commentaries and in his informative introduction, Golden discusses the particular challenges of photojournalism, such as the relationship between photographer and subject, and the moral ramifications of aestheticizing human suffering. Yet perhaps most importantly, his text also encourages the reader to look closer and discover how well the photographs speak for themselves. From Frank Hurley’s groundbreaking World War I battlefield shots to Mary Ellen Mark’s stark portraits of American poverty and James Nachtwey’s haunting pictures of the September 11 attacks, the images in this book prove that even in our era of twenty–four–hour video–on demand, the still photograph remains as powerful as ever.
Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) is one of the heroes of early French photography. A pioneer of innovative processes, he also made history as an instructor for a whole generation of French photographers and the initiator and outstanding architectural photographer of the mission heliographique documenting France's historical monuments. Le Gray, who originally studied painting, is also considered to be the founder of artistic photography. He was one of the first to follow the painters to Fontainebleau to do his own photographic studies of nature. In the mid-1850s, he started to produce sea and cloud studies in Normandy and on the western coast of the Mediterranean; these made him an overnight sensation among amateurs and collectors and earned him the admiration of the Impressionists. Fleeing from creditors, in 1860 he set off with Alexandre Dumas for Italy. He spent the last 20 years of his life in Cairo, taking photos and working as a drawing tutor. Today, Le Gray's prints are among the most expensive in the world.
Examining Edvard Munch’s influence on his Austrian and German contemporaries, this book offers a fascinating new look at the Norwegian artist, whose painting The Scream has become a symbol of modern angst. Edvard Munch came of age during an artistic period that celebrated beauty and design. But in his own art, Munch explored darker themes―alienation, sin, and human vulnerability.
His resulting work incorporated the vivid colors of previous styles but intensified their emotional power and paved the way for an entirely new approach to painting. Although much has been written about Munch’s life and its influence on his art, there has not been a study of the artist’s influence on his German and Austrian peers―until now. Featuring contributions by leading scholars in the field, including Patricia Bermann, Alison Chang, Jay Clarke, Reinhold Heller, Jill Lloyd, Nils Ohlsen, and Oystein Uvstedt, this authoritative and beautifully illustrated book explores Munch's impact on Austrian and German artists of the period within an Expressionist context. It also examines work in specific media, such as Munch’s seminal contributions to printmaking. The artist’s thematic and stylistic leitmotifs are highlighted, including self-portraiture, urban scenes, landscapes, couples, and the artist and his model.
Vibrant reproductions of works from throughout Munch’s oeuvre, including such icons as The Scream, Madonna, and The Kiss, make this a splendid introduction to the artist as well as an exciting springboard to the study of European Expressionism.
This extensive volume uncovers Dali’s influences, artistic development, and legacy, offering unprecedented access inside the world of the man behind the mustache. Through astute analysis of Dali’s work and how the events of his time converged with his drive to become a legend, this volume examines one of the most significant contributors to twentieth-century art. Although recognized primarily as a painter, Dali experimented with a wide range of media. This comprehensive review includes the literature, photography, film, and sculpture that influenced and was created by Dali throughout his career, from paintings such as The Persistence of Memory, to the icons of the surrealist movement such as the Mae West Lips Sofa and the Lobster Telephone, to short film collaborations with Luis Buñuel. The author offers insight into this undisputed genius, charting Dali’s progression as an artist and controversial public figure, and demonstrating his influence on contemporary artists such as Warhol, Koons, and Murakami.
"In this remarkable visual survey, internationally acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado documents traditional methods of sustainable coffee farming across the globe, revealing rituals deeply steeped in history and pride. The book spans nearly a decade of research into the hidden world of coffee, highlighting relationships characterized by respect, fair exchange, and a shared understanding that ever-improving quality has the power to improve lives. Salgado, a native to one of Brazil’s premier coffee-growing regions, is the perfect guide for a reader’s journey to principal farming locations in China, Colombia, Guatemala, Ethiopia, India, Brazil, Costa Rica, and beyond.
Sebastião Salgado trained as an economist in Brazil and first found work at the International Coffee Organization. In 1973, he started a career in images by documenting the lives of poor, migrant workers in Latin America and Africa, working with the photo agencies Sygma, Gamma, and Magnum Photos until 1994, when he co-founded Amazonas Images. He has traveled to more than 100 countries for his photographic projects, published and exhibited his work extensively, and has been awarded numerous major photographic prizes."
Russian Modernism is dedicated to the radical modernist movements in Russian and German art during the early years of the 20th century. Their development was parallel and often intertwined. Artists such as Vasily Kandinsky or Alexej von Jawlensky are claimed by the Germans but remain Russian artists for the Russians. The Burluk brothers, who became celebrities of the Russian radical art scene, participated in the first exhibition of the Blauer Reiter. Russian artists travelled to Germany and lived there, while their German counterparts were aware of what was shown in Moscow exhibition halls. The diverse art movement expressionism was formed in Germany at the beginning of the 1910s and was given the name by the critic Herwarth Walden. Members of groups such as Die Brucke and the Blauer Reiter were initially influenced by the French Fauves movement and their Russian contemporaries also tried to find new artistic truth in Paris, 'la Ville Lumiere'. However, both in Germany and Russia the new French influence underwent radical transformation. Beautifully illustrated and designed, this book provides an insight into the work of Russian and German artists in the early years of the 20th century.
"Gorgeous and wide-ranging, this collection of works by established and up-and-coming photographers showcases new developments in erotic photography.
The invention of photography gave artists a new means of expression—and a new way of depicting the human body. This elegant, compelling collection of images from new and established photographers demonstrates how technology has altered the genre—not only in terms of technique, but also composition, theme, and content. This incredibly diverse collection features the works of more than 30 artists from around the world, including Evan Baden’s explorations of the ways youth culture views sex, intimacy, and privacy; Noritoshi Hirakawa’s erotic and intimate portraits, which challenge mainstream conceptions of sexuality and heterosexual desire; David Bellemere’s dreamlike works, which are inspired by 1970s aesthetics, nature, light and the female body shape; and Ana Kraš’s surreal photographs that seem like they were taken coincidentally. At once cutting-edge and tasteful, this compelling volume presents a wide range of erotic photography."
"An examination of European portraiture since the 1990s, this book shows how major changes in the continent’s political and societal realms have inspired photographers to capture a new identity―both collective and individual.
The 1990s saw a resurgence of the portrait genre of photography, especially in Europe, where the collapse of communism and the solidification of the European Union raised enormously important questions about national identity and shared historical and cultural values. This volume delves into this important development, featuring full-page reproductions of work by Rineke Dijkstra, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Ruff, Nikos Markou, Anders Petersen, Clare Strand, and others from dozens of countries around the continent.
Taken as a whole, these portraits comprise a new genre―one that represented a break from postmodernist strategies and which allowed for experimentation and the exchange of ideas."
Adventurous urban living can simply mean home sweet home. This book showcases unconventional architectural concepts and townhouses for today’s cosmopolitan families that range from the creatively economical to the sleek and high-end. These dwellings encompass completely new constructions as well as thoughtful renovations. Such targeted repurposing reclaims derelict pieces of the urban landscape for the residential sector.
Our House in the City not only presents striking photos and detailed architectural plans of diverse urban living solutions, but also tells the intimate stories of the families and builders influencing these exciting projects. The book lays the foundation for a rewarding and dynamic relationship between the city and the twenty-first-century homeowner.
Mój futuryzm to wielogatunkowa opowieść, z której wyłania się nie tyle Roman Jakobson wybitny uczony, ile Roman Jakobson współtowarzysz poetów futurystów (Majakowskiego, Kruczonycha, Chlebnikowa), zaprzyjaźniony z rosyjską elitą humanistyczną (Trubieckim, Tynianowem, Szkłowskim) i całą bodaj rosyjską oraz czeską pierwszą awangardą artystyczną i naukową aktywną w latach przed pierwszą wojną światową i rewolucją październikową i tuż potem, trafnie nazwanych ""epoką udziwnienia"".Wielostronny portret Jakobsona i jego generacji tworzą rozmowy, które przeprowadził z ""teoretykiem pozarozumowym"" w końcu lat siedemdziesiątych szwedzki slawista BengtJangfeldt, szkice samego Jakobsona o futuryzmie i dadaizmie, listy, także miłosne, adresowane do Elsy Triolet, juwenilne wiersze, zarówno serio, jak i seriokomiczne, a także fragmenty prozy, przekłady, dedykacje. Prowadzone w dialogu wspomnienia Jakobsona, którym Jangfeldt nadał ostatecznie formę autobiograficznej gawędy, oraz jego wczesne, różnogatunkowe utwory stanowią także fascynujacy obraz epoki rozpoczynającej humanistykę nowoczesną.
"Notatki z Algierii" to zapis z pobytu autorki w Algierii w latach osiemdziesiątych, w okresie poprzedzającym wojnę domową. Autorka pracowała jako wykładowca w Instytucie Architektury na uniwersytecie w Oranie, a podczas wypraw na Saharę zbierała dokumentację ginącej pustynnej architektury. Opisany okres to lata pełne nadziei zarówno dla niepodległego, rozwijającego się państwa, jak i dla autorki, która wyjechała z Polski stanu wojennego. Algierczycy, aby odciąć się od wpływów francuskich po okresie kolonializmu, zaprosili do współpracy specjalistów z krajów bloku wschodniego. Dla przybyszów z tych krajów, również z Polski, było to nieoczekiwane zetknięcie z nową kulturą i egzotyką. Ten niezwykły okres współpracy i harmonii skończył się niespodziewanie i bezpowrotnie. Autorka opisuje życie środowiska akademickiego, tamtejszej Polonii, a także podróże do miejsc dzisiaj wciąż niedostępnych zarówno dla turystów, jak i dla ogółu mieszkańców Algierii.
Lektura wraz opracowaniem to znakomita pomoc i inspiracja dla uczniów oraz nauczycieli. Tekst opatrzono wskazówkami interpretacyjnymi i hasłami ułatwiającymi nawigację po książce – dzięki nim łatwo znaleźć potrzebny w trakcie omawiania lektury fragment, zgromadzić materiały do wypracowań i ustnych wypowiedzi, zapamiętać najważniejsze informacje i utrwalić znajomość lektury. Zamieszczone na końcu książki opracowanie podporządkowano podstawie programowej. Zawiera ono ciekawy biogram autora, streszczenie, mapę mentalną, najważniejsze zagadnienia omawiane na lekcjach, a także wiele inspirujących informacji, podpowiedzi i zadań, dzięki którym czytanie lektury staje się twórczą przygodą. Opracowanie powstało pod kierunkiem Katarzyny Zioły-Zemczak, nauczycielki języka polskiego z bogatym doświadczeniem w pracy z dziećmi i młodzieżą, wieloletniej doradczyni metodycznej, a obecnie konsultantki ds. języka polskiego pracującej na co dzień z nauczycielami.
Historia muzyki to książka dla wszystkich miłośników muzyki. Można tu znaleźć informacje m.in. o Georgu Friedrichu Händlu – niemieckim kompozytorze późnego baroku, geniuszu kompozycji polifonicznych, Karolu Szymanowskim – najsłynniejszym polskim kompozytorze I połowy XX w., czerpiącym inspirację z kultury ludowej, o Piotrze Czajkowskim – słynnym rosyjskim kompozytorze i pianiście, który potrafił w muzyce łączyć klasyczną formę z romantycznymi założeniami programowymi, Stanisławie Moniuszce – najwybitniejszym polskim kompozytorze, dyrygencie i pedagogu, Witoldzie Lutosławskim – wybitnym polskim kompozytorze XX w., który wyniósł polską muzykę do rangi światowej i był współorganizatorem Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Muzyki Współczesnej „Warszawska Jesień” oraz o wielu innych wybitnych twórcach, którzy zapisali się w historii dzięki swoim niepowtarzalnym dziełom. Piękna szata graficzna, kolorowe zdjęcia i reprodukcje obrazów oraz ciekawe teksty.
Publikacja jest III tomem szerszego publikacyjnego zamysłu, jako rezultatu bezpośrednich spotkań z twórcami pomorskimi i gdańskimi na Uniwersytecie Gdańskim.
Aktualny tom pozwala uczestniczyć w rozmowach z:
Władysławem Zawistowskim
Barbarą Piórkowską
Markiem Szalszą
Ryszardem Horodeckim
Wojciechem Borosem
Izabelą Morską (Filipiak)
Andrzejem Mestwinem Facem i Ewą Miłek.
Goszczący na Uniwersytecie twórcy trzeciej serii są przedmiotem literaturoznawczej uwagi, ale przynoszą wraz z sobą również świat (światy) spoza typowej akademickiej wspólnoty, uświadamiając rozmiary i specyfikę otaczającej nas rzeczywistości „pośród nas”. Wszystkich bohaterów spotkań charakteryzuje silna tendencja do przełamywania dualizmu życia i literatury, działalności artystycznej i pozaartystycznej, twórczości typowo rozumianej i „twórczości”, jako kreacyjnej pasji, mającej różne formy, odgałęzienia, rodzaje (urzędnicze, wydawnicze, instytucjonalne, naukowe, społeczne, dydaktyczne, itd.). Wszyscy są wyjątkowo silnie zanurzeni w materię życia, w związane z nią problemy, pasje, fascynacje; w działania performerskie o różnym charakterze i wymiarze. Wszyscy, przełamując dystans między tym, co formalnie porozdzielane (jak np. nauki humanistyczne i przyrodnicze), tworzą wielopoziomową i skomplikowaną konstrukcję świata nam najbliższego. Nie zamykają się przy tym w ściśle ograniczonych (problemowo, tematycznie, dyskursywnie) granicach, ale budują różnego rodzaju nici porozumienia z uniwersalnym wymiarem ludzkiej egzystencji. Przekonują, że idea rozumienia i porozumienia nie jest tylko utopią i marzeniem naiwnych, ale naszą fundamentalną potrzebą.
Płyta z utworami słynnego czeskiego pieśniarza i poety Karela Kryla w wykonaniu warszawskiego barda Antoniego Murackiego. Muracki pokusił się tu o zupełnie nowe i całkowicie autorskie tłumaczenia tekstów Kryla, dzięki którym słuchacz może odkryć je na nowo. Nagrania zostały zarejestrowane w 2019 roku podczas koncertu, który odbył się w studiu Radia Gdańsk. Antoniemu Murackiemu towarzyszą Rafał Grząka na akordeonie oraz Joachim Łuczak na skrzypcach oraz instrumentach perkusyjnych.
1. Karavana mraků/ Mroczna karawana
2. Veličenstvo kat/ Przewielmożny kat
3. Bratříčku, zavírej vrátka/ Braciszku, zamykaj furtkę
4. Nevidomá dívka / Niewidome dziewczę
5. Maškary/ Maszkary
6. Pasážová revolta/ Spacerowa rewolucja
7. Tráva/Trawa
8. Jeřabiny/ Jarzębiny
9. Děkuji/ Dziękuję
10. Lásko/ Miła
11. Tak Vás Tu Máme/ Bracia Kainowi
12. Srdce a kříž/ Serce i krzyż
13. Anděl / Anioł
14. Ukolébavka/ Kołysanka
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