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.
Today, the desire to escape the urban bustle inspires the longing to retreat to natural serenity. The book Arcadia is an inspiring reference that shows how the archaic idea of ife in harmony with nature can be reflected in contemporary living. Taking readers on a journey through a collection of contemporary alpine and backcountry architecture and interior design, it profiles architects and designers who are embracing nature and creating provocative rural hideaways that adapt to their surrounding habitats and their topographical and climatic conditions.
For five hundred years the holy city of Vrindavan in northern India has been a haven for India's dispossessed widows. Cast out by their families and condemned by strict marital laws that deny them legal, economic, and, in extreme cases, even human rights, they have made their way to the city to worship at its temples and live in its ashrams, surviving on charitable handouts or begging on the streets. In Vrindavan they worship the young god Krishna, who invades their dreams, helping them to cast off memories from their past lives and prepare for new and better lives are to come. Their ultimate dream is to reach Moksha--heaven--where they will find freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth and live surrounded by their gods forever. Fazal Sheikh's photographs capture the meditative mood of the city and his portraits of the widows convey their sense of acceptance of life's nearing its end and a longing for what is to come. As in his previous books, he spent time with his subjects, listening to their stories, many of which reveal the suffering caused by traditions that still govern Indian society. Through his depiction of the city and its inhabitants, Fazal Sheikh once again contributes to our knowledge and understanding of a community whose existence, to those who live outside it, remains closed.
Fragiles is an eclectic collection of unconventional contemporary work in porcelain, glass and ceramics. Today, these materials are increasingly being used in playful ways by both established and emerging design talents, who are inspired by Modernism, an ironic depiction of kitsch and an expanded repertoire of forms made possible by technological developments such as rapid prototyping. The spectrum and quality of these innovative projects shows a current generation of designers just how relevant and challenging working with these traditional fragile materials can be.
A powerful collection of the luminous last work by one of the true giants of twentieth-century photography.
After the death of his wife, André Kertész consoled himself by taking up a new camera, the Polaroid SX70. As with earlier equipment, he mastered the camera and produced a provocative body of work that both honored his wife and lifted him out of depression.
Here Kertész dips into his reserves one last time, tapping new people, ideas, and tools to generate a whole new body of work through which he transforms from a broken man into a youthful artist. Taken in his apartment just north of New York City’s Washington Square, many of these photographs were shot either from his window or in the windowsill. We see a fertile mind at work, combining personal objects into striking still lifes set against cityscape backgrounds, reflected and transformed in glass surfaces. Almost entirely unpublished work, these photographs are a testament to the genius of the photographer’s eye as manifested in the simple Polaroid.
During the golden age when Montparnasse was teeming with artists, Robert Doisneau gained remarkable access to the artists working in Paris from 1937 onwards, and he visited their studios and caught them in various private moments: working, reflecting, and even playing with their children. This book, which includes some previously unpublished photographs, shares Doisneau’s intimate view on the work and lives of these artists. Many remain famous—Picasso, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Giacometti, Saul Steinberg, Marcel Duchamp, Le Corbusier, Foujita—while others have fallen into obscurity, perhaps one day to be rediscovered. Regardless of the artist’s social status—whether major figure of the day or struggling newcomer—Doisneau approached each subject with the same humble eye. His signature black-and-white photographs capture the nostalgia of the period and bear witness to these artists in the act of creating some of the world’s finest art. This book, published in cooperation with Doisneau’s daughters, is a fascinating document of the daily lives of artists by one of the world’s most famous and popular photographers.
This book presents the work of approximately one hundred individuals whose creations exemplify the potential of photography in Central Europe between the two World Wars. Foto brings together for the first time works by recognized masters such as the Russian El Lissitzky, the Hungarian László Moholy-Nagy, and the German Hannah Hóch―all of whom developed their photographic ideas in Germany―with contemporaries like Karel Teige and Jaromír Funke (Czechoslovakia), Kazimierz Podsadecki (Poland), Károly Escher (Hungary), and Trude Fleischmann (Austria), who are less well known today.
This little book contains a beautiful and varied collection of typographic ornaments sourced from specimen books of type foundries, dating from 1700.
David Jury explains how the need for typographic ornaments arose and developed, and sets them in their historical context. The chapters cover natural forms; geometric forms; rules and borders; wreaths, borders and scrolls; and pictorial ornaments. The last chapter charts the rise of the graphic designer over the last century, and how modern designers are now reinterpreting these typographic ornaments into new forms of art.
The Little Book of Typographic Ornament is an invaluable reference for graphic designers, as well as providing a source of copyright-free images.
Książka ""Moje komiksy Vol. 1. Od Tajfuna do Supermana"" zabiera czytelnika w nostalgiczną, ale także pełną odniesień do współczesności, podróż przez fantastyczne światy. Wszystko zaczyna się na odległej planecie, terroryzowanej przez straszliwe monstrum, a kończy w świecie opanowanym przez superbohaterów. W trakcie tej wyprawy dowiecie się, co Tytus zawdzięcza radzieckiemu Sputnikowi, czym Łamignat zezłościł Swaroga oraz dlaczego Superman zakłada majtki na rajtuzy!Paweł przelał na papier swoją wieloletnią miłość do medium, które nie raz i nie dwa było uważane za dziecinne i gorsze. W niniejszej publikacji nie tylko obcuje ze sztuką komiksu, ale punktuje najważniejszych przedstawicieli gatunku i tytuły, które ukształtowały go jako odbiorcę popkultury komiksowej i nie tylko. Przybliża fantastyczne światy z wirtuozerską precyzją!Marcin Andrys, ParadoksBez akademickiego zadęcia, z pełną miłością do medium, ale jednocześnie bez zaślepienia nostalgią. Drobiazgowa wiedza przepleciona różnymi ciekawostkami tworzą pozycję, którą czyta się z prawdziwym zainteresowaniem.Damian ""Damex"" Maksymowicz, DC ManiakPaweł nadał swojej książce przewrotny tytuł. Opisując, czasem w sposób bardzo osobisty i emocjonalny, tych kilka komiksów, które wywarły na nim największe wrażenie, oferuje solidną dawkę rzetelnej wiedzy oraz faktów na temat poszczególnych autorów i ich dzieł.Marcin Osuch, EsensjaPaweł włożył w tę książkę całe serce. Serce, które bije dla komiksu.Jakub Syty, ThorgalverseMoje komiksy to książka pełna emocji. Zarówno poprzez sentymentalne podróże do czasów dzieciństwa, jak i współczesne spojrzenie na zjawisko komiksu i dyskusje, jakie się wokół tego gatunku toczą. To pozycja intrygująca, która jest żywym świadectwem fana, pełnym miłości do tej formy sztuki.Jakub Wołosowski, KZ
Książka jest poświęcona gatunkowi radiowemu feature zbliżonemu do reportażu artystycznego. Autorka prezentuje stan badań, precyzuje terminologię, wyznacza granice omawianego gatunku i jego odmian. Kreśli historię feature’a i pokrewnych form wypowiedzi, odwołując się zarówno do przykładów polskich, jak i obcych, głównie zachodnioeuropejskich – czytelnik znajdzie tu m.in. podrozdział o roli reportażu artystycznego w programie Radia Wolna Europa. Publikacja zawiera też analizę takich kategorii, jak narrator, aktor i elementy „słuchowiskowe” w twórczości z gatunku feature.
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Opracowania dotyczące feature’a w polskiej literaturze przedmiotu są właściwie nieliczne. Nie chciałbym dokonywać porównań wartościujących, odnoszę jednak wrażenie, że książka Natalii Kowalskiej jest nie tylko wyraźniej ukierunkowana w swych celach i wywodach, lecz także pełniejsza, obszerniejsza, bardziej wyczerpująca. Dla „utwierdzenia” gatunku na gruncie polskim wydaje się niezwykle pożyteczna i na chwilę obecną trudna do zastąpienia. […] Pod wieloma względami jest dziełem pionierskim i w zakresie podjętego tematu stanie się bezsprzecznie ważnym punktem odniesienia.
Z recenzji prof. dr. hab. Jana Tomkowskiego
Ed Fox thought he was the only young man who checked out a woman’s feet before her face, and most of the time couldn’t meet his models’ eyes for fear they’d discern his secret. Then he became the official foot photographer for Leg Show magazine, and learned of the thousands of men just like him and the glorious legacy of foot fetish photographers before him, not least the great Elmer Batters.
Since then, Fox has become famed the world over for his sensual photographic style that captures every curve of a woman’s body, right down to the tips of her toes. In Ed Fox II he brings us voluptuous new models, arresting locations―many blending the desert landscapes of Southern California with Fox’s passion for automobiles―and fantasies mild to extra spicy, all shot in warm, caressing natural light. And, like Glamour From the Ground Up, Ed Fox II comes with a 60-minute original DVD, bringing the still photos to vibrant life.
This edition’s special Panic Cover is reversible to a realistic-looking academic book to keep the real contents hidden from prying eyes, or even to help you impress an attractive onlooker!
The Big Book of Pussy, not to be confused with a book of big pussies, closed out the popular “body part” series with an offering just as controversial as it was popular back in 2011. As in previous volumes, editor Dian Hanson explored the historical significance of her subject, explaining how the female genitalia have been coveted, feared, reviled, and worshipped by civilizations worldwide, from New Guinea to old Ireland. Her text was supported by playfully positive photographs of women exposing their vulvas, from 1910 to today. And with more than 400 photos, the point was made emphatically, in images both naturally furry and stylishly groomed.
Now, this fresh edition reframes not just the subject, but the format and design of this popular volume in the portable and affordable Bibliotheca Universalis size, to meet the needs of consumers like the gentleman who commented on Amazon, “Who wants a two-ton Pussy Book being ‘exposed’ for the mailman?” Relax, my finicky friend! Your pussy now arrives in a discreet 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.) size!
Included are interviews with the auteur known as Pussyman, the ex-cop who turned masturbation into millions with a toy called the Fleshlight, clit queen Vanessa del Rio, squirter Flower Tucci, and vaginal performance artist Mouse. Contemporary photographers Richard Kern, Ralph Gibson, Jan Saudek, Guido Argentini, Ed Fox, and others share their favorite pussy photos, urging even the shyest reader to call, “Here, kitty, kitty!”
Richard Kern likes real women: unpretentious, unadorned, and definitely undressed. Those who love Kern know each book is an invitation to join him in his privileged world where natural young women share their most intimate moments. Kern has never lost his boyish curiosity with girls and their secrets, so instead of posing them in sterile sets he follows them through the house—or rather his New York apartment—from backyard to kitchen to bathroom to bedroom, capturing every sexy and embarrassing moment.
Action is his most revealing book yet. Across 240 pages we careen through the life of Kern, accompanied by dozens of energetic, fun-loving, clothes-dropping exhibitionists. “Young women want to show the world they’re not like their man-hating women’s lib mothers,” a Kern model once told me, and these girls certainly get their point across. To further assist the young ladies in their rebellion, the book includes an hour-long DVD of an original Kern film with an exclusive musical score by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
But since we know that sometimes it can be a little risky to look at a book this revealing in public, this special edition comes with TASCHEN’s clever new Panic Cover feature to end public censure once and for all. Simply slip off the attractive but explicit cover, reverse, and redress—those ladies in the park will think you’re reading The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire!
When German photographer Peter Lindbergh shot five young models in downtown New York City in 1989, he produced not only the iconic British Vogue January 1990 cover but also the birth certificate of the supermodels. The image didn’t just bring revered faces together for the first time, it marked the beginning of a new fashion era and a new understanding of female beauty.
This book gathers more than 400 images from four decades of Lindbergh’s photography to celebrate his unique and game-changing storytelling and the new romantic and narrative vision it brought to art and fashion.
Whether in striking single portraits or dramatic situations of figure and setting, we trace the photographer’s cinematic inflections and his provocative play with female archetypes as subjects adopt the guise of dancers, actresses, heroines, and femmes fatales. Raw and seductive at once, we see how Lindbergh’s trademark monochrome pictures also redefined standards of beauty by emphasizing spirit and personality as much as looks, celebrating the elegance and sensuality of older women, and privileging natural and authentic beauty in an era of pervasive retouching.
In a testimony to Lindbergh’s illustrious status in the fashion world, his images are contextualized by commentaries from collaborators such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Nicole Kidman, Grace Coddington, Cindy Crawford, and Anna Wintour, who chose Lindbergh to shoot her first US Vogue cover. Their tributes explain just what makes Lindbergh’s images so unique and powerful.
German photographer Reinhart Wolf (1930–1988) had a particular eye for architecture. In 1979, he turned his lens to some of the tallest buildings in the world, taking several trips to New York to photograph its most sky-soaring assets.
With texts by Edward Albee and Sabina Lietzmann and an interview with Andy Warhol, TASCHEN’s reprint of Reinhart Wolf – New York is both a nostalgic homage to the 1970s spirit of the city and a superb example of architectural photography. From Gothic detailing to the sleek surfaces of the International Style, Wolf’s portfolio spans the city’s dizzy stylistic reach but captures all buildings with the same infectious love and awe. The Chrysler Building tower shimmers in a gray dawn light, the Empire State Building glows against a stormy sky, and the Flatiron Building basks in late afternoon sun.
Though the last three decades have seen dramatic transformation to the skyline, not least after the events of 9/11, this book is testimony to New York’s enduring wonder. Surveying these grand, tall, proud structures, Wolf captures not just feats of engineering or marvels of ornamentation, but also, in particular, the magnetism of this city soaring towards the sky.
Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) are among the most well known and celebrated in the world. In paintings such as Sunflowers, The Starry Night, and Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the representation of texture and mood, light and place.
Yet in his lifetime, van Gogh battled not only the disinterest of his contemporary audience but also devastating bouts of mental illness. His episodes of depression and anxiety would eventually claim his life, when, in 1890, he committed suicide shortly after his 37th birthday.
This comprehensive study of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) offers a complete catalogue of his 871 paintings, alongside writings and essays, charting the life and work which continues to tower over art to this day.
Okaleczony świat ukazuje w przystępny sposób dzieje fotografii z nowej, środkowoeuropejskiej perspektywy. Dzięki odpowiednio dobranym zdjęciom ? zarówno tym ikonicznym, jak i mniej znanym ? czytelnik odkrywa niezwykłe historie. Piękno sąsiaduje w nich z okrucieństwem, codzienność skrywa w sobie poezję.
Część pierwsza obejmuje szczegółowe omówienie stanu badań i metodologii, a część druga jest zbiorem hermeneutycznych analiz wybranych przez autora fotografii z lat 1838?2017. Taka przejrzysta konstrukcja pozwala na połączenie tekstu naukowego ze swobodą naukowej eseistyki, w której autor analizuje ułożone w porządku chronologicznym fotografie, traktując je jako studia przypadków.
Monografia ? dzięki zebranej literaturze i ujęciu metodologicznemu ? otwiera nowy rozdział w badaniach nad medium. Okaleczony świat jest nie tylko podręcznikiem do historii fotografii obejmującym jej dzieje od wynalazku Daguerre’a w 1838 roku do współczesności. To historia Europy Środkowej opowiedziana przez pryzmat ponad stu czterdziestu zdjęć; historia przełamująca istniejący kanon i proponująca nowy język opisu.
„Okaleczony świat nie jest jedynie książką o historii sztuki, chociaż z takich źródeł wyrasta. To historia kulturowa (...). Każdy z analizowanych obrazów ożywa, zyskuje historyczne tło, czasem anegdotyczne. Adam Mazur wykorzystuje w swojej pracy własne olbrzymie doświadczenie, kuratora, badacza, konstruktora fotograficznych narracji. A przy tym wszystkim po prostu znakomicie i ciekawie opowiada. Przydatność wiedzy zawartej w Okaleczonym świecie dostrzegą nie tylko naukowcy, studenci i miłośnicy fotografii. Przyjemność znajdą w niej czytelniczki i czytelnicy lubiący dobre historie”.
prof. dr hab. Marianna Michałowska
Adam Mazur – doktor nauk humanistycznych, historyk sztuki i amerykanista, adiunkt na Wydziale Fotografii Uniwersytetu Artystycznego w Poznaniu. Kurator wystaw, redaktor antologii i katalogów. Autor tekstów i książek poświęconych sztuce współczesnej. Specjalizuje się w fotografii, której poświęcił m.in. książki: Kocham fotografię. Teksty z lat 1999?2009 (2009), Historie fotografii w Polsce 1839?2009 (2010), Decydujący moment. Nowe zjawiska w fotografii polskiej po roku 2000 (2012), Głębia ostrości. Eseje o fotografii polskiej po 1945 roku (2014), Po końcu fotografii (2018). Laureat nagrody Stowarzyszenia Historyków Sztuki im. ks. prof. Szczęsnego Dettloffa i nagrody krytyki artystycznej im. Jerzego Stajudy.
Obszerna (ponad 280 stron) udokumentowana zdjęciami biografia muzyka zespołu KORN, basisty Fieldiego.
Muzyk opisuje swoje życie, począwszy od dzieciństwa, poprzez wiek młodzieńczy, do osiągnięcia sukcesu z nu-metalowym zespołem KORN.
Skomplikowana historia, pełna złych rzeczy, brudnego życia, ale zakończona spotkaniem ze Zbawicielem.
"‘Two days after Notre Dame burned, I flew to Paris to appear on the TV programme La Grande Librairie for a discussion about cathedrals. The following morning I had breakfast at the Hotel Bristol with my French publisher and she asked me to write a short book about Notre Dame and what it means to all of us. She said she would donate the publisher’s profits to the rebuilding fund and, if I wished, I could do the same with my royalties. Yes, I said; of course, I’d love to.’
Ken Follett
In aid of the crucial restoration work to restore Paris’s great cathedral, Notre-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals is a moving, short piece of non-fiction celebrating the stunning history of this beloved building, from Ken Follett, author of the multi-million copy selling Kingsbridge series.
This edition contains an exclusive extract from The Evening and the Morning, a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, publishing Autumn 2020.
A minimum of 50p per copy on each sale of this book will go to the charity La Fondation du Patrimoine."
"This well-written page-turner is the definitive biography of the genius of Robin Williams, whose life redefines the highs and lows of the American dream' - Steve Martin
'Tenderly written . . . frequently hilarious' - Sunday Times
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed.
But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’s comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; The Fisher King; Aladdin; and Mrs Doubtfire, where he showcased his limitless gift for improvisation to bring to life a wide range of characters. And in Good Will Hunting he gave an intense and controlled performance that revealed the true range of his talent.
Robin by Dave Itzkoff shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression – topics he discussed openly while performing and during interviews – and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, Robin is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.
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