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.
The magnificent prints of Ernst Haeckel, who captured the amazing forms of the natural world, spring to life in this exciting pop-up book that reveals the vibrant intricacy of his work.
The book "Art Forms in Nature" is a collection of prints, made by the scientist Ernst Haeckel, of an enormous variety of flora and fauna from the sea–including microscopic Radiolaria, starfish, and jelly fish. Since Prestel published it in 1998, the book has been a favorite with artists, designers, illustrators, and anyone who enjoys the wondrous forms of the natural world. Now paper engineer Maike Biederstaedt has transformed Haeckel's transcendent work into a threedimensional book that allows readers to appreciate Haeckel's vivid colors, exceptional precision, and fascination with patterns and geometry. This stunning book features seven pop-ups that allow readers to see nature's brilliance the way that Haeckel did – as marvelous, mathematically based creations that support his theory of the unity of all living things. Certain to appeal to his huge variety of fans, this pop-up version of a timeless classic will be treasured for years to come.
Gerhard Richter's abstract works are the subject of this extraordinary book, which brings together eighty works from collections around the world.
This publication is the first to focus solely on the abstract strategies and processes contained in Gerhard Richter's body of work. In the early 1960s, the artist began to call painting into question, an exploration that continues to occupy him to this day. In the 1970s, he responded to the rejection of painting by creating a series of monochrome works in gray. Moreover, he viewed the color gray as a means of addressing political themes without depicting them in an idealized manner. In his Inpainting series of the 1970s, Richter made brushstrokes and the application of paint his subject. In other works, he photographed small details from his palette and transferred them onto large canvases in a photorealistic manner. In his color charts, he subjected painting to an objective process by leaving the arrangement of the colors to chance. Since 1976, Richter has created a series of abstract works by applying paint with a brush, scraper, and palette knife, alternating between conscious decision-making and random processes.
Now available in an updated paperback edition, this fascinating and critically acclaimed book explains the market for art – and art's value for all of us.
In straightforward prose that doesn't mystify art or deny its special allure, prominent art dealer and market expert Michael Findlay offers an up-close and personal view of almost a halfcentury in the business of art. He engagingly explains art's three kinds of value: commercial; social; and what he terms its essential value – the range of responses to art that we as individuals have depending on our culture, education, and life experience. Few avid collectors are immune to the thrill of rising market value, but Findlay argues that buying for investment alone is seldom smart. A genuine love of art and the ways it may enrich one's social life also play important roles. Down to earth and with a touch of dry wit, he explains exactly how artworks are valued and reveals the workings of the art market. Enhancing his narrative are wise advice, insider anecdotes, and tales of scoundrels and scams, celebrity collectors, and remarkable discoveries. Generously illustrated, Findlay's distillation of a lifetime's experience makes this insider's guide indispensable for all who love art, not only collectors but true "amateurs" as well.
Perfect for display or close observation, this impeccably produced collection of some of Hokusai's most renowned prints highlights the exquisite lines and delicate hues that have entranced viewers for centuries.
During his lifetime, Hokusai was one of the most revered artists working in the ukiyo-e school of painting and printmaking. This book gathers the finest examples of Hokusai's breathtaking prints, including his iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa, views of Mt. Fuji, landscapes, domestic scenes, and painstakingly rendered flora and fauna. An introduction by Matthi Forrer offers a brief biography of Hokusai and commentary on his practice and influence. Each full color poster is backed with a substantial caption that provides insights into the piece's significance and notable characteristics. Printed on heavy coated paper, these detachable posters are suitable for framing, but also taken together create a lasting and illuminating introduction to Hokusai's extraordinary accomplishment.
Frida Kahlo is one of the art world's most enigmatic figures. Beautiful, talented, tragic and strong, she broke barriers as a woman and as an artist and her story is irresistibly fascinating. This dynamically illustrated book makes use of full-page reproductions, historical photographs and the latest research to offer a balanced view of the artist and the impact her work has had in the decades since her death. The author introduces readers to the colorful world of Kahlo's Mexico; describes the misfortune that led to the emergence of her artistic sensibility; explores Kahlo's spiritual connection with her country's folk art and her forays into surrealism; and details her love affairs with intellectuals and other artists, in particular her soulmate Diego Rivera. A fascinating look at a brilliant artist, this volume will appeal to Kahlo's many ardent fans, as well as create new ones.
When it comes to viewing art, living in the information age is not necessarily a benefit. So argues Michael Findlay in this book that encourages a new way of looking at art. Much of this thinking involves stripping away what we have been taught and instead trusting our own instincts, opinions, and reactions. Including reproductions of works by Mark Rothko, Paul Klee, Joan Miro, Jacob Lawrence, and other modern and contemporary masters, this book takes readers on a journey through modern art. Chapters such as "What Is a Work of Art?", "Can We Look and See at the Same Time?", and "Real Connoisseurs Are Not Snobs", not only give readers the confidence to form their own opinions, but also encourages them to make connections that spark curiosity, intellect, and imagination. "The most important thing for us to grasp", writes Findlay, "is that the essence of a great work of art is inert until it is seen. Our engagement with the work of art liberates its essence". After reading this book, even the most intimidated art viewer will enter a museum or gallery feeling more confident and leave it feeling enriched and inspired.
Rarely seen outside the United States, The Phillips Collection's American masterworks trace the development and diversity of modern art in America from the end of the nineteenth century through the post-war decades after World War II. Organized into thematic sections, the story unfolds chronologically from the great romantic realist painters, like Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, to the psychological insights of Edward Hopper, the abstract landscapes of Arthur Dove and Georgia O'Keeffe, and, finally, to the heroic triumphs of the abstract expressionists, like Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko. Assembled over half a century by Duncan Phillips, the collection is not only a reflection of one's man's personal taste, but also a continuous snapshot of the changing character of American art in the twentieth century. Including essays by European and American scholars, this publication of 68 works by 50 artists tells the story of nearly a century of dynamic vision and innovation in American modern art.
Designers and students structure their portfolios following their instincts and according to their own professional development. A portfolio principally contains print designs, which are used to plan, organise and document the designer s personal experience, work samples and skills. These selections are collective representations, through which designers seek to highlight their best accomplishments for the purposes of appreciation and promotion. This is precisely the object of this unique book: to present a selection of samples of the best works by young designers from all over the world. Fresh, inventive and full of original and ground-breaking ideas that use new materials and experimental techniques, Portfolio Design aims to offer not only visual delights but also invaluable references and solutions for those who are looking for inspiration in producing an eye-catching portfolio of their own.
Both inspirational and practical, Black and White Graphics showcases the appealing impact of using monochrome color schemes in the field of graphic design, and it presents an international collection of work that makes clear the capabilities of black, white, and gray. The posters, publications, labels, corporate communications, and other projects selected show that this achromatic combination can, at the same time as keeping a project s budget to a minimum, elevate the value of graphic design, facilitate communication, and enhance the project s dramatic effect by limiting design elements to those which are absolutely necessary. For black is not simply black, and white is not only white. There are endless possibilities that lie between the two, within the infinite palette of grays. In fact, black and white make for a timeless combination of colors that has been a popular choice for graphic designers for years. Simple, vintage, and sometimes elegant, black and white are the colors that capture viewers attention by simply reducing colors to the basics and therefore leading the focus back to the visual message that a graphic design tries to express.
This book opens many questions. Can architectural research still be eros towards study, the deepening of its principles? Can a temporary, ephemeral, mutant building, a minimal set-up be the privileged place of our attention? And, can we with the enchantment of micro visions of nature see other geometries and transform them into constructive, geometric, material, modular genetic codes for a vision of architecture? Finding freedom is a first, experimental response of the author.
The Soviet Century brings together some 550 photographs by almost 50 great masters of Russian photography, which document the history of Russia between 1917 and 1970. Authors such as Aleksandr Rodchenko, Giorgi Zelma and El Lissitzky portrayed meetings, celebrations, protests, parades, factories, farms, cities, buildings, wars... and they also made countless portraits of political leaders, writers, artists, children peasants, soldiers, miners, etc. Grouped into eight thematic chapters, the images reconstruct the 1917 Revolution, the dawn of the artistic avant-garde, the implementation of the five-year plans and World War II, among many other historical events. Accompanied by three essays on Soviet history, art and photography, as well as short biographies of all the featured photographers and other complementary texts, this beautiful, comprehensive publication serves as a key testimony to the construction and evolution of the Soviet regime, as well as a thorough history of 20th-century Russian photography. It is a must for 20th-century history enthusiasts and photography fans alike.
The title alludes to the now iconic building located on Licenciado Verdad Street in Mexico City's Historic Center, which for a period of about ten years, cradled the movement. It was there that artists, writers and curators of the likes of Maria Guerra, Eloy Tarcisio, Silvia Gruner, Michael Tracy, Thomas Glassford, Melanie Smith and Francis Alys, made their homes and studios. Works of art, individual and group exhibitions, parties and gatherings that summoned active personalities of the most diverse kind, took place in this building, turning it into a model of production and diffusion of contemporary art. Together with other spaces in the Centro Historico, such as Aldo Flores' Salon des Aztecas or La Casona, under the direction of Guillermo Santamarina, the Licenciado Verdad building became a platform for the experimentation of new languages in the visual arts.
In the wake of World War I and the German Revolution of November 1918, a group of German artists, architects, composers, and writers banded together to work toward a democratic society that would reflect the values of the Weimar constitution. Some of the most celebrated artists of the period were members or participated in their numerous exhibitions, including Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Walter Gropius, George Grosz, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Hannah Hoech, and Piet Mondrian. In an effort to reflect the liberal values of Germany's newly established socialist government, the group was open to all styles, from Cubism, Futurism, and Expressionism to Dada, Abstraction, and New Objectivity. Until their dissolution in 1935, when they were banned by the Nazi regime, they exhibited nearly 3,000 works throughout the country. This book focuses on three distinct periods over the course of the group's history. Each section features essays and a series of elegantly reproduced illustrations. Presenting over one hundred works, this stunning compilation offers new perspectives on the avant-garde art of Weimar Germany, its socio-utopian ideals, and its attempts to build bridges inside the artistic community as well as between the artists and their fellow citizens.
Published in a new edition, this book offers an introduction to Bauhaus, one of the most influential movements in modern architecture, art, and design.
Founded by Walter Gropius in 1919, the Bauhaus School had an enormous impact on the arts and everyday life. Fifty of the most representative pieces of Bauhaus art and design are presented here in illuminating and engrossing two-page spreads. This book selects the artists, buildings, furniture pieces, theatrical productions, toys, and textiles that epitomize the Bauhaus ideal of uniting form and function. Artists such as Josef Albers, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joost Schmidt are featured along with lesser-known but equally important designers and artists. Anyone interested in the history and accomplishments of the Bauhaus will find much to learn and enjoy in this unique compilation that reveals the movement's range as well as its influence on today's artistic practices.
Kultowy album Papa Dance na winylu! Na miejscu starego Papa Dance powołano do życia duet Papa Dance, w skład którego weszli min: Paweł Stasiak i Kostek Yoriadis. Szybko odbudowali swoją popularność. Stało się tak przede wszystkim dzięki takim przebojom jak: „Naj Story” (która na Krajowym Festiwalu Piosenki Polskiej w Opolu w 1986 zdobyła trzecią nagrodę w głosowaniu publiczności, jak również była jedynym przebojem zespołu, który osiągnął pierwszą pozycję na Liście Przebojów Programu III), „O-la-la” oraz „Ocean wspomnień” (która zdobyła tytuł przeboju roku w I programie Polskiego Radia, a w 1987 ukazała się na singlu z piosenką „Bez dopingu”). Wszystkie te hity znalazły się na winylu „Poniżej krytyki”.
tracklista:
1. In flagranti
2. Frankie czy Ci nie żal?
3. Naj Story
4. Bez dopingu
5. O-la-la
6. Wit Boy
7. Historyjka z talii kart
8. Kryształek nocnej opowieści
9. Maxi Singiel
10. Ocean wspomnień
Moda na nagrywanie „akustycznych” wersji największych przebojów zaczęła się wraz z legendarną serią MTV Unplugged i jak łatwo się domyślić, szybko dotarła także do Polski. Idea znalazła nie tylko uznanie wśród słuchaczy, ale też przyniosła kilka naprawdę genialnych albumów, nagranych w konwencji „bez prądu”. Lady Pank wpadli jednak na nieco bardziej interesujący pomysł – w ich akustycznych wersjach, partie solowe gitary Borysewicza zastąpiono klawiszami. Wszystkie kultowe solówki zagrał na fortepianie Wojtek Olszak i efekt okazał się być doskonały! Album wyszedł spójny i z fajnym klimatem. Mimo upływu lat w ogóle się nie starzeje. Kiedy słucha się go dziś w wersji winylowej, wciąż jest tak samo przyjemny i porywający.
tracklista:
LP 1
1. Rozbitkowie
2. Mniej niż zero
3. Mała wojna
4. Marchewkowe pole
5. Zamki na piasku
6. Vademecum skauta
7. Kryzysowa narzeczona
8. Minus 10 w Rio
9. Zostawcie Titanica
LP 2
1. Młode orły
2. Wilcze stado
3. Zabić strach
4. Pokręciło mi się w głowie
5. Wciąż bardziej obcy
6. Zawsze tam gdzie Ty
7. Tańcz głupia, tańcz
8. Na co komu dziś
LP „Międzyzdroje” zespołu Lady Pank to album solidny, spójny, dobrze napisany i nagrany. Na co warto zwrócić uwagę słuchając tej płyty? Poza standardowo świetnymi kompozycjami Borysewicza, odnotować należy fakt, że jest to pierwszy w dyskografii zespołu album, na którym wszystkie teksty napisał Janusz Panasewicz. Ten album był dla niego pierwszą okazją, żeby zaprezentować swój talent w pełnej odsłonie. Jak mu się udało? Zaskakująco dobrze. Sprawdźcie sami!
tracklista:
1. Czy czujesz jak
2. Wolności głos
3. Nikt nie umie tak jak ty
4. Piąta rano
5. Hotel Polska
6. Nie chcę litości
7. Taka wyspa
8. Odjeżdżałem z nią
9. Idą złodzieje
10. Międzyzdroje
Lata dziewięćdziesiąte to czas rosnącej popularności muzyki techno i dance. Lady Pank zawsze był zespołem, który trzymał rękę na pulsie i wiedział dobrze, w którą stronę wieje wiatr, trudno się zatem dziwić, że w którymś momencie pojawił się album taki jak „W transie”. Prawda, że więcej w tym zasługi pracującego od jakiegoś czasu z zespołem Wojtka Olszaka, który trochę na własną rękę zaczął miksować kompozycje Lady Pank w konwencji techno/dance. Na pewno dodatkową odmianą będzie posłuchanie owego albumu na longplay'u.
tracklista:
1. Mała wojna
2. Kryzysowa narzeczona
3. Zamki na piasku
4. Vademecum skauta
5. Zostawcie Titanica
6. Zawsze tam gdzie Ty
7. Tańcz głupia, tańcz
8. Wciąż bardziej obcy
9. Mniej niż zero
10. Tacy sami
Album „Tacy sami” to zbiór kompozycji, którymi Borysewicz stanowczo i konsekwentnie odciął się od poprzedniej wersji swojego zespołu, nieco wpatrzonego w The Police. Tym razem Lady Pank zabrzmiało po amerykańsku, w najlepszym tego słowa znaczeniu. Na „Tacy sami” zabrakło tekstów Andrzeja Mogielnickiego, który na jakiś czas rozstał się z grupą. Nie wpłynęło to jednak na obniżenie warstwy literackiej albumu, głównie dzięki artystom, którzy zastąpili nadwornego tekściarza Lady Pank. Opcja winylowa albumu utwierdzi każdego, że poziom zespołu był i jest wysoki.
tracklista:
1. Tacy sami
2. Oglądamy film
3. John Belushi
4. Mała wojna
5. Giga-Giganci
6. To co mam
7. Zostawcie Titanica
8. Ratuj tylko mnie
9. Martwy postój
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