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1) Art deco
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This sumptuous volume salutes everything art deco--from historically significant art and design through to the present day. The art deco style is so recognizable and widespread that its original influence on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the clutter of imitation. This book draws our attention back to the birth of art deco--a period between two devastating world wars when industrialization was flourishing, interest in archaeology...
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the art world's most recognisable and popular styles, Impressionism is also one of the most complex. In this sumptuous overview Norbert Wolf lends his attention to all aspects of Impressionism: its historical precursors, contemporary rivals and the movements it inspired. Over 200 large format reproductions of entire works and highlighted details introduce readers to the Impressionists' aesthetics and techniques. Wolf draws insightful parallels...
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From rolling meadows to moody skies, how does the beauty, complexity, and dimensions of the world translate to artistic expression? This book examines the evolution and importance of the landscape genre from the late Middle Ages to modern times, selecting some of the most important landscapes in history from practitioners as diverse as Titian, Caspar David Friedrich, Edvard Munch, and Andy Warhol.
Author
Series
Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880--1938) is regarded as one of the key figures in 20th-century European art. A Modernist to his bones, he sent seismic waves through the art world with his hard-edged, intensely colored paintings and disseminated his ideas through Die Brücke art movement and the MUIM-Institut school of modernist painting, both of which he cofounded. Kirchner's work reconciled past and present through an Expressionist prism, reflecting the...
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