Master of the sublime: The essential Impressionist   Along with Turner, no artist has sought more than Claude Monet (1840–1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the...Read more

Defining Decadence The legacy of Gustav Klimt A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862 1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimen...Read more

Lobsters and lunacy: The zaniest Surrealist of them all Painter, sculptor, writer, film-maker, and all-round showmanSalvador Dali(1904 1989) was one of thetwentieth century s greatest exhibitionists a...Read more

Building the future: The man with a modern mission Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier(1887 1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villa...Read more

Pain and passion: The original and intimate art of Mexico s most famous female painter The arresting pictures ofFrida Kahlo (1907 54) were in many ways expressions of trauma. Through a near-fatal road...Read more

The ultimate introduction to global art, presenting 30,000 years of creativity in one lavishly illustrated book.Discover all you need to know about art history in this definite guide. Art: The Definit...Read more

Renaissance man in extremis Michelangelo, in pursuit of the beautiful and sublime Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 1564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fe...Read more

Чому базові кольори були популярні на післявоєнних кухнях? Чому епоха ар-деко віддала перевагу чистим лініям і пастельним відтінкам? Ця вичерпна ілюстрована історія використання кольору та фарби в озд...Read more

Graphic beauty: Breathtaking drawingsFew artists can claim such tenacious fame across continents and centuries as Michelangelo Buonarroti(1475 1564). His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draftsman...Read more

Librarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here.Brushwork revolution: The neglected champions of ImpressionismIt was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its ...Read more

Edición: Plurilingüe (Alemán, Francés, Inglés)Los 400 anuncios publicitarios de la colección Jim Heimann que conforman esta historia ilustrada de la moda no sólo analizan las tendencias y siluetas que...Read more

The mysterious genius who transformed European artCaravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian pain...Read more

As cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Their intricate, allegorical, and often startling cont...Read more

Іронічний нон-фікшн, який пояснить чому ліжко Трейсі Емін – це мистецтво, а ваше – ні. Через сотні прикладів Ґомперц формує нове бачення та усвідомлення сучасного мистецтва, перетворюючи його на «живу...Read more

Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) are among the most well known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many paintings and dra...Read more

The deftness of da Vinci: The drawings of Art History's master genius One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator...Read more

Most commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834–1917) in fact defied easy categorization and instead developed a unique style, strong...Read more

From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his h...Read more

The sense of a scene: Pieter Bruegel s mastery of composition and community The great Flemish painterPieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/31-1569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who...Read more

Коли компанія Carpet Bombing Culture запропонувала мені написати цю книжку, я спробував заховатися. Вони знайшли мене зі зграєю мисливських фреток у бедуїнському селі в серці марокканських гір, де я п...Read more

The beauty of nature and man’s loneliness are dominant themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The artist often places a small human figure in a broad landscape, as in his famous pai...Read more

From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption "this is not a pipe", René Magritte (1898–1967) created an echo chamber of object and image, name and thing, rea...Read more

At the age of six, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. “Since then,” he later said, “my ambition has steadily grown, and my megalomania with i...Read more

«Коротка історія фотографії» — інноваційний вступ до теми фотографії. У цій ілюстрованій книжці ви знайдете знакові світлини, роботи культових митців з часу перших експериментів із фотографією на поча...Read more

The prints of darkness The art, theory, and woodcut print revolution of Albrecht Durer A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Durer (1471 1528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whos...Read more