Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: This book explores the 'photo story' through 61 master classes by some of the world's greatest photographers, all members of the international photographic agency Magnum. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and their colleagues use the photo story as a vehicle to explain their approach to taking and editing photographs. It is about the Magnum photographers, their subjects and their…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch-born, he moved to London in 1870 and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. In this original study, Rosemary Barrow presents an absorbing and…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 420 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1064) Аннотация: «The Story of Art», one of the best-known and best-loved books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Professor Gombrich's clear and engaging text combines with hundreds of full-colour illustrations to trace the history of art in an unfolding narrative, from primitive cave paintings to controversial art works of the present day.»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 370 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 270) Аннотация: The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white.
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: This is more than just a book of photographs. It is a modernist Japanese photograph album created from Oriental fabrics and papers, and bound by hand. It contains the work of Gueorgui Pinkhassov, a highly-acclaimed photographic artist, innovator and member of Magnum. The sense of innovation and artistry is carried through in the photographs which explore how singular details, plays of light and…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This is a portfolio of the best of Steve McCurry's photography: classical, magical and powerful images from South and Southeast Asia. McCurry takes photographs all over the world, for National Geographic magazine and his own projects, but it is the people, places, colours and forms of Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma) that have inspired his most sublime images —…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Prodigies in photography are singularly rare; women prodigies virtually unheard of.» — Abigail Solomon-Godeau. Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) has become one of the most talked about, most studied, and most influential of late twentieth century photographers. She started taking photographs when she was barely thirteen and in less than a decade created a body of work that has now secured her a…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: «Since the mid 1970s Roman Signer's work has examined the forces of the elements — air, fire, earth and water — in a combination of performance (documented by photography and video) and sculpture (the physical remains of his acts). With a Dadaist love for the absurd, his artworks include «Race» (1981), a video performance in which the artist races a lit fuse across a field (hopelessly behind from…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: «Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major narrative works — «The Story of Art», «Art and Illusion» and «The Sense of Order» — and ten volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology presents a selection from all these books, as well as six pieces which have previously not been…
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: - All-in-one fold-and-send writing pad featuring images from the secret world of young ballerinas — No envelopes required — simply write your letter on the stationery, fold up each sheet, seal, stamp and post — A perfect gift for the ballet-obsessed of every age
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Pop Art was one of the most revolutionary art movements of the 20th century. In the 1950s, a group of artists in Great Britain and the USA, rather than despising popular culture, gladly embraced both its imagery and its methods, using photographs, advertisements, posters, cartoons and everyday objects to form the basis of their art. Their audacity at first scandalized the Establishment, but by…
Скачать книгу (размер 636 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 126) Аннотация: «Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is the only sculptor who is of equal rank to the French painters of the «Great Generation» from Monet to Cezanne. But while he has been considered an early modernist among sculptors, he drew on a rich variety of artistic traditions, including those of ancient Greece, the Renaissance, Egypt and the Far East. He was the creator of a new form in sculpture, the fragment as…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: «This is a collection of 45 Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier fanzine. «Fruits» was established in 1994, by photographer Shoich Aoki, initially as a project to document the growing explosion in street fashion within the suburbs of Tokyo. The magazine has since grown to cult status and is now avidly followed by thousands of Japanese teenagers who also use the magazine as an…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 788 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 548) Аннотация: A new version of a Phaidon classic published in 1937, this evocative and fascinating book, now issued as a paperback, presents 500 of the world's greatest self-portraits, arranged in a simple chronological sequence from ancient times to the late twentieth century. 'The mirror, above all the mirror is our teacher' wrote Leonardo da Vinci. Portraits are an endless source of fascination, responding…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is one of the most popular artists of the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. A founding member of the Viennese Secession and a leader of the Art Nouveau movement, Klimt was an innovator who achieved success with large decorative schemes as well as smaller portraits and paintings. He is admired for his sensuous images of women and for his original vision, producing…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was a boldly original painter who led a short and violent life. The powerful realism of his figures upset many of his contemporaries, and their power to shock remains undiminished. This book, providing a biography, presents all his most famous masterpieces, each with a commentary. The introduction gives an account of his wayward life and his artistic…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «Giovanni Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) is one of the most popular of all old master painters. His views of Venice and London are much celebrated and admired. Canaletto began his career as a scene-painter with his father and his early work, such as the Architectural Capriccio of 1723, reflects this training. Unlike most of his fellow artists, Canaletto was interested in depicting the world around…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated monograph of the great British landscapist John Constable (1776-1837) presents a definitive survey of the painter's life and works. Jonathan Clarkson offers a comprehensive assessment of Constable's oeuvre, from his earliest line drawings to his last masterpieces, including pencil drawings, quick outdoor oil sketches, painstakingly worked studio canvases, and less…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was an artist of the Northern Renaissance, remarkable for the range and versatility of his work. His woodcuts and engravings made him famous throughout Europe and he is still one of the most brilliant printmakers of all time. As an oil painter, Durer was equally successful at religious and secular subjects, producing magnificent altarpieces and powerful portraits. His…