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Toyen - komplet
Dvě knihy, jedna malířka a téměř detektivní pátrání v archivech, denících a poznámkách pamětníků. Dárkový komplet v luxusním pouzdře obsahuje dvě mimořádná díla spisovatelky a filmové režisérky Andrey Sedláčkové. Na úspěšnou biografii Toyen. První dáma surrealismu autorka volně navazuje knihou Toyen. Léta erotická , jež zkoumá erotickou tvorbu Toyen, Jindřicha Štyrského a dalších autorů z let 1921-1938. Přitažlivě a seriózně píše o tématu, jež nechce nikoho šokovat, ale mnohé čtenáře jistě překvapí.
Obě výpravné publikace přinášejí reprodukce desítek malířčiných obrazů, ilustrací a často nikdy nepublikovaných fotografií.
Kniha malířství
Autor ve svém díle předkládá téměř sto biografií o malířích a graficích 15. a především 16. století z dnešního Nizozemí a Belgie. Mnohé jeho údaje jsou zcela jedinečné, neboť vycházejí z osobních znalostí a zkušeností. Pozoruhodný je jeho důraz na malířské techniky, na vzájemné ovlivňování se jednotlivých umělců, na dopady ikonoklasmu pro soudobé nizozemské umění či na otázky ohledně obchodu s uměleckými díly, resp. na problematiku raně novověkého sběratelství.
Hiroshige
A deluxe, large-format edition of this beautifully illustrated introduction to Utagawa Hiroshige, thought to be the most successful ukiyo-e artist of Japan’s Edo period.
From the author of Hokusai: A Life in Drawing comes an illuminating account of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), the last great artist of the ukiyo-e tradition. Ukiyo-e, meaning ‘images of the floating world’, was a ubiquitous genre of Japanese woodblock prints during Japan’s Edo period, often depicting popular actors, sumo wrestlers, beautiful women and majestic landscapes. Hiroshige’s serene, atmospheric prints stood out from his predecessors, capturing the essence of the world around him, and eventually gained widespread acclaim in Europe and America, influencing western European artists like Manet, Monet and van Gogh.
This book offers a fascinating look at Hiroshige’s life and work, tracing the journey of a fire warden who turned to printmaking later in life. It invites readers to follow in Hiroshige’s footsteps through 19th-century Tokyo, discovering the iconic landscapes he immortalized while traveling the famed Tokaido and Kiso Kaido roads. It features an exceptional selection of works accompanied by vivid text, drawing from Hiroshige’s diaries, his talent for humorous poetry, taste for travel (with all its pleasures and challenges) and deep affinity for the natural world.
In making accessible a deep understanding of Hiroshige’s body of work, this volume transports readers to Edo, Japan, via the artist's timeless prints.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon
Shortly after his untimely death in 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat's meteoric art-world ascent was in retreat. Nearly four decades later, the artist's paintings are amongst the world's most recognizable and valuable. Based on over 100 interviews, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon finally fills in long-missing chapters from the life and work of an artist who helped reframe contemporary art.
When Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988 at the age of twenty-seven, major critics called his work a flash in the pan and the meteoric rise in the prices of his paintings started to fall back. Almost thirty years later Basquiat joined Picasso, Modigliani and Munch when one of his paintings sold for over $100 million. Nearly four decades after his untimely death, he remains one of the most recognizable artists in the world - his work not only headlines major museum exhibitions and private collections but also appears on T-shirts, sneakers, tattoos and accessories from Rio to Singapore. What happened?
For the first substantive biography in over twenty-five years, art world insider Doug Woodham conducted more than 100 interviews - with family members, friends, lovers, gallery owners, collectors, musicians, academics and other artists - to weave a thoughtful and revealing account of Basquiat's life, work and legacy. Woodham's account takes readers from the artist's rich and complex family background through to his commercial and critical resurrection - an ascent that has played a role in reshaping the art-world. In the process, he has also crafted a unique account of how the twenty-first century art world selects its icons and cements their place in history.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon examines key aspects of the artist's life such as his childhood trauma, sexuality, cultural identities and struggles with addiction - topics long downplayed in the museum and art world, arguably due to the controlling role played by his estate. Simultaneously Woodham uncovers the previously untold story of how a few against-the-grain speculators and gallerists - plus his deftly skilled and strategic father, the band U2 and a bestselling children's book - all contributed to bringing what Basquiat accomplished back to the centre of the conversation and in the process helped to birth a new era in contemporary art.
Life in Progress
World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist for the first time grants a private view of his life, and his journey towards art and artists
When Hans Ulrich was six years old, he was knocked down by a speeding car as he was crossing the street. Hospitalized for weeks, a sense of urgency was instilled in him. Enraptured by the healing powers of art from this young age, he began to travel across Europe on night trains, visiting artists' studios.
In a book that is part unputdownable coming-of-age story, part tour de force of the contemporary art world, part user's manual on how to live a life driven by curiosity, conversation, and not least hope, Obrist takes us through the formative experiences that made him. From his first exhibition in his Zurich kitchen to penning 250 postcards while trapped by an avalanche in Val Bregaglia, Life in Progress is an enchanting ode to the healing properties that engaging with art and the people around us boundlessly affords.
Chanel: Her Intimate World
This illustrated biography offers unprecedented insight into Coco Chanel’s complex and enigmatic life through new research and analysis of the designer by an expert historian.
Chanel expert Isabelle Fiemeyer offers a rare, deeply personal look into the life of the iconic designer Coco Chanel. This biography draws from exclusive interviews with Chanel’s closest family members and extensive archival research to reveal the designer’s most private world—her love for symbolism and poetry, her romantic relationships, and her enduring bond with her nephew, André Palasse, whom she raised as her own son. His daughter, Gabrielle Palasse-Labrunie—Chanel’s goddaughter and only direct descendant—shares intimate memories and access to her great-aunt’s cherished collection of fashion, jewelry, and art.
Divided into five chronological sections, the book immerses readers in Chanel’s life, unveiling rarely seen personal artifacts: gifts from her great love, Boy Capel, as well as her furniture, favorite jewelry, talismans, garments, family photos, and correspondence. This new text expands upon Fiemeyer’s research from her previous books on the designer and includes the compelling chapter “Alias Coco,” which explores newly uncovered documents from French Secret Service archives, shedding light on Chanel’s clandestine activities during World War II and her connections to the Resistance.
Isabelle Fiemeyer’s sensitive literary style along with the insights and recollections of Palasse-Labrunie reveal the hidden depths of Chanel’s character, exploring a side of “Auntie Coco” far removed from her public image. This handsome book—with three-quarter binding and cloth spine—is an essential read for those who seek to understand the complex and enigmatic woman behind the legendary brand.
Modernisté - jejich fascinující životy
Když mladý Pablo Picasso dorazil roku 1900 poprvé do Paříže, nejprogresivnější mladí umělci žili a tvořili v bohémské čtvrti Montmartre na kopci pod starými větrnými mlýny. V následujícím desetiletí, mezi ateliéry, salony, kavárnami, tanečními sály a galeriemi Montmartru, se mladý Španěl připojil k osobnostem jako Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Braque a mnoha dalším, aby společně zcela proměnili podobu tehdejšího uměleckého světa.
Sue Roe mistrně spojuje precizní historický výzkum s poutavým vyprávěním a vytváří jedinečný portrét mužů a žen, kteří zásadně ovlivnili vývoj malířství, sochařství, tance, hudby, literatury i módy. Popisuje počátky hnutí jako fauvismus, kubismus a futurismus a odhaluje příběhy, které stojí za nesmrtelnými díly Picassa a Matisse. Ukazuje, jak každodenní život na Montmartru – kde se umělci setkávali s akrobaty, tanečnicemi, prostitutkami i klauny – vytvářel živnou půdu pro umělecké experimenty a dával vzniknout přátelstvím i sporům, z nichž vzešla některá z nejzásadnějších děl 20. století.
Kniha Modernisté – jejich fascinující životy nabízí strhující pohled na výjimečnou skupinu umělců na prahu slávy a nesmrtelnosti a oživuje jedno z klíčových období v dějinách moderního umění. V nakladatelství již vyšla první část nazvaná Impresionisté – jejich životní příběhy a od autorky dále vyjde román Surrealisté – jejich bouřlivé osudy, jenž zavede čtenáře do světa umělců, jako je Duchamp či Dalí, a uzavře třídílnou sérii.
Máglya Indiában - Amrita Sher-Gil szenvedélyes élete
A külföldön leghíresebb magyar festőművésznőt kevesen ismerik nálunk. Édesanyja beregszászi volt, édesapja pedig egy indiai rádzsa. Munkácsy Mihályon kívül csak ő nyerte el a Párizsi Szalon aranyérmét. Festményei ma dollármilliókért kelnek el a nemzetközi műkincspiacon. A műértők Picassóval, Chagallal, Modiglianival emlegetik egy szinten.
Úgy hívták: Amrita Sher-Gil.
Rövid és viharos élet jutott neki osztályrészül. Szenvedélyesen élt, csodálatosan festett, tragikusan fiatalon halt meg. India őrzi az emlékét, képei a Delhi Múzeum legféltettebb kincsei közé tartoznak. Milliomosok, nábobok, forradalmárok, miniszterek rajongtak érte, hiába, ő mást szeretett. Megölették? Megmérgezték? Kik? Miért? Amikor kiesett kezéből az ecset, a XX. század egy szépséges nőt és nagy zsenit veszített el.
Magyar volt az anyanyelve és magyar dalokat énekelt. Sírja nincs, testét elégették, hamvait egy indiai folyóba szórták. A lelke, a művészete van velünk.
Naked Portrait
Nothing had been discussed, I just assumed I would be naked. I got undressed and asked him what he would like me to do. He said it was up to me.
In Naked Portrait Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, drawing on a diary she kept while sitting for him and which she found five years after his death. Enthralled by his genius, she remembered as uncontentious and amusing all the extraordinary stories he told her to keep her entertained in the studio, but the shock of the truth is profound when she looks back. What emerges is her compassion and love not just for herself as a vulnerable young woman but for the man himself, in all his brilliant complexity.
Dior by Dior
A beautiful gift edition of the autobiography of famed fashion designer Christian Dior
Christian Dior (1905-1957) found fame with his first collection in 1947 when the "New Look" took the world by world by storm. This charming autobiography gives a fascinating insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment.
Originally published in English in 1957, with a translation by Antonia Fraser, this beautifully designed new edition features three updated plate sections, including iconic photographs of Dior creations by Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, and Horst P. Horst.
Kusama - Polka Dot Queen
A vivid portrayal of the life of Yayoi Kusama-Queen of Polka Dots, creator of infinity-from her unusual childhood to international artistic acclaim
From her days in 1960s New York as a proponent of free love and peace to her current position as internationally recognized Queen of Polka Dots and creator of infinity, Yayoi Kusama's life is an extraordinary story of triumph over adversity through art.
This graphic novel vividly portrays Kusama's unusual youth and family troubles, her discovery of a new style of painting, her struggles with mental illness, and her rise to international art stardom. For those seeking an introduction to this incredible artist or seeking a fresh take on her story-this is Yayoi Kusama's life as you've never seen it before.
"The only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live."
Karl Lagerfeld - A Fashion History
An extraordinary biography of Karl Lagerfeld, based upon a series of rare, powerful, and emotional interviews—the real story, full of inside details, that repeatedly surprises and enlightens.
Ottavi enjoyed a rare degree of open and candid access to Lagerfeld in his later years, and this biography offers an unparalleled look into the iconic designer’s complex personality and wide-ranging creativity. Lagerfeld himself wanted this to be a frank, honest, serious account that would be an invaluable resource for fashion lovers and admirers of his incomparable legacy. Unlike other recent books, this intimate portrait deftly reveals his true inner nature in his own words.
Based upon interviews with Lagerfeld over the course of two years prior to his death, this biography is further enriched with memories, stories, and anecdotes from close friends and associates including the Princess of Hanover, Bernard and Héléne Arnault, Silvia Fendi, Bruno Pavlovsky, Tom Ford, Alessandro Michele, Valentino, Carine Roitfeld, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Inés de La Fressange, Linda Evangelista, Tadao Ando, Fran Lebowitz, and others.
Lagerfeld was many things: inspired creator, witty raconteur, media darling, highly cultured, eccentric in his manners, insatiable at work, ultra-sensitive, and given to maintaining grudges. This narrative includes Lagerfeld’s own especially perceptive insights into his relationship with Jacques de Bascher, his only true love, and how Yves Saint Laurent’s later passion for de Bascher resulted in the infamous break in the longstanding friendship between the two couturiers.
For Art and for Life
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's. From the humanistic inspiration behind The Potato Eaters to his long-time obsession with painting the vision that eventually became The Starry Night, the letters in this selection paint an intense personal narrative of his artistic development and creative process across the years. They reveal a man of great spiritual and emotional depths who - in his own words - did everything 'for art and for life itself'.
Flower
‘I like eating cold, clammy wraps from big pharmacies that are open late and sell just a few foods like protein bars and powders.’
Flower is a book of realistic admissions, likes, dislikes, memories and no-brainer observations, treating personal truth as unavailable – something that must be made up and convincing.
Taking cues from confessional literature, his daughter’s improvised games, poor internet writing and shitty AI, Ed Atkins, in his first work of non-fiction, equivocates between inanity and divinity, ease and pain, sentimentality and sterility. An anti-memoir, a list, a listless blur – Flower is a highly original, moving and absurd book by one of the most influential artists of his generation, formally inventive and disturbingly of our time.
‘I feel like a permanent conduit has been built between my brain and this book. Atkins is relentless, beautiful, hideously and angelically honest. Sometimes it brought me to tears and I’m not even sure why. It’s the stuff most of us leave out, or wouldn’t even know how to articulate. By which I mean this book has made so much other writing feel like propaganda. It’s heroic. I’m not sure I’ll ever recover from it.’ — Luke Kennard, author of Notes on the Sonnets
Yoko
An intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono from bestselling author of Beautiful Boy
David Sheff met Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1980 when conducting an in-depth interview with them just months before John’s murder. In the aftermath, Sheff and Yoko became close friends as she rebuilt her life, survived threats and continued creating groundbreaking art and music. Drawing from their decades-long friendship and interviews with Yoko, her family, close friends and collaborators, Sheff shares the story of one of the most unlikely and remarkable lives ever lived.
Yoko spans from her birth to wealthy parents in pre-war Tokyo and her harrowing experience as a child during WW2 to her arrival in the avant-garde art scenes of London, Tokyo and New York. We see how she coped under the most intense, relentless and cynical microscope as she was falsely vilified for the most heinous cultural crime imaginable: breaking up the greatest rock-and-roll band in history.
So often remembered only for her impact on The Beatles, Yoko has been caricatured as an opportunistic seductress or manipulative impostor. Yoko delves into her life as an artist, musician, feminist and activist, reframing her incredible achievements independent of Lennon.
The Swans of Harlem
Harlem 1969; it's the height of the Civil Rights era and the community is still reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King. Arthur Mitchell, the first Black principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, takes his protest to the stage and establishes the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Here begins the story of the five extraordinary women at the heart of this book.
Both a group biography and a story of a particular time, this is a book about ballet, the enduring allure of ballet for young girls, and about how these pioneers broke into a world that was closed to them and changed ideas of what a classical dancer could be. It is about the heart-breaking impact of the AIDS epidemic which claimed the lives of so many of the male dancers. It's about racism and activism through art. And it's about the eternal glamour of ballet; these swans appeared at the grandest opera houses and theatres, dancing at the White House, and even for the Queen. Their fans included Mick Jagger and they performed alongside the likes of Michael Jackson and Josephine Baker.
But most importantly it tells the universal story of female friendship, and in particular how these five young women formed a bond - while experimenting with different ways of dying ballet shoes and tights to match their skin tones - which still endures many decades later.
Pavel Raszka. Dva životy jednoho malíře
Kniha přináší sondu do života a tvorby malíře Pavla Raszky na pozadí dvou světových válek, první republiky a reálného socialismu. Osobní příběh malíře vrstevnatě pojímá každodennost, která se prolíná s politickými a hospodářskými událostmi mnoha desetiletí. Dva životy odkazují na malířovy dvě ženy, s nimiž žil během dvou odlišných období vývoje společnosti oddělených druhou světovou válkou. Životní příběh ilustruje velký počet dobových fotografií. Množství informací, popisů a hodnocení souvisejících s malířovou tvorbou je doplněno reprezentativní barevnou přílohou.
Záznamy 1947–1950 / 1
Bezprostřední svědectví výtvarnice Věry Novákové (1928–2024) o formování vlastních názorů a postojů a počátcích tvorby i dospělého života v temných letech nastupující komunistické totality v Čechách. Svébytný text, vynikající originální obrazností a napětím mezi pasážemi intimními a těmi, které se týkají společenských témat a nadosobních otázek. Juvenilní zápisky, které původně nebyly určeny k zveřejnění a pro jejichž publikaci se autorka rozhodla až na sklonku svého dlouhého života. Pozdní literární debut.
Valamikor, valami kor
Könyvem az 1957-től 1982-ig terjedő idő visszaidézése, szakmai és személyes emlékeim. Nem vagyok szakember, nem olvastam Peter Brook elmélkedéseit, sem senki más nagyra becsült, olykor egekig magasztalt kritikáit és magyarázatait az elmúlt kor színházi jelenségeiről, nem vagyok Apostol. Reményekkel, de bátor elszántsággal, úgy is mondhatnám, szent, tiszta vágyakkal érkeztem a főiskolára, hogy itten majd "az Igazsággal beszélgethetek". (...) Mint a gyökerek. Kitépsz egy növényt, de egy hajszál elég, ami megmaradt és újra hajt... Az az alaktalan massza újra és újra előre tör majd, minden jövendő cselekedetünkbe beleszól, emlékeztet, helyet kér, és nem tudunk szabadulni tőle soha már. Hatvan év múltán is szívszorongva nézem a lányt, aki zavartan áll a Vas utcai porta előtt, és sejtelme sincs róla, mit kezdjen az életével. A 3000 közül kiválasztott! A győztes!
V kategórii životopisov osobností z oblasti umenia nájdete široký výber kvalitných biografických kníh, ktoré vám umožnia hlbšie sa ponoriť do životov a tvorby umelcov zo všetkých oblastí umenia.
Biografie sú starostlivo vybrané, aby sme vám priniesli príbehy a príklady života umelcov, ktorí sa stali ikonami a inšpiráciou pre iných. Snažíme sa zachytiť ich cesty, od ich skromných začiatkov, cez všetky prekážky až po ich úspechy. Všetky naše knihy sú prevedené s láskou a starostlivosťou, s využitím bohatej zbierky fotografického materiálu, ktorý dodáva život a autenticitu týmto príbehom.
Naším cieľom je priniesť vám príbehy umelcov, ktorí vytvárajú umenie rôznymi spôsobmi - od maľby a sochárstva po hudbu, tanec a divadlo. Veríme, že tieto príbehy sú cenným zdrojom inšpirácie pre každého, kto sa zaujíma o umenie a jeho tvorcov.
