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No Nonsense


Life’s ironies are easier to take in with a sugar coating. This coating entertains, and acts as a remedy for the bitter truth while you die laughing. Brimming with cheerful colours, juxtaposed details and quirky characters, illustrations of dark humour weave together a twisted yet oddly familiar narrative we can all empathise with. Off the Wall amasses 30 some artists whose works are as somber as they are hilarious. Look at how satirical ideas play out in imagery to voice societal concerns, reflect on human nature or simply as a candid expression of the artist’s peculiar creative universe. Through short interviews and a carefully edited showcase, the book takes readers to explore artists’ enigmatic minds as they give insight into how they walk the fine line between being funny and unsettling.
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35,50 €

Europe and the Sea


The history and culture of Europe has been decisively shaped by the exploration and use of the seas surrounding Europe. This catalogue book reflects the significance of the sea as a space of rule and trade for Europeans, as bridge and border, as resource and a site of desire. The book also reviews the changing perception of the sea in the arts. Europe is a maritime continent: measured by the length of its coasts and its total size, none of the five continental masses on the planet has more points of cont act with the seas than Europe. The importance of the sea for the development of European civilisation is illustrated by the themes of myths, shipbuilding and seafaring, rule of the seas, European coastal trade, expansion, the slave trade, migration, the ma ritime global economy, resources, oceanography, tourism, and the artistic perception of the sea. Thirteen themes, each linked to a port city, range from Antiquity to the present day and demonstrate that the domination of the seas was a central component of European power politics for centuries.
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45,95 €

Igor Grimmich


Svou tvorbou navazuje Igor Grimmich jednak na výpověď umělecké generace sedmdesátých let, jež kriticky reflektovala poměry československého normalizačního bezčasí sžíravou, mnohdy přitom i hravou ironičností. Vychází však také z impulzů generace let osmdesátých, jež smysl malby (ať již v západním Berlíně nebo v Praze) dynamicky vzkřísila v rámci návratu k figuraci a k narativní symbolice.
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21,62 €

Manuel Martinez - Monografie malíře


Martinezova tvorba je známá po celém světě. Ačkoliv žije trvale ve Francii, vystavuje nejen tam, ale i ve vzdáleném brazilském Sao Paulu. Jeho obrazy jsou součástí sbírek milovníků umění v Německu, Francii, Švýcarsku a nyní i v České republice. Monografie vychází u příležitosti velké retrospektivní výstavy v pražském Mánesu v roce 2018 a obsahuje na devadesát jeho obrazů. Pečlivě připravená monografie francouzského malíře španělského původu Manuela Martineze obsahuje texty ve čtyřech jazycích (česky, anglicky, francouzsky a německy) a je výborným dárkem pro každého milovníka umění.
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46,81 €

Jindra Viková


Výpravná publikace přináší průřez tvorbou keramičky, sochařky, malířky a pedagožky Jindry Vikové. Jak ale sama říká, kniha není retrospektivním ohlédnutím, spíše se jedná o svého druhu deník emocí, představ a myšlenek, vyjádřených kresbou, koláží, asambláží, sochou nebo reliéfem. Viková ve své tvorbě ráda čelí nečekaným výzvám, použití nových technik se pro ni stává vždy impulzem, který posouvá její tvorbu nejen po formální stránce, ale především ji vyzývá k uchopení nových témat. V tom zcela přirozeně navazuje na Bělu Kolářovou, s její hravou vášní pro experiment, jehož prostřednictvím vyjadřuje mnohem závažnější souvislosti, než se může na první pohled zdát.
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32,43 €

Konec lesa


Každá výstava malíře a kostýmního výtvarníka, nositele Oscara, je speciální událostí. Je tomu tak i s výstavou, kterou na hlavní letní sezonu v roce 2018 připravila Galerie Klatovy/Klenová. Katalog, který Galerie připravila společně s nakladatelstvím KANT, přináší zejména Pištěkovy fotorealistické obrazy ze 70. let. Početní milovníci Pištěkova díla zde ale najdou i práce od počátku 60. let až do prvnícch desetiletí 21. století. V grafické úpravě Stanislava Kolíbala a s texty Martina Dostála je možné se ponořit do osobitého pištěkovského světa plného iluzí, tajemství a překvapivého obrazového vyprávění.
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7,00 €

Drag & Draw


This book highlights two series of little known drawings from the 1950's, drawings where Andy Warhol first explored the controversial and for him deeply personal subject of drag. His oeuvre during the first decade of his career, before he became the god father of Pop, has proven to be enormously influential on his life's work but remains little known. In 1953, Warhol created two unique series of drawings, quite different from his commissioned work. In one series, he developed an ensemble of spirited wome n that were derived from photographs of stage divas and ? of men in drag. He delved deeper into the art of dressing as the opposite sex with his second series, a set of portraits of men posing in high and low drag. This book considers Warhol's work and its d ebt to newly discovered photographs that his friend, photographer Otto Fenn, staged explicitly for Warhol’s purpose. Drag & Draw sheds light on New York's secret gay and drag scenes during the repressive 1950s
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39,95 €

Hokusai


Hokusai, a grand protagonist of ukiyo-e , his legacy and powerful influence on European art. Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), an unchallenged master of ukiyo-e , the Floating World, active between the late 1700s and the first-half of the 1800s, stands out on the art scene not only for his Great Wave and the series Thirty-six V iews of Mount Fuji of which the print is a part, but also his great versatility expressed in his treatment of all types of subjects: from landscapes to nature, kabuki actor portraits, beautiful women, warriors and even ghosts and spirits, semi-legendary beings and animals. Hokusai is also associated with many changes: of residence, of name (over thirty, even though the main ones are six), of style, with dozens of followers, each of which, in some way, represents one aspect in the Master’s vast oeuvre. These include Shinsai, Hokkei and Gakutei who influenced the following generation of artists, together with another individual, who is not considered a direct student of Hokusai but who nonetheless determined in an interesting way the developments in prints of beauty and landscape from 1810 to 1830: Keisai Eisen. Through a selection of over 250 works from the Municipal Museum of Chiba and other Japanese collections, this publication offers a reading of Hokusai that also includes his legacy, accompanying and comparing his output with that by others who followed in his footsteps and gave life to new lines, forms and balances of colour within the classic themes of ukiyo-e and landscape, nature, beauty, actors, heroes and warriors.
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44,95 €

Modernists & Mavericks


The development of painting in London from the Second World War to the 1970s is the story of interlinking friendships, shared experiences and artistic concerns among a number of acclaimed artists, including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Gillian Ayres, Frank Bowling and Howard Hodgkin. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, many previously unpublished, with important witnesses and participants, the art critic Martin Gayford teases out the thread connecting these individual lives, and demonstrates how painting thrived in London against the backdrop of Soho bohemia in the 1940s and 1950s and `Swinging London' in the 1960s. He shows how, influenced by such different teachers as David Bomberg and William Coldstream, and aware of the work of contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock as well as the traditions of Western art from Piero della Francesca to Picasso and Matisse, the postwar painters were allied in their confidence that this ancient medium, in opposition to photography and other media, could do fresh and marvellous things. They asked the question `what can painting do?' and explored in their diverse ways, but with equal passion, the possibilities of paint.
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32,50 €

V&A Introduces Frida Kahlo


This vibrant mini-hardback explores the life and dress of Frida Kahlo and is filled with Mexican-influenced patterns, photographs of key people and illustrations of her wardrobe. Kahlo has inspired many with her fashion, art and life, and this beautiful book considers what made her so unique.
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9,50 €

Ellsworth Kelly


Now available in a new accessible format - the definitive monograph on one of the most revered artists of our time Ellsworth Kelly will forever be remembered as one of the most distinctive and influential artists of our time. This book, the last created in close collaboration with the artist, maps his prolific and diverse oeuvre from the 1940s to his final projects before his death in late 2015. Featuring a newly designed cover, this hardback edition brings Tricia Paik's critically acclaimed volume to a new audience of readers.
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63,95 €

Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers


A celebration of artworks featuring books and readers from throughout history, for the delight of art lovers and bibliophiles As every book tells a story, every book in art is part of an intriguing, engaging, and relatable image. Books are depicted as indicators of intellect in portraits, as symbols of piety in religious paintings, as subjects in still lifes, and as the raw material for contemporary installations. Reading Art spotlights artworks from museums and collections around the globe, creating a gorgeous, inspiring homage to both the written word and to its pivotal role in the visual world.
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31,50 €

Leonardo da Vinci


Stroke of Genius The complete painted oeuvre of Leonardo da Vinci The paintings of a renaissance master Inventor, painter, sculptor, scientist, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was nothing short of a quintessential Renaissance genius. No other artist of his generation has left behind such an extensive, authentic, and innovative oeuvre?yet Leonardo remains the most enigmatic of them all. From the beguiling Last Supper to the showstopping Mona Lisa, discover the complete painted oeuvre of one of history’s most insatiable creative masters. This collection draws from our extensive best-selling XXL edition, one of the most complete explorations of Leonardo to date, to trace his life and work across 10 chapters. All known paintings are featured, gathering some of the finest treasures of the Louvre, Prado, and National Gallery, as well as works lost to time, but no less startling in their precision and poise. This definitive volume is complete with crisp details, accessible essays situating Leonardo’s approach within its socio-cultural context and pictorial traditions of the time, the latest scientific insights, as well as an updated foreword that illuminates one of the most sensational art historical discoveries of our time: the record-breaking Salvator Mundi.
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34,95 €

Klimt


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 experimentation. In this neat, dependable monograph, we gather all of Klimt’s major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged archival material from Klimt’s own archive to trace the evolution of his astonishing oeuvre. With top quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous “golden phase” when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to such beloved works as The Kiss and Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, also known as The Woman in Gold. About the series: Bibliotheca Universalis— Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia. Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!
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24,90 €

Z Kašperských Hor do Kalábrie


Monografie přibližuje zdroje inspirace Mirka Houště v Čechách a v Itálii. V knize je představena malba, sochařství, grafika a architektura s důrazem na kašperskohorský a kalábrijský region v období jeho rané a především zralé tvorby. Hojný obrazový materiál doplňuje umělcův doprovodný text společně s názory autorit. Přiložené DVD umožňuje nahlédnout do jeho českého ateliéru. Resumé v angličtině, němčině a italštině.
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16,40 €

Hledání českobratrského výtvarnictví


Publikace se vydává po stopách výtvarného umění v kostelech a modlitebnách Českobratrské církve evangelické, kde obvykle pro silný vliv reformované tradice výtvarná díla příliš neočekáváme, a kde přitom přesto můžeme objevit zajímavé umělecké počiny. Ve snaze nabídnout východiska k interpretaci těchto nálezů pátrá text knihy po důvodech, pro které výtvarná díla do reformovaného prostředí postupně pronikají, zkoumá kontexty, do nichž vstupují, zjišťuje, jakou funkci v rámci bohoslužebného provozu plní a jakých významů nabývají, a všímá si podob, jež na sebe při tom berou. Obecnější tendence, vysledovatelné napříč církví, se práce snaží demonstrovat na šesti vybraných interiérových rea­lizacích, které zároveň poodhalují odlišné přístupy šesti evangelických výtvarníků: Daniela Balabána (Sněžné), Marie Jiřičkové (Praha-Uhříněves), Jiřího Zejfarta (Miroslav), Barbory Veselé (Prostějov), Zbyňka Honzala (Jindřichův Hradec) a Miroslava Rady (Praha-Vinohrady).
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9,31 €

Looking At Pictures


Looking at pictures can be a delightful, exciting or moving experience, but some pictures - and these are often the most rewarding - require some explanation before they can be fully understood. Delving into the origins, designs and themes of over 100 pictures from different periods and places, this book illuminates the art of looking at - and talking about - pictures. Woodford shows how you can read a picture by examining the formal and stylistic devices used by an artist, and explores popular themes and subject matters, and the relationship of pictures to the societies that produced them. The book is supplemented by a glossary of key terms, ranging from art movements and technical terms to religious and classical terminology, to give readers all the information they need at their fingertips.
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13,95 €

Genres, Vienna around 1900


Poets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism, waltzes resounded through the Ringstrasse, the Vienna Secession preached: “To every age its art — to every art its freedom;” and tremors warned of looming political disintegration when the Austrian capital passed into a new century. Across economics, science, art, and music, Vienna blossomed into a “laboratory of modernity,” one which nurtured some of the greatest artistic innovators—from Egon Schiele’s unflinching nude portraits to Gustav Klimt’s decadent Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, from the ornamental seams and glass floors of Otto Wagner to Ditha Moser’s calendars adorned in golden deities. Discover the zeitgeist, the scandals, and the extraordinary protagonists in this introduction to a transformative epoch. Across painting, sculpture, architecture, and design, we explore all the movers and shakers through insightful profiles and crisp double-page reproductions. Marking the centenary of the deaths of some of its brightest talents, this collection joins Vienna in its 2018 celebration of Modernism.
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16,50 €

Mechanismy imaginace


Publikace prezentuje výběr z prací předních českých malířů mladší a střední generace (Ondřej Basjuk, Jonáš Czesaný, Daniel Pitín, Miroslav Polách, Ondřej Roubík, Zbyněk Sedlecký). Jejich obrazy sledují spínače lidských emocí, místa, která se prolamují do lidského vnímání a z nějakého důvodu diváka znejišťují. Jaké jsou strategie obrazu v tomto směru? Jaké jistoty autoři zpochybňují a proč má vůbec současná malba ambici divákovi poopravovat zrak, korigovat jeho pasivitu nebo ho celkově iritovat? Publikace vychází jako katalog ke stejnojmenné výstavě v Galerii U Betlémské kaple.
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11,28 €