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James Hall on The Self-Portrait


Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer, and broadcaster James Hall's lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, focusing on artists including Dürer, Gentileschi, Van Gogh, and Kahlo. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable little books embody the best of Thames & Hudson. 27 color illustrations
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16,95 €

Michelangelo: the last decades


Tracing the final 30 years of Michelangelo’s career, this book examines how the great master used art and faith to explore the common human experience of ageing in a rapidly changing world. Michelangelo was not the isolated, tortured genius of artistic legend but a man who maintained a close circle of friends and associates into old age. His late drawings, letters and poetry offer powerful insights into his psychology, reflecting his Catholic faith, his commanding intellectual engagement, and his hope for eternal life. Built on the British Museum’s extraordinary collection of drawings, this book explores Michelangelo’s relationships and late creativity to go beyond the towering Renaissance master known today.
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45,95 €

Julian Bell on Painting


Respected painter and writer Julian Bell offers original insights into the art, practice, and ongoing importance of painting. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by writers and thinkers who have shaped the conversation across the arts, visual culture, and history. Celebrating the undiminished vitality of their ideas today, these covetable and collectable little books embody the best of Thames & Hudson. 26 color illustrations
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16,95 €

Expressionists: Kandinsky, Munter and The Blue Rider


The story of the friendships that made modern art. Brought together in the UK for the first time in 80 years, this exhibition book offers unprecedented access to the landmark exhibition's collection of masterpieces. Expressionists is a story of friendships told through art – the groundbreaking work of a circle of friends and close collaborators known as The Blue Rider. In the early twentieth century they came together to form, in their own words, ‘a union of various countries to serve one purpose’ – to transform modern art. Rallying around Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter these highly individual artists experimented with colour, sound and light, creating astonishingly bold and vibrant art – from Alexander Sacharoff’s freestyle performance to Gabriele Münter’s experimental photography, from Franz Marc’s innovative use of colour to the dramatic paintings of Marianne Werefkin. In-depth investigations of major themes and a wide variety of spotlight essays provide an intimate and illuminating window into a remarkable artistic group: their travels and techniques, their interests and sources of inspiration, and the relationships that bound them together.
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58,95 €

Magali Reus: Dearest


Sculptural and photographic transformations of the domestic, the industrial, the functional and the decorative Renowned for her particular take on what contemporary sculpture can be and express, Magali Reus (born 1981) draws on a vast range of formal influences and references, from the domestic to the industrial, the functional to the decorative, creating works that evolve as a fascinating accumulation and layering of visual details. Designed by Irma Boom, this artist’s book offers a unique approach to art making through the unveiling of the sources, visual imagery and connections that gave birth to the realization of three emblematic series by Magali Reus: Dearest (2018); Empty Every Night (2019); and Settings (2019–21). Conceived as a space where the viewer can take their time to get a closer, more intimate connection to her work, the publication alternates views of the works, close-up details and various materials—from a 3D technical rendering and production calculations to mock ups, samples and research photography. Sharing her production, process and research archive, Reus allows the reader to decipher the circulation of motifs from one medium to another, her specific take on the ideas of hierarchy, representation and systems of production, and how she explores the tensions between nature, technology and the impact of postindustrial human activity. The book gives full credit to her ongoing thinking on objecthood and how the objects and forms she creates take on a strange, disobedient agency. Made of three separate volumes. featuring different paper and taped together, this collectible publication is itself a powerful object.
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71,50 €

Caspar David Friedrich: A-Z


ON THE CONTEMPLATION OF NATURE One of his generation's most popular artists, German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich is known for his allegorical landscapes that convey a deep sense of contemplation and melancholy. 2024 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of this outstanding artist, whose paintings continue to gain in topicality - hardly a discussion on climate change without one of his iconic paintings, such as The Sea of Ice, being invoked as a silent witness. Barbara Hess examines the painter's work and his life, from its lasting poignancy to the great themes of Romanticism and drawing. In the playful format of an A-Z book, the author takes us on a timely journey, showing how new views and perspectives can be gained from what has long been thought familiar.
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28,95 €

The Beginner's Guide to Anime and Manga


Become an anime and manga expert with this must-have beginner’s guide! It’s packed with compelling history and fascinating facts that both new and longtime fans won’t want to miss! Manga and anime are a whole lot more than just comics and animation from Japan. They are massive pop-culture phenomena reaching hundreds of millions of fans worldwide — and they've had a huge impact on TV, movies, music, and more. But did you know that manga and anime have a rich and fascinating history that spans decades? The Beginner's Guide to Manga and Anime is a must-have book for both newcomers and longtime fans. From Osamu Tezuka to Hayao Miyazaki, the beginnings of shonen to the first anime films, this volume is packed with need-to-know info!
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13,95 €

Hidden Faces


Highlighting the creativity and symbolism of covered portraits, this volume explores an intriguing but largely unknown aspect of Italian and Northern European Renaissance art Many small Renaissance portraits were richly adorned with covers or backs bearing allegorical figures, mythological scenes, or emblems that celebrated the sitter and invited the viewer to decipher their meaning. Hidden Faces includes seventy objects, ranging in format from covered paintings to miniature boxes, that illuminate the symbiotic relationship between the portrait and its pair. Texts by thirteen distinguished scholars vividly illustrate that the other “faces” of these portraits represent some of the most innovative images of the Renaissance, created by masters such as Hans Memling and Titian. Uniting works that have in some cases been separated for centuries, this fascinating volume shows how the multifaceted format unveiled the sitter’s identity, both by physically revealing the portrait and reading the significance behind its cover. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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56,95 €

Roy Lichtenstein


This kaleidoscopic exhibition catalog celebrates Lichtenstein’s multifaceted career—from his iconic achievements in the Pop Art movement and beyond. Published to mark the centennial of Lichtenstein’s birth, this retrospective volume is brimming with brilliant reproductions that highlight the entirety of the artist’s oeuvre. It features the acclaimed works that helped establish 1960s pop art—panels inspired by comic strips and advertising, which send up societal stereotypes. It looks at his pioneering use of painted benday dots and carefully drawn and in-filled brushstrokes, his interiors and landscapes, re-stagings of still lifes, his expansion into sculpture and ceramics, and works that pay homage to famous artists such as Picasso, Monet, and Van Gogh. Throughout this magnificent catalog readers will come to appreciate not only Lichtenstein’s vibrant and dynamic use of color, line, and texture, but also how his continuing confrontation with the visual language of popular culture and consumerism continues to resonate today.
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57,95 €

Podivuhodný svět Zdeňka Buriana, 2. vydání


Monografie geniálního českého malíře přináší poprvé pohromadě a ve výjimečné reprodukční kvalitě veškeré dostupné ilustrace, jimiž Zdeněk Burian doprovázel česká a slovenská vydání románů Julese Verna. Ilustrace z valné většiny vznikaly v mistrově nejlepším tvůrčím období od poloviny třicátých do konce čtyřicátých let 20. století a skládají se v triumfální soubor, který překvapí sběratele a nadchne čtenáře Julese Verna i dobrodružné literatury vůbec.
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111,90 €

Zapomenutý svět Zdeňka Buriana, 2. vydání


Co všechno zůstalo z bohaté tvorby Zdeňka Buriana neprávem zapomenuto? Vydejte se prozkoumat méně známou část mistrova díla, které nepřestává fascinovat celé generace čtenářů. Čekají na vás dosud nepublikované soubory ilustrací, westernové obálky nebo návrhy kostýmů, které vznikly pro první československý barevný film. Strhující epilog za tvorbou umělce, který dokázal příběhům vtisknout jedinečnou podobu, vychází ve výjimečné reprodukční kvalitě.
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111,90 €

Kathe Kollwitz


An extraordinary gathering of rare drawings, prints and sculptures focusing on themes of motherhood, grief and resistance In the early 20th century, when many artists were experimenting with abstraction by way of colorful painting, Käthe Kollwitz remained committed to an art of social purpose through figurative, black-and-white printmaking and drawing. Through her work, she brought visibility to the hardships of the working class and asserted the female point of view as a necessary and powerful agent for change. Published in conjunction with the largest exhibition of her work in the United States in more than 30 years, and the first major retrospective devoted to Kollwitz at a New York museum, this book surveys the artist’s career from the 1890s through the early 1940s. It features approximately 120 drawings, prints and sculptures drawn from public and private collections in Europe and North America. Examples of the artist’s most iconic projects showcase her political engagement, while rarely seen studies and working proofs highlight her intensive, ever-searching creative process. Essays explore crucial aspects of Kollwitz’s art, career and legacy, including her professional life and connections in Berlin, her groundbreaking approach to the subject of women’s grief and her work’s reception among artists in the US. Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). One of history’s most outstanding graphic artists, she was widely recognized for her art of social advocacy and compassion and was one of the few women artists of the early 20th century to achieve international renown in her own lifetime.
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71,95 €

Escher


The highly original and unique art of Escher, one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in 1898 in the Netherlands and died there in 1972. In 1922 he first visited Italy (Tuscany, Umbria and Liguria) and in 1923 arrived in Rome, where he lived for twelve years, until 1935. The Roman period had a strong influence on all his later work, which saw him prolific in the production of lithographs and etchings especially of landscapes, views, architecture and views of that ancient and Baroque Rome that he loved to investigate in its most intimate dimension, that of the night, by the dim light of a lantern. Restless, reserved and undoubtedly brilliant, Escher in his famous engravings and lithographs created a unique, imaginative, impossible world where art, mathematics, science, physics and design converge. Published on the exhibition in Rome, the volume gathers over 300 works, including new acquisitions and many of his most notable pieces that have made him famous all over the world, documenting the story of the Dutch artist's genius with the most iconic works of his production such as Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935), Bond of Union (1956), Metamorphosis II (1939), Day and Night (1938) and the Emblemata series, which belong to the common imagination referable to the great artist. The book also features the complete series of 12 Roman Nocturnes produced in 1934. An artist discovered relatively recently, Escher is loved by those who know art, but also by those who are passionate about mathematics, geometry, science, design, and graphics. A wide range of themes converge in his works, and for this reason in the panorama of art history he represents a uniqueness.
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49,95 €

Jan Smetana


Publikace věnovaná malíři a pedagogovi Janu Smetanovi (1918–1998), známému především v souvislosti se Skupinou 42. Smetanova další, nepoměrně rozsáhlejší tvorba dosud čekala na komplexní zhodnocení. Po „skupinovém“ období, kdy téma obrazů představovaly okrajové atributy technické civilizace a příměstská krajina, se v malbě věnoval zkoumání skrytých sil ovládajících přírodní dění. Od počátku šedesátých let byla jeho hlavní inspirací příroda ve všech tvarových a světelných proměnách, přičemž přírodní motivy rozvíjel a obměňoval podobně jako hudební skladatel. Monografie čerpá z mnohačetného díla uchovávaného v galeriích a rodině autora, z deníků uložených v Archivu Národní galerie v Praze i ze vzpomínek studentů. Důležitou součást publikace tvoří výběrový soupis díla, zahrnující na šest set položek.
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121,00 €

Read


Publikace doprovází stejnojmennou výstavu, kterou Kunsthalle Praha pořádá v období 2023/2024, přičemž jde o první větší prezentaci uměleckého dua Elmgreen & Dragset v Česku. Výstava READ reflektuje vztah mezi knihami a uměleckou tvorbou. Svým pojetím v podobě minimalistické verze moderní veřejné knihovny rovněž tematizuje náš vztah k fyzickým knihám a vědění v éře digitálních médií. Mezi na míru vyrobenými knihovními regály – a také na nich – v galerijním prostoru představují Elmgreen & Dragset nové či nedávno vytvořené sochy společně s díly několika současných umělkyň a umělců a také některými zásadními díly ze sbírek Kunsthalle Praha. Výstava zahrnuje performance, videa, koláže a malby, ale také sochy a instalace. Rozsáhlá doprovodná publikace obsahuje příspěvky od renomovaných odborníků a odbornic i kurátorský text dvojice Elmgreen & Dragset a věnuje se rozmanitým tématům od historie českého samizdatu až po současné výzvy pro knihy, knihovny a svobodu slova v digitální éře. Tento bohatě ilustrovaný katalog dokumentuje výstavu a její zaměření na dynamický vztah mezi jazykem, knihami a uměním.
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66,00 €

The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers


This exquisite collection of paintings illustrates just how marvelously the Pre- Raphaelites’ focus on the natural world intersected with the Victorian passion for all things botanical. Short-lived but highly influential, the Pre-Raphaelite movement was fueled by a rejection of academic artistic conventions and a longing for the aesthetic simplicity and moral sincerity of medieval and early Renaissance art. But it also coincided with a Victorian obsession with botany, gardening and flower arranging. As a result, painters such as Rosetti, Millais and Hughes populated their works with floral symbols that were steeped in religious and cultural significance. This stunning book examines the greatest of these works, including portraits of Hamlet’s Ophelia, the Virgin Mary, and figures from Greek mythology and medieval lore. Each entry features a full-page reproduction of the painting, accompanied by smaller details and an engaging text that offers fascinating background and contextual clues to deepen readers’ appreciation of the Pre- Raphaelite language. As lush and colorful as a late summer bouquet, this book is the perfect gift for lovers of flowers as well as for fans of romantic Victorian art.
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25,95 €

The Book of Colour Concepts


Four Centuries of Color The human history of color, in two sweeping volumes The earliest forms of human creativity – in carvings, markings, and cave paintings – bear witness to humanity’s engagement with color. Almost as old as these examples is the desire to assign structure, order, and meaning to this universal yet elusive concept, and it is this fascination that unites the works compiled in this expansive edition. Gathering over 65 rare books and manuscripts from a wealth of institutions, including the most distinguished color collections worldwide, The Book of Colour Concepts takes the reader on a chromatic odyssey across four centuries and over 1,000 images of luscious wheels and globes, painstakingly collated charts, and meticulous diagrams, many of them newly photographed exclusively for this edition. Some of these concepts provide exhaustive taxonomies of color, while others reflect upon the relationship of color and music, or the affinities between color and human emotions. Seminal works of color theory, such as Isaac Newton’s Opticks and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s hugely significant Zur Farbenlehre, are shown alongside rare and unfamiliar contributions, including the theosophical color systems of Charles Webster Leadbeater and Annie Besant, the comprehensive color ‘dictionary’ of Aloys John Maerz and Morris Rea Paul, and the patchwork combinations of the Japanese costume designer and artist Sanz? Wada. The two volumes also bring many intriguing and often overlooked works by women into the spotlight, including the radically inventive color “blots” of the English flower painter Mary Gartside and a botanical notebook by the pionieering spiritualist Hilma af Klint. The color systems that make up this edition are contextualized by introductory essays from editor Alexandra Loske and co-author Sarah Lowengard, while authoritative texts from the editor on the works reproduced set out each concept in further detail. Illuminating the history of color in all its shapes and forms, The Book of Colour Concepts offers a chromatic chronology unparalleled in scope.
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184,90 €

German Expressionism: Paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum


New insight into German Expressionism through its permanent collection at the Saint Louis Art Museum. The Saint Louis Art Museum is home to one of North America’s largest and most comprehensive collections of German Expressionist paintings. Rediscover a defining movement of modern art through this original study of works by twenty-five artists who span its famously wide arc. German Expressionism: Paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum is the first publication on the Saint Louis Art Museum’s internationally renowned collection of German Expressionist art, which includes major works by the movement’s leading artists and lesser-known figures rarely seen outside of Germany. Engaging entries delve into the paintings’ histories, from their production to their arrival in St. Louis. An introduction traces the collection’s origins to the flood of Expressionist art that entered the United States during World War II. What emerges is a new account of a pivotal era in modern art, exploring the stories behind exceptional German Expressionist paintings.
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71,95 €

Matthew Wong - Vincent van Gogh


A beautifully illustrated exploration of the artistic and personal connections between Matthew Wong (1984-2019) and Vincent van Gogh. Shortly before his early death, the Canadian artist Matthew Wong (1984-2019) emerged as a phenomenon. He started drawing and painting in 2011, at the age of 27, and within the space of just a few years had developed a highly personal style, using intense colours to paint imaginative landscapes. Wong's expressively lyrical works were inspired by both traditional Chinese painting and Western art. He was especially influenced by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), not only in terms of his painting style and choice of motifs, but also in some aspects of his life. Both artists were self-taught, acquiring their drawing and painting skills without tuition, and both faced mental health issues. Wong saw his own life reflected in that of Van Gogh, and once said: 'I see myself in him. The impossibility of belonging in this world.' Published to accompany the exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, this book explores the artistic and personal connection between the two artists, bringing around 45 paintings and drawings by Wong into dialogue with a group of Van Gogh masterpieces. Kenny Schachter, who knew Matthew Wong, contributes a personal introduction, which is followed by essays exploring the artists' biographical and artistic kinship.
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38,95 €

Vj kategórii Výtvarné umenie sa prelínajú kreativita, farby, textúry a vizuálna expresia. Výtvarné umenie je univerzum, kde umelci vyjadrujú svoje myšlienky, emócie a predstavy prostredníctvom rôznych foriem, ako sú maľba, sochárstvo, kresba, grafika a ďalšie.

Tu budete mať príležitosť objaviť rôzne štýly, techniky a prúdy výtvarného umenia, od tradičných a realistických prístupov až po abstraktné a experimentálne vyjadrenia. Výtvarné umenie zahrňuje rozmanité oblasti, ako je olejomaľba, akvarel, pastel, digitálna maľba, sochárstvo v rôznych materiáloch a mnoho ďalších.

Výtvarné umenie nám umožňuje vidieť svet z iného uhla, vyjadriť jedinečný pohľad na veci a hlboko sa ponoriť do tvorivého procesu. Budete mať príležitosť objaviť rôzne umelecké diela, zoznámiť sa s umelcami, ktorí týmto spôsobom komunikujú, a možno aj sami začať experimentovať s výtvarnými technikami.

Či máte výtvarnú dušu alebo jednoducho záujem o vizuálnu kreativitu, táto kategória vám ponúka priestor na objavovanie, inšpiráciu a prepojenie s výtvarným umením vo všetkých jeho podobách.

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