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Since the first kiss recorded on film in 1896, erotic moving images have stimulated viewers and outraged public bodies. This book explores the meaning of eroticism and gives an overview of sex on the big screen by exploring different forms of sexual behavior or taboo-breaking in film. Included are intimate looks at ten of the most erotic movies ever made: including Last Tango in Paris, Betty Blue, In the Realm of the Senses, Romance, Law of Desire, Kids, Basic Instinct, Crash, The Night Porter and Y Tu Mama Tambien. Coverage includes erotic films from the silent era, pre-Code Hollywood, film noir, cheesecake and beefcake, the international art cinema, softcore and hardcore X-rated films, gay, lesbian, and New Queer Cinema, and the latest trend toward real sex in independent and art films. Readers will be able to relive some of their favourite erotic movie moments, and discover new ones as well.

Keby Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) žil v časoch renesancie, považovali by jeho bohatý talent za niečo, čo je géniom prirodzené. Ale v našich časoch – podľa Dalího stále hlúpejších a nudnejších neustále provokoval. Dnes sa radí spolu s Picassom, Matissom, Duchampom a Malevičom k novodobým velikánom a široká verejnosť jeho umenie miluje. V predhovore knihy Géniov denník (Vydavateľstvo SLOVART, 2004), ktorá je akýmsi pokračovaním Tajomného života Salvadora Dalího (Vydavateľstve SLOVART 2003), hovorí spisovateľ Michel Déon: „Je lákavé myslieť si, že Dalího poznáme, pretože sa odvážil vstúpiť do ríše zverejňovania. Novinári hltajú každé jeho slovo. Ale najprekvapivejší je na ňom jeho zemitý zdravý rozum.“

Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically. Founded in 1978, the KCI holds one of the world's most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions worldwide. With an emphasis on Western women's clothing, the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments, underwear, shoes, and fashion accessories dating from the 18th century to the present day.

A precursor to surrealism, the Dada movement stressed the absurd and unpredictable, lashing out against traditional standards of aesthetics. Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray were among the most famous proponents of Dada, creating works that dared viewers to expand their notions of what can be considered art.Featured artists include: Max Ernst, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Johannes Baader, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, Raoul Hausmann, Kurt Schwitters, Johannes Theodor Baargeld, Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and Man Ray

This book brings together a colorful mixture of various works focusing on themes of the fantastic and surreal, starting with Böcklin's "Toteninsel" and including Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer’s dolls, the Australian painter Sidney Nolan, Giger's monsters, Cattelan's pope, and the Chapman brothers’ hybrids, as well as surreal painting from Magritte and Delvaux, the mystical and sensual work of Gustav Klimt, and Frida Kahlo’s dreamlike self-portraits.

As you’ll find out in this guide to the fundamentals of cubism, there is more to the genre than its most famous proponent. Cubism—often identified by flattened, geometric shapes, overlapping, simplified forms and fragmented spatial planes—was quite possibly the most influential movement in 20th-century art.Featured artists: Pablo Picasso, Edmond Fortier, Paul Cézanne, George Braque, Henri Le Fauconnier, Jean Metzinger, Fernand Léger, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, Henri Laurens, Salvador Dalí, Brassa&239&894, Robert Delaunay, Raymond Duchamp-Villon

“Abstract expressionism” refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly, abstract expressionism is considered to be the first movement originating in America to have a worldwide influence. Two very different sub-categories of the movement developed: “action painting” (exemplified notably by Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock) and “color field painting,” made most famous by Mark Rothko. Abstract expressionists strove to express pure emotion directly on canvas, via color and especially texture (the surface quality of the brushstroke), by embracing “accidents,” and celebrating painting itself as a communicative action. Artists featured: William Baziotes, Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, David Smith, Theodoros Stamos, Clyfford Still, Mark Tobey, Bradley Walter Tomlin.

Known for always pushing the envelope when it comes to showing sex and violence on screen, Paul Verhoeven has directed controversial films in several genres, including the erotic thriller (Basic Instinct), melodrama (Showgirls) and science fiction (RoboCop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man). However, even before going to Hollywood, Verhoeven had been a succ&232&894s de scandale in his native Netherlands, where he directed a war saga (Soldier of Orange), a medieval epic (Flesh+Blood), a psychosexual thriller (The Fourth Man) and a sex comedy (Turkish Delight, which was voted Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival). Verhoeven has shown that visceral thrills can be thought provoking, challenging our received notions of heroism, patriotism, and eroticism. He has created some of the most courageous and contentious films of recent years.

Najrozsiahlejší a najkvalitnejší atlas z obdobia baroka s názvom Atlas Maior Joana Blaeua vznikol v roku 1665 ako reakcia na iný dobový atlas vytvorený kartografom Johannesom Janssoniom, Blaeuovým rivalom. Pôvodné 11-zväzkové vydanie v latinčine obsahovalo 596 máp Európy, Afriky, Ázie, Ameriky a Antarktídy a predstavovalo najväčší a najkompletnejší atlas svojej doby a zároveň jednu z najvzácnejších kníh 17. storočia vôbec. Jej reprint pripravilo vydavateľstvo Taschen z kvalitnej kópie uloženej vo viedenskej národnej knižnici. Práve 17. storočie sa považuje za začiatok moderného sveta. Vedecké objavy radikálne zmenili postoj ľudí k svetu, ktorý ich obklopoval. Tvorba máp sa stala úspešnou obchodnou činnosťou. Ptolemaiova Geographia z roku 1475 bola jediným zdrojom geografických informácií pre študentov a cestovateľov až do 16. storočia. Neskôr síce vznikali súbory máp a malé vydania atlasov, ale rozsiahle a súborné dielo sa objavilo až v podobe knižky Atlas Maior. Úvod ku knihe, napísaný autorom Petrom van der Krogtom, čitateľovi objasní historické a kultúrne súvislosti vzniku diela. Detailné popisy k jednotlivým mapám zároveň z knihy robia neoceniteľný zdroj dobových zemepisných údajov z krajín celého sveta. Až do 30. septembra tohto roka ponúkame knihu za uvádzaciu cenu 5 990,- Sk. Ak si u nás knihu objednáte do 30. septembra, ušetríte 1 000,- Sk. Cena platná od 1. okóbra bude 6 990,- Sk.

Vydanie atlasu anatómie Jeana Baptistu Marca Bourgeryho je splatením dlhu voči vedcovi, ktorý venoval dlhé roky práci na tvorbe tohto monumentálneho diela. Zaradilo sa nielen k významným udalostiam v histórii medicíny, ale dodnes je jednou z najrozsiahlejších a najlepšie ilustrovaných odborných kníh, aké kedy vznikli. Bourgery začal svoju prácu v roku 1839, kedy vytvoril prvé ilustrácie k textom publikovaným ešte v roku 1831 a dielo bolo dokončené až päť rokov po jeho smrti, v roku 1854. V tom čase už na knihe pracoval maliar Nicolas Henri Jacob.The Complete Atlas of Anatomy je reprintom dobového vydania knihy a obsahuje 726 celostranových farebných ilustrácií z anatómie ľudského tela.Kniha je rozdelená do štyroch častí venovaných deskriptívnej anatómii, chirurgickej anatómii a jej technikám / pričom detailne zobrazuje takmer všetky hlavné operácie, ktoré sa v prvej polovici 19. storočia vykonávali /, všeobecnej anatómii a embryológii a mikroskopickej anatómii. Farebné ilustrácie vynikajú presnosťou a vysokou estetickou úrovňou, pričom mnohé z nich sú v životnej veľkosti. Spájajú v sebe prvky vedeckého a umeleckého prístupu a aj dnes môžu slúžiť ako zdroj informácií pre študentov, maliarov, ilustrátorov a všetkých, ktorí sa zaujímajú o výtvarné umenie a o anatómiu.

Seba's "Cabinet of Curiosities" is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. This excerpt presents highlights from the breathtaking shells and corals section of the four-volume catalog published by Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736).

"His trump card is his art, the creator of beauty: of natural harmony, peace and joy. The extra-lucid power of his analytical sensitivity makes him the perfect decoder of global culture and its guided information. He reveals the prodigious quality re sources of naturist empiricism against the abusive uniformity of rationalist totalitarianism, against the tyranny of ugliness and the iron rule of its straight line." Excerpt from: Pierre Restany, Hundertwasser, The Power of Art - The Painter-King wi th the five skins, Cologne, 1998, p. 94 Viennese-native Friedrich Stowasser (1928-2000) called himself Hundertwasser Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt. True to the colorful variety of his names, he pursued many activities as a painter, architect and ecologist, and as "one who awakens identities." This presentation of Hundertwasser's work in all of its different facets is guided by the artist's own view of himself and his purpose. And, because his work is virtually inseparable from his personal l ife and political activity, a vivid portrait of the artist takes shape before the reader's eyes. Excerpts from conversations between the author and the artist lend a sense of immediacy and authenticity to the narration.

Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L’Esprit Nouveau in 1920. The few buildings he was able to design during the 1920s, when he also spent much of his time painting and writing, brought him to the forefront of modern architecture, though it wasn’t until after World War II that his epoch-making buildings were constructed, such as the Unité d’Habitation in Marseilles and the Church of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp.

At once cosmopolitan metropolis and venue for a pensive stroll, Moloch and emblem of the modern, Paris has been a source of inspiration for countless artists and writers down the ages. But not least it is the home and constant muse of a relatively young art: photography. Since the earliest days of the daguerreotype right up to our time, renowned photographers such as Joseph Nicéphore Niepce, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, and Jeanloup Sieff have lived and worked in the city of lights. Over the years a love affair developed between Paris and photography, giving rise to a remarkable record of the metropolis and a telling history of a new art form. This volume takes the reader on numerous walks, camera in hand, through the streets of Paris. Atmospheric black-and-white photos, shot by great photographers over two centuries, reveal the dramatic and the tranquil, the historic and the everyday—in the capital’s parks and gardens, boulevards and backstreets, passages and arcades, bistros and nightclubs.

From the early days as a member of the New York Five, Richard Meier has been a central figure in contemporary architecture in the United States. With the Getty Center and more recent buildings such as the Jubilee Church in Rome, the New Yorker has ce mented his reputation as a truly international figure who has expanded the horizons of contemporary American architecture while maintaining his rigorous approach to design and detailing. Known for carefully conceived grid plans and frequent use of wh ite, Richard Meier is a master of light and space, able to adapt his style to very different circumstances and locations. The entire span of Meier's career, right up to his most recent designs for New York and Shenzhen, is included in this exceptiona l volume, created in close collaboration between the architect, the author, and the eminent graphic designer Massimo Vignelli. This spectacular monograph displays Meier's work in unprecedented size and brilliance, and features a preface by the noted Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza.

Wie nur wenige Künstler hat sich M. C. Escher darauf verstanden, den fantastischen Welten seiner Vorstellungskraft Gestalt zu verleihen. Der vorliegende Band würdigt, begleitet von Texten Eschers, erstmals alle Aspekte seines Werkes: von seinen bekanntesten, vielfach aufgelegten Drucken bis hin zu zahlreichen bislang unveröffentlichten Zeichnungen. Das Porträt des Gesamtwerks des Grafikers und zeichnerischen Ausnahmetalents entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit der M.C. Escher Foundation. Hochqualitative Farbtafeln zeigen magische Bildwelten, in denen die Gesetze der Realität außer Kraft gesetzt scheinen. Mit Texten von führenden Experten. 116 Seiten, Hardcover in englisch, Umschlag leicht geknickt und verstaubt, Zustand ansonsten sehr gut, ISBN: 9783822837030