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The People's Republic seen by Chinese photographers. This book brings together a vast selection of images by Chinese photographers since 1949, giving readers a visual journey across the great People's Republic; edited by esteemed photojournalist Liu Heung Shing, longtime Associated Press correspondent and Time magazine contributor. In post-Mao China, late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping urged his one billion countrymen to ""seek truth from facts."" Taking its cue from Deng's overture, China today is the leading economic story of the 21st century. The process by which China navigated the path from periphery to a central position in world affairs dominates the debate about Asia and China's relationship to the western world. Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing charts the visual history of sixty years of the People's Republic (1949 to 2008), and along the way aims to illustrate the humanistic course.

"This man will either go insane or leave us all far behind," prophesied the great Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The man was Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), a vicar's son born at Groot-Zundert near Breda in Holland, who at that time was struggling t o find buyers for his paintings. Van Gogh did indeed go at least to the brink of insanity. And he has long been recognised as one of the greatest modern artists. Van Gogh, who followed a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solita ry, despairing and self-destructive man his whole life long. His truest friend was his brother Theo, who supported him unstintingly throughout and followed him to the grave just six months later. This richly illustrated study by two experts on van G ogh follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his home parts, through the bright and colourful paintings he did in Paris, to the work of his final years under a southern sun in Arles, where he at last found the light that produced the unmistakable van Gogh style. At Arles, Saint-Rémy and Auvers-sur-Oise, in the feverish burst of creative energy that marked the last two and a half years of his life, he produced the 463 pain tings on which his immortality rests. Van Gogh craved recognition during his lifetime but was denied it till after his self-inflicted death. Today he is universally seen as one of the great forerunners of 20th century painting, and one of the tragic masters of art.

A dadaizmus nem kizárólag művészeti, irodalmi, zenei, politikai vagy filozófiai mozgalom volt. Épp ellenkezőleg, mindez együtt, miközben mindennek az ellenkezője: művészetellenes, provokatívan irodalmi, játékosan zenei, politikailag radikális, ugyanakkor parlamentellenes, és olykor egyszerűen csak gyerekes. A dadaisták többsége ennek szellemében ápolgatta több irányú tehetségét. Előadóművészként cseppet sem voltak kevésbé találékonyak, mint a vizuális technikák terén.

"Miféle szerzet a kubista? Braque és Picasso iskolájába tartozó festő" - vélekedett egy műkritikus 1911-ben, röviddel azután, hogy megnyílt a Függetlenek Szalonjának botrányos tárlata, ahol a kubisták külön teremben szerepeltek. Georges Braque és Pablo Picasso olyan festészeti irány kezdeményezői voltak, amely a posztimpresszionista Paul Cézanne kijelentéséhez tartotta magát: "A természet valamennyi formáját a gömbre, a kúpra és a hengerre lehet visszavezetni." A kubisták azonban nem egy adott szemszögből örökítették meg motívumaikat, úgy, ahogyan azokat az emberi szem látja, hanem az ábrázolás tárgyát a különböző nézőpontból megjelenő síkokra bontották fel, és a szubjektív látvánnyal ötvözték. Az impresszionisták érzelmes és realisztikus festészete elleni lázadás 1907-ben tört ki a párizsi művészkörökben, és 1914-ben érte el a tetőpontját. E néhány év alatt olyan festmények születtek, amelyek mindörökre átformálták a látásmódunkat.

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.

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.“

Masterpieces of Western Art traces the history of painting from medieval times to the present day. But unlike conventional publications, that merely illustrate a few essentials, this work places 900 paintings taken from every era squarely in the foreground.The ten chapters each feature an introductory essay profiling the age and the achievements of the major artists, and then present selected works accompanied by searching commentaries. The reader is guided through the techniques and motifs of the artists, and familiarised with the spirit and background concerns of the age. Artist to artist, era to era, century to century, Masterpieces of Western Art adds up to an authoritative history - it is for browsing, too, where the reader can make new discoveries or meet old friends on every page.

„ Kubizmus si kladie plastické ciele. Vidíme v ňom prostriedok k vyjadreniu toho, čo vnímame očami alebo duchom, pri využití všetkých možností, ktoré poskytujú podstatné vlastnosti kresby alebo farby. To sa nám stalo zdrojom nečakanej radosti, zdrojom objavov. „Pablo PicassoKubizmus bol revoltou proti sentimentálnemu a realistickému maliarstvu. Podrobný prehľad najznámejších predstaviteľov tohoto výtvarného štýlu je obsahom ďalšej knihy z populárnej edície.

Len málo architektov vyjadrilo svoje nádeje a sklamania z industriálneho veku tak výstižne ako Le Corbusier. A iba málo súčasníkov dokázalo tak šokovať.Le Corbusier postavil 75 jednotlivých stavieb v dvanástich krajinách sveta a vypracoval 42 významných plánov mestskej výstavby. Táto kniha predstavuje prostredníctvom fotografií a nákresov prácu umelca, ktorého posmrtná sláva narástla do obrovských rozmerov.

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.

V dejinách umenia sa označuje termínomexpresionizmus tendencia zdôrazňovaťv dielach psychické momenty tvorby, stupňovanieprejavov umelcovej duše ústiacichdo deformácie tvarov. Nejde tedao štýlový pojem ako kubizmus či futurizmus.Do expresionizmu radíme v širšomzmysle umelecké diela rôznych smerov.Najvýznamnejšie diela expresionizmu prinášaďalšia kniha z tejto populárnej edície.

Kniha prezentuje farebné kolekcie diel mexických umelcov, knižné obaly, škatuľky na cigarety, cestovné lístky, kalendáre, baliace papiere, noviny, pohľadnice a populárnych bojovníkov za slobodu "La Lucha Libre" a mnoho, mnoho viac.

Kniha prezentuje farebné kolekcie diel mexických umelcov, knižné obaly, škatuľky na cigarety, cestovné lístky, kalendáre, baliace papiere, noviny, pohľadnice a populárnych bojovníkov za slobodu "La Lucha Libre" a mnoho, mnoho viac.

This text presents an overview of the versatile designs and creations of Louis Comfort Tiffany, a designer whose name became synonymous with luxury. The Tiffany's were the founders of the prestigious Tiffany and Co. firm.

At Delacroix' studio sale, held six months after his death in 1864, crowds and critics were astonished at both the abundance and the multi-disciplinary nature of the work on display, the life's vision of a man praised by Baudelaire for being the last great artist of the Renaissance period and the first of the Modern. But Delacroix himself was well aware of the position he wanted to occupy. Taking his cue from Rubens in both lifestyle and visual inventiveness, he took the order of classical composition and allied it to a universally appreciated symbolic and allegorical intent, producing from that marriage works of unmatched integrity and sensuality. From the spectacular Salon reception in 1824 to a work such as the major Scenes from the Chios Massacre (when the term Romantique was first applied to his style) through to the liberating and controversial carnality of The Agony in the Garden, Delacroix' genius in graphic design, in the liberation and reinvention of colour, and in the portrayal of bodies was never in doubt. His numerous sketchbooks attest to a personality committed to the most truthful results, in both his Goyaesque fantasias of horror, cruelty and sacrifice and in his huge historical canvases. Excessive, monumental, Byronic even, this Victor Hugo of the art world has proved profoundly influential, his technique studied by movements as diverse as Impressionism, Expressionism and the Abstract painters of mid-century. Leaving the self-indulgence of the Romantics far behind, the nobility of Delacroix' spirit will continue to speak to any and every age.

At Delacroix' studio sale, held six months after his death in 1864, crowds and critics were astonished at both the abundance and the multi-disciplinary nature of the work on display, the life's vision of a man praised by Baudelaire for being the last great artist of the Renaissance period and the first of the Modern. But Delacroix himself was well aware of the position he wanted to occupy. Taking his cue from Rubens in both lifestyle and visual inventiveness, he took the order of classical composition and allied it to a universally appreciated symbolic and allegorical intent, producing from that marriage works of unmatched integrity and sensuality. From the spectacular Salon reception in 1824 to a work such as the major Scenes from the Chios Massacre (when the term Romantique was first applied to his style) through to the liberating and controversial carnality of The Agony in the Garden, Delacroix' genius in graphic design, in the liberation and reinvention of colour, and in the portrayal of bodies was never in doubt. His numerous sketchbooks attest to a personality committed to the most truthful results, in both his Goyaesque fantasias of horror, cruelty and sacrifice and in his huge historical canvases. Excessive, monumental, Byronic even, this Victor Hugo of the art world has proved profoundly influential, his technique studied by movements as diverse as Impressionism, Expressionism and the Abstract painters of mid-century. Leaving the self-indulgence of the Romantics far behind, the nobility of Delacroix' spirit will continue to speak to any and every age.