The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New AgeWilliam Blake (1757-1827) inhabited a remarkable inner world, one that he brought vividly to life in his poetry, painting, and printmaking.
Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo's personal account of his development as an artistA leading exponent of the modern art movement known as Constructivism, Russian-born Naum Gabo was one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century-an artist, designer, and theorist whose work changed the course of modern art.
An eminent literary biographer and critic shows how poetry enriched the art of two representative English Romantic paintersIn Visionary and Dreamer, David Cecil evokes the century of the poet-painter, when painting drew much of its inspiration from imaginative literature.
A major reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historiansThis is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century.
An eminent literary biographer and critic shows how poetry enriched the art of two representative English Romantic paintersIn Visionary and Dreamer, David Cecil evokes the century of the poet-painter, when painting drew much of its inspiration from imaginative literature.
The classic book on William Blake as prophet of the New AgeWilliam Blake (1757-1827) inhabited a remarkable inner world, one that he brought vividly to life in his poetry, painting, and printmaking.
Der früh verstorbene US-amerikanische Künstler Mark Lombardi (1951–2000) produzierte visuelle Netzwerke und Diagramme, die die unsichtbaren Verknüpfungen zwischen politisch-ökonomischen Vorgängen, Korporationen und Individuen transparent machen.
In four chronologically organized chapters, this study traces the conceptual dependence and deep connectivity among Claes Oldenburg's poetry, sculpture, films, and performance art between 1956 and 1965.
In four chronologically organized chapters, this study traces the conceptual dependence and deep connectivity among Claes Oldenburg's poetry, sculpture, films, and performance art between 1956 and 1965.
The classic work by internationally acclaimed Cezanne scholar John RewaldIn Cezanne and America, John Rewald presents a full account of how Paul Cezanne's reputation and influence became established in America between 1891 and 1921, and of how some of the world's largest collections of his works were formed in the United States.
Constructivist and sculptor Naum Gabo's personal account of his development as an artistA leading exponent of the modern art movement known as Constructivism, Russian-born Naum Gabo was one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century-an artist, designer, and theorist whose work changed the course of modern art.
A landmark account of the work, thought, and life of the seventeenth-century French painterIn this book, Anthony Blunt presents a rich account of the paintings, life, and development of the great seventeenth-century French classicist Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), addressing the artist's entire oeuvre alongside his theory of art.
A striking account of Vasari's career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian RenaissanceVasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today.
A striking account of Vasari's career, friendships, and contribution to the art of the Italian RenaissanceVasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, first published in 1550, fixed for three hundred years general European views about the art of the Renaissance, and its influence still lingers today.
The classic work by internationally acclaimed Cezanne scholar John RewaldIn Cezanne and America, John Rewald presents a full account of how Paul Cezanne's reputation and influence became established in America between 1891 and 1921, and of how some of the world's largest collections of his works were formed in the United States.
This title was first published in 2002: Phil May (1864-1903) was one of the two outstanding British black and white artists of the 1890s - the other was Aubrey Beardsley.
Este libro emerge como una intervención reflexiva en el panorama del arte contemporáneo latinoamericano, reuniendo trece conversaciones íntimas con artistas mujeres y disidencias desde una mirada feminista, crítica y afectiva.
Zu Lebzeiten für seine emotional aufgeladenen Meereslandschaften mit Schiffen gefeiert und umworben, geriet Anton Melbye nach seinem Tod allmählich in Vergessenheit und wurde erst in den letzten Jahren wiederentdeckt.
Disney's animated trailblazing, Dostoyevsky's philosophical neuroses, Hendrix's electric haze, Hitchcock's masterful manipulation, Frida Kahlo's scarifying portraits, Van Gogh's vigorous color, and Virginia Woolf's modern feminism: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world.
Story of Water and Fire is a captivating account of the joint life of two prominent figures in the Iraqi art scene, poet and art critic May Muzaffar and artist Rafa Nasiri.
Von A wie Atelier bis Z wie Zeit: Caspar David Friedrichs Werke und die Malerei der RomantikDie Kunsthistorikerin und Autorin Barbara Hess vermittelt in diesem empfehlenswerten Buch neue Sichtweisen auf einen der prägendsten Künstler der deutschen Romantik – Caspar David Friedrich.
Lucas Cranach der Ältere – ein Maler zwischen Reformation und RenaissanceMit rund 500 Werken gehört Lucas Cranach zu den bedeutendsten Künstlern des 16.
The late Albert Elsen was the first American scholar to study seriously the work of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the person most responsible for a revival of interest in the artist as a modern innovator--after years during which the sculpture had been dismissed as so much Victorian bathos.
Ein Abdruck von Seiten eines Tagesbuchs aus dem Oktober 1980 von Erkki Kurenniemi (*1941), einem Nuklearphysiker, der zum Künstler und Protagonisten der elektronischen Musik in Finnland wurde und dessen von radikalen Vorstellungen geprägtes Werk das Vorurteil widerlegt, dass Technologie mit kühlem Denken und Sensibilitätsverlust gleichzusetzen ist.
Der chinesische Konzeptkünstler Song Dong lässt einen unübersetzbaren Satz über das Nichtstun von verschiedenen Menschen, Unternehmen, einem Übersetzungsbüro und von Google Translate ins Englische übersetzen.
Inspired by the tours featured in travel guides or educational offerings at public museums, Walking, Finding, Sharing offers children and families, but also comic fans and experienced exhibition visitors, alternative perspectives on documenta fifteen.
Die englische Schriftstellerin Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, Tochter Lord Byrons, entwickelte bereits in ihrer Jugend ein tiefes Interesse für die Mathematik, insbesondere für Charles Babbages Arbeit an der Analytical Engine (Analytischen Maschine).
Im Mittelpunkt des Denkens des politischen Philosophen, Ökonomen, Sozialkritikers und Psychoanalytikers Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997) stehen drei wichtige, eng miteinander verknüpfte Begriffe: das Imaginäre, Kreation und Autonomie.
Für SUCHE verwendete der Autor und Künstler Matias Faldbakken die Protokolle seiner verschiedenen Festplatten und extrahierte einen Teil der Verläufe seiner Google-Recherchen.
Griselda Pollock bietet mit ihrer Betrachtung einer Auswahl von Arbeiten Charlotte Salomons eine radikal neue, nicht-autobiografische Lesart des Werkes einer Künstlerin, die als Jüdin 1943 in Auschwitz ermordet wurde.
In diesem Notizbuch reflektiert der Medientheoretiker und Medienaktivist Bifo – Franco Berardi die Vorhaben der dOCUMENTA (13) auf Basis seiner persönlichen Überzeugung, dass sich die derzeitige Krise der Wirtschaft und Weltgesellschaft als tödliche Falle für die menschliche Entwicklung erweisen muss, sofern nicht Kultur und Lebensstil auf den vorherrschenden Trend der »Erschöpfung« (physischer Ressourcen, mentaler Energien und sozialer Organismen) reagieren werden.
Anhand einer 3-D-Postkarte der Twin Towers von Joseph Beuys mit dem Titel Cosmos & Damian (1974) untersucht der Autor David Levi Strauss den Beuys'schen Prophetismus und die Maßnahmen seiner »Kunst der Heilung«.
In diesem Notizbuch diskutieren die Künstlerin Ana Prvacki und die Wissenschaftlerin Irina Aristarkhova über das gesellschaftliche Konzept des Begrüßens sowie über die Gesten und die Ethik von Gastfreundschaft.
