Individual artists, art monographs

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Aschaffenburg, 1880 – Frauenkirch, 1938)«Leader » autoproclamé du groupe d’artistes die Brücke (Pont), fondé à Dresde en 1905, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, joua un rôle central dans les premiers développements de l’expressionnisme allemand (fig.

Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

Goya is perhaps the most approachable of painters.

'To say this series is "e;empowering"e; doesn't do it justice.

Edward Hopper exprime avec poésie la solitude de l’homme face à cet american way of life qui se développe dans les années 1920.

Si le portrait devait, avant tout, être la représentation fidèle de son modèle, selon des canons strictement définis, cette galerie de 1000 portraits montre au contraire, combien ce genre fut bousculé au fil de l’histoire et s’avère être beaucoup plus complexe qu’une simple imitation de la réalité.

In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists.

Ilya Repin was the most gifted of the group known in Russia as "e;The Itinerants"e;.

"e;Hold tight.

Für den Regisseur, Autor und Maler Peter Patzak (1945–2021) waren Grenzen ein zwar wahrnehmbares, immer aber auch verhandelbares und vor allem überwindbares Konstrukt.

Wohl um 1520 ließ sich Kardinal Giannozzo Pandolfini, ein Freund Papst Leos X.

This reference organizes and describes the primary and secondary literature surrounding Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond, four major women Impressionist artists.

Émile Gallé (1846-1904), eine Ikone des französischen Jugendstils, versuchte die Schönheit und Einfachheit der Natur in seinen Glasarbeiten festzuhalten.

Chimpanzee Behaviour: Recent Understandings from Captivity and the Forest brings diverse topics together in one volume.

Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the great American artists of the twentieth century.

A primatologist''s guide to using geographic information systems (GIS); from mapping and field accuracy, to tracking travel routes and the impact of logging.

Kasimir Malewitsch (1878-1935) war ein Maler und ein großer Kunsttheoretiker, vor allem aber war er der Begründer des Suprematismus, einer auf geometrische Formen gegründeten Ausprägung der reinen abstrakten Kunst.

A survey of primate cognition from lemurs to great apes; studied in labs, zoos, sanctuaries, and in the field.

Quentin Blake is one of the foremost illustrators of the twentieth century.

Several decades have now passed since postcolonial and feminist critiques presented the art-historical world with a demythologized Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), a much-diminished image of the artist/hero who had once been universally admired as "e;the father of modernist primitivism.

Die Vereinfachung der Formen und Linien, die Verwendung von reinen Farben, das Verständnis der Farbe als Farbäquivalent des Lichts, die Organisation des Raums durch Gegenüberstellung intensiver Farbflächen, das Recht, ein Werk entsprechend eigener Regeln zu malen, das Recht, sich aktiv mit dem Gesehenen auseinander zu setzen, es zu verändern mit dem Ziel, noch unbekannte Seiten der Wirklichkeit aufzuzeigen, kurz alles das, was am Anfang der neuen Kunst stand, wurde von Gauguin theoretisch klar, bildhaft und logisch begründet und formuliert, auch wenn es noch keine konsequente Verkörperung in seinem Schaffen fand.

For ten years, Calvin and Hobbes was one the world's most beloved comic strips.

Gustav Klimt (Baumgarten, 1862 – Vienne, 1918)«Faire un autoportrait ne m'intéresse pas.

Due to the phylogenetic relationship and close genetic and biological similarities with humans, non-human primates (NHP) are regularly used in biomedical and behavioural research.

Heredero de los preceptos de la Antigüedad y de Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) recibió una innegable influencia de Miguel Ángel, en particular, por su obra Los esclavos.

What is a 'symbolic revolution'?

The number of primates on the brink of extinction continues to grow, and the need to respond with effective conservation measures has never been greater.

While the tragedy of his early death cemented his legacy as the romanticized ideal of a "e;tortured artist,"e; Vincent Van Gogh was more than his poverty, his mental illness and even his perceived genius.

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dali became the most famous of the Surrealists.

Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842) war nicht nur eine der wenigen Frauen ihrer Zeit, die zur französischen Académie Royale de Peinture zugelassen wurden, sondern auch begehrte Porträtistin in Adelskreisen.

Figure emblématique du début du XXe siècle, Paul Klee a participé aux mouvements expansifs d'avant-garde en Allemagne et en Suisse.

A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.

In Paper Parties, designer-maker Erin has carefully curated over 50 paper projects for chic, fabulous celebrations that will delight and inspire anyone who loves to make playful and beautiful things.

John Constable (East Bergholt, 1776 – Hampstead, 1837)John Constable fut le premier peintre de paysage anglais qui ne tira pas son enseignement des peintres hollandais.

The first extensive treatment of the mandrill''s reproductive and behavioural biology, focusing on mechanisms of sexual selection and evolution.

Charles Gleyre, né 1806, mort le 5 mai 1874 à Paris, est un peintre suisse, qui exerça son art à Paris, puis à Rome.

John Mellencamp is one if the true Renaissance men of popular music.

Paintings, magisterial and universal, that capture the essence of a vibrant African American communityIn his art Jonathan Green paints the world of his childhood and an ode to a people imbued with a profound respect for the dignity and value of others-the Gullah people of the South Carolina barrier islands.

“The journey to understand the painting is also the journey to understand Rothko, because the work is so thoroughly suffused with the man.

In December 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear.

After the sexual revolution came the sexual explosionThe six years between 1968 and 1973 saw more sexual taboos challenged than ever before.

The classic book on the art and history of weaving-now expanded and in full colorWritten by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is a luminous meditation on the art of weaving, its history, its tools and techniques, and its implications for modern design.

William Blake (1757-1827) is considered one of the most singular and brilliant talents that England has ever produced.

Of all Italian painters, Caravaggio (c.