Für die so unwahrscheinliche Verwirklichung der Utopie Platons, Staatslenker sollten Philosophen und Philosophen sollten Staatslenker sein, gibt der römische Schriftsteller und Politiker Lucius Annaeus Seneca eines der außergewöhnlichsten wie einflussreichsten Beispiele in der Geschichte der abendländischen Kultur.
« Je connaissais Diego Rivera, le muraliste mexicain, bien avant de découvrir les nombreux autres « Diego Rivera » qui hantèrent le monde du début du XXe siècle à la fin des années 1950.
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (June 1599 - August 6 1660), known as Diego Velasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV.
Romare Bearden (1911-1988), one of the most prolific, original, and acclaimed American artists of the twentieth century, richly depicted scenes and figures rooted in the American South and the Black experience.
Georgia O’Keeffe (Sun Prarie, Wisconsin, 1887 – Santa Fe, 1986)En 1905, Georgia O’Keeffe suivit des cours à l’ Art Institute de Chicago et débuta sérieusement sa carrière artistique.
Rigorously and objectively examines the evolving context within which great ape and gibbon habitats are increasingly interfacing with extractive industries.
Michel-Ange (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (Caprese, 1475 – Rome, 1564)Michel-Ange, comme Léonard de Vinci, avait plusieurs cordes à son arc et était à la fois sculpteur, architecte, peintre et poète.
A bold new interpretation of two northern Renaissance mastersIn this visually stunning and much anticipated book, acclaimed art historian Joseph Koerner casts the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel in a completely new light, revealing how the painting of everyday life was born from what seems its polar opposite: the depiction of an enemy hell-bent on destroying us.
Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life is the first full-length biography of Violet Oakley (1874-1961), the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States, as well as an illustrator, stained glass artist, portraitist and author.
Examining Bernini's works from 1665 on, from Paris and Rome, this book demonstrates the wealth of material still to be drawn from close visual and material examination, archival research, and comparative textual analysis.
Based on interviews with Stan Lee and dozens of his colleagues and contemporaries, as well as extensive archival research, this book provides a professional history, an appreciation, and a critical exploration of the face of Marvel Comics.
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.
»Wenn jemand ›Rot‹ sagt (als Bezeichnung einer Farbe) und wenn 50 Personen zuhören, darf man erwarten, dass 50 verschiedene Rot in ihrem Bewusstsein auftauchen.
Jeanne Mammen's watercolour images of the gender-bending 'new woman' and her candid portrayals of Berlin's thriving nightlife appeared in some of the most influential magazines of the Weimar Republic and are still considered characteristic of much of the 'glitter' of that era.
Examining Bernini's works from 1665 on, from Paris and Rome, this book demonstrates the wealth of material still to be drawn from close visual and material examination, archival research, and comparative textual analysis.
“France''s most famous unknown artist,” the innovative media provocateur Fred Forest, precursor of Eduardo Kac, Jodi, the Yes Men, RT Mark, and the Guerilla Girls.
À travers ses peintures élégantes et ses estampes sur bois sublimes, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) est devenu l’un des artistes japonais les plus reconnu au monde.
One of the most consistently controversial and misunderstood artists of recent years, this is Yoko Ono in her own words, discussing performance, art, and her life with John Lennon.
Paul Madonnas popular comic, All Over Coffee had been running for twelve years in the San Francisco Chronicle when he was evicted from his longtime home and studio in the Mission District, ground-zero in the tech wars transforming the city.
