John Berger’s Classic Text on Art
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC
Album poświęcony życiu i twórczości Tamary Łempickiej, nazywanej królową art déco. Od najmłodszych lat obracała się w towarzystwie światowych elit i brylowała na salonach. Była błyskotliwą skandalist
Fernando Botero is an artist with his own style. For more than six decades, the Colombian’s “Boterismo” technique has captured collectors, institutions, and public spaces worldwide with a unique, fle
Paintings’ hidden secrets revealed
This important addition to our understanding of art history’s masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their
Vermeer's intensely quiet and enigmatic paintings invite the viewer into a private world, often prompting more questions than answers. Who is being portrayed? Are his subjects real or imagined? And h
This remarkable book brings you face-to-face with an incredible selection of pioneering women who have reshaped the creative industries.
From legendary visual artists Yoko Ono and Tracey Emin, to
Absurdity against the establishment
Emerging amid the brutality of World War I, the revolutionary Dada movement took disgust with the establishment as its starting point. From 1916 until the mid-192
Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) was one of the towering figures of western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was
Abstract pioneer
Harmonies in red, yellow, and blue
A key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whos
Linda Nochlin’s landmark essay heralded the dawn of a feminist history of art. It remains fundamental to any appreciation of art today. At once challenging and enlightening, it is never less than ful
Making sense of revolutionary new forms
Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences i
Album ten jest próbą ukazania roli książki w życiu i twórczości Stanisława Wyspiańskiego.
Opowiada o młodzieńczych fascynacjach dziełami sztuki światowej, które Wyspiański pieczołowicie przerysowyw
“Raphael portrayed the sentiments of fervent love, hope, sweetness, loveliness, gentleness, desire, order, lust, universal beauty, warning, and all-encompassing grandeur, conveying the divinity and m
Najdziwniejsze obrazy, rzeźby i inne kurioza z historii sztuki.
Autor entuzjastycznie przyjętej Biblioteki szaleńca (wyróżnionej nagrodami „Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year 2020”, „Radio 4
Publikacja przybliża sylwetkę i wczesną twórczość jednego z najwybitniejszych grafików polskich drugiej połowy XX w. – Mieczysława Wejmana (1912-1997). Skupiona jest na unikatowym, mało jednak znanym
The Definitive Art Sourcebook: Media, Materials, Tools, and Techniques
Take your creativity to the next level with the ultimate artist's bible!
Covering everything from how to draw and paint to c
‘We have lost touch with nature, rather foolishly as we are a part of it, not outside it. This will in time be over and then what? What have we learned? … The only real things in life are food and lo
The Minotaur Years opens in 1933 with a visit by the Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï to Picasso's château in Normandy, Boisgeloup, where he would take his iconic photographs of the celebrated p
More versatile and less idiosyncratic than Michelangelo, more prolific and accessible than his mentor Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, though he died at only thirty-seven, is considered the single most in
Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals,
Francis Alys odbył w latach 2010–2014 wiele podróży do Afganistanu, co miało związek z zaproszeniem artysty do udziału w dOCUMENTA (13). Publikacja ta jest zbiorem materiałów z różnych źródeł, takich
Digital communication has seen the word as text permeate life in ways that the poets and artists of yesterday could never have imagined. Presenting a history of word- and book-based art, and examinin
Publikacja została wydana z okazji 25-lecia Muzeum Historii Polskiego Ruchu Ludowego. Zawiera kolekcje tematyczne, tj. malarstwo o tematyce historycznej, malarstwo o tematyce religijnej, malarstwo po