Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), a prominent German painter of the 19th century, was a vital figure in the Romantic movement. His artwork is characterised by its poetic and melancholic essence, displaying a profound sense of spirituality and transcendence. In his paintings, he masterfully blended external nature depictions with deep inner symbolism. His often desolate landscapes and grand ar…
Cézanne a transformat o cea?c? de ceai în ceva viu, ridicând natura moart? pân? la punctul în care a încetat s? mai fie inanimat?. Wassily Kandinsky a spus despre artistul francez: "A pictat aceste lucruri ca pe ni?te fiin?e umane pentru c? a fost înzestrat cu darul de a deslu?i via?a interioar? din orice lucru." Pe lâng? cele ale lui Cézanne, aceast? carte este dedicat? picturilor de …
Rena?terea a început la sfâr?itul secolului XIV în Italia, iar la sfâr?itul secolului XVI cuprinsese întreaga Europã. Descoperirea splendorilor Greciei ?i Romei antice a marcat începutul unei rena?teri a artelor, rena?tere ce a urmat prãbu?irii certitudinii dogmatice a Evului Mediu. O serie de arti?ti au început sã inoveze în picturã, sculpturã ?i arhitecturã. Redând idealul ?i r…
Modigliani (1884-1920) a fost un pictor foarte nefericit în Italia natal? ?i a sim?it doar triste?e în Fran?a, ?ara sa adoptiv?. Din aceast? nemul?umire a ie?it opera original? a lui Modigliani, care a fost influen?at? de arta african?, de cubisti ?i de nop?ile de be?ie din Montparnasse. Reprezentarea femeilor - corpuri senzuale, nuditate aproape agresiv? ?i chipuri misterioase - exprim? sufe…
Von Michelangelo bis Rubens, Degas und Picasso hat die erotische Kunst viele große Meister fasziniert, die Werke schufen, die den Betrachter fesseln wie nur wenige andere. Trotz oder vielleicht gerade wegen dieser Anziehungskraft hat die erotische Kunst immer wieder Kontroversen hervorgerufen und musste sich regelmäßig gegen den Vorwurf der Pornographie verteidigen. Dieses Buch führt den Le…
Las flores constituyen el elemento fundamental en la mayoría de las representaciones pictóricas de naturalezas muertas. Al trazar sus formas y colores, numerosos artistas desde Brueghel a O'Keeffe han creado símbolos tanto de vida como de mortalidad. Los girasoles de Van Gogh, los nenúfares de Monet y los ramos de Matisse permanecerán en nuestra memoria para siempre. La mayor parte de los …
Der Einfluss der Werke französischer Maler zieht sich durch alle Stilrichtungen und viele von ihnen sind zu Klassikern von Weltruhm geworden. Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über die französischen Meilensteine der Stillleben, der Portraits und der Landschaftsmalerei, indem es Künstler wie Poussin, Clouet, Moreau, Millet, Courbet, Signac und Rouault umschließt. Sein handliches Format mach…
Flowers are the centerpiece in the majority of pictorial still-lifes. By painting their colours and forms, artists from Brueghel to O'Keeffe have created symbols for both life and mortality. Van Gogh's sunflowers, Monet's water lilies and Matisse's bouquets are, of course, unforgotten. Most of the works contained in Flowers are true masterpieces, which have often marked whole epochs and styles.
Spanish architect and designer, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was an important and influential figure in the history of contemporary Spanish art. His use of colour, application of a range of materials and the introduction of organic forms into his constructions were an innovation in the realm of architecture. In his journal, Gaudí freely expressed his own feelings on art, "the colours used in arch…
Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and …