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This new introduction to El Greco (1541-1614) follows the artist
from his native island to Venice, Rome, Madrid, and then Toledo,
the ecclesiastical capital of Spain. El Greco's ability to
assimilate different artistic techniques and approaches to religion
and philosophy enabled him to develop one of the most original
styles of painting in the history of Europe. Despite his highly
successful career he was unappreciated for centuries after his
death, and this book examines how his genius was rediscovered in
the nineteenth century.
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Fairytales
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Petra Collins, Alexandra Leigh Demie
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Fairytales is an erotic folklore collection of Petra Collins and
Alexa Demie s illustrated short stories. As children, Petra and
Alexa were both enamoured with fairy tales, which provided an
escape from their own painful realities. The two collaborated to
write and portray nine characters that embody new stories they
would have liked to see. Each of the nine tales is set in unique
spaces, ranging from suburban homes and parking lots to fantastical
sets. Petra and Alexa s chapters of elves, mermaids, sirens, water
sprites, fallen angels, fairies, witches, and banshees blend their
own stories with retold fairy tales. The photos combine elements of
camp, prosthetics, and shibari in a surreal update to the imagery
of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault,
and others.
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Lives of Tintoretto
(Paperback)
Giorgio Vasari, Pietro Aretino, Carlo Ridolfi, Andrea Calmo, Veronica Franco, …
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The most exhilarating painter of the Renaissance and arguably of
the whole of western art, Tintoretto was known as Il Furioso
because of the attack and energy of his style. His vaunting
ambition is recorded in the inscription he placed in his studio: l
disegno di Michelangelo ed il colorito di Tiziano ("Michelangelo's
drawing and Titian's colour"). The Florentines Vasari and Borghini,
and the Venetians Ridolfi and Boschini wrote the earliest
biographies of the artist. The four accounts are related to each
other and form the backbone of the critical success of Tintoretto.
Borghini is the first one to give some information about Marietta
Tintoretto, also an artist, and Ridolfi is the richest in anecdotes
about the artist's life and personality - including the one about
the inscription which he may, however, have invented. Boschini, a
witty Venetian nationalist, wrote his account in dialect verse. El
Greco, whose marginal notes to Vasari are included for the first
time in English, Calmo and Franco knew Tintoretto personally and
their writings give a real flavour of this complicated man.
Unavailable in any form for many years, these biographies have been
newly edited for this edition. They are introduced by the scholar
Carlo Corsato, who places each in its artistic and literary
context. Approximately 50 pages of colour illustrations cover the
full range of Tintoretto's astonishing output.
Melanie Smith: Farce and Artifice is the publication that takes up
the idea of the exhibition organised by the MACBA, jointly with the
MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo and UNAM, in Mexico
City, and the Museo Amparo, in Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest
organised to date in Europe about the work of an artist who defies
easy classification, born in England (Poole, 1965) but active on
the Mexican art scene since the nineties.
Explore a life lived in stitches and witness the aesthetic
evolution of a treasured quiltmaking artist. Immerse yourself in
the beauty of detailed, up-close photos that will inspire and
delight you. Revel in this dazzling self-curated collection of Gwen
Marston's more than five-decade passion for quiltmaking. Her
masterful body of work is presented in a single vibrant coffee
table book of stunning photography for the first time ever. From
her early pieces inspired by Mennonite quilts to her innovative
work with applique and texture to her exploration of modern design,
Gwen's aesthetic has remained a glorious marriage of freedom in
construction, expert use of unexpected colors and negative space,
and happy design surprises. See more than 80 quilts representing
more than 40 years and a variety styles--all united by a common
thread: the artist Gwen Marston.
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Lives of Titian
(Paperback)
Giorgio Vasari, Sperone Speroni, Pietro Aretino, Ludovico Dolce, Raffaele Borghini, …
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Titian (c. 1488-1576) was recognised very early on as the leading
painter of his generation in Venice. Starting in the studio of the
aged Giovanni Bellini, Titian, with his contemporary Giorgione,
almost immediately started to expand the range of what was possible
in painting, converting Bellini's statuesque style into something
far more impressionistic and romantic. This restless spirit of
innovation and improvisation never left him, and during his long
life he experimented with a number of different styles, the
brushwork of his last great paintings showing a mysterious poetry
that has never been equalled. This volume in the series Lives of
the Artists collects the major writings about Titian by his
contemporaries and near contemporaries. The centrepiece is the
biography by Vasari, who as a Florentine found Titian's very
Venetian sense of colour and transient forms a challenge to his
concept of art as design. The poet Ariosto and sparkling letter
writer Aretino had a more nuanced view of their friend's work, and
Priscianese's account of a dinner party with Titian, and the
contributions by Speroni and Dolce, and the slightly later Tuscan
critic Borghini, round out the picture of this hugely thoughtful,
intellectual artist, whose paintings remain some of the most
sensual and affecting in all of Western art. Mostly unavailable in
any form for many years, these writings have been newly edited for
this edition. They are introduced by the scholar Carlo Corsato, who
places each in its artistic and literary context. Approximately 50
pages of colour illustrations cover the full range of Titian's
great oeuvre.
Featuring a handsome new package redesigned by the author himself,
this edition is a must-have for fans and collectors of Luigi
Serafini s art. First published in 1981 in Milan by F.M. Ricci, the
book has been hailed as one of the most unusual yet beautiful art
books ever made. A visual encyclopaedia of an unknown world written
in an unknown language, it has fuelled much debate over its
meaning. Written for the information age and addressing the import
of coding and decoding in genetics, literary criticism, and
computer science, it has now fascinated and enchanted two
generations. While its message may be unclear, its appeal is
obvious: it is a most exquisite artifact, blurring the line between
art book and art object. This edition presents it in a new,
unparalleled light complete with 15 new illustrations by the
author. With the advent of new forms of communication, continuous
streams of information, and social media, the Codex is more
relevant and timely than ever. A limited numbered deluxe edition,
bound in real cloth and presented in a handsome slipcase, is also
available. It includes a signed print of a new illustration made by
the author to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the death in
1321 of Dante Alighieri, one of Italy s greatest writers and
creator of The Divine Comedy.
In collaboration with the artist's foundations and family, YSP is
proud to present the first major UK exhibition of sculpture by Joan
Miro, one of Europe's most important 20th century artists. The
exhibition describes the extraordinary wealth of Miro's sculpture,
much of which was made in the second half of his life. With key
works set in the landscape, the exhibition fulfils the artist's
desire that sculpture must stand in the open air, in the middle of
nature. YSP publication to accompany the Miro: Sculptor exhibition.
The fully illustrated catalogue features texts by the artist's
grandson Emilio Fernandez Miro, Pilar Ortega Chapel from the
Successio Miro, poet and art critic Jacques Dupin and Peter Murray
CBE. Exhibition photography by Jonty Wilde"
Michelangelo Merisi known as Caravaggio is one of the most
revolutionary and celebrated artists of all time. His explosive
manner exceeded the academic precepts that idealized nature,
describing the world in its varied complexity and therefore also in
its most humble and raw aspects. This volume traces the short, and
unfortunately tragic existential parable of the great Lombard
painter, an exceptional path strongly reflected in his work, still
actual even after 410 years after his passing. The characters of
his paintings, ordinary men and women capable of narrating the
themes of myth and faith, are true universal icons still of great
emotional impact today.
Today, known for its black and white portraits covering entire
buildings, Hendrik Beikirch today presents the Siberia project, a
project in the continuity of Tracing Morocco started in 2014. The
intensity of these powerful foreign faces recalls a familiarity
that can be experienced anywhere in the world. Beikirch takes these
studies of humanity with him on his travels and permeates them as
traces of personified life in new contexts. The project is the
result of Beikirch's meeting with this distant immensity that is
Siberia. From this project was born the book Siberia, which gives
an overview of all the works created, paintings, and 10 murals
carried out all over the world. Text in English, French and
Russian.
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Hirst-isms
(Hardcover)
Damien Hirst; Edited by Larry Warsh
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A revealing collection of quotations from world-renowned artist
Damien Hirst Hirst-isms is a collection of quotations-bold,
surprising, often humorous, and always insightful-from celebrated
artist Damien Hirst, whose controversial work explores the
connections between art, religion, science, life, and death.
Emerging in the 1990s as a leading member of the Young British
Artists (YBAs), Hirst first became famous and gained a reputation
as a provocateur with a series of artworks featuring dead and
sometimes dissected animals (including a shark, sheep, and cow)
preserved in glass tanks filled with formaldehyde. Gathered from
interviews and other primary sources and organized by subject,
these quotations explore Hirst's early years, family life, and the
beginnings of his fascination with art; the major themes of his
work; his influences and heroes; his motivation; his process and
the boundary-pushing production of his work; and his thoughts on
the art world, fame, and money. The result is a comprehensive and
nuanced book that sheds new light on a fascinating and important
contemporary artist. Select quotations from the book: "The less I
feel like an artist, the better I feel." "I like it when people
love my art. I like it when people hate my art. I just don't want
them to ignore my art." "Painting's like the most fabulous
illusion, because there's nothing at stake. Except yourself." "I'm
interested in the confusion between art and life, I like it when
the world gets in the way." "Sometimes you have to step over the
edge to know where it is."
American Brad Washburn's impact on his proteges and imitators
was as profound as that of any other adventurer in the twentieth
century. Unquestionably regarded as the greatest mountaineer in
Alaskan history and as one of the finest mountain photographers of
all time, Washburn transformed American attitudes toward wilderness
and revolutionized the art of mountaineering and exploration in the
great ranges. In The Last of His Kind, National Geographic
Adventure contributing editor David Roberts goes beyond
conventional biography to reveal the essence of this man through
the prism of his extraordinary exploits from New England to
Chamonix, and from the Himalayas to the Yukon. An exciting
narrative of mountain climbing in the twentieth century, The Last
of His Kind brings into focus Washburn's deeds in the context of
the history of mountaineering, and provides a fascinating look at
an amazing culture and the influential icon who shaped it.
The Lammermuir Hills have been an important trade route between
Scotland and England for generations, as well as an effective
barrier when necessary. Drawn by the long history of south-eastern
Scotland and the many conflicting elements in play in its natural
environment - among them wind farms, pylons, forestry plantations,
grouse moors and sheep - the distinguished Scottish painter and
printmaker Barbara Rae CBE RA has made numerous studies of these
wild expanses. This handsome volume reproduces a wide selection of
her intensely colourful images with accompanying photographs and
maps, and texts by the art critic Duncan Macmillan, Emeritus
Professor of the History of Scottish Art at the University of
Edinburgh, and Maureen Barrie, who worked for many years at
National Museums Scotland.
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Up Close
(Hardcover)
R Kesseler
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Rob Kesseler works in the liminal space between fine art, design,
craft and science. He moves easily between disciplines to engage
fully with the art and science of the world around us. From
ceramics to furniture and drawing to photography, Up Close presents
his most thought-provoking and beautiful works in a creative
collage, arranged thematically, mixing images and texts that have
inspired him, especially the exotic forms and luscious colours of
the plant world.
Francine Prose's life of Caravaggio evokes the genius of this great
artist through a brilliant reading of his paintings. Caravaggio
defied the aesthetic conventions of his time; his use of ordinary
people, realistically portrayed-street boys, prostitutes, the poor,
the aged-was a profound and revolutionary innovation that left its
mark on generations of artists. His insistence on painting from
nature, on rendering the emotional truth of experience, whether
religious or secular, makes him an artist who speaks across the
centuries to our own time. In "Caravaggio", Francine Prose presents
the brief but tumultuous life of one of the greatest of all
painters with passion and acute sensitivity.
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