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Join Chris Ayers and his menagerie as they make their Parisian
debut on the walls of Galerie Daniel Maghen. Fifty-eight pieces
were created especially for the gallery show in year six of The
Daily Zoo and they are all captured in this book in their full
glory. Do not miss meeting Le Chic Sheep, Le Penseur (The Thinker),
Alien Accountant and Rosie On Skates, to name only a few, as they
are certain to become close cartoon friends.
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Rockwell
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Karal Ann Marling
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An extraordinarily prolific artist, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
produced some 4,000 paintings in his lifetime, not including a
prodigious quantity of commissioned editorial, commercial, and
advertising work. His death in 1978 was regarded the loss of a
national icon, an artist who, like no other, celebrated the
American Dream. Shunning experimentation and avant-garde techniques
in favor of effective composition and relatable subject matter,
Rockwell created wholesome, homely paintings with accessible and
aspirational appeal. Neat, quaint, and typically jovial, his
subjects included classrooms, prom scenes, and Thanksgiving feasts,
while his most long-standing projects were covers for The Saturday
Evening Post magazine and calendars and covers for the Boys' Life
publication of the Boy Scouts of America. Imbued with optimism and
patriotism, the work foregrounds classic professions such as doctor
and teacher, as much as the conservative stalwarts of military,
family, and faith. Hailed by President Gerald Ford as a "beloved
part of the American tradition," Rockwell's works reveal as much
about his own talents as they do about the story of 20th-century
America. This fresh artist introduction from TASCHEN brings
together key paintings and illustrations from his celebratory and
sunny portfolio, as well as some more unusual works tackling the
underside of the United States, to understand an integrally
American artist, and the values and ideals that shaped his success.
About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has
evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published.
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed
chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist,
covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise
biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous
with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s
under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems
on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of a thriving
underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk,
and DIY filmmaking, which met in a booming art world. As a painter
with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the
established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world.
Basquiat's expressive style was based on raw figures and integrated
words and phrases. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries
from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane
history and the politics of street life-so when asked about his
subject matter, Basquiat answered "royalty, heroism and the
streets." In 1983 he started collaborating with the most famous of
art stars, Andy Warhol, and in 1985 was on the cover of The New
York Times Magazine. When Basquiat died at the age of 27, he had
become one of the most successful artists of his time. First
published in an XXL edition, this unprecedented insight into
Basquiat's art is now available in a compact, accessible volume in
celebration of TASCHEN's 40th anniversary. With pristine
reproductions of his most seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook
sketches, it offers vivid proximity to Basquiat's intricate marks
and scribbled words, further illuminated by an introduction to the
artist from editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, as well as an essay on
his themes and artistic development from curator and art historian
Eleanor Nairne. Richly illustrated year-by-year chapter breaks
follow the artist's life and quote from his own statements and
contemporary reviews to provide both personal background and
historical context. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we
started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has
become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms
around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and
aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of
incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40
series presents new editions of some of the stars of our
program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized
with the same commitment to impeccable production.
N.C. Wyeth's illustrations to Treasure Island and Kidnapped - first
published in 1911 and 1913, respectively, by Charles Scribner's
Sons - made his artistic reputation. With a bold mastery of light
and colour, Wyeth brilliantly conveyed action, character, and
setting, lending an extra excitement to Robert Louis Stevenson's
tales of pirates and buried treasure, and intrigue in the Scottish
Highlands. Now readers can enjoy this classic author-illustrator
pairing in a handsome two-volume slipcased set, typeset anew and
printed and bound to a high standard. This collectible set also
includes a new introduction by Christine B. Podmaniczky, a leading
expert on N.C. Wyeth. She reveals Wyeth's daring approach to these
illustrations - which he painted at a large scale, directly on the
canvas - and explores their later influence on visual culture,
including stage and screen adaptations of Stevenson's novels. Also
available: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn boxed
set, ISBN 9780789213679
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Mucha
(Hardcover)
Tomoko Sato
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With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and
Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of
the fin-de-siecle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre, and
olive, his seductive compositions of patterns, flowers, and
beautiful women became paradigms of the Belle Epoque years. Mucha's
work permeated illustration, posters, postcards, and the
advertising designs of his day. His striking posters of star
actress Sarah Bernhardt were particularly famous. Alongside this
delicate decorative work, Mucha also harbored strongly felt
political ideas. With his monumental cycle The Slav Epic, he
expressed his staunch support for Pan-Slavism, promoting the
political independence of the Czech and Slavic nations from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. Compiled in association with the Mucha
Foundation, this book presents key works and introduces the full
reach of Mucha's oeuvre from patterned decoration to his book
illustrations, posters, photographs and monumental paintings. About
the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into
the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in
TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological
summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her
cultural and historical importance a concise biography
approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
This is an examination of the paintings, books, poetry and
theoretical work of Russian avant-garde artist, Olga Rozanova. The
text assesses Rozanova's life and work, aiming to recreate the
spirit of the counterculture milieu that contributed to the
transformation of 20th-century art.
Toward the end of his monumental career as a painter, sculptor, and
lithographer, an elderly, sickly Matisse was unable to stand and
use a paintbrush for long. In this late phase of his life-he was
almost 80 years of age-he developed the technique of "carving into
color," creating bright, bold paper cut-outs. Though dismissed by
some contemporary critics as the folly of a senile old man, these
gouaches decoupees (gouache cut-outs) in fact represented a
revolution in modern art, a whole new medium that reimagined the
age-old conflict between color and line. This edition of the first
volume of our original award-winning XXL book provides a thorough
historical context to Matisse's cut-outs, tracing their roots to
his 1930 trip to Tahiti and continuing through to his final years
in Nice. It includes many photos of Matisse, as well as some rare
images by Henri Cartier-Bresson and the filmmaker F. W. Murnau,
with texts by Matisse, publisher E. Teriade, the poets Louis
Aragon, Henri Michaux, and Pierre Reverdy, and Matisse's son-in-law
Georges Duthuit. In their deceptive simplicity, the cut-outs
achieved both a sculptural quality and an early minimalist
abstraction, which would profoundly influence generations of
artists to come. Exuberant, multi-hued, and often grand in scale,
these works are true pillars of 20th-century art, and as bold and
innovative to behold today as they were in Matisse's lifetime.
About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as
cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
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Kirchner
(Hardcover)
Norbert Wolf
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) is regarded as one of the key
figures in 20th-century European art. A Modernist to his bones, he
sent seismic waves through the art world with his hard-edged,
intensely colored paintings and disseminated his ideas through Die
Brucke art movement and the MUIM-Institut school of modernist
painting, both of which he cofounded. Kirchner's work reconciled
past and present through an Expressionist prism, reflecting the
latest avant-garde ideas in art, while exploring traditional
academic approaches and subjects. His works tackled social, moral,
and emotional questions with a fierce intensity. Distorted
perspectives, rough lines, and unusual colors were mainstays of his
practice, as well as a recurring interest in capturing the human
form, whether in frenetic city vistas such as Berlin Street Scene
(1913) or in his famously decadent studio. In this introductory
book, we explore the stretch of Kirchner's career through Germany
and Switzerland, including his founding of Die Brucke, and his
inclusion in the Nazis' infamous "degenerate art" exhibition in
1937. Along the way, we'll encounter vivid landscapes, stark nudes,
intense urban settings, and, above all, a persistent emphasis on
the emotional experience of painter and viewer. About the series
Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the
best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in
TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological
summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her
cultural and historical importance a concise biography
approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
Eileen Cooper OBE RA has been consistently successful across her
50-year career, the influence of her art seen in the range and
depth of her work as well as in her contribution to art education.
Cooper's artistic experiences - which, in the words of Linsey
Young, disrupt the neat patriarchal understandings of women - are
brought together in this thoughtfully designed and elegant
hardback. Early works are illustrated alongside previously unseen
drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics and portraits, many of which
will surprise readers. The authors also consider Cooper's work in
relation to the collections of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery,
including works by Peter Doig, Paula Rego, Pablo Picasso, Dame
Laura Knight and Lotte Laserstein.
"St George and the Dragon" is a supremely beautiful painting. It is
an exquisitely rendered vision of a universal tale of good and
evil. And it is also an example of how art witnesses and
participates in the ebb and flow of world power. For its artist,
"Raphael" the painting represented a crucial step in his ascent to
the peak of the Renaissance art world and for a succession of
jealous owners it was the ultimate symbol of power and prestige.
Painted for a young Henry VII the painting then played a crucial
part in the diplomatic intrigues in Henry VIII's rumbustious court.
After Charles I's execution it moved through France into the
gathering power and purchases of Catherine the Great and her
Hermitage. It is a small work of art and during the Russian
Revolution its vulnerability was perilous - it was shunted around
Russia as war raged until, in an utterly dodgy transaction it was
sold by Stalin to the US Treasury Secretary. Into the grips of a
new world power. Within this perfectly rendered painting stories of
greed and warfare can be traced, in its history the changing
centres of world dominance can be seen and in the way its beauty
has been traded the intricate connections between high culture and
money and power can be disentangled. This small work of art is a
repository of the very story of Western civilisation and Joanna
Pitman is an author of considerable acclaim and great skill. This
is a fantastic piece of literature - history at its most
fascinating - storytelling at its finest.
For many the smoke and mirrors which surround Banksy are as
fascinating as the artwork of the 21st century's most important
living artist. Banksy Myths Volume 2 takes the same approach as Vol
1. We collect the stories, the reader can judge for themselves.
Out of the Woods is a graphic memoir for people suffering from
depression and anxiety. Combining a personal story, the latest
medical research and proven self-help strategies, the book offers a
unique insight into these illnesses.
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Bacon
(Hardcover)
Luigi Ficacci
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Largely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious
impulses into figurative forms and intensely claustrophobic
compositions. Emerging into notoriety in the period following World
War II, Bacon took the human body as his nominal subject, but a
subject ravaged, distorted, and dismembered so as to writhe with
intense emotional content. With flailing limbs, hollow voids, and
tumurous growths, his gripping, often grotesque, portraits are as
much reflections on the trials and the traumas of the human
condition as they are character studies. These haunting forms were
also among the first in art history to depict overtly homosexual
themes. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series
has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever
published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a
detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the
artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a
concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory
captions
A much-needed publication celebrating the endless creativity of
Anni Albers, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth
century. Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a textile designer, weaver,
writer and printmaker, who was among the leading pioneers of
twentieth-century modernism. Throughout her fruitful career she
inspired a reconsideration of fabrics, both in their functional
roles and as wall hangings, truly establishing thread and weaving
as a valid medium for art. In her later years, Albers took up
print-making, translating many of her persistent themes and ideas
into two-dimensional form. But while Albers has been extremely
influential for younger generations of artists and designers, her
contribution to modernist art history has, until now, been rather
overlooked. This publication presents Albers's most important works
in a new light, to fully explore and redefine her contribution to
twentieth-century art and design, and highlight her significance as
an artist in her own right, rather than alongside her husband
Josef. Illuminating Albers's technical skill, her material
awareness and acute understanding of art and design, this
much-needed publication is a celebration of one of the most
influential artists of the twentieth century, and her endless
creativity.
In 1953 Marlon Brando donned a black leather Perfecto motorcycle
jacket, military cap, denim jeans, and engineer boots to portray
Johnny, sneering leader of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, in The
Wild One. In 1954 Tom of Finland abandoned brown leather in his
artwork to create his own wild ones: muscular, hyper-masculine,
black leather-clad rebels with powerful engines between their legs.
The look was adopted by the Satyrs Motorcycle Club, the first gay
outlaw club, that same year, making Tom's fantasy world reality. Of
course, being Tom, he soon customized his new gay icons, adding
leather jodhpurs, knee high boots and leather caps, and every
motorcycle bore the brand name "Tom" on the gas tank. Tom's bikers
first appeared as two "Motorcycle Boys" in Physique Pictorial,
Winter 1958. Another made the cover of the April 1960 issue. Bikers
dominated his PP content from then on, as a nod to its American
readership as much as his growing obsession. When he sought an
ongoing character, a personal avatar, in 1968, he created Kake as
the ultimate biker leatherman, and elaborated on his riding
adventures - of every kind - through 26-panel stories. Tom adopted
Kake's gear as his own, presenting in black leather jacket, white
t-shirt, jeans, and high boots to the end of his life. The Little
Book of Tom: Bikers includes Tom's earliest images for Physique
Pictorial, Kake in motorcycle gear, biker panel stories, and
sizzling single drawings, all packed into 192 pages of sexy,
masculine men enjoying other masculine men in black leather, blue
jeans, and high black boots. On bikes.
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm according to David Hockney
are like no other version you will have read before. Although
inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, from Arthur Rackham
to Edmund Dulac, Hockney's extraordinary etchings re-imagine these
strange and supernatural stories for a modern audience, capturing
their distinctive atmosphere in a style that is recognisably the
artist's own. Reprinted for the first time since its original
publication in 1969, Hockney's book brings together some well-known
tales - Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin - with others that are less
familiar. Informed by great art of the past, attuned to
idiosyncrasies of character and incident, and fresh in execution
and content, his illustrations invite us to read each one as if for
the first time.
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