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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists

Holbein (Hardcover): Norbert Wolf Holbein (Hardcover)
Norbert Wolf
R477 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R83 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Religion, Renaissance, and Reformation-these three ideologies shaped the world of 16th-century portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543), a pivotal figure of the Northern Renaissance, whose skills took him to Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and England, and garnered patrons and subjects as prestigious as Henry VIII, Thomas More, Anne of Cleves, and Reformation advocate Thomas Cromwell. This book brings together key Holbein paintings to explore his illustrious and international career as well as the courtly drama and radical religious change that informed his work. With rich illustration, we survey the masterful draftsmanship and almost supernatural ability to control details, from the textures of luxurious clothing to the ornament of a room, that secured Holbein's place as one of the greatest portraitists in Western art history. His probing eye was matched with a draftsman. Along the way, we see how he combined meticulous mimesis with an inspired amalgam of regional painterly traits, from Flemish-style realism to late medieval German composition and Italian formal grandeur. During his time in England, Holbein became official court painter to Henry VIII, producing both reformist propaganda and royalist paintings to bolster Henry's status as monarch and as the new Supreme Head of the Church following the English Reformation. His portrait of Henry from 1537 is regarded not only as a portraiture pinnacle but also as an iconic record of this transformative monarch and the Tudor dynasty. Through this turbulent period, Holbein also produced anticlerical woodcuts, and sketched and painted Lutheran merchants, visiting ambassadors, and Henry's notorious succession of wives. 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

Monet: Water Lilies - The Complete Series (Hardcover): Jean Dominique Rey, Denis Rouart Monet: Water Lilies - The Complete Series (Hardcover)
Jean Dominique Rey, Denis Rouart
R663 R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Save R128 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Richard Demarco & Joseph Beuys - A Unique Partnership (Hardcover): Richard Demarco Richard Demarco & Joseph Beuys - A Unique Partnership (Hardcover)
Richard Demarco; Introduction by Keith Hartley, Douglas Hall
R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Richard Demarco co-founded the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 1963 and ran the vibrant Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh for almost 30 years. He promotes crosscultural dialogues and was the first person to introduce Joseph Beuys in the UK. Joseph Beuys was a German sculptor and creator of action performances, political activist and teacher. This book explores the works, lectures and 'Actions' which resulted from the mutual hopes, inspirations and shared values of Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys, the innovative and inspirational German postwar artist, from 1970 until Beuys' death in 1986. Demarco, an avant-garde gallerist in Edinburgh, was an early proponent of Scotland taking its place within the European art world; Demarco recognised the visionary quality of Beuys' work and visited him in Oberkassel in January 1970. In the hope of focusing Beuys' attention on Scotland, he presented him with a set of postcards depicting typical Scottish scenes. Beuys responded with, 'I see the land of Macbeth, so when shall we two meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain?' They reunited in thundery Edinburgh later that year and Demarco led him northwards along the ancient track he calls 'The Road to Meikle Seggie'. This initial experience of the Scottish landscape inspired Beuys, who felt a strong connection with Celtic culture, and laid the foundation for a remarkable artistic friendship which enriched the work of both men. With photos from Demarco's personal collection and essays spanning from 1970 to the present, this is an intimate and intellectually rigorous look at a friendship seminal to the development of art in Scotland over the last 40 years.

The Rose (Paperback): Adam Marnie, Ed Steck The Rose (Paperback)
Adam Marnie, Ed Steck
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Mondrian Evolution (Paperback): Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Kathrin Bessen, Sam Keller, Ulf Kuster, Susanne Gaensheimer,... Mondrian Evolution (Paperback)
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Kathrin Bessen, Sam Keller, Ulf Kuster, Susanne Gaensheimer, …
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Piet Mondrian had a decisive influence on the development of painting from figuration to abstraction. On the occasion of his 150th birthday, Mondrian Evolution is dedicated to his multifaceted work and artistic development. Initially working in the tradition of Dutch landscape painting of the late 19th century, Symbolism and Cubism subsequently took on great significance for him. It was not until the early 1920s that the artist focused on a wholly non-representational pictorial vocabulary, limited to the rectangular arrangement of black lines with surfaces in white and the primary colors blue, red and yellow. In separate chapters, this path is traced through motifs such as windmills, dunes, and the sea, farms reflected in the water, and plants in various forms of abstraction.

The Variational Status (Paperback): Riccardo Giacconi The Variational Status (Paperback)
Riccardo Giacconi
R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Kenneth Draper - On the Edge of Sculpture (Hardcover): Judith Le Grove Kenneth Draper - On the Edge of Sculpture (Hardcover)
Judith Le Grove
R921 Discovery Miles 9 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Waldemar Cordeiro & Franz Mon (Paperback): Waldemar Cordeiro, Franz Mon, Tobi Maier Waldemar Cordeiro & Franz Mon (Paperback)
Waldemar Cordeiro, Franz Mon, Tobi Maier
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Ruti Sela. For the Record (Paperback): Joshua Simon, Ruti Sela Ruti Sela. For the Record (Paperback)
Joshua Simon, Ruti Sela
R571 Discovery Miles 5 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Matisse. Cut-outs. 40th Ed. (Hardcover): Xavier-Gilles Neret, Gilles Neret Matisse. Cut-outs. 40th Ed. (Hardcover)
Xavier-Gilles Neret, Gilles Neret
R798 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R137 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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.

Basquiat (Paperback): Marc Mayer Basquiat (Paperback)
Marc Mayer
R602 R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Save R90 (15%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Jean-Michel Basquiat was only twenty-seven when he died in 1988, his meteoric and often controversial career having lasted for just eight years. Despite his early death, Basquiat's powerful A uvre has ensured his continuing reputation as one of modern art's most distinctive voices. Borrowing from graffiti and street imagery, cartoons, mythology and religious symbolism, Basquiat's drawings and paintings explore issues of race and identity, providing social commentary that is shrewdly observed and biting. This bestselling book, now available in a compact edition, celebrates Basquiat's achievements in the contexts of the key influences on his art. It not only re-evaluates the artist's principal works and their meaning, but also explains what keeps his painting relevant today.

Aditya Pande - In Collaboration with Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi (Paperback): Peter Nagy Aditya Pande - In Collaboration with Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi (Paperback)
Peter Nagy
R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Sylvia Pankhurst (Hardcover): Katy Norris Sylvia Pankhurst (Hardcover)
Katy Norris; Edited by Rebeka Cohen; Designed by Nicky Barneby
R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Erik Steinbrecher - Lago Mio (Paperback): Erik Steinbrecher - Lago Mio (Paperback)
R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Claude Monet - Waterlilies and the Garden of Giverny (Hardcover, New edition): Julian Beecroft Claude Monet - Waterlilies and the Garden of Giverny (Hardcover, New edition)
Julian Beecroft
R708 R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Save R193 (27%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Towards the end of his life and much inspired by Japanese water gardens, Monet spent a great deal of time in his beloved Giverny. Adorned with poppies, blue sage, dahlias and irises, the waters were disturbed only by bamboos and water lilies. His water garden was originally created to satisfy a need to be near water, and to provide a visual feast that could be enjoyed from his house. The pond was fed by the river Ru, and weeping willow and silver birch hung over its edges, caressing the fronds of the greenery and blossoms below. Its famous green wooden footbridge was built across the water and it became the central focus of many of his works. He said, 'It took me some time to understand my water lilies. I planted them for pleasure.' and so he began to work on what is probably the most famous series of paintings the world has ever seen.

Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition): Melanie Trede, Lorenz... Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
Melanie Trede, Lorenz Bichler 1
R663 R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Save R108 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, ukiyo-e scenes often represented the bright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo): beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes. Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858), which depicted various scenes of the city through the seasons, from bustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards. This reprint is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. It pairs each of the 120 illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms of Japonisme and inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

Discovery of El Greco - The Nationalization of Culture Versus the Rise of Modern Art (1860-1914) (Paperback): Eric Storm Discovery of El Greco - The Nationalization of Culture Versus the Rise of Modern Art (1860-1914) (Paperback)
Eric Storm
R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in Dutch and translated to Spanish for the fourth centenary celebration of the death of El Greco in 2014, this book is a comprehensive study of the rediscovery of El Greco -- seen as one of the most important events of its kind in art history. The Nationalization of Culture versus the Rise of Modern Art analyses how changes in artistic taste in the second half of the nineteenth century caused a profound revision of the place of El Greco in the artistic canon. As a result, El Greco was transformed from an extravagant outsider and a secondary painter into the founder of the Spanish School and one of the principle predecessors of modern art, increasingly related to that of the Impressionists -- due primarily to the German critic Julius Meier-Graefe's influential History of Modern Art (1914). This shift in artistic preference has been attributed to the rise of modern art but Eric Storm, a cultural historian, shows that in the case of El Greco nationalist motives were even more important. This study examines the work of painters, art critics, writers, scholars and philosophers from France, Germany and Spain, and the role of exhibitions, auctions, monuments and commemorations. Paintings and associated anecdotes are discussed, and historical debates such as El Greco's supposed astigmatism are addressed in a highly readable and engaging style. This book will be of interest to both specialists and the interested art public.

Life of Raphael (Paperback, 2nd New edition): Giorgio Vasari Life of Raphael (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
Giorgio Vasari; Edited by Jill Burke
R270 R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Save R39 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Raphael (1483-1520) was for centuries considered the greatest artist who ever lived. Much of what we know about him comes from this biography, written by the Florentine painter Giorgio Vasari and first published in 1550. Vasari's Lives of the Painters was the first attempt to write a systematic history of Italian art. The Life of Raphael is a key text not only for the appreciation of Raphael's own art - whose development and chronology Vasari describes in detail, together with the spectacular social career of the first painter to be mooted, it was claimed, as a Cardinal - but also for its unprecedented attention to theoretical issues.

Fishing with John (Hardcover): Honza Zamojski Fishing with John (Hardcover)
Honza Zamojski
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
I Like Funny Stories - Collection Maria and Walter Schnepel (Paperback): Ray Johnson I Like Funny Stories - Collection Maria and Walter Schnepel (Paperback)
Ray Johnson
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Selected Projects (Hardcover): Daniel Dewaele Selected Projects (Hardcover)
Daniel Dewaele
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Surveyor (Paperback): Fabian Reimann, Anthony Blunt, Stephanie Tasch The Surveyor (Paperback)
Fabian Reimann, Anthony Blunt, Stephanie Tasch; Edited by Jan Wenzel
R960 Discovery Miles 9 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
On Photography (Paperback): Osamu Matsuo On Photography (Paperback)
Osamu Matsuo
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Juliao Sarmento (Hardcover): Louise Neri Juliao Sarmento (Hardcover)
Louise Neri
R1,426 R1,079 Discovery Miles 10 790 Save R347 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of the European artists who has best combined text, image, and movement, Juliao Sarmento's multidisciplinary oeuvre evinces the tension that exists between image and word, between what is explicitly biographical and the impossibility of all forms of narration. Over the past 26 years, Sarmento's work has revealed an intimate and passionate pre-occupation with desire, explored both in the realm of the speculative and the gestural. Within his work there is no chronology, no unfolding narrative, no apparent logic--simply glimpses of experience that give visual form to primordial desires, ones felt but not defined. Working with various media, including paint, print, photography, sculpture, and video, he determines to define the intangible gap between experience and memory, now and then.

Animorphia Tiger in the Night Puzzle (Toy): Kerby Rosanes Animorphia Tiger in the Night Puzzle (Toy)
Kerby Rosanes
R628 R549 Discovery Miles 5 490 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Explore Kerby Rosanes's intricate and vibrant world in this striking jigsaw puzzle. Piece together shape-shifting creatures as they morph into a magnificent tiger in the night, featured in his bestselling book, Animorphia.

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