Libros de ARTE

BYZANTIUM AND ISLAM. AGE OF TRANSITION

This groundbreaking volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the ninth century. As the period ...

MORISOT: BERTHE MORISOT 1841- 1895

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was one of only a handful of women who exhibited both at the famed Paris Salon and with the French Impressionists. ...

AN AUDIENCE OF ARTISTS. DADA, NEO- DADA, AND THE EMERGENCE OF ABSTRACT EXPRESIONISM

The term Neo-Dada surfaced in New York in the late 1950s and was used to characterize young artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns ...

MARTIN: AGNES MARTIN

Gorgeously quiet in color and composition, Agnes Martins paintings have a distinctive grace that sets them apart from those of the Abstract Expressionists of ...

FLUOR Nº 3

PRINCES AND PAINTERS IN MUGHAL DELHI, 1707- 1857

Between the years 1707 and 1857, the cultural center of Delhi in North India was the locus of a dramatic shift of power with ...

ONDAK: ROMAN ONDAK

The choice of Roman Ondák as the Deutsche Banks 'Artist of the Year' 2012 fell on one of the worlds most distinguished Conceptual artists. ...

WITTWE: UWE WITTWER. PAINTINGS

Uwe Wittwer (*1954 in Zurich) inquires into and disrupts expectations and viewing habits. The entrancing beauty and sensuousness of his paintings and watercolors lure ...

EL- HASSAN: ROZA EL- HASSAN. IN BETWEEN. DRAWINGS AND OBJECTS

Róza El-Hassan (*1966 in Budapest) is one of Hungarys most prominent contemporary artists. Over the past twenty years, the Hungarian-Syrian artist has acquired an ...

UNA EDUCACION SENSORIAL. HISTORIA PERSONAL DEL DESNUDO FEMENINO EN LA PINTURA

«Una educación sensorial es el título de este libro, pero, asimismo, exactamente, lo que en él se narra bajo la doble experiencia de un ...

JABET CARDIFF & GEORGE BURES MILLER. WORKS FROM THE GOETZ COLLECTION

The sound installations and sound images by the Canadian artist duo Janet Cardiff & Georges Bures Miller have received international acclaim. Over a period ...

ART OF DECELERATION. MOTION AND REST IN ART FROM CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH TO AI WEIWEI

The phenomenon of motion and rest in art from Romanticism to the present Modern art used to be primarily equated with acceleration, from William ...

EL GRECO AND MODERNISM

The oeuvre of El Greco (1541-1614) was first introduced to a broad German audience in 1910, through Julius Meier-Graefe's The Spanish Journey. Numerous artists ...

JOHNS: JASPER JOHNS IN PRESS. THE CROSSHATCH WORKS AND THE LOGIC OF PRINT

Graphic prints as the artists medium and work tool.Centering on The Dutch Wives, a double-panel encaustic-and-newsprint painting in the artists signature 'crosshatch' motif, this ...

NALINI MALANI. IN SEARCH OF VANISHED BLOOD

Nalini Malani : In Search of Vanished Blood delves into the multifaceted background of a visionary artist whose work holds a mirror to six ...

DRECHSEL: KERSTIN DRECHSEL. HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS

The watercolor-like oil paintings by Kerstin Drechsel (*1966 in Reinbek near Hamburg) are distinguished by their sensuality and remarkable sense of relaxation. The artist ...

DODO: LIFE AND WORK 1907- 1998

Rediscovered: the work and life of artist Dodo in Berlin of the twenties This publication is the first to present the work of this ...

WOMEN

Regardless of the clichés associated with Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Max Beckmann (1884-1950), and Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) in the 'public' private sphere, their exploration ...

NEO RAUCH. THE GRAPHIC WORK 1993- 2012

One of today's best-known contemporary artists, New Leipzig School painter Neo Rauch (born 1960) blends the realistic figuration of Social Realism with Surrealism: brightly ...

STELLA: FRANK STELLA. CONNECTIONS

The art of Frank Stella (born 1936) transcends the boundaries between painting, sculpture and architecture. Over the course of a five-decade career the artist ...