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Alex KatzOver a career that now spans nearly seven decades, the American painter Alex Katz (b. 1927, New York) has devoted himself to the representation of the here and now and to the immediacy of human perception – a commitment to what the artist has ...
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Paul Tanner Andy Warhol ENIn recent years, an extensive collection of drawings was discovered in Andy Warhol's estate. Dating from the 1950s, the artist's early years in New York, the drawings took as their inspiration magazine photographs and illustrations-many fromLIFE magazine-and provide further insight into Warhol's unique working method. Andy Warhol: The LIFE Years 1949-1959 publishes a selection of these newly discovered drawings…
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Nina Schleif Andy Warhol Drag and DrawAndy Warhol’s oeuvre during the first decade of his career, before he became the godfather of pop, proved to be enormously influential on his life’s work, yet remains little known. Drag & Draw highlights two series of drawings from this decade, ...
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Dieter Buchhart Basquiat by HimselfJean-Michel Basquiat’s self-portraits are regarded as being among the most important of his radical creative works. In addition to some 50 specific portraits of himself, we can also see his series of likenesses of ...
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Alexander Klee Beyond KlimtThe year 1918 marked the end of a golden era in central European art. It was the year that Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser, and Otto Wagner died. Artistic activity, however, had already begun to ...
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ICathrin Klingsohr-Leroy Blue Land and City Noise ENIt is still possible to have surprises in the world of German Expressionism?, the writer Michael Kumpfmuller asks. Yes, it is, as this volume proves, delighting book-lovers with images and texts that take readers on an entertaining and inspiring stroll through the world of Expressionism.
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Andreas Braun BMWiIn the spring of 2008, a think tank of engineers, designers, trend researchers, and financial experts met on a factory floor of BMW's parent plant in Munich to rethink mobility for a world of dwindling resources. Providing extensive insight into ...
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Heinz Widauer Claude MonetMore than any other artist, Claude Monet represents Impressionist painting. This volume illustrates Monet’s career from Realism via Impressionism to a form of painting in which the colo urs and light gradually become detached from the object...
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Jens Niebaum Der kirchliche Zentralbau der Renaissance in ItalienZentralbauten, d.h. Kirchen über dem Grundriss eines Kreises, eines Vier- oder Mehrecks, eines griechischen Kreuzes o.ä., gehören für die Renaissanceforschung seit Jacob Burckhardt zu den wichtigsten Paradigmata der Architektur dieser Epoche...
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Johann Thomas Ambrózy Egon Schiele ENTo mark the start of the commemoration of Egon Schiele in 2017 the Albertina will be showing an extensive presentation from its comprehensive collection of drawings and watercolours, which will be complemented by loans. The oeuvre of the important Austrian Expressionist will be presented for the first time in the light of the latest Schiele research. In addition to deciphering the allegories, which were hitherto a…
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Dorlis Blume, Christiana Brennecke, Ursula Breymayer, Thomas Eisentraut Europe and the SeaThe history and culture of Europe has been decisively shaped by the exploration and use of the seas surrounding Europe. This catalogue book reflects the significance of the sea as a space of rule and trade for Europeans, as bridge and border...
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Johanna Diehl, Niklas Maak EurotopiansHow do we want to live? How shall we build? Where can we find ideas for the houses and cities of the future? Niklas Maak and Johanna Diehl focus their attention on these highly topical questions in their joint project Eurotopians. In times of change this volume casts its backward gaze on the work of European utopians in order to find visions for the present. During the 1960s and 1970s visionary architecture was…
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Eye to IThis richly illustrated book features an introduction by the National Portrait Gallery’s chief curator and nearly 150 insightful entries on key self-portraits in the museum’s collection. Eye to I provides readers with an overview ...
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Christoph Rauhut Fragments of Metropolis East I OstenThe Architecture of Expressionism is the upheaval of architecture in the roaring twenties - with regionally different emphases, schools and protagonists. The series' third volume documents all surviving buildings in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovak i
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Hermann Arnhold Henry Moore ENHenry Moore has influenced the history of twentieth - century sculpture more decisively than anyone else. He was one of the first contemporary sculptors to realise his ideas in the public space throughout the world. His oeuvre was a lasting source of inspiration for an entire generation of artists – from Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso to the younger generation of German sculptors. Henry Moore (1898 –…
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Japan in MiniatureThe private collection of 80 inrō, ojime and netsuke presented here was donated to the Museum for Lacquer Art in 2017. The wealth of objects reproduces plants and animals with symbolic significance, literary subjects, ...
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Joan JonasJoan Jonas (b. 1936, New York) is one of the most highly regarded and influential artists working today. This book focuses on her new exhibition, film screenings and performances at Tate Modern ...
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Maia-Mari Sutnik, Josef Sudek Josef Sudek: The Legacy of a Deeper Vision ENDuring a legendary career that spanned almost six decades, Czech photographer Josef Sudek, the “poet of Prague,” developed a craftsmanship and technical virtuosity that was unparalleled among his contemporaries. Early in his career, though the prevailing art movements of the 1920s and ’30s included cubism, surrealism, and the Czech avant-garde, Sudek sought his own approach characterized by a striking mastery of…
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Oliver Kase Paul KleeThis opulent volume on Paul Klee celebrates one of the most important and productive artists of the twentieth century, whose work is as topical today as it ever was: growing out of the inner conflict of modern man, Klee’s imaginative works provide a lin
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Doris Kurella, Inés de Castro, Martin Berger The AztecsFive hundred years ago, the landing of Hernan Cortes in Mexico marked the end of the Aztec Empire. This volume presents the wealth of this culture with spectacular, sometimes unpublished finds...
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Josef Helfenstein, Eva Reifert The Cubist CosmosThe Cubist Cosmos traces the development of Cubism between 1907 and 1917. The publication reveals the boundless innovative power of the works of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. It also shows how the Cubist pictorial language was received and advanced by
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Egon Schiele The Making of a Collection2018 marks the centenary of Egon Schiele’s death. To coincide with this occasion the publication will present the painting collection of the Belvedere Vienna including highlights such as Eduard Kosmack, House Wall, Death and Girl, ...
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TurnerExtensive journeys in Britain and continental Europe provided an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the visionary colour composi-tions of J. M. William Turner. In Switzerland he experienced the beauty and menace of the Alps, ...
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World ReceiversAbstract paintings were being produced even before Kandinsky. Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814 – 1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862 – 1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892 – 1963) in ...