"Turner and Architecture" von Diane Perkins untersucht die Beziehung zwischen dem berühmten britischen Maler J.M.W. Turner und der Architektur, die in vielen seiner Werke eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Das Buch beleuchtet, wie Turners...

Das Buch "Francis Alÿs: Postcards" von Mark Godfrey beschäftigt sich mit dem Werk des belgischen Künstlers Francis Alÿs. Es bietet einen Einblick in seine einzigartigen künstlerischen Praktiken, die oft Performances, Installationen und...

"Illustrated Companion: Tate Gallery, St. Ives" von Michael Tooby ist ein umfassender Führer durch die Tate Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall. Das Buch bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die Sammlung der Galerie, die sich auf moderne und...

Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles (b 1948) has made some of the most philosophically brilliant, politically telling and aesthetically seductive works in recent art. An important theme in the Brazilian post-war avant-garde, from which...

Kurzbeschreibung J.M.W. Turner was Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy for thirty years (1807-37). Although an awkward public speaker, Turner captivated his audience with the remarkable perspective drawings he produced for his...

Joan Miro's paintings are among the most widely recognized of any modern artist, reproduced everywhere from books to t-shirts and Spanish tourist posters. While he is most often seen as a surrealist or a post-war abstract painter, terms...

Claude Cahun (1894-1954, born Lucie Schwob) was a poet, essayist, literary critic, translator, actress, Surrealist, revolutionary artist and photographer. Although primarily a writer, the range of Cahun's activities as an artist was...

Tate Gallery collections. Vol 2. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag. London : Tate Gallery with the assistance of the J. Paul Getty Trust,

Realism in the art of the 20th century is striking for its diversity. Although not bound together stylistically or by a "manifesto" of intention, a common thread in realist art is a commitment to the modern world and to things as they...

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) was one of a generation of artists that helped transform painting during the first half of the twentieth century. As a painter, he preferred to work from memory - imaginatively capturing the spirit of a moment...

Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is best known for his painting "The Scream", painted in 1893, which has become one of the most iconic images in the modern world. Munch was clear about his own mission in exploring the portrayal...

"A Child of Six Could Do it: Cartoons About Modern Art" von J.R. Glaves-Smith ist eine humorvolle Sammlung von Cartoons, die sich mit der Welt der modernen Kunst auseinandersetzen. Das Buch bietet eine satirische Perspektive auf die oft...