Essential introduction to the longest lasting avant-garde movement of the twentieth centuryIncludes artists renowned for their contribution to the movement, such as Salvador Dali, Maz Ernst and Rene MagritteCombines an authoritative survey essay and extensive colour plates Edited by Mary Ann Caws, a renowned scholar, associate and translator of the Surrealists Shows Surrealisms continued influence on contemporary art, film and photography Specifications Paperback

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon

An in-depth survey of the rise of Pop from the Beat era of the 1950s to the psychedelic late 1960sIncludes founding artists of Pop art such as Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein and many othersEdited by internationally recognized expert on Pop art and its cultural context, Mark Francis, together with an analysis of the Pop image provided by renowned critic and scholar Hal FosterProviding coverage of American and European artworks as well as film, photography an

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon

Not only is this book an overview of contemporary painting, it is also an enquiry into how we experience its images, what they mean and why the practice remains vital. The venerable art of painting still thrives as a leading force in the art market. Painting Today explores the development of the medium, especially through the last forty years, and the diversity of paintings now being made internationally. Critics have suggested that pa

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon

Minimalism comprises one of the key movements in post-war art. The term 'minimalism' was coined to describe the work of a group of American artists who, in the 1960s, produced a decidedly unexpressionistic, reductive work with a hard industrial feel. While numerous minimalist painters exist,

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon

The latest book in the Cream series brings together 100 of the most exciting contemporary artists emerging today, chosen by 10 internationally renowned curatorsEach artist spread includes a newly commissioned text written by the curator who selected the artist, as well as full-colour images illustrating the most recent works by the artists, and a sources section providing historical and cultural contextFollows

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon

Wyrusz w barwną i fascynującą podróż po świecie sztuki. Zobacz, jak powstawały i zmieniały się style i techniki. Poznaj jedne z najbardziej podziwianych arcydzieł. Zapraszamy do pełnego bogactwa świata artystów: od sztuki aborygeńskiej do abstrakcyjnej, od słupów totemowych do terakotowej armii, od Michała Anioła do Matisse’a.

Wydawnictwo: BELLONA

Edward Lear may be best known for his nonsense verse,but in his early years he excelled as an illustrator of birds andreptiles. This set of 42 hand-colored lithographs, originally entitled Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots, was the finest achievement of his relatively brief career as a natural history draftsman, before failing eyesight led him to concentrate on his writing.

Wydawnictwo: taschen

This book is the follow up to the previous volume On Beauty. Apparently beauty and ugliness are concepts that imply each other, and by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty, so all we need do is define the first to understand the nature of the second. But the various manifestations of ugliness over the centuries are richer and more unpredictable than is commonly thought.

Wydawnictwo: HARVILL

Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo BuonarrotiDavid and Pièta, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. Like fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a shining star of the Renaissance and a genius of consummate virtuosity. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect are unique—no artist before or after him has ever produced such a

Wydawnictwo: taschen

The Elements of Euclid In Living ColorA rare and beautiful geometry primer from the 19th centuryRed, yellow, blue – and of course black – are the colours that Oliver Byrne employs for the figures and diagrams in his most unusual 1847 edition of Euclid, published by William Pickering and printed by Chiswick Press, and which prompt the surpris

Wydawnictwo: taschen

The immediacy and accessibility of video makes it an ideal medium for artists who want to work with sound and moving image; no sooner than video cameras were available to the public in the 1970s were artists already beginning to experiment with the possibilities of video. Though it took decades for it to be

Wydawnictwo: taschen

Artists have always been early adopters of emerging media technologies, from Albrecht Dürer and his use of the printing press in the 16th century to Nam June Paik's experiments with video in the 1960s.

Wydawnictwo: taschen

Quirky, enigmatic and uniquely beautiful, the art and furnishings of Central and East Java's villages and palaces are little known to the art historians, museum curators and collectors of the world. Armed with all the charm and characteristics of folk art - bright, bold colours; na?ve forms and compositions; flattened perspective; anonymous origins; functionality; humour and social commentary - it is the product of a complex and ancient culture

Wydawnictwo: EDN

Tym razem innowacyjna technika okien służy do pokazania bogactwa unikalnej sztuki trwającego ponad 250 lat okresu Edo. Wybrane prace reprezentują bardzo szeroki zakres

Wydawnictwo: ARKADY

Zaczynając od Giotta, często uważanego za pierwszego wielkiego artystę renesansu, książka przedstawia historię tego prądu poprzez analizę prac takich mistrzów jak

Wydawnictwo: ARKADY

Zapraszamy do niezwykłej galerii, w której zgromadzono 35 najsłynniejszych i najbardziej lubianych obrazów oraz grafik. Pięknym reprodukcjom towarzyszą interesujące komentarze.

Wydawnictwo: PUBLICAT

This best-selling, international review of the year’s most innovative works in visual communication, this annual features, in full color, the winners of the toughest competition in the

Wydawnictwo: RotoVision

'Magnificently illustrated and extremely thought-provoking ...I can recommend this book as the best one I've read in the past year because it addresses a difficult body of work in a highly intelligent and thoughtful way' - Beate Perrey

Wydawnictwo: PRESTEL

Historia symboliczna znakiem herbem i barwą pisana. Książka jest nieśmiała próba wykreowania, spośród nauk historycznych, nowej subdyscypliny. Stanowi jednocześnie podręczną pomoc dla osób pragnących rozwinąć swe zainteresowania heraldyką, sfragistyką, falerystyką, weksykologią oraz szeroko rozumianą symboliką.

Wydawnictwo: EGROS