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French architect and designer Jean Prouvé innovated crisp, economical construction designs, marrying inexpensive materials and mass production with aesthetic elegance and technical brilliance. His simple, graceful style is an inimitable expression of midcentury inn..

Shimmering, pulsating color masses characterize the Abstract Expressionist masterpieces of Mark Rothko. Like no other artist in his generation, Rothko developed his own stylistic vocabulary, creating ceiling-high canvases that were to be experienced as much as seen, submerging viewers in the drama, ..

A painter of dramatic battles as much as erotic mythologies, Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a key figure in the 16th-century art world and a flag bearer for Baroque color, motion, and sensuality. His prolific oeuvre includes altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, historical paintings, as well as his famous,..

Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most famous and tragic figures of 19th century art, comes back to life with this lush tome featuring all 871 of his paintings and his writings. From Sunflowers to The Starry Night and Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, enjoy the..

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat's complex relationship captivated the art world then and now. At a time when Warhol was already world famous and the elder statesman of New York cool, Basquiat was a downtown talent rising rapidly from the graffiti scene. Together, they forged an electrifying per..

Петер Надаш (р. 1942) — один из ключевых авторов современной венгерской и европейской литературы, регулярно выступает в жанре эссе. В книге собраны лучшие образцы его интеллектуальной прозы, отражающие широчайший спектр явлений культуры от философии и антропологии до театра ..

Раман “Нататкі ў плыні часу” мае аўтабіяграфічную аснову. У цэнтры аповеду настаўнік вячэрняй школы і яго штодзённая педагагічная праца, поўная кур’ёзных сітуацый і парадоксаў. Канфлікт паміж дабром і злом трансфармуецца ў канфлікт паміж асобай і сістэмай (школьнай і грамадскай), у якой асоба вымуша..

Гэтая казка славутага італьянскага пісьменніка Карла Калодзі (1826–1890) не такая вядомая, як ягоныя “Прыгоды Пінокіа”, але такая самая займальная і вясёлая. Галоўны герой, зусім як драўляная лялька Пінокіа ці персанажы сярэднявечных “круцельскіх раманаў”, увесь час хітруе і трапляе ў небяспечныя пр..

Гісторыя адной вёскі ў цэнтры Польшчы і сьвету, якая ахоплівае цэлае стагодзьдзе і складаецца з кароткіх гісторый яе жыхароў і іх рэчаў, дзе паўсядзённасьць ствараецца з мноства выразных дэталяў, а рэчаіснасьць пераплятаецца з міфам...

It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, the Bauhaus total work of art, drag balls, Metropolis, and Marlene Dietrich. From cutting-edge kino to crowded jazz bars, come and roam the daring, freewheeling spirit of 1920s Berlin with this vivid cul..

A condensed edition of the best-selling Basquiat monograph.Pristine reproductions of Basquiat’s seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches, as well as texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne, bring us up close and personal to a l..

The beauty and rich history of the four nations of the United Kingdom – England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland – had much to offer to the international tourist in 1900. More than 800 photochromes present an intimate view of the wild landscapes, manicured lawns, bustling cityscapes and bucoli..

The great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/31-1569) was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, who made his art historical mark with beautiful, evocative landscapes as well as religious subjects, both notable for their vernacular language and attention to everyday, contemp..

The Case Study House program (1945–66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residenc..

Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary ..

Explore the darker reality of the City of Angels in this omnibus of photographs and ephemera revealing the underbelly of Los Angeles from the 1920s through the 1950s. From the headline crime of the Black Dahlia to the petty corruption of mayors and cops, discover the flip si..

When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibilities for his art. He made his first digital paintings in spring 2009, describing the morning landscape in broad lines and dazzling colors directly on a display that offered subtle hues as unmixed expre..

With his revolutionary and liberated view of the naked body and sexuality, Egon Schiele emphatically wrote himself into the history of art at the beginning of the last century. Nearly 600 illustrations are presented, many of them newly photographed, alongside expert insights and ..

Explore the unique pictorial language of Doménikos Theotokópoulos, the single-minded painter known as El Greco(“The Greek”) and hailed as a proto-modern genius of the 16th century. This vivid introduction presents El Greco’s most important works to reveal an oeuvre of drama, expe..

Revel in the images from the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the great tools in the history of science. Updated with 30 photos to mark 30 years of Hubble, this book includes comment by Charles F. Bolden, Jr. and John Mace Grunsfeld, the astronauts who worked on Hubble, a..

Get to grips with the astonishing brushwork of Hans Holbein the Younger, a painter shaped by religion, Renaissance, and Reformation, whose remarkable canon includes commissioned devotional works as well as penetrating portraits, most famously of the Tudor court of Henry..

Climate, environment, history, and technology are transforming architecture worldwide. The second volume in the Homes for Our Time series documents this housing revolution and raises questions: What role do homes play in our endangered world? How can they innovate?In Sri Lanka, Palinda Kannangara cr..

Edward Hopper (1882–1967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, half a century after his death, Hopper is..

Monocle’s books with Gestalten have shown you how to build a better life, business, and home. But now Monocle raises the bar: how do you run a great country? They are not talking about might, muscle, or nationalism - although you need a bit of a swagger every now and then. They are talking about a c..