Культура, искусство

Picasso. The Absinthe Drinker, mini
Each masterpiece in the series is a fascinating art-history novella and, at the same time, an invitation to the following tale, the next chapter in this never-ending cycle of astonishing stories, of which the museum has so many. Picasso produced this work in the Autumn of 1901, during his second trip to Paris, when he was just 22 years old. The theme of man's loneliness in a cafe, of isolation and emptiness, was not new to French art in the second half of the 19th century and could be found in the works of Degas and of Picasso's much-admired Toulouse-Lautrec. But in the paintings by the young Spaniard the theme acquired a previously unknown sense of drama.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 761272
ISBN: 9785912083372
Автор: German Mikhail
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Renoir Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary, mini
Each story of the series bears the unique imprint of its narrator; each has its own atmosphere, logic and plot. Jeanne Samary was an actress at the Comedie- Francaise. This portrait of her is perhaps one of the most famous of Renoir's many renowned canvases following the Impressionist principle of painting life as it truly is, the artist showed the actress in her usual setting. In the soft, fluid contours, vibrant texture and the finest of colour reflections, we see the stroke of this mature master of Impressionism.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 761267
ISBN: 9785912083396
Автор: German Mikhail
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Malevich. The Black Square (mini)
"При всем бескрайнем разнообразии эрмитажных коллекций картина Малевича не затерялась в веренице музейных залов среди множества знаменитых экспонатов. Статус этой картины, которая воспринимается не только как живописное полотно, но и как символический объект, превосходно описал Велимир Хлебников. Перед нами - "взорванная художественная заповедь", напоминание о том, что любой мир и даже мир искусства проходит через рождение и смерть. Напоминание, раз и навсегда ставшее благодаря Малевичу бессмертным".Екатерина Андреева - российский искусствовед, куратор и арт-критик. Специалист по русскому и зарубежному искусству XX-XXI веков, кандидат искусствоведения, доктор философских наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Отдела новейших течений Государственного Русского музея.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 761232
ISBN: 9785912083389
Автор: Andreyeva Yekaterina
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Linguistic-culture. A Russian Picture of the World
Valentina Maslova is a professor of philology at Vitebsk State University. She is one of the founders of linguistic-culturology, a new science taught at several Russian universities. Many Russian authors have written about linguistic-culturology, but the concept is generally unheard of in Western universities and nothing like it exits in the English language. Through the use of language, linguistic-culturology tries to reveal the mentality of a nation and its culture.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Амрита
Артикул: 935998
ISBN: 978-1-73230-680-6
Автор: Maslova Valentina
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Hermitage. Cupid's Darts
The State Hermitage Museum founded in 1764 by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the heart of historic St. Petersburg occupies an ensemble of magnificent buildings on the bank of the River Neva. The grandest of all is the Winter Palace - the former residence of the Russian tsars - designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Within the walls of this artistic enclave reside the Hermitage collections, about three million works that trace the development of world art and culture from the Stone Age to today.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 321501
ISBN: 978-5-91208-065-4
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Fame
'Good b.o means good "box office." You can smell it from a mile away'The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fame and beauty.

Серия: Modern and contemporary Fiction
Год: 2019
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 683059
ISBN: 9780241339800
Автор: Warhol Andy
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Hermitage. Netherlandish, Flemish, Dutch Painting
ARCA publishers present a series of small-format books that acquaint readers anew with gems of the Hermitage collection. Fascinating fragments and details that quite often escape the eye provide fresh insights into familiar paintings and drawings, sculptures, works of jewellery and archaeological finds.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 784298
ISBN: 9785912083327
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Hermitage. Treasures
The State Hermitage Museum founded in 1764 by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the heart of historic St. Petersburg occupies an ensemble of magnificent buildings on the bank of the River Neva. The grandest of all is the Winter Palace - the former residence of the Russian tsars - designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Within the walls of this artistic enclave reside the Hermitage collections, about three million works that trace the development of world art and culture from the Stone Age to today.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 321486
ISBN: 978-5-91208-053-1, 978-5-91208-156-9, 978-5-91208-191-0
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Pavlovsk: The Life of a Russian Palace
Massie's Pavlovsk, acclaimed as one of the best and most exciting cultural histories of recent years, provides important insights into the challenges facing Russia today. Pavlovsk is a parable of the creation, deconstruction, and recreation of a culture - essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the soul of Russia and the roots in its history from which any new relationship between "us" and "them" must grow. If it has a moral, it is the sentence from Dostoyevsky spontaneously cited by many of the Russians Massie interviewed in writing this book, "Beauty will save the world". This remains to be seen - but it may be the best hope we have. Издание на английском языке.
Год: 1993
Производитель: Лики России
Артикул: 339212
ISBN: 5-87417-052-9
Автор: Massie Suzanne
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Галерея искусств Европы и Америки XIX-XX. Англ.яз
Путеводитель по Галерее искусства стран Европы и Америки ХIХ ХХ веков знакомит читателя с историей этого структурного подразделения ГМИИ им. А.С. Пушкина, а также рассказывает об авторах картин и скульптур, представленных в каждом из залов, и о самих экспонатах.Издание на английском языке.

Серия: ZEYTZ. Коллекция "Пушкинский музей"
Год: 2019
Производитель: ABCdesign
Артикул: 773714
ISBN: 978-5-906480-22-4
Автор: Danilova Alexandra, Kortunova N. D., Morozova S. S
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Art
Vintage Minis bring you the world s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human from birth to death and everything in between Great art has dreadful manners The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock and proceed in short order to re-arrange your sense of reality. In inimitable style, our greatest historian and master storyteller Simon Schama makes an irresistible case for the power of art and its necessary place in our lives, examining art through the prism of the troubling life and works of Italian master painter, and murderer, Caravaggio.Selected from The Power of Art

Серия: Vintage minis
Год: 2019
Производитель: Random House
Артикул: 758259
ISBN: 9781784875671
Автор: Schama Simon
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

В мире кино. Книга для чтения по английскому языку. Учебное пособие
Книга включает тексты по истории и проблемам кино Великобритании и США. Материал подобран и расположен так, чтобы дать последовательную картину развития кинематографа этих стран. Отдельные тексты посвящены наиболее выдающимся деятелям кино.Лексико-грамматический комментарий облегчает понимание текстов. В конце пособия дан именной указатель, а также список названий фильмов, упомянутых в пособии, с их выходными данными.2-е издание, исправленное.

Серия: Киноискусство
Год: 2020
Производитель: Планета музыки
Артикул: 774076
ISBN: 978-5-8114-5909-4
Автор: Ступников Игорь Васильевич
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

This is Caravaggio
Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous and unpredictable, Caravaggio - as a man, as a character and as an artist - holds dramatic appeal.He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. When he did settle for long enough to paint, he produced works of staggering creativity and technical innovation.He was famous throughout Italy for his fulminating temper, but also for his radical and sensitive humanisation of biblical stories, and in particular his decision to include the brutal and dirty life of the street in his paintings. Caravaggio was a rebel and a violent man, but he eyed the world with deep empathy, realism and an unrelenting honesty.

Серия: This Is...
Год: 2016
Производитель: Laurence King Publishing
Артикул: 908501
ISBN: 9781780677002
Автор: Howard Annabel
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Культура, искусство

This is Gauguin
Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists - all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and native cultures he loved. After his famously disastrous stay with Vincent van Gogh in southern France, Gauguin escaped European civilization for the Polynesian islands. Immersing himself in the culture, he produced a series of radiant canvases and powerful sculptures - his last great works.From his childhood in Peru to his experiences in Tahiti, the story of Gauguin's life is recounted in authoritative text by an expert on the Post-Impressionists and compelling imagery by an award-winning illustrator.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Laurence King Publishing
Артикул: 908471
ISBN: 9781780671895
Автор: Roddam George
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Secret Vice. Tolkien on Invented Languages
First ever critical study of Tolkien's little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones.J.R.R. Tolkien's linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. As Tolkien puts it in 'A Secret Vice', 'the making of language and mythology are related functions''.In the 1930s, Tolkien composed and delivered two lectures, in which he explored these two key elements of his sub-creative methodology. The second of these, the seminal Andrew Lang Lecture for 1938-9, 'On Fairy-Stories', which he delivered at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, is well known. But many years before, in 1931, Tolkien gave a talk to a literary society entitled 'A Hobby for the Home', where he unveiled for the first time to a listening public the art that he had both himself encountered and been involved with since his earliest childhood: 'the construction of imaginary languages in full or outline for amusement'.This talk would be edited by Christopher Tolkien for inclusion as 'A Secret Vice' in The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays and serves as the principal exposition of Tolkien's art of inventing languages. This new critical edition, which includes previously unpublished notes and drafts by Tolkien connected with the essay, including his 'Essay on Phonetic Symbolism', goes some way towards re-opening the debate on the importance of linguistic invention in Tolkien's mythology and the role of imaginary languages in fantasy literature.
Год: 2020
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 769951
ISBN: 9780008131418
Автор: Tolkien John Ronald Reuel
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Netherlandish, Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the XVI-XVIII Centuries. Belgian and Dutch Drawings
Netherlandish, Flemish and Dutch Drawings of the XVI-XVIII Centuries. Belgian and Dutch Drawings of the XIX-XX Centuries, which has now been translated into English, is part of series of substantial scholary collection catalogues of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. One of a museum's most important tasks is to disclose its collection conscientiously and responsibly, a goal the Pushkin State Museum's staff has been steadily realising for years now.Издание на английском языке.

Серия: ZEYTZ. Коллекция "Пушкинский музей"
Год: 2020
Производитель: ГМИИ им. А.С.Пушкина
Артикул: 778312
ISBN: 978-90-815205-1-5
Автор: Savkov Vadim
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

This is Cezanne
Paul Cezanne challenged convention and pioneered new possibilities in painting. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint aspects of everyday life in ways that revealed dynamic yet deeply harmonious visions of the world.But the intellectual and emotional difficulties of his achievements were considerable. Mainly self-taught, most of his career was plagued by rejection. The critics, and the public, disliked his paintings, and in 1884 Cezanne declared that Paris, the centre of the nineteenth-century art world, had defeated him. Repeatedly, he retreated into self-doubt and bad temper.This book follows Cezanne on his extraordinary artistic journey, focusing on his formative discoveries, made not in the flashy, fashionable metropolis of Paris but in provincial and rural France, often in isolation.

Серия: This Is...
Год: 2015
Производитель: Laurence King Publishing
Артикул: 908469
ISBN: 9781780674780
Автор: Andrews Jorella
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

This is Goya
Modern art begins with Goya. He was the first to create works of art for their own sake, and he lived in a time of incredible cultural and social dynamism when the old concepts of social hierarchy were being shaken by the new concept of equality for all.He saw his world ripped apart by Napoleon's armies and then suffered the reactionary backlash as the old order was restored. Against this epic canvas, Goya painted his own observations of humanity, transforming his youthful images of gaily dancing peasants into his mature penetrating studies of human suffering, despair, perseverance and redemption.Goya's art rises above the chaos of his times, and signals the real revolution of personal expression and independent spirit that would be the generative force behind the modernist movement in art.

Серия: This Is...
Год: 2015
Производитель: Laurence King Publishing
Артикул: 908502
ISBN: 9781780676166
Автор: Bird Wendy
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Tall Tales and Wee Stories. The Best of Billy Connolly
In December 2018, after fifty years of belly-laughs, energy and outrage, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from live stand-up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career.When he first started out in the late sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Scotland. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he'd worked. In the process, he made all kinds of discoveries about what audiences found funny, from his own brilliant mimes to the power of speaking irreverently about politics or explicitly about sex. He began to understand the craft of great storytelling. Soon the songs became shorter and the monologues longer, and Billy quickly became recognised as one of the most exciting comedians of his generation.Billy's routines always felt spontaneous. He never wrote scripts, always creating his comedy freshly on stage in the presence of a live audience. A brilliant comic story might be subsequently discarded, adapted or embellished. A quick observation or short anecdote one night, could become a twenty-minute segment by the next night of a tour.Billy always brought a beautiful sense of the absurd to his shows as he riffed on his family, hecklers, swimming in the North Sea or naked bungee jumping. But his comedy can be laced with anger too. He hates pretentiousness and calls out hypocrisy wherever he sees it. His insights about the human condition have shocked many people, while his unique talent and startling appearance on stage gave him license to say anything he damn well pleased about sex, politics or religion.Billy got away with it because he has always had the popular touch. His comedy spans generations and different social tribes in a way that few others have ever managed.Tall Tales and Wee Stories brings together the very best of Billy's storytelling for the first time and includes his most famous routines including, The Last Supper, Jojoba Shampoo, Incontinence Pants and Shouting at Wildebeest. With an introduction and original illustrations by Billy throughout, it is an inspirational, energetic and riotously funny read, and a fitting celebration of our greatest ever comedian.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Two Roads
Артикул: 825101
ISBN: 9781529361360
Автор: Connolly Billy
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Goya
Goya (1746-1828) is one of Spain s most famous artists and is widely acknowledged as an outstanding painter in the European tradition, often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. He is appreciated as a portrait painter; a creator of menacing and melancholy images in oils; a master of enigmatic, satirical and revolutionary drawing and etching; the champion of Spanish people in their struggle against oppression and the recorder of their life and sufferings in war. This book brings out many of Goya s moods, from the gaiety and tenderness of the tapestry cartoons to the mysterious ferocity of the Black Paintings made in his old age.

Серия: Colour Library
Год: 2014
Производитель: Phaidon
Артикул: 1009522
ISBN: 9780714829753
Автор: Harris Enriqueta
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Hermitage. Director's Choice
The Director's Choice series is an international project that invites the directors of the world's foremost museums to select exhibits that in their opinion occupy a special place in their museum's collection and to explain their significance.This sometimes paradoxical, but always interesting selection has been made by Mikhail Piotrovsky, who has been Director of the Hermitage for more than 25 years. It allows readers to take an unusual journey around the museum and to acquaint themselves both with world-famous works of Western European painting and with examples of ancient, Islamic and Russian art that, undeservedly, often escape the attention of the wider public.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Арка
Артикул: 761230
ISBN: 9785912084089
Автор: Piotrovsky Mikhail
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Architecture in Asmara. Colonial Origin and Postcolonial Experiences
Древний город Асмэра является столицей Эритреи и ее крупнейшим поселением. Новая волна интереса к необыкновенной архитектуре Асмэры прошла в начале 1990-х годов. Авторы этой книги анализируют архитектурный облик колониального города, рассматривая не только реально существующие, видимые здания, но и историю второго, невидимого города, существующего только в форме концепций. В книге Асмэра представлена в виде совокупности фантастического множества городов, где каждый становится отражением другого, как в калейдоскопе.Язык издания: английский.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774828
ISBN: 9783869224879
Автор: Volgger Peter, Graf Stefan
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Leonardo da Vinci. Renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci may be best known to us as the artist in such masterpieces as the Mona Lisa and The Virgin on the Rocks.However, Leonardo was also endlessly curious about the physical world. His amazing notebooks reveal the breadth of his research into areas as diverse as anatomy, architecture, botany, geometry, mathematics, physics and engineering, including many anticipations of modern technology.As with all the titles in this amazing pocket-sized series, hundreds of illustrations of paintings, sketches and designs are closely integrated with detailed, fascinating texts and contemporary documents.

Серия: New Horizons series
Год: 2024
Производитель: Thames&Hudson
Артикул: 1008371
ISBN: 9780500300817
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Story of America in Cartoons
This title covers the years since 1600 and includes the Revolution, slavery and the Civil War, prohibition, World Wars I and II, the Depression and modern times, as well as characters as diverse as George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. This book not only reveals the great sweep of US history but also brings you the ideas that dominated American life against a background of cultural events and social achievements.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 858439
ISBN: 9781784046156
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Story of Art
From the glories of the High Renaissance in Italy to the emotional visions of the Romantics, and from the groundbreaking techniques of the Impressionists to the radical canvases of the Abstract Expressionists, this book provides a fascinating look at the major movements in the history of western painting.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Arcturus
Артикул: 858437
ISBN: 9781784044992
Автор: Hodge A. N
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Frida Kahlo. Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair
Neutral hues, an ill-fitting man s suit and wiggling locks of cut hair supplant Frida Kahlo s (1907 54) usual lively color palette, indigenous Mexican dress and long plaits in Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (1940). Nevertheless, the painting remains unmistakably Kahlo s. In the wake of a divorce from artist Diego Rivera, Kahlo turns to her favorite genre, self-portraiture, to express her deepest emotional and psychological urges. Inscribed with the lyrics of a popular song that translate as Look, if I loved you it was for your hair. Now that you re without it I no longer love you, the work oscillates between evocations of a popular culture shared by many and unflinching forays into the private sphere. Curator Jodi Roberts' essay, too, moves between the public and the private as it situates Kahlo s painting in the context of the Mexican Revolution s legacy, the Surrealist tradition and the artist s own life to explore the ways in which Kahlo constructed and reconstructed her own identity.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Thames&Hudson
Артикул: 770430
ISBN: 9781633450752
Автор: Roberts Jodi
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Architectural guide. Riga
Столица Латвии Рига знаменита уникальным смешением архитектурных стилей, которые являются отражением важнейших политических событий различных эпох. Город известен примерами немецкой готики, ар нуво в его высочайших проявлениях, советского модернизма. В 1997 году центр Риги был включен в список Всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО. Авторы книги описывают почти 800 построек, расположенных как в самой Риге, так и в ее окрестностях.Язык издания: английский.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774850
ISBN: 9783869222868
Автор: Krastins Janis
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Watercolour Tips
The Collins Gem series is being relaunched in Spring 2004 and this new title features a new internal design and a strong new cover design. Packed full of tips for the aspiring watercolourist, its handy format makes it ideal for quick reference either in the studio or out in the field.Contents include:- essential tips on all the basic watercolour techniques, plus helpful advice on sketching and drawing- guidelines on painting skies, backgrounds, foregrounds, the main subject, trees, details and shadows- clear and straightforward step-by-step instructions for painting a complete landscape in 7 easy stages- tips on painting water in various forms and adding people to a painting

Серия: Collins Gem
Год: 2012
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 896840
ISBN: 9780007177080
Автор: King Ian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Van Gogh. The Passionate Eye
Through his intense vision Van Gogh was able to create paintings that speak directly to us all, and today this disturbed and rejected misfit is the most universally loved of all artists.The story of his thirty seven years of poverty, loneliness and failure is in fact a triumphant saga of absolute dedication and the final realization of genius.This extravagantly illustrated volume in the hugely popular New Horizons series, includes the story of his life; his relationships with his brother Theo and contemporaries such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro and Gauguin; his descent into madness and his eventual suicide.As well as the many reproductions of paintings and drawings by Van Gogh and his contemporaries, extensive documentary evidence includes extracts from his letters, critical writings and documentary photographs.

Серия: New Horizons series
Год: 2024
Производитель: Thames&Hudson
Артикул: 1008373
ISBN: 9780500300145
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Коллекция оружия А.А. Катуар де Бионкура
Одна из лучших частных оружейных коллекций России, собранная московским коллекционером А.А. Катуаром де Бионкуром, была передана в дар Историческому музею в 1909 году. Она насчитывала свыше 600 произведений оружейного искусства известных и забытых мастеров Западной Европы и Востока. Несмотря на столь значительное собрание, коллекция Катуар де Бионкура до сих пор практически не изучена: лишь около десятка памятников введены в научный оборот и воспроизведены в научных изданиях.Альбом на английском и русском языках.

Серия: Сто предметов из собрания Российских Императоров
Год: 2003
Производитель: Атлант
Артикул: 74725
ISBN: 5-901555-12-0, 978-5-901555-12-5
Автор: Палтусова Ирина
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, naively joyous, and melancholy-and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. When Anya was ten, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return.Now Anya occupies two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life, Anya and her mother decide to eat and cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience. Through these meals, and through the tales of three generations of her family, Anya tells the intimate yet epic story of life in the USSR. Wildly inventive and slyly witty, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking is that rare book that stirs our souls and our senses.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Random House
Артикул: 729329
ISBN: 9780307886828
Автор: Bremzen Von Anya
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Artless. Art & Illustration by Simple Means
Artless presents some of the most compelling images created by contemporary artists and illustrators using the simplest of tools, from coloured pencils, Sharpies, crayons and watercolours to clay, found objects, Sellotape and card, or scissors and glue, creating images that are arresting because of their originality and spontaneity. Through individual interviews with 49 artists, Artless looks at how and why these particular artists find the intimate connection between the unassuming tools they use and the art they create. The end results are images imbued with a great sense of fun and spontaneity.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Laurence King Publishing
Артикул: 875494
ISBN: 9781780678535
Автор: Valli Marc, Ong Amandas
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Watermark. An Essay on Venice
Watermark is Joseph Brodsky's witty, intelligent, moving and elegant portrait of Venice. Looking at every aspect of the city, from its waterways, streets and architecture to its food, politics and people, Brodsky captures its magnificence and beauty, and recalls his own memories of the place he called home for many winters, as he remembers friends, lovers and enemies he has encountered. Above all, he reflects with great poetic force on how the rising tide of time affects city and inhabitants alike.Watermark is an unforgettable piece of writing, and a wonderful evocation of a remarkable, unique city.

Серия: Penguin Modern Classics
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 842795
ISBN: 9780141391496
Автор: Brodsky Joseph
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Hermitage Museum
The precious collection of paintings has established the Hermitage's reputation as one of the most important museums in the world, but the architectural ensemble on the banks of the Neva is also a masterpiece of world architecture. This magical triad of important paintings, treasures from around the world, and architecture attracts an ever-growing stream of visitors each year to St. Petersburg, a city full of wonders shaped by its rich history.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Konemann
Артикул: 731792
ISBN: 9783741924170
Автор: Duchting Hajo
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Leonardo da Vinci
The latest addition to the best-selling Colour Library series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art features all Leonardo's painted works and a detailed illustrated introduction.

Серия: Colour Library
Год: 2011
Производитель: Phaidon
Артикул: 854004
ISBN: 9780714862552
Автор: Emison Patricia
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Treasures of Tutankhamun
This beautifully illustrated book brings to life the greatest treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Fifty of the most important objects on display today are each accompanied by a short, accessible text giving the reader just enough information to understand their relevance and importance while retaining a sense of wonder at these ancient artefacts. Each carefully selected object is presented with a full-page colour image and a facing text explaining what the object is, where it was found and why it was buried with the young Pharaoh. There are quotes throughout the text from Howard Carter on his discovery of the tomb in 1922. An introduction by the esteemed Egyptologist Garry Shaw gives a brief overview of the history of ancient Egypt and sets out what we know about the life and times of the young king. He offers a graphic depiction of the dramatic story of the discovery and opening of the tomb by Howard Carter in 1922, and touches on the latest theories and scientific work that has taken place, as well as explaining what is still left to be discovered and the controversial nature of some of the latest interpretations.This is the perfect pocket-sized companion for anyone visiting the Tutankhamun exhibition travelling around the world, the New Egyptian Museum in Giza or any of the renowned collections of Egyptology in museums across the world.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Thames&Hudson
Артикул: 844283
ISBN: 9780500052181
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

How To Be A Heroine. Or, what I ve learned from reading too much
Cathy Earnshaw or Jane Eyre?Petrova or Posy?Scarlett or Melanie?Lace or Valley of the Dolls?On a pilgrimage to Wuthering Heights, Samantha Ellis found herself arguing with her best friend about which heroine was best: Jane Eyre or Cathy Earnshaw. She was all for wild, passionate Cathy; but her friend found Cathy silly, a snob, while courageous Jane makes her own way.And that s when Samantha realised that all her life she d been trying to be Cathy when she should have been trying to be Jane.So she decided to look again at her heroines the girls, women, books that had shaped her ideas of the world and how to live. Some of them stood up to the scrutiny (she will always love Lizzy Bennet); some of them most decidedly did not (turns out Katy Carr from What Katy Did isn t a carefree rebel, she s a drip). There were revelations (the real heroine of Gone with the Wind? It's Melanie), joyous reunions (Anne of Green Gables), poignant memories (Sylvia Plath) and tearful goodbyes (Lucy Honeychurch). And then there was Jilly Cooper...How To Be A Heroine is Samantha s funny, touching, inspiring exploration of the role of heroines, and our favourite books, in all our lives and how they change over time, for better or worse, just as we do.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Random House
Артикул: 807640
ISBN: 9780099575566
Автор: Ellis Samantha
Гендер: Девочки
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Lamp of Memory
John Ruskin overturned Victorian society s ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential not for financial gain, but to communicate eternal human truths.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Серия: Penguin Great Ideas
Год: 2008
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886920
ISBN: 9780141036670
Автор: Ruskin John
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Frida Kahlo "I Paint My Reality"
'The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb' - Andre Breton.Frida Kahlo learned about suffering at an early age. She contracted polio when she was six and was seriously maimed in a bus accident at the age of eighteen, which led to injuries that affected her for the rest of her life. She had a legendarily turbulent marriage to the great mural painter Diego Rivera, with whom she formed a strong attachment to indigenous Mexican folk art and a deep commitment to Communism. Admired by the Surrealists and photographed by the greatest, Frida was most renowned for her self-portraits and unusual still lifes.This book traces the extraordinary life of an artist whose unforgettable imagery combined cruelty and wit, honesty and insolence, pain and empowerment.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Thames&Hudson
Артикул: 672860
ISBN: 9780500301234
Автор: Burrus Christina
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Moscow Kremlin. The Imperial Ryust-Kamera
В настоящем альбоме представлена лишь небольшая часть - 100 наиболее характерных образцов огнестрельного и холодного оружия, а также снаряжения из этого уникального императорского собрания XVIII столетия. Следует отметить, что это первое издание, в котором подробно на основании архивных источников прослеживается история становления коллекции императорской Рюст-камеры. Альбом состоит из четырех разделов: "Собрание оружия императрицы Анны Ивановны"; "Обер-егермейстерская канцелярия"; "Ораниенбаумская Рюст-камера" и "Кабинет", - каждый из которых соответствует определенному этапу развития этой коллекции.

Серия: Сто предметов из собрания Российских Императоров
Год: 2004
Производитель: Атлант
Артикул: 74727
ISBN: 5-98655-001-3
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Life and Works of Cezanne
A perceptive and detailed account of the artist Paul Cezanne, who uniquely bridged the gap between the Impressionist and Cubist movements.A fascinating biography portrays his life in the context of society at the time, and provides an insight into his friendships and family.Features a handsome gallery of Cezanne's most iconic works, accompanied by expert analysis of his style and technique.Explains the artist's mastery of colour, composition, design and observation.Beautifully illustrated with 500 outstanding reproductions and photographs.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Lorenz Books
Артикул: 908415
ISBN: 9781782143680
Автор: Hodge Susie
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Narrative of Trajan's Column
'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished'Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind - whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the greater truths of the world, space and time.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

Серия: Penguin Great Ideas
Год: 2020
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888622
ISBN: 9780241472859
Автор: Calvino Italo
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci
A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Lorenz Books
Артикул: 707237
ISBN: 9780857231505
Автор: Ormiston Rosalind
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Quest for Immortal. Treasures of Ancient Egypt
This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which includes artefacts from nearly 2000 years before the Christian era. Objects such as coffins, tombs, masks, jewellery, papyri, sarcophagi and monumental and small-scale sculpture reveal the reverence and awe with which the Egyptians considered the mystery of death. The essays in this book explore Egyptian art history, customs and worship, with specific focus on the Amduat, a book devoted to the pharaoh's 12-hour journey to the afterlife. Additional writings detail the background of the collection and focus upon the role of art in ancient Egypt.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 945830
ISBN: 9783791327358
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Faberge's Eggs
Between 1885 and 1916, Carl Faberge made fifty fabulous jewelled eggs - Easter presents from Russia's last two emperors to their wives. Since the brutal murder of the last tsar and his family in a Siberian basement, these eggs have become the most famous surviving symbols of the Romanov Empire: both supreme examples of the jeweller's art and the vulgar playthings of a decadent court on the brink of revolution. Their history encompasses Bolsheviks and entrepreneurs, tycoons and heiresses, con-men and queens. Eggs have been sold and smuggled, stolen and forged. Now, as they return to Russia, their history - like that of Russia itself - seems to have come full circle.Faberge's Eggs provides an engrossing and compelling window onto the empire these masterpieces outlived.
Год: 2009
Производитель: Pan Books
Артикул: 328567
ISBN: 9780330440240
Автор: Faber Toby
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Mozart in the Jungle. Sex, Drugs and Classical Music
From her debut recital at Carnegie Hall to performing with the orchestras of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, oboist Blair Tindall has been playing classical music professionally for over twenty-five years. She s also lived the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth, trading sex and drugs for low-paying gigs and the promise of winning a rare symphony position or a lucrative solo recording contract. In Mozart in the Jungle, Tindall describes her graduation from the North Carolina School of the Arts to the backbiting New York classical music scene, a world where Tindall and her fellow classical musicians often play drunk, high, or hopelessly hung-over, live in decrepit apartments, and perform in hazardous conditions. (In the cramped confines of a Broadway pit, the decibel level of one instrument is equal to the sound of a chain saw.)Mozart in the Jungle offers a stark contrast between the rarefied experiences of overpaid classical musician superstars and those of the working-class musicians. For lovers of classical music, Mozart in the Jungle is the first true, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on backstage and in the Broadway pit.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929521
ISBN: 9781843544937
Автор: Tindall Blair
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Belyayevo Forever. A Soviet Microrayon on its Way to the UNESCO List
Preservation is ordinarily reserved for architecture that is unique. So how would we go about preserving buildings that are utterly generic? Such is the case with Belyayevo, an ordinary residential district in Moscow. Belyayevo is a typical microrayon - the standardised neighbourhood system that successive Soviet regimes laid out across the USSR in what was the most expansive programme of industrialised construction the world has ever seen. Belyayevo's buildings, and the desolate spaces between them, are identical to thousands of others, but is it different? Kuba Snopek argues that it is. Home to many of the artists of the Moscow Conceptualism school, the place was written into the character of their art. Snopek argues that this intangible heritage is the key to saving a neighbourhood many feel has had its day. But as Russia comes to terms with its Soviet legacy, will such arguments fall on deaf ears?
Год: 2016
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 789155
ISBN: 9783869224381
Автор: Snopek Kuba
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide. New Edition
Is Superman the strongest Super Hero alive? Where is Wonder Woman from? Is Darkseid the most evil Super-Villain ever? Who is the fastest man alive? Who are Batman's allies?Have to know the answers to these questions? Look no further than the DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide: New Edition. Written by DC Comics experts, this illustrated encyclopedia features more than 200 incredible characters and Super Hero teams, including Batman, Harley Quinn, Justice League, and so many more.The DC Comics Universe changed forever following their epic Rebirth event, and so did the characters. This comprehensive guide covers the latest key storylines for each character and includes stunning new images from the comics. It is also packed full of vital statistics and explains each character's super powers, from indestructibility to sorcery. The DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide: New Edition is guaranteed to enthral fans for hours on end.

Серия: DC Comics
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 715799
ISBN: 9780241361375
Автор: Scott Melanie
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh's career lasted just a decade, but in this short time he created more than two thousand paintings, including some of the most famous and influential works of Western art. He was also prolific writer, penning hundreds of letters to his brother, Theo, that form an unusually rich record of his life and work, from his early development as an artist to his struggles with mental illness that sadly cut short a promising career. This book draws on Van Gogh's letters to provide a powerful and poignant account of his life and work.

Серия: The Great Masters of Art
Год: 2017
Производитель: Hirmer
Артикул: 597911
ISBN: 9783777427584
Автор: Fussmann Klaus
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Eugenio Miozzi. Modern Venice between Innovation and Tradition. 1931 1969
Despite the fact that he shaped Venice and its contemporary form, Eugenio Miozzi remains a little-known figure. Yet both locals and visitors experience his legacy every day, in particular when they cross his bridges: from the Ponte della Liberta, to the Ponte dell Accademia; from the various bridges over the Rio Nuovo, to the exemplary Ponte degli Scalzi.Miozzi, chief engineer of the Commune of Venice from 1931 to 1954, carried out a large number of works and projects, including a vast modernist parking garage and the Casino on the Lido. The prolific engineer-architect played a role in the development of the Teatro La Fenice, made plans for the restoration of the city and the extension of the Tronchetto, and designed a translagoon road and a motorway from Venice to Munich. These projects and the others presented in this illustrated volume represent Miozzi s tireless efforts to guarantee the city s survival by combining its centuries-old traditions with a spirit of innovation.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 804703
ISBN: 9783869220369
Автор: Kusch Clemencs
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Art Skills
Do you know how to paint a watercolour wash, spatter paint or create resist effects with oil pastels? Bursting with inspiration, this book contains over 120 ideas for painting, drawing, printing and making collages. Budding artists can follow the simple step-by-step instructions exactly or use the ideas to create their own works of art.

Серия: Art Ideas
Год: 2018
Производитель: Usborne
Артикул: 690596
ISBN: 978-1-4749-4274-4
Автор: Watt Fiona
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Spying on Moscow. A Winged Guide to Architecture
Этот коллекционный фотоальбом содержит обзор знаковых архитектурных проектов современной Москвы. Денис Есаков фиксирует пятый фасад крупнейшего города Европы: его крыши, купола, переплетение геометрических объемов. Всматриваясь в городской пейзаж, фотограф с помощью дрона сумел уловить и передать особую эстетику столицы, открыть ее неожиданную перспективу, которая будет интересна даже знатокам этого города.Язык издания: русский, английский, немецкий.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774841
ISBN: 9783869226088
Автор: Димер Карина
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

On Art and Life
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.

Серия: Penguin Great Ideas
Год: 2004
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886785
ISBN: 9780141018959
Автор: Ruskin John
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Steps Towards a Small Theory of the Visible
'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career, John Berger celebrates and dissects the close links between art and society and the individual. Few writers give a more vivid and moving sense of how we make art and how art makes us.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

Серия: Penguin Great Ideas
Год: 2020
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888624
ISBN: 9780241472873
Автор: Berger John
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Circles and Squares. The Lives and Art of the Hampstead Modernists
A spellbinding portrait of the Hampstead Modernists, threading together the lives, loves, rivalries and ambitions of a group of artists at the heart of an international avant-garde.Hampstead in the 1930s. In this peaceful, verdant London suburb, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson have embarked on a love affair a passion that will launch an era-defining art movement.In her chronicle of the exhilarating rise and fall of British Modernism, Caroline Maclean captures the dazzling circle drawn into Hepworth and Nicholson's wake: among them Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Herbert Read, and famed emigres Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Piet Mondrian, blown in on the winds of change sweeping across Europe. Living and working within a few streets of their Parkhill Road studios, the artists form Unit One, a cornerstone of the Modernist movement which would bring them international renown.Drawing on previously unpublished archive material, Caroline Maclean's electrifying Circles and Squares brings the work, loves and rivalries of the Hampstead Modernists to life as never before, capturing a brief moment in time when a new way of living seemed possible. United in their belief in art's power to change the world, her cast of trailblazers radiate hope and ambition during one of the darkest chapters of the twentieth century.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922194
ISBN: 9781408889688
Автор: Maclean Caroline
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Architectural guide. Phnom Penh
Founded in the fifteenth century, planned and rebuilt by the French, and then modernised and expanded in the era after independence, the city of Phnom Penh displays a diverse mix of styles. Here, early religious and vernacular buildings, the glittering structures of the Royal Palace, and colonial buildings of the French Protectorate (1863 1953) coexist with the gems of the New Khmer Architecture of the 1960s. After the destructive period under the Khmer Rouge, the city went through a rebirth. It has seen rapid modernisation and economic development in recent years, and its urban landscape is transforming at a breathtaking pace.This guide offers a comprehensive overview of Phnom Penh s built heritage, highlighting its history and architectural layers. In addition to covering better-known masterpieces, it also takes readers through the city s everyday architecture , revealing places off the beaten track. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and historical images, the book presents more than 140 works that illuminate the four major phases of development in the city s ever-changing urban history. It thus makes an important contribution to current debates on heritage preservation in the booming metropolis. Interviews with local experts present their individual perspectives on the city and place the buildings in a broader context.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 895921
ISBN: 9783869224343
Автор: Henning Moritz, Koditek Walter
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of their wounds, the cold, and most of all, starvation. The assembled musicians - scrounged from frontline units and military bands, for only twenty of the orchestra's 100 players had survived - were so hungry, many feared they'd be too weak to play the score right through. In these, the darkest days of the Second World War, the music and the defiance it inspired provided a rare beacon of light for the watching world. Setting the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it, Leningrad: Siege and Symphony is a magisterial and moving account of one of the most tragic periods in history.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Quercus
Артикул: 584315
ISBN: 978-0-85738-302-0
Автор: Moynaham Brian
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Life and Works of Michelangelo
Delve into this impressive reference book on the life and works of Michelangelo Buonarroti - sculptor, painter, architect and poet.Including a fascinating exploration of the artist's life, his role in the Italian Renaissance and the influence he had on European art.Beautifully illustrated with 500 outstanding reproductions and photographs.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Lorenz Books
Артикул: 873816
ISBN: 9781782143703
Автор: Ormiston Rosalind
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) is nowadays regarded as one of the leading pioneers of Modernism in Austria. Although he already enjoyed some success during his lifetime and came to be considered Austria's greatest artist following his death, his outstanding impo rtance for art was recognized only in the early 1950s. Rudolf Leopold, the early collector of Schiele who first became interested in Schiele in the 1950s, has been instrumental in raising the international profile of Egon Schiele. Today, his art treasures are housed in the Leopold Museum in Vienna, which holds the world's largest and most outstanding collection of works by Schiele. Diethard Leopold, the collector's son and author of this volume, naturally grew up with Schiele's works, developing a special affinity and familiarity with the artist and his works. In this monograph he examines the life of the painter, who died prematurely at the age of 28, and based on major works from every one of his creative periods he presents an artist who captivates the viewer with emotional subjects and technical ingenuity al ike. In the archive section of this volume, special finds from the rich trove of documents he left behind show the copious talent of Egon Schiele who not only excelled as a painter and graphic artist, but also awaits discovery for his expressionist poetry.

Серия: The Great Masters of Art
Год: 2017
Производитель: Hirmer
Артикул: 879983
ISBN: 9783777428529
Автор: Leopold Diethard
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Paul Gauguin
In 1883 Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that "from now on I will pai nt every day". The co - founder of Synthetism and trailblazer of Expressionism turns his back on the bourgeois world, leaves his wife and children, and, in 1891, sets out for the South Sea, financing his journey through the sale of thirty paintings. His thou ghts on art, his existential worries, his discovery of color and his search for paradise come to life again in the excerpts from his letters and statements compiled in this volume. Together with some forty color reproductions of his works, his biography, a nd a preface by an expert, the book introduces readers in a very special way to Gauguin's universe.

Серия: The Great Masters of Art
Год: 2017
Производитель: Hirmer
Артикул: 795416
ISBN: 9783777428543
Гендер: Дети
Категория: Культура, искусство

Architectural guide. Turin
Турин, в XX веке известный как город одной корпорации благодаря марке Fiat, примерно 20 лет назад запустил процесс трансформации и поиска новой идентичности.Город стал лабораторией для переосмысления постиндустриального наследия отчасти благодаря Зимним Олимпийским играм 2006 года. Помимо своей промышленной истории, Турин может удивить барочной архитектурой и шедеврами современного итальянского зодчества. Путеводитель рассматривает 150 зданий, построенных с 1900 года и до наших дней.Язык издания: английский.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774853
ISBN: 9783869224114
Автор: Chiorino Cristiana
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Chickens, Ducks and Geese
A collection of exquisite paintings of a wide range of chickens, ducks and geese from renowned artist Madeleine Floyd, accompanied by whimsical text by the author.Another collection of exquisite watercolour paintings from well-loved artist Madeleine Floyd. In this follow-up to her bestselling book Birdsong, she turns her attention to the world of chickens, ducks and geese - some familiar, some less so. It includes a huge variety of breeds, both domestic and wild, from the statuesque Buff Orpington chicken to the magnificent Faverolle, from splendid mallards to the slightly comical Indian Runners, the familiar large white farmyard goose, and elegant swans.Each painting is accompanied by insightful, whimsical text that pinpoints what the artist loves about these wonderful creatures. The perfect present, this beautiful book is ideal for bird lovers, keepers of domestic fowl and fans of Madeleine Floyd alike.

Серия: National Trust Art & Illustration
Год: 2012
Производитель: National Trust Books
Артикул: 899826
ISBN: 9781907892318
Автор: Floyd Madeleine
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Life Moves Pretty Fast: The lessons we learned from eighties movies
Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever.For Hadley Freeman, American moves of the 1980s have simply got it all. Comedy in Three Men and a Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future and Trading Places; all a teenager needs to know in Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller s Day Off, Say Anything, The Breakfast Club and Mystic Pizza; the ultimate in action Top Gun, Die Hard, Young Sherlock Holmes, Beverly Hills Cop and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; love and sex in 9 ? Weeks, Splash, About Last Night, The Big Chill, Bull Durham; and family fun in The Little Mermaid, ET, Big, Parenthood and Lean On Me.Born in the late 1970s, Hadley grew up on a well-rounded diet of these movies, her entire view of the world, adult relations and expectations of what her life might hold was forged by these cult classics.In this personalised guide, she puts her obsessive movie geekery to good use, detailing the decades key players, genres and tropes, and how exactly the friendship between Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi influenced the evolution of comedy. She looks back to a cinematic world in which bankers are invariably evil, despite this being the decade of Wall Street, where children are always wiser than adults, and science is embraced with an intense enthusiasm, and the future viewed with excitement. She considers how the changes between movies then and movies today say so much about pop culture s and society s changing expectations of women, young people and art, and explains why Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles should be put on school syllabuses immediately.
Год: 2015
Производитель: 4th Estate
Артикул: 897335
ISBN: 9780007585618
Автор: Freeman Hadley
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

Dali
From politics to religion, psychology to nuclear physics, learn how Dali's work embraces nearly every major historic development of the twentieth century.Although Salvador Dali s characteristically provocative behavior and bizarre pictorial language made him an outlier in high society, his body of work reflects his century s most important innovations and concerns. This introduction to Dali s work features dozens of exquisite reproductions as it traces the artist s development, life and career. Readers will learn how he was influenced by contemporaries Miro, Ernst, and de Chirico as well as by Raphael and Gaudi. It explores his early adoption of Surrealism, his fascination with the subconscious, and his antipathy toward war. Using quotes from the artist, it illustrates how Dali's return to the Catholic church and his interest in nuclear and atomic physics was manifested in his paintings and experiments in film. By making Dali s often perplexing art accessible to audiences of every level, this engaging introduction helps readers understand why he remains one of the most influential and imitated artists of all time.

Серия: Masters of Art
Год: 2023
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 990180
ISBN: 9783791387376
Автор: Adams Alexander
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Yoko Ono: Everything in the Universe Is Unfinished
Embodying her visionary philosophy, Yoko Ono's latest artist's book is a companion for life.This new publication by avant-garde artist and cultural icon Yoko Ono (born 1933) combines never-before-published texts and invitation pieces written in 2016-18 with drawings from the Franklin Summer series Ono started in 1994.For Ono, words, artworks and books still have the power to change the world we live in for the better. Thus she continuously shares with us her vision and philosophy toward life?one that is made of pivotal experiences, unstoppable optimism and a love for the other. Coming after several volumes that have proved to be life companions for many, Everything in the Universe Is Unfinished reflects on her most recent feelings through a delicate interweaving of poems, aphorisms, short stories and drawings.Born in Tokyo in 1933, Yoko Ono moved to New York in the mid-1950s, where she quickly became a critical link between the American and Japanese avant-gardes, participating in Fluxus and pioneering new idioms in performance and art. Ono's groundbreaking work greatly influenced the international development of conceptual art, performance art and experimental film and music.
Год: 2018
Производитель: JRC
Артикул: 734482
ISBN: 9783037645420
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. The Life And Times Of Hercule Poirot
The definitive companion to the Poirot novels, short stories, films and TV appearances, now revised and updated. My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.'The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Yet despite being familiar to millions, Poirot himself has remained an enigma until now.From his first appearance in 1920 to his last in 1975, from country house drawing rooms to opium dens in Limehouse, from Mayfair to the Mediterranean, Anne Hart stalks the legendary sleuth, unveiling the mysteries that surround him. Sifting through 33 novels and 56 short stories, she examines his origins, tastes, relationships and peculiarities, revealing a character as fascinating as the books themselves.This new edition has been updated to include new information about original publication dates, newspaper and magazine serials, and up-to-date lists of film, TV, radio and stage adaptations (including David Suchet, Kenneth Branagh, John Malkovich, Tom Conti and Robert Powell).
Год: 2019
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 898267
ISBN: 9780008340278
Автор: Hart Anne
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Empress Maria Feodorovna' Favorite Residences in Russia and in Denmark
The authors of this book, Galina Korneva and Tatiana Cheboksarova, are well-known St. Petersburg students of local lore, as well as researchers and authors of several books and many articles on the history of St. Petersburg, its outskirts and the Imperial Dynasty of the Romanov family. They are excellent storytellers who relate their impressions of their travels in Denmark, and have found not only a unique way of presenting materials but also a writing style that creates a vivid and fascinating tour through the halls of palaces that have already become monuments of architecture and history. Every chapter devoted to these places is a story of the architects, the buildings themselves, their interiors, the people who lived in them and the important events that took place in them. Pages from Maria Feodorovna's life alternate with details about her family life, and descriptions and characteristics of her relatives and friends. Letters and diaries of the Empress, her close acquaintances, and also little known memoirs of her contemporaries are widely used in this edition. The almost five hundred photo-illustrations included here give this book a special advantage. More than two hundred were chosen from pre-revolutionary collections and the leading archives of St. Petersburg and Moscow. Others are from private collections and the museums and palaces that previously served as the residences of Emperor Alexander III and his wife, Maria Feodorovna. We express our sincere thanks to eveiyone who helped the authors and the publishing company in preparing and producing this book, and hope that readers will find it interesting".Yu SkelaevDirector of the Publishing Co. Liki RossiiИздание на английском языке.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Лики России
Артикул: 339169
ISBN: 978-5-87417-331-9
Автор: Корнева Галина, Чебоксарова Татьяна
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

I'll Be There For You. The ultimate book for Friends fans everywhere
What is it about Friends that makes such comforting viewing?Has it stood the test of time? The world's most popular sitcom and biggest hit of a generation, Friends is a certified classic.I'll Be There For You is the definitive guide looking back at the TV phenomenon. Join Kelsey Miller and relive the show's most iconic moments, explore some of its controversies, and look at the many trends it inspired - from oversized coffee cups to the infamous 'Rachel' haircut.Packed with interviews, behind-the-scene anecdotes and the high-profile guest stars it attracted, I'll Be There For You is the ultimate handbook for the most dedicated Friends aficionados out there.
Год: 2019
Производитель: HQ
Артикул: 899254
ISBN: 9780263276473
Автор: Miller Kelsey
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Bosch
Although Bosch's known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on religious imagery during his lifetime and for centuries afterward. His enigmatic and mind-bending depictions of humans, animals, and nature undoubtedly influenced the surrealist movement of the 20th century. This book explores Bosch's works in terms of medieval morality, the religious beliefs of his time, and the Northern Renaissance in general. This elegant volume offers exquisite, full-colour reproductions that afford readers the opportunity to linger over the works' amazing details. The accompanying text examines Bosch's singular place in the canon of Western art, as a revolutionary portrayer of the imagination, and as a pioneer in the depiction of heaven and hell.

Серия: Masters of Art
Год: 2020
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 804725
ISBN: 9783791386256
Автор: Finger Brad
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The State Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov in Moscow is the world's foremost repository of Russian fine art. It was founded in 1856 by the influential merchant and collector Pavel Tretyakov, who presented it as a gift to the city in 1892. It is now an extensive museum complex, encompassing several buildings and containing over 130, 000 exhibits, ranging from exquisite and mysterious 12th century icons to politically charged works of 20th century Soviet socialist realism. However, it remains true to its original aims of connecting the people of Russia to their cultural identity and sharing this rich heritage with the wider world. In this book, Director Zelfira Tregulova selects her personal highlights from this vast collection, providing a revealing insight into the history and meaning behind some of the world's most significant artworks.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Юпитер-Импэкс
Артикул: 854023
ISBN: 9781785512834
Автор: Tregulova Zelfira
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Self-Portraits
The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings together some of the best examples of self-portraiture to explore the genre s evolution over the centuries as well as the enduring questions of selfhood and self-representation that have besieged human experience for centuries before social media and the selfie.

Серия: Basic Art Series
Год: 2020
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 780791
ISBN: 9783836537094
Автор: Rebel Ernst
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Blaue Reiter
The charge of 20th-century expressionismAlthough it only lasted three turbulent years, the afterburn of the Blaue Reiter (1911-1914) movement exerted a tremendous influence on the development of modern European art. Named after a Kandinsky painting, The Blue Rider, this loose band of artists, grouped around Russian emigre Wassily Kandinsky and German painter Franz Marc, sought to reject establishment standards and charge into a new artistic unknown.Articulating spiritual values and concerns in an era of rapid industrialization, the artists of the Blaue Reiter were connected by a shared interest in painting, woodcuts, and prints, as well as the symbolic values of color and spontaneous approaches to artwork. Key pieces such as Franz Marc's Blue Horse I (1911), Kandinsky's Picture with a Black Arch (1912), and August Macke's Woman in a Green Jacket (1913) reveal varying subjects, but all channel distorted perspectives, crude lines, and an emphatic, expressionist use of color.The Blaue Reiter was abruptly truncated by the onset of the First World War, which killed two of its leading artists, along with growing dissent between the group's protagonists. This book reveals the movement's remarkable influence despite its brevity, presenting key works, artists, and their reverberating effects.

Серия: Basic Art Series
Год: 2022
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 975398
ISBN: 9783836537049
Автор: Duchting Hajo
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

Babel. Around the World in 20 Languages
A quirky language-lovers tour of the twenty most-spoken languages in the world - what puts them a cut above the other six thousand?If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world's population. But what makes these languages stand out amid the world's estimated 6, 500 tongues?Gaston Dorren delves deep into the linguistic oddities and extraordinary stories of these diverse lingua francas, tracing their origins and their sometimes bloody rise to greatness. He deciphers their bewildering array of scripts, presents the gems and gaps in their vocabularies and charts their coinages and loans. He even explains how their grammars order their speakers' worldview.Combining linguistics and cultural history, Babel takes us on an intriguing tour of the world, addressing such questions as how tiny Portugal spawned a major world language and Holland didn't, why Japanese women talk differently from men, what it means for Russian to be 'related' to English, and how non-alphabetic scripts, such as those of India and China, do the same job as our 26 letters. Not to mention the conundrums of why Vietnamese has four forms for 'I', or how Tamil pronouns keep humans and deities apart.Babel will change the way you look at the world and how we all speak.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Profile Books
Артикул: 772540
ISBN: 9781781256411
Автор: Dorren Gaston
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

Tarantino. Tribute
Quentin Tarantino is one of the leading filmmakers of the 90s, known for his unique scenes, exquisite soundtracks, violence and coarse language. Tarantino pays tributes in each of his films and creates unique situations in which the grotesque becomes amusing. This book is a tribute to Quentin Tarantino and the whole universe he has created. Here, you will see different fan art works by 31 international artists, authentic masterpieces, accompanied by phrases and anecdotes from the world of this fantastic filmmaker.

Серия: Art Cinema
Год: 2021
Производитель: Monsa
Артикул: 801765
ISBN: 9788417557058
Автор: Minguet Eva
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

50 Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
No artistic education is complete without a healthy dose of Impressionism. Here fifty of the most important works from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries are gorgeously reproduced, including the best of Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Renoir, Cezanne, Cassatt, Manet, Seurat, and Pisarro. Each piece is given a brief overview establishing its place in the Impressionist pantheon as well as in its artist's oeuvre. An introductory text explains the Impressionistic style, tracing themovement's development, while an appendix offers biographies of the artists. The result is a veritable tour on Impressionism, offering an enjoyable and practical art history lesson that everyone can enjoy.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 908476
ISBN: 9783791384436
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Monet
Monet's dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested through pure colour, changed the way we perceive our natural surroundings. His numerous series, in which he depicts the same object at varying times of the day and in different seasons, pushed the limits of representational art. His final series of water lilies are considered to have ushered in the abstract movement of the twentieth century. Overflowing with images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details, allowing every aspect of the artist's technique and oeuvre to be appreciated. Chronologically arranged, the book covers important biographical and historic events that reflect the latest scholarship. Additional information includes a list of works, timeline and suggestions for further reading.

Серия: Masters of Art
Год: 2023
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 908505
ISBN: 9783791346199
Автор: Bartolena Simona
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Rubens. Masters of Art
Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draughtsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his commissioned portraits of royalty and the nobility to his magnificent representations of ancient myths, Biblical stories, and historical events. This incisive biography traces his life as a student in Venice, where he encountered the works of Titian and Tintoretto, the establishment of his studio in Antwerp, and the lucrative patronages of Marie de Medici and Phillip IV. Full page reproductions of Rubens's work communicate his energetic and dynamic style, along with his masterful use of color and sensuous depictions of the human body.

Серия: Masters of Art
Год: 2021
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 798462
ISBN: 9783791386614
Автор: Robinson Michelle
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Siberia's expansive history is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet there is another tale to tell.Dotted throughout this remote and beautiful landscape are pianos created during the boom years of the nineteenth century. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos made the journey into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is remarkable. That they might be capable of making music in such a hostile landscape feels like a miracle.The Lost Pianos of Siberia is an absorbing story about a piano hunt - a quixotic quest through two centuries of Russian history and eight time zones stretching across an eleventh of the world's land surface. It reveals not only an unexpected musical legacy, but profound and brave humanity in the last place on earth you might expect to find it.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 842796
ISBN: 9781784162849
Автор: Roberts Sophy
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

How To Write It. Work With Words
This book is a masterclass in the craft of writing and poetry from one of Britain's most celebrated poets and educators, T.S. Eliot Prize nominee Anthony Anaxagorou.Taking readers on a personal journey through his early life and school years, through to his relationship with literature, education poetry and writing, this book is filled with tips, anecdotes and publishing advice for anyone interested in getting their work seen. From Anthony's first slam win to the evolving British poetry scene, this book will provoke readers into thinking about their writing more carefully - be it a poem, short story or novel - and help them finally get their book out into the world.This book is essential reading for taking your work to the next level, and is introduced with an inspirational foreword by Sunday Times bestselling author, Candice Carty-Williams.

Серия: Merky How To
Год: 2020
Производитель: Merky Books
Артикул: 891040
ISBN: 9781529118797
Автор: Anaxagorou Anthony
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Sharp. The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion
Dorothy Parker, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron and Janet Malcolm are just some of the women whose lives intertwined as they cut through twentieth-century cultural and intellectual life in the United States, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the men who so often belittled their work as journalists, novelists, critics and poets. These women are united by their 'sharpness': an accuracy and precision of thought and wit, a claiming of power through their writing. Sharp is a rich and lively portrait of these women and their world, where Manhattan cocktail parties, fuelled by lethal quantities of both alcohol and gossip, could lead to high-stakes slanging matches in the Partisan Review or the New York Review of Books. It is fascinating and revealing on how these women came to be so influential in a climate in which they were routinely met with condescension and derision by their male counterparts.Michelle Dean mixes biography, criticism and cultural and social history to create an enthralling exploration of how a group of brilliant women became central figures in the world of letters, staked out territory for themselves and began to change the world.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Fleet
Артикул: 956187
ISBN: 9780349005423
Автор: Dean Michelle
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Right Way to Read Music
Whether you are learning to play a piano, blow a trumpet, conduct an orchestra or sing, the essentials of music notation are the same.This book is a complete approach to musical study, from the first note you read to the beginnings of harmony.It simplifies music theory into easy logical steps, clearly written for all including the non-musical.It is also a textbook which prepares you fully for the relevant parts of the GCSE Music, or for the theory parts of the exams of the various music boards. Each section includes extensive questions so that the reader can fully test their understanding.
Год: 2008
Производитель: Robinson
Артикул: 956256
ISBN: 9780716022008
Автор: Baxter Michael, Baxter Harry
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Picasso
Discover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso.Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades and included thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and tapestries his work continued to evolve in response to his own life and to events in the world around him. This elegant introduction to Picasso offers lively artistic and biographical commentary, as well as beautiful reproductions of key works. Readers will discover why Picasso s work is often categorized by periods and his masterful achievements in the realms of neoclassicism, surrealism, and sculpture in short, how his tremendous body of work reflected the development of modern art in the 20th century.

Серия: Masters of Art
Год: 2020
Производитель: Prestel
Артикул: 1000566
ISBN: 9783791386287
Автор: Ormiston Rosalind
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journals
Unappreciated in his own lifetime, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is now recognized as one of the giants of French postimpressionism and a pioneer of early modernism. A rebel in both art and life, he rejected his bourgeois upbringing and comfortable stockbroker's job to devote his life to painting. Eventually, dismayed by the hypocrisy of civilization and in search of a primitive idyll, he left Paris and took up residence in the South Seas, first in Tahiti and, later, in the Marquesas Islands. He would never return to Europe. In the final months of his life, he wrote this witty, revealing autobiographical memoir with the request that it be published upon his death. It first appeared in the original French in 1918, and was translated into English three years later. As his son smile wrote in the preface, These journals are an illuminating self-portrait of a unique personality.... They bring sharply into focus for me his goodness, his humor, his insurgent spirit, his clarity of vision, his inordinate hatred of hypocrisy and sham.Wide-ranging and elliptical, these candid reflections reveal Gauguin's thoughts about many subjects, including frank views on his fellow artists back in Paris, his turbulent relationship with Van Gogh and the charms of Polynesian women, while providing glimpses into his often far-from-idyllic life in the islands. This beautiful facsimile reproduces the first American translation of the journals, a rare limited edition privately published in New York in 1921 for a select group of subscribers. With full-page sketches by the artist, these entertaining and enlightening musings give us a unique insight into Gauguin the man and the artist.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Art Books
Артикул: 908498
ISBN: 9781908970459
Автор: Gauguin Paul
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Magical Chorus. A History of Russian Culture from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
From the reign of Tsar Nicholas II to the brutal cult of Stalin to the ebullient, uncertain days of perestroika, nowhere has the inextricable relationship between politics and culture been more starkly illustrated than in twentieth-century Russia. In the first book to fully examine the intricate and often deadly interconnection between Russian rulers and Russian artists, cultural historian Solomon Volkov brings to life the experiences that inspired artists like Tolstoy, Stravinsky, Akhmatova, Nijinsky, Nabokov, and Eisenstein to create some of the greatest masterpieces of our time. Epic in scope and intimate in detail, The Magical Chorus is the definitive account of a remarkable era in Russia s complex cultural life.
Год: 2009
Производитель: Random House
Артикул: 770460
ISBN: 9781400077861
Автор: Volkov Solomon
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

A Dog's Guide to Art
A light-hearted look at art through canine eyes.Join dachshunds Ned and Henry for an energetic romp through the world of art, encountering famous paintings and sculptures from a four-legged perspective.Watch them lead their gang of hounds including schnauzers, jack russells, greyhounds, border terriers and labradors on an eventful trip through the gallery, taking in modernist masterpieces and much-loved Old Masters. On their way they encounter Whistler s Mother, Picasso s The Dream, Matisse s The Fall of Icarus, Magritte s Lab and a Dachshund Pollock all culminating in a doggy version of Campbell s Soup, Warhol s Squirrel Soup for dogs!Illustrator Joy FitzSimmons shows us beloved works of art playfully re-imagined by man s best friend. From Rousseau to Riley, Hokusai to Hockney, this canine homage takes us across the globe from Tate to the Prado to MoMA, to the British Museum and beyond.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Portico
Артикул: 899891
ISBN: 9781911622536
Автор: Fitzsimmons Joy
Гендер: Мужчины
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Bad Boy of Athens. Classics from the Greeks to Game of Thrones
Over the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn s essays and reviews have earned him a reputation as our most irresistible literary critic (New York Times). This striking new collection exemplifies the way in which Mendelsohn a classicist by training uses the classics as a lens to think about urgent contemporary debates.There is much to surprise here. Mendelsohn invokes the automatons featured in Homer s epics to help explain the AI films Ex Machina and Her, and perceives how Ted Hughes sought redemption by translating a play of Euripides (the bad boy of Athens ) about a wayward husband whose wife returns from the dead. There are essays on Sappho s sexuality and the feminism of Game of Thrones; on how Virgil s Aeneid prefigures post-World War II history and why we are still obsessed with the Titanic; on Patrick Leigh Fermor s final journey, Karl Ove Knausgaard s autofiction and the plays of Tom Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, and Noel Coward. The collection ends with a poignant account of the author s boyhood correspondence with the historical novelist Mary Renault, which inspired his ambition to become a writer.In The Bad Boy of Athens, Mendelsohn provokes and dazzles with erudition, emotion and tart wit while his essays dance across eras, cultures and genres. This is a provocative collection which sees today s master of popular criticism using the ancient past to reach into the very heart of modern culture.
Год: 2020
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897737
ISBN: 9780008245122
Автор: Mendelsohn Daniel
Гендер: Мальчики
Категория: Культура, искусство

Why Dylan Matters
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, the literary world was up in arms. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter in his Seventies, who wouldn't even deign to make an acceptance speech?In Why Dylan Matters, Harvard Professor Richard F. Thomas answers that question with magisterial erudition. A world expert on Classical poetry, Thomas was initially ridiculed by his colleagues for teaching a course on Bob Dylan alongside his traditional seminars on Homer, Virgil and Ovid. Dylan's Nobel prize win brought him vindication. This witty, personal volume is a distillation of Thomas's famous course, and makes a compelling case for moving Dylan out of the rock n' roll Hall of Fame and into the pantheon of Classical poets. You'll never think about Bob Dylan in the same way again.
Год: 2018
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897739
ISBN: 9780008245467
Автор: Thomas Richard F
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

От себя [альбом]
Ироничный и парадоксальный взгляд на мир, сделал имя Андрея Карпова популярным среди знатоков и коллекционеров во многих странах мира. Эта книга - размышление о выборе пути, о своей дороге в искусстве, о месте художника в пространстве.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Зебра-Е
Артикул: 229682
ISBN: 978-5-94663-986-6
Автор: Карпов Андрей Федорович
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle' In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral tales, collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers: Alexander Pushkin, Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov.In his introduction to these new translations, Robert Chandler writes about the primitive magic inherent in these tales and the taboos around them, while in the afterword, Sibelan Forrester discusses the witch Baba Yaga. This edition also includes an appendix, bibliography and notes.

Серия: Penguin Classics
Год: 2012
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 770433
ISBN: 9780141442235
Автор: Pushkin Alexander, Bazhov Pavel, Afanasiev Alexandr N
Гендер: Женщины
Категория: Культура, искусство

Beeswing. Fairport, Folk Rock and Finding My Voice, 1967 75
Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary moment in 1960s Britain as music began to reflect a great cultural awakening, the guitarist and songwriter co-founded Fairport Convention, ushering in the era of folk rock. An intimate memoir of personal discovery and creative intensity, Beeswing vividly captures the life of an international music icon in a world on the cusp of change.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Faber and Faber
Артикул: 954133
ISBN: 9780571348176
Автор: Thompson Richard
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Architectural guide. Munster - Munsterland
With its over-1, 200 year history, more than 300, 000 residents and an attractive old city, Munster is a modern industrial centre and a university city as well as the regional hub of the Munsterland area, bearing great influence on the region and beyond. In its dialogue among citizens, politicians and the administration, Munster has never lost its characterisation as a truly European city: The historical centre is still legible, streets and squares shape the public spaces and the various functions of the city centre are tightly intertwined.On the basis of 170 buildings and projects, this volume recounts the latest architectural history in Munster and Munsterland since 2006. Many of the objects presented in this architectural guide are competition prizewinners, others have been distinguished with architectural awards and not just a few of them are well-known beyond the region. They all bear witness to a lively and fruitful discourse between architects and developers, above and beyond regional architecture and the aspirations of building culture.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 895922
ISBN: 9783869226057
Автор: Tiggemann Anke
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Konstantin Korovin
Konstantin Korovin 1861-1939: from the collection of the Russian Museum.
Год: 2022
Производитель: ФГБУК Государственный русский
Артикул: 896374
ISBN: 9783863841010
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Abstract Expressionism
The painterly gestures of personal feelingsHailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning.Abstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic tendencies but two particularly prominent sub-categories: action painting, exemplified by de Kooning and Pollock, and color field painting, made most famous by Rothko. Throughout, Abstract Expressionists strove to convey emotions and ideas through the making of marks, through forms, textures, shades, and the particular quality of brushstrokes. The movement favored large-scale canvases, and embraced the role of accident or chance.With featured works from 20 key Abstract Expressionist artists, this book introduces the movement which shifted the center of art gravity from Paris to New York and remains for many the golden moment of American art.

Серия: Basic Art Series
Год: 2021
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 799314
ISBN: 9783836505178
Автор: Hess Barbara
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Botero
Fernando Botero's fulsome and frolicking formsFernando Botero is an artist with his own style. For more than six decades, the Colombian's "Boterismo" technique has captured collectors, institutions, and public spaces worldwide with a unique, fleshy, overblown approach to the human body. Through these corpulent creations, Botero has become one of the most recognized artists from Latin America, his artworks displayed in prominent places around the globe, including Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Elysees in Paris.This TASCHEN Basic Art edition offers an essential introduction to this leading figure of figures in contemporary art. Tracing Botero's oeuvre from his earliest caricatures of animals through to recent large-scale bronze sculptures, the book examines the artist's diverse array of influences, from Paolo Uccello to Abstract Expressionism, and celebrates the wit, irony, insight, and critical acumen that round out his compositions, however absurd the proportions.

Серия: Basic Art Series
Год: 2022
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 975390
ISBN: 9783836548823
Автор: Hanstein Mariana
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Edvard Munch
A hairless, ghostly figure on a bridge. The sky orange-red above him. His hands raised to his ears, his mouth wide in a haunting wail. In painting The Scream, Edvard Munch (1863-1944) created Mona Lisa for our times. The shriek of his iconic figure reverberates around the world, its echo resounding in the work of Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Martin Kippenberger, Marlene Dumas, and Tracey Emin.This introductory book surveys Munch's staggering capacity for psychodrama in The Scream and beyond. With rich illustration, it looks at the lurid, dark, and deeply modern visions that made up the artist's response to relationships and emotions. These compelling images, regarded by the artist himself as a means of "free confession, " remain as magnetic today as they were on the brink of modernism.

Серия: Basic Art Series
Год: 2017
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 707230
ISBN: 9783836528955
Автор: Bischoff Ulrich
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Eastern Block Stories. Visualising Housing Estates from
The title Eastern Block Stories features a dozen of articles and over 60 unique hand-picked images about mass housing estates in former communist states. This book aims to address the blind spots to take a closer look at the major challenges for post-socialist housing estates today and imagine what could be their future.Besides stories from Georgia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Germany unique photographic material which covers cases from more than ten countries is included. The major take of this book is to unveil the diversity of the Eastern blocks alive and the richness of their urban context besides a stigmatizing and alienating gaze.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 861061
ISBN: 9783869221182
Автор: Gurgenidze Tinatin
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Titian
Immerse yourself in the rich shades and textures of the mighty Titian, the most important member of the Venetian High Renaissance. From the rippling sensuality of Venus of Urbino to the airborne dynamism of Bacchus and Ariadne, Titian pioneered startling, opulent color and a bold new approach to form in a stunning repertoire of portraits, altarpieces, mythological scenes, and more.

Серия: Basic Art Series
Год: 2020
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 780792
ISBN: 9783836548564
Автор: Kennedy Ian G
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

Wes Anderson. Tribute
Who would not want to live in a Wes Anderson movie? This is a tribute book to Wes Anderson and the universe he has created. It highlights his most prominent characters such as Margot, Mr Fox, Sam and Suzy, Zero, Steve Zissou - his vintage trend, his nostalgic touch, his meticulously arranged sets, and his obsession with symmetry. Twenty-two international artists unveil their most personal perspectives through one or several illustrations, additionally expressing in a sentence what this wonderful, timeless, and sympathetic filmmaker means to them.

Серия: Art Cinema
Год: 2021
Производитель: Monsa
Артикул: 799329
ISBN: 9788416500574
Автор: Minguet Eva
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Lost Gutenberg. Obsession and Ruin in Pursuit of the World s Rarest Books
The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it.For rare book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible - there are only forty-six in existence - is the undisputed gem of any collection. The Lost Gutenberg recounts five centuries in the life of one particular copy of the Bible from its very creation by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany, to its ultimate resting place, in a steel vault under the protection of the Japanese government. Margaret Leslie Davis draws readers into this incredible saga, inviting them into the colourful lives of each of its fanatic collectors along the way. Exploring books as objects of desire across centuries, Davis will leave readers not only with a broader understanding of the culture of rare book collectors, but with a deeper awareness of the importance of books in our world.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Atlantic
Артикул: 929287
ISBN: 9781786497659
Автор: Davis Margaret Leslie
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство

The Song of Middle-earth. J.R.R. Tolkien s Themes, Symbols and Myths
Available again after being long out of print, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Song of Middle-earth takes a fresh look at The Lord of the Rings, digging deep into the foundations of Tolkien's world to reveal the complex tapestry of history and mythology that lies behind his stories.The charge that Tolkien's work was merely derivative - that he extracted elements from other mythologies and incorporated them into his own fiction - is dismissed in favour of a fascinating examination of the rich historical background to Middle-earth.From the mythic tradition of the Tales told in The Book of Lost Tales: I to the significance of oral storytelling throughout the history of Middle-earth, this book examines the common themes of mythology found within Tolkien's work.In doing so, The Song of Middle-earth demonstrates how Tolkien's desire to create a new mythology for England is not only apparent in his writing, but also realised.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 897546
ISBN: 9780008184810
Автор: Harvey David
Гендер: Не определено
Категория: Культура, искусство