Мистецтво

The Cure “Stills” follows the changing faces of one of the leading British rock bands during the post-punk and new-wave movements of the late ’70s and ’80s. As the band has continued over a period of nearly 50 years, front man and only constant member Robert Smith has maintained the band’s popularity throughout the changing musical eras, while staying true to their individualistic style and quirkiness.

Instrumental in the creation of the varying incarnations of The Cure is photographer Paul Cox, who first encountered the group on Top of the Pops in 1980. Having established a creative, productive and trusting relationship with the band, Cox’s resulting work is The Cure in all their glory. Including over 200 colour and 75 black-and-white images, with accompanying captions selected and written by Cox and Smith, this book is a celebration of a seminal band through the lens of a skilled photographer. 

About the Author:

Paul’s career took off in the late 1970’s initially with a job with London Features International photographing bands at concerts and various locations. One of these was the BBC studios for Top of the Pops, where Paul first encountered The Cure in 1980.

_Over 200 colour and 75 black-and-white images of The Cure over the decades
_Accompanying captions written by frontman Robert Smith and photographer Paul Cox
_Foreword by Robert Smith
_Stunning images selected from Cox's personal archives and overseen by Robert Smith
_Included in Rough Trade's Books of the Year 2024

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Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo’s amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. These passionate, often surprising, intimate records, kept under lock and key for some 40 years in Mexico, reveal many new dimensions in the complex personal life of this remarkable Mexican artist. The 170-page journal contains the artist’s thoughts, poems, and dreams - many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, artist Diego Rivera  - along with 70 mesmerizing watercolor illustrations.

The text entries, written in Frida’s round, full script in brightly colored inks, make the journal as captivating to look at as it is to read. Her writing reveals the artist’s political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and her enormous courage in the face of more than 35 operations to correct injuries she had sustained in an accident at the age of 18. This intimate portal into her life is sure to fascinate fans of the artist, art historians, and women’s culturalists alike.

Visitors to the Paris catacombs were once greeted with a sign telling them that they were entering THE EMPIRE OF DEATH.

Beginning in the early modern period and continuing to the 19th century, elaborately decorated charnels, tombs and chapels were constructed with the focus on human bone.

This riveting book takes the reader on a tour of these macabre masterpieces with specially taken, arresting photographs and a commentary researched from a multitude of sources. It's a momento mori for our age.

Paul Koudounaris has a doctorate in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has written widely on European ossuaries and charnel houses for both academic and popular journals. He visited and photographed over seventy sites containing human bones in nearly twenty countries in the course of writing this book.

Авторитетний огляд складної роботи Твомблі

Сай Твомблі створив мистецтво, яке вирізнялося своєю багатогранністю, чутливістю та оригінальністю. Упродовж своєї творчості він йшов власним мистецьким шляхом, незалежним від сучасних тенденцій, і довгий час його творчість залишалася непоміченою для широкої аудиторії. До моменту його смерті в Римі, у віці 83 років, він був визнаний у всьому світі як один із найбільших і найбільш самобутніх художників 20-го та початку 21-го століття.

Ця книга містить авторитетний огляд складної роботи Твомблі, об’єднуючи найважливіші з його картин і циклів живопису, а також добірку його малюнків, скульптур і фотографій. Кожна група робіт представлена ​​та обговорена поважними істориками мистецтва, зокрема Саймоном Шама, Ласло Глозером, Кірком Варнедо та Тьєррі Ґройбом.

Народився в Лексінгтоні, штат Вірджинія, Сай Твомблі (1928–2011) навчався в Бостоні, штат Нью-Йорк, і в коледжі Блек-Маунтін, штат Південна Кароліна, перш ніж подорожувати світом і зрештою оселитися в Європі; з 1957 року він базувався в Італії. На ранньому етапі він почав розвивати власну символічну мову літер і слів, яка передбачала образотворчу форму поезії. Згадки з мистецтва, історії та міфології незабаром розширили цей поетичний словниковий запас, який часто поєднувався з чуттєвим залученням до намальованої поверхні.

Список вмісту:

Вступ Нікола Дель Россіо • МАЛЕВНИКИ • Сай Твомблі Саймона Шама • КАРТИНИ • Написи в Аркадії Кірка Варнедо • СКУЛЬПТУРИ • ФОТОГРАФІЇ • Томблі Ласло Глозера • «Перевернута археологія» Сай Твомблі Тьєррі Греуба

Про авторів:

Нікола Дель Росіо, давній супутник Сая Твомблі, є автором або редактором багатьох книг про Твомблі, включно з каталогами його малюнків і скульптур.
Саймон Шама, професор історії та історії мистецтва в Колумбійському університеті, Нью-Йорк.

A Revolution of Light and Color

Occasionally, when something seems very familiar you lose sight of what makes it so special: Flemish Masters. From van Eyck to Bruegel sets out to counteract this effect and opens our eyes once again to the revolution that took place in the Low Countries in the 15th and 16th centuries that shaped the course of European art. In 48 lavishly illustrated analyses, Matthias Depoorter explores how painters such as Van Eyck, Van der Weiden, Massys, Bosch, and Bruegel reached unprecedented heights, and are rightfully considered innovators to this day. The defining factor was their perfecting and mastery of the oil painting technique as well as their groundbreaking attention to optical lighting effects. The new technical possibilities offered a different way of looking at the world and ultimately a new way of painting. No less innovative was the level of detail. These painters were thoroughly acquainted with each other’s work — this volume shows the fundamental artistic cross-fertilization. A must-read for anyone who wants to fall in love with the old masterpieces anew.

About the Author:

Matthias Depoorter (*1980) is a writer and an art historian. He was one of the curators of the seminal exhibition Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent and coordinated the accompanying scholarly publication.

Раніше опублікований Taschen і Rizzoli, Марк Райден сьогодні є одним із найвідоміших імен на сцені сучасного мистецтва. Його називають «хрещеним батьком поп-сюрреалізму», його обожнюють і слідкують мільйони шанувальників.

The Gay 90's, які люблять називати найкращою роботою Райдена. Виставка, представлена ​​у двох великих галереях у Нью-Йорку та Лос-Анджелесі, стала темою книги, виданої Rizzoli у Сполучених Штатах. Тепер Сернуннос приносить шанувальникам Райдена 24 колекційні листівки з його найвідомішими картинами.

Марка Райдена, визнаного «хрещеним батьком поп-сюрреалізму», стежать і обожнюють мільйони шанувальників. У цьому наборі 24 колекційні листівки з його найвідомішими картинами.

Про автора:

Поєднуючи теми поп-культури з технікою мистецтва, що нагадує старих майстрів, Марк Райден створив унікальний стиль, який стирає традиційні межі між високим і низьким мистецтвом. Його картини виставлялися в музеях і галереях по всьому світу, а його роботи є частиною постійної колекції Музею мистецтв округу Лос-Анджелес. Аманда Ерлансон — письменниця, колекціонер творів мистецтва та редактор арт-блогу «Erratic Phenomena».

This beautifully illustrated, expansive overview of Dutch and Flemish art during the 17th century illuminates the creative achievements of one of the most important eras in Western art.

The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17th century and was a period of enormous advances in the fields of commerce, science ― and art. Still lifes, landscape paintings, and romantic depictions of everyday life became valued by the increasingly wealthy merchant classes in the Dutch provinces, while religious and historic paintings as well as portraits continued to appeal to the Flemish patronage.

The Golden Age brought us Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, and Van Dyck, but it was also the period of Frans Hals’ revolutionary portraiture, Adriaen Brouwer’s depictions of the working class at play, Jan Brueghel’s velvety miniatures, and Hendrick Avercamp’s lively winter landscapes. Norbert Wolf applies his vast understanding of the interplay between history, culture, and art to explore the forces that led to the Golden Age in Holland and Flanders and how this period influenced later generations of artists.

Accompanied by luminous color illustrations, Wolf’s accessible text considers the complex political, religious, social, and economic situation that led to newfound prosperity and, thus, to an enormous artistic output that we continue to marvel at and enjoy today.

About the Author:

Norbert Wolf is an art historian and author based in Munich. He has published several books with Prestel, including "Art Nouveau", "Art Deco", "Impressionism", "Spanish Painting", and "The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting", as well as monographs on Albrecht Dürer and Titian.

The definitive volumes celebrating the collections of the Hermitage Museum. For nearly 250 years the State Hermitage has been one of Europe’s most palatial museums. It encompasses more than three million works of art and artifacts displayed within a spectacular architectural ensemble, the heart of which is the famed Winter Palace. The two volumes of The Hermitage Collections capture the masterpieces and discuss the history that make this world-famous institution a cultural destination and a global treasure. Many of its rarely reproduced works are included in these two volumes, such as The Raphael Loggias (as copied from the Vatican), Michelangelo’s Crouching Boy, The Gonzaga Cameo, Leonardo da Vinci’s Madonna with a Flower (The Benois Madonna), and Titian’s St. Sebastian. The Hermitage collections were developed beginning in 1764 by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Today, the Hermitage collections constitute one of the great art museums of the world.

About the Author:

Oleg Yakovlevich Neverov is a chief researcher and curator at the State Hermitage, specializing in ancient glyptics. Dmitry Pavlovich Alexinsky, a junior researcher at the State Hermitage, is an antiquity specialist. Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1991.

Highlights from the palatial Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, are beautifully reproduced in an accessible volume celebrating the museum's 250th anniversary. For 250 years, the State Hermitage Museum has been one of the world's most palatial and significant museums. The Hermitage collections were developed beginning in 1764 by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, and now encompass more than 3 million works of art and artifacts displayed within a spectacular architectural ensemble, the heart of which is the famed Winter Palace. Now, on this important anniversary, this stunning volume captures the masterpieces that make this world-famous institution a cultural destination and a global treasure.

The Hermitage: 250 Masterworks explores this sumptuous collection in the manner of a private tour, showcasing the museum's extraordinary and uniquely underpublished treasures: no other institution has thirty-six Rembrandts; works by Italian Renaissance artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Titian; Spanish artists such as Velazquez, Ribera, and Murillo; Flemish baroque artists such as van Dyck, Rubens, and Jan Brueghel the Elder; impressionist and post-impressionist works by Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Degas; and modern paintings by Matisse, Picasso, Malevich, and Kandinsky. Priceless antiquities, feats of mechanical engineering such as the famous Peacock Clock, and works of sculpture and decorative arts will also be shown. With lavish reproductions accompanied by texts by the museum's leading curators, this volume is sure be cherished by art lovers around the world.

About the Author:

Mikhail Piotrovsky has been the director of the State Hermitage Museum since 1991 and has dedicated his career to making its treasures accessible to individuals and institutions around the world.

A highly illustrated history of the diverse visual art produced across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, written by two specialist art historians

Asia is home to more than half the world’s population, and learning about the art of its many cultures helps readers understand the visual world that surrounds us. This book tells the story of the simultaneous development of artistic techniques, styles and ideas across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, exploring the ways these regions were often dynamically interconnected with each other, and with places beyond Asia.

It covers the full breadth of Asian art history, with almost 500 artworks from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia; including areas often under-represented in other books on the subject, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia.

Authors Lee and Hutton are active teachers, writers and speakers who engage with art history as a progressive field that promotes cross-cultural understanding. In this book, they situate Asian art in the context of art history globally, with 12 ‘Seeing Connections’ features drawing themes and comparisons with art from many other parts of the world. The authors’ approach encourages students to analyse and think about Asian artworks as a way of exploring ideas about gender and sexuality, personal and national identity, migration and diaspora, and anthropogenic climate change.

About the Authors:

De-nin D. Lee is Associate Professor of Art History in the department of Visual & Media Arts at Emerson College in Boston, US, and Deborah Hutton is Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at The College of New Jersey, US. Lee and Hutton both contributed to Thames & Hudson’s The History of Art: A Global View, and both have authored and edited numerous other books and articles.

An insightful look at the unprecedented rise of America’s musical obsession: gangster rap

The History of Gangster Rap is a deep dive into one of the most fascinating subgenres of any music category to date. Sixteen detailed chapters, organized chronologically, examine the evolution of gangster rap, its main players, and the culture that created this revolutionary music. From still-swirling conspiracy theories about the murders of Biggie and Tupac to the release of the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, the era of gangster rap is one that fascinates music junkies and remains at the forefront of pop culture. Filled with interviews with key players such as Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and dozens more, as well as sidebars, breakout bios of notorious characters, lists, charts, and more, The History of Gangster Rap is the be-all-end-all book that contextualizes the importance of gangster rap as a cultural phenomenon.

About the Author:

Soren Baker has written thousands of articles about music and culture for such outlets as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone, among others. He is producing a script he wrote for Snoop Dogg. He lives in Southern California.

Одрі Хепберн, Гемфрі Богарт, Грегорі Пек, Ріта Хейворт, Мерилін Монро — найяскравіші зірки кіноекрану не втрималися, щоб не згорнутися калачиком з гарною книгою. Ця унікальна колекція рідкісних фотографій відзначає радість читання в класичному стилі кіно.

The Hollywood Book Club знімає світил екрану на знімальному майданчику, у фільмах, на грайливих рекламних фотографіях або в їхніх власних домівках і бібліотеках із книгами від класики літератури до трилерів, від біографій до дитячих книжок, читання з дітьми тощо.

Майже 60 чарівних зображень, яскраві підписи про зірок і те, що вони читають від голлівудського фотоархівіста Стівена Рі, а також гламурний дизайн футляра з штампами — це справжній перегортач сторінок для книголюбів і кіноманів.

A celebration of philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post’s passions for her residences and personal collections, reflecting centuries of some of the finest treasures in the world.

Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973) was an extraordinary person, not only for being the head of a major corporation but also for overseeing elegant and well-run residences and amassing collections of astounding beauty. Including portraiture, imperial Russian tableware, Fabergé creations, stunning garments and jewelry, books, and rare objects in gold, silver, and porcelain, Post’s works of art were acquired with intelligence and acuity. She was inspired by past royal and aristocratic patrons as well as countries that she admired: France, Russia, England, and Austria.

This publication illustrates the evolution of Post’s collections and her interactions with dealers, artists, artisans, and architects. The backdrops for her treasures — residences in New York, the Adirondacks, Palm Beach, and Washington, D.C. — are depicted with period and newly commissioned photography. Recent scholarship focusing on the highlights of her trove of exquisite objects sheds new light on Post’s legacy as a twentieth-century collector.

About the Author:

Kate Markert is the executive director of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Wilfried Zeisler is the chief curator at Hillwood. Megan J. Martinelli is the associate curator of textiles, apparel, jewelry, and accessories at Hillwood. Jason G. Speck is Hillwood’s head of archives and special collections.

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Пролистать книгу The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post

A fascinating survey of Jewish art and history from one of the most comprehensive Jewish collections. 

The Jewish World represents an overview of Jewish art that spans the multiple dimensions of Jewish life across the globe. Through beautiful photographs and insightful texts, this richly illustrated book brings to light masterpieces of Judaica and craftsmanship-from classical paintings to lush illuminations, from intricate silverwork to modernist sculpture-from The Magnes Collection, one of the world's largest and most preeminent collections of Jewish ceremonial, modern, and contemporary art, music, rare books, and manuscripts. 

With art hailing from India, Spain, Yemen, Germany, Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco, China, Russia, the United States, and other regions where Jews once lived or continue to live, the book gives insights into the richness and variety of Jewish cultures. 

The Magnes's sparkling new quarters, in a 25,000-square-foot building near the University of California, Berkeley, campus, make this important resource accessible as never before.

Experience the Louvre's majestic halls, grand galleries, and stunning artworks in this exquisite visit to the world-renowned museum ­-- highlighting beloved works of art alongside hidden gems, all situated in the palace's stunning architectural spaces.

Every year, more than ten million visitors from around the world visit the Louvre's 68,000 square meters of gallery space containing more than 35,000 works of art. The Louvre is widely considered the most innovative of the world's preeminent museums.

This gorgeous tome is a celebration of an enduring institution and the magnificent works of art that it houses. Rather than showing only isolated images of the artworks themselves, this book shows many of the pieces in the context of the beautiful galleries and spaces where they live, to give the reader an experience similar to being at the Louvre.

The Louvre explores the eight centuries of fascinating history surrounding the museum, which began in the Middle Ages as a fortress, then became a royal residence which continued to enlarge, expand, and develop over the centuries with the most brilliant architects and painters being called to work on this architectural masterpiece. In 1793, the Louvre confirmed its role as a "temple of the arts" when it was made the first national museum open to the public. From then on, its collections continued to grow from its roots in the old royal collection, benefiting from acquisitions, archaeological discoveries, donations, and bequests. Centuries of growth, evolution, and transformation culminated in the 1980s with the "Grand Louvre" project symbolized by I.M. Pei's world-famous and critically acclaimed modernist pyramid.

About the Author:

Geneviève Bresc-Bautier is a longtime curator at the Louvre and a professor at the École du Louvre. She organized and curated the first exhibition at the Louvre-Lens on the Renaissance.