Искусство

This compilation of projects from some of our most popular How to Draw and Paint series books provides inspiration and instruction on every aspect of pencil drawing.

From the fundamentals to advanced techniques, The Art of Pencil Drawing is filled with information that artists of all skill levels will find useful. Author-artist Gene Franks creates impressive drawings that seem to come to life right on the page and in this comprehensive guide, he'll teach you how to do the same with simple, step-by-step demonstrations that cover a wide variety of subject matter-from still lifes and landscapes to animals and people.

With this comprehensive reference, you'll soon discover how exciting drawing can be!

About the Author:

Gene Franks is a renowned master of expressive pencil drawing. Gene spent his early years in rural Arkansas, where he had the opportunity to observe the beauty of nature. He dedicated many years of intense study to perfecting his drawing techniques and, during the process, created many fine works in pencil. A US Air Force veteran and former merchant marine, Gene took advantage of quiet moments to hone his drawing skills. He obtained formal art training from Jefferson Mackhammer School of Art in Santa Monica, California, and acquired additional skills through classes at the Art Center in Pasadena. During his career as a professional artist, Gene has taught classes and inspired hundreds of students with his unique drawing style. He believes that almost anyone, when shown how to handle the pencil, can learn to draw well. Gene is the recipient of numerous art awards, and his work is displayed in private collections nationwide.

This book deals with the peoples and traditions of Siberia. It will interest a wide range of people as it is a book on art, sociology and history.
Documents discovered recently in the hidden backrooms of St Petersburg’s Ethnological Museum have proved to be of sensational importance. In this book, the contents of these documents are reinterpreted and published for the first time. The authors brilliantly convey their enthusiastic admiration for the peoples who have so successfully and for so long contended against both a hostile environment and political dominance.

The Author
Valentina Gorbatcheva and Marina Federova are researchers in the St Petersburg Ethnological Museum and have traveled extensively in Siberia.

The century that changed art forever. The quintessential roundup of art from 1900-2000

Who could possibly have forecast on New Year’s Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisites? The term "art" has been defined and redefined so many times over the last 100 years that it has gained entirely new social, political, and technological meanings.

Ranging across the full spectrum of disciplines available, including photography and new media, and thematically chaptered to highlight relationships between works and movements, this readable and encyclopedic masterwork does just what it says on the cover.

Whether you want Surrealism or Land Art, Fluxus or Bauhaus, this is your be-all, end-all guide to the art of the 20th century. An undertaking as immensely ambitious as this one deserves to be owned by everyone.

Искусство ХХ века. От Климта к Джеффу Куну, и те кто между, - все они здесь! 

Кто бы мог представить в канун Нового, 1899 года, что столетие спустя, живопись и скульптура будут всего лишь возможным, а не необходимым условием для объекта, считающегося искусством. Сам термин "искусство" был определен и переопределялся столько раз за последние сто лет, что приобрел новые социальные, политические и технологические значения. Построенная на полном спектре видов искусства включая фотографию и новое медиа искусство и тематически разделенная на части, чтобы показать связь между работами и направлениями, эта легкая для прочтения, и все же энциклопедическая книга значит именно то, что на ней написано, и что бы вы ни хотели найти - сюрреализм или лэнд арт, Флуксус или Баухаз - это ваш путеводитель по искусству ХХ века.

Искусство ХХ века.

От Климта к Джеффу Куну, и те кто между, - все они здесь!
Кто бы мог представить в канун Нового, 1899 года, что столетие спустя, живопись и скульптура будут всего лишь возможным, а не необходимым условием для объекта, считающегося искусством. Сам термин "искусство" был определен и переопределялся столько раз за последние сто лет, что приобрел новые социальные, политические и технологические значения. Построенная на полном спектре видов искусства включая фотографию и новое медиа искусство и тематически разделенная на части, чтобы показать связь между работами и направлениями, эта легкая для прочтения, и все же энциклопедическая книга значит именно то, что на ней написано, и что бы вы ни хотели найти - сюрреализм или лэнд арт, Флуксус или Баухаз - это ваш путеводитель по искусству ХХ века.

Who could possibly have forecast on New Year's Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisites? The term "art" has been defined and redefined so many times over the last 100 years that it has gained entirely new social, political, and technological meanings.

Ranging across the full spectrum of disciplines available, including photography and new media, and thematically chaptered to highlight relationships between works and movements, this readable and encyclopaedic masterwork does just what it says on the cover. Whether you want Surrealism or Land Art, Fluxus or Bauhaus, this is your be-all, end-all guide to art of the 20th century.

An undertaking as immensely ambitious as this one deserves to be owned by everyone, which is why we decided to make a special, more compact edition of this two-volume classic in celebration of our 25th anniversary.

About the author:
Klaus Honnef is honorary professor of photography theory at the Kassel Art Academy. He was one of the organizers of documenta 5 and documenta 6 in Kassel, and has been the curator of more than 500 exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He has written numerous books, including TASCHEN’s Contemporary Art (1988), Andy Warhol (1989), and Pop Art (2004).

About the editor:
Ingo F. Walther (1940-2007) was born in Berlin and studied medieval studies, literature, and art history in Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published numerous books on the art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries. Walther's many titles for TASCHEN include Picasso, Art of the 20th Century, and Codices Illustres.

“The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.)

Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration, depending on the society, representations of the underworld served to instruct believers and lead them along the path of righteousness.

For other artists, such as Hieronymus Bosch, they provided a means of denouncing the moral decrepitude of one’s contemporaries.
In the same way, literature dealing with the Devil has long offered inspiration to artists wishing to exorcise evil through images, especially the works of Dante and Goethe.

In the 19th century, romanticism, attracted by the mysterious and expressive potential of the theme, continued to glorify the malevolent. Auguste Rodin’s The Gates of Hell, the monumental, tormented work of a lifetime, perfectly illustrates this passion for evil, but also reveals the reason for this fascination. Indeed, what could be more captivating for a man than to test his mastery by evoking the beauty of the ugly and the diabolic?

Critically authoritative, visually stunning, and physically massive, Art of the Modern Movie Poster is the first and last word on post-WWII film poster design. Showcasing fascinating examples from 15 nations, this collection of more than 1,500 exemplary designs is a must-have for film buffs, design and poster aficionados alike. The posters are organized by country of origin, offering an intriguing glimpse into each region's unique visual sensibility and sometimes unexpected takes on familiar films. Gathered from the renowned collection of the Posteritati Gallery in New Yorkone of the largest holdings of international film posters in the worldthis volume is the definitive survey of both film and popular graphic art in the modern era.

In a new exclusive slipcase, the prestigious four-volume series covering the fundamental events and pivotal works of international art in the twentieth century.

This series offers a complete, up-to-date survey of the artistic culture of the twentieth century through an original, transversal and interdisciplinary analysis. This special edition of the series gathers the four volumes into an exclusive slipcase showcasing a 3D reproduction of a masterpiece by James Rosenquist. The books provide an extraordinary repertory of images and a vast source of information, enriched through “focus on” windows and technical information by experts in the field. The essays investigate and analyse in chronological order the transformations of the world’s artistic culture, the major personalities and the different movements that have characterized the development of modern and contemporary art. Roughly 1700 pages and a considerable number of illustrations provide a broad and composite overview of movements, artists, works and cultural phenomena, in an extraordinary publication that examines in depth the tendencies of modern and contemporary art.

• Ample space is devoted to the critical definitions of contemporary art, the art market and the new way of collecting, to the relationship between art and politics, and to the new, confusing frontiers of photography.
• Major chapters are followed, in alphabetical order, by the biographies of artists accompanied by their most significant works.

Valerio Terraroli teaches History of Modern Art at the University of Verona.

Volume 1: 1900-1919  The Avant-garde Movements
Volume 2: 1920-1945  The Artistic Culture between the Wars
Volume 3: 1946-1968  The Birth of Contemporary Art
Volume 4: 1969-1999  Neo-avant-gardes, Postmodern and Global Art

This reader, a companion to The Open University’s four-volume Art of the Twentieth Century series, offers a variety of writings by art historians and art theorists. The writings were originally published as freestanding essays or chapters in books, and they reflect the diversity of art historical interpretations and theoretical approaches to twentieth-century art.

Accessible to the general reader, this book may be read independently or to supplement the materials explored in the four-course texts. The volume includes a general introduction as well as a brief introduction to each piece, outlining its origin and relevance.

About the Author:

Jason Gaiger is lecturer in art history, The Open University. Paul Wood is senior lecturer in art history, The Open University.

These small books are quite something! They are packed with information; the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman. The most important stages in the lives of famous personalities such as Giotto, Monet or Klimt, as well as the important currents in art, are summarized in colorful text boxes to enable every reader to find the required information easily and effectively. The most important works of architecture, sculpture, and painting are brought to life through high-quality photographs and top-quality color reproducA--tions. Explanatory picture captions offer additional information and invite the reader to browse at leisure.

These small books are quite something! Packed with information, the most important facts and background stories are presented at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the history of art compiled by scholars and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman alike. The most important stages in the lives of famous personalities such as Giotto, Monet or Klimt, as well as the important movements in art, are summarised in colourful text boxes to enable every reader to find the required information easily and effectively. The most important works of architecture, sculpture, and painting are brought to life through high-quality photographs and top-quality colour reproductions. Explanatory picture cations offer additional information and invite the reader to browse at leisure.

These small books are quite something! They are packed with information, the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman. The most important stages in the lives of famous personalities such as Giotto, Monet or Klimt, as well as the important currents in art, are summarized in colorful text boxes to enable every reader to find the required information easily and effectively. The most important works of architecture, sculpture, and painting are brought to life through high-quality photographs and top-quality color reproductions. Explanatory picture captions offer additional information and invite the reader to browse at leisure.

These small books are quite something! They are packed with information, the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman. The most important stages in the lives of famous personalities such as Giotto, Monet or Klimt, as well as the important currents in art, are summarized in colorful text boxes to enable every reader to find the required information easily and effectively. The most important works of architecture, sculpture, and painting are brought to life through high-quality photographs and top-quality color reproductions. Explanatory picture captions offer additional information and invite the reader to browse at leisure.

These small books are quite something! They are packed with information, the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman. The most important stages in the lives of famous personalities such as Giotto, Monet or Klimt, as well as the important currents in art, are summarized in colorful text boxes to enable every reader to find the required information easily and effectively. The most important works of architecture, sculpture, and painting are brought to life through high-quality photographs and top-quality color reproductions. Explanatory picture captions offer additional information and invite the reader to browse at leisure.

Sound Art. An unprecedented collection of artists’ record covers from the 1950s to today

Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp’s 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and shapes, marks and melodies, and different fields of composition and performance.

In Francesco Spampinato’s unique anthology of artists’ record covers, we discover the rhythm of this particular cultural history. The book presents 450 covers and records by visual artists from the 1950s through to today, exploring how modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, postmodernism, and various forms of contemporary art practice have all informed this collateral field of visual production and supported the mass distribution of music with defining imagery that swiftly and suggestively evokes an aural encounter.

Along the way, we find Jean-Michel Basquiat’s urban hieroglyphs for his own Tartown record label, Banksy’s stenciled graffiti for Blur, and a skewered Salvador Dalí butterfly on Jackie Gleason’s Lonesome Echo. There are insightful analyses and fact sheets alongside the covers listing the artist, performer, album name, label, year of release, and information on the original artwork. Interviews with Tauba Auerbach, Shepard Fairey, Kim Gordon, Christian Marclay, Albert Oehlen, and Raymond Pettibon add personal accounts on the collaborative relationship between artists and musicians.

The author:

Francesco Spampinato is a writer and historian of contemporary art and visual culture. He holds degrees from the University of Bologna and Columbia University, and a PhD from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University. From 2011 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, and since 2019 he is a senior assistant professor at the University of Bologna. Author of several books and regular contributor to magazines and academic journals, he focuses on how contemporary artists interact with the media and everyday life in his own academic research.

The editor:

Julius Wiedemann studied graphic design and marketing and was an art editor for newspapers and design magazines in Tokyo before joining TASCHEN in 2001. His titles include the Illustration Now! and Record Covers series, as well as the infographics collection and books about advertising and visual culture.

About the series:

TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program — now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production

A survey of one of the most controversial epochs art history, the Modern Movement, this text combines a critical eye with a historian's insight into wider trends. It reflects the changes that have swept across the art world since 1960, challenging the old assumptions and certainties. As it reviews the worldwide view, the book's central argument is that the art world is no longer hierarchical but plural, and that its structures - if they exist at all - are provisional. The author charts the progress of contemporary development and points out their sources and interrelationships.