Искусство

В лице Гауди родился выдающийся художественный гений, который с самых первых шагов своей профессиональной деятельности обладал неповторимым стилем. Многие считали его сначала интересным, а позднее - просто невероятным. Недостаточно сказать, что Гауди внес свой вклад в развитие архитектуры. Он пошел намного дальше и коренным образом изменил ее стиль и структуру. Он работал, не думая об оригинальности или о ниспровержении существующих эстетических норм, а лишь подчиняясь безудержному порыву своей творческой одаренности. Воинствующие мастера-авангардисты XX века, например Аполлинер, Бретон, Дали, Мэн Рей, Элюар, преклонялись перед творчеством Гауди и после его смерти провозгласили архитектора сюрреалистом.
Антонио Гауди, всю жизнь проповедовавший свободу в своей профессии и никогда не принадлежавший ни к одному из художественных сообществ, так и не удостоился почестей и наград от какой-либо академии и в отличие от многих своих коллег никогда не примыкал к какой-либо политической организации. Он был выдающимся самобытным художником, который работал с невероятной четкостью, даже если она, казалось бы, порождалась безудержным воображением. Плоды этого воображения и через 80 лет после смерти архитектора продолжают оставаться главными достопримечательностями Барселоны, где сосредоточены наиболее значительные и самые прекрасные творения удивительного и всеобъемлющего таланта Гауди.
Появление такого феномена, как Антонио Гауди, положило начало беспрецедентному этапу в развитии не только искусства Каталонии, но и всего мира. Подлинное значение творчества архитектора было осознано лишь несколько десятилетий спустя.

Посмотреть русскоязычное издание книги Gaudi: Complete Works 1852-1900 (2 vol) - Гауди: Полное собрание работ в 2-х томах

A Frenchman in Tahiti. Gauguin’s search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature

After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressionist circle, he broke with Vincent van Gogh and subsequently - when private difficulties caused him to become restless - embarked on a peripatetic life, wandering first through Europe and finally, in the search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature, to Tahiti.

The paintings created from this time to his death in 1903 brought him posthumous fame. In pictures devoid of any attempt at romantically disguising the life style of the primitive island peoples, Gauguin was able to convey the magical effect that both the landscapes and life of the natives - their body language, charm and beauty - had on him. Wearying of his reputation as a South Sea painter, Gauguin finally determined to return to France, but died of syphilis on the Marquis Islands before his departure.

About the Series:

Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:

* a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
* approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
* a concise biography

A Frenchman in Tahiti

After starting a career as a bank broker, Paul Gauguin (born 1848) turned to painting only at age twenty-five. After initial successes within the Impressionist circle, he broke with Vincent van Gogh and subsequently, when private difficulties caused him to become restless, embarked on a peripatetic life, wandering first through Europe and finally, in the search for pristine originality and unadulterated nature, to Tahiti. The paintings created from this time to his death in 1903 brought him posthumous fame. In pictures devoid of any attempt at romantically disguising the life style of the primitive island peoples, Gauguin was able to convey the magical effect that both the landscapes and life of the natives — their body language, charm and beauty — had on him. Wearying of his reputation as a South Sea painter, Gauguin finally determined to return to France, but died of syphilis on the Marquis Islands before his departure.

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art Series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
• a concise biography
• approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions

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

This is the only book to provide a complete overview of the long history out of which today’s rich and varied gay culture has emerged. Historians from nine countries consider the evidence for same-sex relationships throughout the centuries, charting shifting attitudes towards homosexuality and the gradual emergence of a concept of self-identity.

For thousands of years, men and women have felt a desire for emotional and physical intimacy with those of their own sex. Their story, for many years forgotten, erased, ignored or rewritten, has in recent years become the focus of an extraordinary outpouring of research. Completely new avenues of inquiry have opened up and old assumptions have been challenged. Gay Life and Culture draws upon these findings to present a lively and thought-provoking account of what, until recently, could have been termed a ‘secret history’.

From ancient Greece and Rome right up to the present day with its issues of gay rights, AIDS and civil partnerships, this book also considers same-sex relationships in non-Western cultures, through history and across the globe. From homoerotic Persian poetry to tales of cross-dressing women in 18th-century Italy, from the wild, hedonistic delights of between-the-wars Berlin to concepts of a third gender in Asia and Native North America – all are discussed and recounted from memoirs, letters, archives, and works of art and literature.

A comprehensive study of George Clooney's work through the lens of ten of his most iconic roles.

A new title in the fascinating Anatomy of an Actor series from world-renowned cinema magazine Cahiers du cinema.

This book explores the career of George Clooney (b.1961). A TV heartthrob doctor for five years, he made one of the most successful transitions from television to being a critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning film actor starring in both mainstream and art-house films.

An accessible text combines both a narrative and analytical dimension and is illustrated by 300 film stills, set photographs and film sequences The book will appeal to enthusiastic moviegoers as well as serious cinephiles, fans, and those who want to become actors.

Drawing on George Harrison’s personal archive of photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, Olivia Harrison reveals the arc of his life, from his guitar-obsessed boyhood in Liverpool, to the astonishment of the Beatles years, to his days as an independent musician and bohemian squire. Here too is the record of Harrison’s lifelong commitment to Indian music, and his adventures as a movie producer, Traveling Wilbury, and Formula One racing fan. The book is filled with stories and reminiscences from Harrison’s friends, including Eric Clapton, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and many, many others. Among its previously unpublished riches are photographs taken by Harrison himself beginning in the mid-1960s. It is a rich tribute to a man who died far too young, but who touched the lives of millions.

Einzige lieferbare Monografie zu Leben und Werk des großen französischen Erneuerers der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts auf dem deutschen Buchmarkt.

Das Werk von Georges Braque (1882–1963), dem bedeutenden Wegbereiter der Moderne, ist viel komplexer und aufregender, als dies die bisherige kunstwissenschaftliche Literatur oft vermuten ließ: Die starke Betonung der Verbindung des Künstlers mit Picasso und die Gleichsetzung seines Werkes mit dem Kubismus haben seine Bedeutung nur unzureichend beschrieben, auch wenn seinen bahnbrechenden kubistischen Arbeiten eine außerordentliche Stellung eingeräumt werden muss.
Der retrospektiv angelegte Band bietet eine profunde Neubewertung des gesamten Œuvres von Georges Braque. Mit über 80 Gemälden und zentralen druckgrafischen Arbeiten wird die Einzigartigkeit seines malerischen Abenteuers umfassend veranschaulicht: Braque im Umkreis der Fauves, Braque – der Methodische, Braque als Erfinder des Papier collé , Braques Anleihen bei der Dekorationsmalerei, in der er ausgebildet wurde, Braque als Meister des modernen Stilllebens und nicht zuletzt Braque – der »lyrische Konstrukteur«.

A new, multifaceted examination of Georges Braque’s complete oeuvre, whose complexity has yet to receive its due.

Georges Braque (1882–1963), one of the major pioneers of modernity, produced work that is much more complex and compelling than art historians have often led us to believe: the strong emphasis on his close association with Picasso and the equation of his work with Cubism have not done sufficient justice to his relevance, even though his pioneering Cubist works ought to be accorded extraordinary status.
This retrospective offers a profound re-evaluation of Braque’s complete oeuvre. Featuring about eighty paintings and key prints, this volume takes a comprehensive look at his unique adventures: Braque among the Fauves; Braque, the methodical artist; Braque as the inventor of the papier collé; Braque’s appropriations from decorative painting, in which he was originally trained; Braque as master of the modern still life; and last but not least, Braque, the “lyrical constructor.”

The inventor of pointillism, presented through an extensive selection of drawings and paintings.

Georges Seurat (1859–1891), a man of consistently proper disposition, was called “the notary” by his painter colleagues, and yet he was a trailblazing avant-garde artist. No other visual theme so well illustrates the tremendous innovations in Seurat’s paintings and drawings as the focus of this volume: the figure in space. The artist’s dense weave of pencil strokes cover the paper, making his indeterminate, floating motifs either stand out or disappear, while distinct light and dark contrasts surround and accentuate the figures. In his paintings, Seurat transposed his subjects into his technique, Pointillism, as well as into his innovative compositions. In later pieces, he even repeated and varied human forms within a single work. For his increasingly geometrical visual composition, which subordinates the individual elements to a system, he earned the admiration of the Bauhaus.

The catalogue is published on the occasion of the first individual exhibition of Georges Vantongerloo in Spain. The catalogue reveals the grounding of his work in the re-conceptualisation of pictorial and sculptural space that marked the abstract tendencies in art of the early 20th century. In the 1920s an important part of the Vantongerloo´s investigation was centred on colour as physical and perceptive phenomenon. Later, Vantongerloo will conceive his works according to strictly geometric rules, algebraic afterwards, to turn, thus, into the founder of the mathematical thought in art in our epoch. Genuine pioneer in the abstract sculpture field, the artist will continue, after 1945, proposing peculiar versions of that kind of sculpture, abandoning all the reference to a built geometry, and opening to a subjective approach to the universe of cosmology.

Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth und Max Slevogt, three early 20th-century artists who did not view themselves primarily as landscape painters. On the contrary, they saw themselves as figurative painters who only engaged sporadically in landscape painting. They did so without being commissioned and free of constraints of all kinds, hence with particular dedication. Painted on trips or where they were staying on holiday, their landscapes were not practised to the point of becoming rigidly routine tasks. Consequently, their landscapes represent a high point of their respective painterly œuvres.

Liebermann’s paintings of his garden on Wannsee, Corinth’s Walchensee landscapes and Slevogt’s Palatinate landscapes painted at Godramstein and Neukastel are world-famous. However, exotic or less well known works such as the paintings Slevogt did in Egypt and Corinth’s early landscapes from his Munich days are included in this publication. The catalogue provides a concentrated focus on the landscape paintings of the three great German Impressionists. Accompanying essays elucidate their switch to landscape painting, addressing both their inspiring relationship with French Impressionism and their interest in the Barbizon School as well as the modern Dutch landscape tradition. In addition, an overview of German Impressionism and the development of German landscape painting in the 19th century introduce the subject matter in depth.

This comprehensive survey of the work of the Swiss-born modern master Alberto Giacometti offers a fresh and incisive account of his creative output. Published on the occasion of Giacometti’s first major museum presentation in the US in over a decade, the volume brings together nearly 200 sculptures, paintings, and drawings to trace the artist’s wide-ranging and hugely innovative engagement with the human form across various mediums.

While Giacometti may be best known for his distinct figurative sculptures that emerged after World War II, including a series of elongated standing women, striding men, and expressive busts, this volume devotes equal attention to the artist’s early and midcareer development. It explores his lesser-known engagement with Cubism and Surrealism as well as African, Oceanic, and Cycladic art, while also highlighting his remarkable talents as a draftsman and painter alongside his sculptural oeuvre. Of particular focus is Giacometti’s studio practice, which is examined through rarely seen plaster sculptures that highlight the artist’s working process, in addition to historical photographs documenting his relationship with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — which hosted the artist’s first US museum exhibition, in 1955 — and with New York City.

Giacometti: Without End is published on the occasion of an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong, organized in collaboration with the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti. The catalogue centers on a set of 150 lithographs made by Giacometti that focus on cafés, boulevards, and his own atelier in his beloved Paris. The fully illustrated catalogue provides thorough documentation of the Paris sans fin suite, including artist proofs and carbon transfer papers that document the artist’s process, as well as a selection of related sculptures and paintings. The book also includes two small booklets that fit inside the front and back covers. One is a small facsimile of the book of Paris sans fin prints, 150 total, and the second booklet is a small facsimile of the entire preparatory maquette for the project. Exhibition curator and art historian Véronique Wiesinger has written a substantial text that will appear alongside texts by two Chinese artists: Szeto Lap and Shen Yuan. All text will appear in English as well as Chinese.

About the Authors:

Véronique Wiesinger has been director of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti since its creation in 2003. Szeto Lap is a Chinese artist living and working in Paris. He has had exhibitions at the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and at museums throughout China. In 2004, he was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Art’s et des Lettres given by the President of the French Republic, an award acknowledging Szeto for his artistic and cultural contribution to France. Shen Yua is a Chinese artist living and working in Paris. Her sculptures and installations have been shown at galleries and museums internationally.

An intimate and complete journey into the world of Gianluca Pacchioni, sculptor, designer, and master in arts and crafts.

This book is an exploration of the artistic world of Gianluca Pacchioni, from the backstage of his workshop in Milan to his incredible studio-house, as well as finished projects and open-air installations. It also touches on his inspiration, which is drawn from a mix of Italian classicism and Japanese minimalism, with a dash of French seventeenth-century decorative style.

First based in Paris, where Pacchioni became a sculptor in the 1990s, and then in Milan, his hometown, his atelier constantly forges sculptures and limited-edition furniture produced for international clients. As a pioneer in the art and design world, his approach to art is experimental and innovative, and over the years he has shifted from iron to stainless steel, and his most recent works have been made with cast bronze and semiprecious stones and marble.

About the Author:

Federica Sala is an independent curator and design adviser. Olivier Gabet is an art historian and Director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Alberto Cavalli is General Director of the Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art. Clio Lavau is curator at FILAF, the International Art Book and Film Festival of Perpignan.

One of the world's foremost artists of Fantastic Realism H. R. Giger is recognized as one of the world's foremost artists of Fantastic Realism. Born in 1940 in Chur, Switzerland, he studied architecture and industrial design at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich. By 1964 he was producing his first artworks, mostly ink drawings and oils, leading to his first solo exhibition in 1966, followed by the worldwide distribution of his first published posters in 1969. Shortly after, he discovered the airbrush and his own signature, freehand, style, and created his most well-known works, which formed the cornerstone of his fame. Giger's first book, Necronomicon, published in 1977, served as the visual inspiration for director Ridley Scott's blockbuster movie Alien, Giger's first film assignment, earning him the 1980 Oscar for "Best Achievement in Visual Effects", for his designs of the film's title character and its otherworldly environment. Giger's album covers for Debbie Harry and the band ELP were voted among the 100 best in music history in a survey of rock journalists. Throughout his career, Giger also worked in sculpture and, in 1992, created his first total environment, the Giger Bar in Chur. The Museum H.R. Giger in Château Saint-Germain was opened in Gruyères in 1998. Today, Giger continues to live and work in Zurich with his companion in life Carmen, where his current projects include the realization of his museum bar in Gruyères. The H.R. Giger portfolio features high-quality prints that beg to be framed. Tucked in the portfolio are 14 large-format reproductions, each with a brief description. Images included: No. 312, Biomechanoid Landscape, No. 358, Illuminatus I, 1978, No. 305, Safari, 1973-76, No. 271, National Parc, 1975, No. 351, Cataract, No. 341, Witches' Dance, No. 292, Dune IV, 1976, No. 256, Minon, 1974, No. 350, Hommage à Böcklin, 1977, No. 272, Baphomet (after Eliphas Lévi), No. 274, A. Crowley (The Beast 666), No. 252, Biomechanoid I, No. 344, Mirror Image, No. 251, Li II, 1974.

Master of Horror. Discover HR Giger’s arsenal of fear

Discover HR Giger’s inimitable universe in this definition introduction to the master that gave expression to the collective horrors and fantasies of our time. From his childhood fears to Alien, Giger personally guides us through his multifaceted career with intimate autobiographical essays, detailed reproductions and designs, and a foreword by Timothy Leary.

Swiss artist HR Giger (1940–2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger’s biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia.

The visions drew on demons of the past, harking back as far as Giger’s earliest childhood fears as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom, of pollution and wasted resources, and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival.

From surrealist dream landscapes created with a spray gun and stencils to album cover designs, from guillotine-like sculptures to self-designed bars, Giger personally guides us through his multi-faceted universe in this definitive introduction to a master of horror. Detailed reproductions and designs and a foreword by Timothy Leary complement Giger’s intimate autobiographical texts.

The artist:

HR Giger (1940–2014) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and designer, who combined surrealist influences and dark fantasies to create his very own biomechanical universe. He first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasies of post-apocalyptic creatures and landscapes and rose to fame through high profile movie work, most notably the creation of the monster in Alien, which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. HR Giger was named in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013.

About the series:

Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. 

Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
- a concise biography
- approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions