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Why collect Russian stage designs? Why write about them? These questions are not rhetorical or idly academic. They have real historical, intellectual, and commercial relevance. Answers may vary, but surely a primary response must be that, quite simply, Russian stage designs are immensely pleasing to the eye. They vibrate, and scintillate with colour, texture and movement.

Furthermore, through their daring inventions, Russian artists of the first thirty years of the 20th century transformed, profoundly and permanently, our perception of stage design - and hence of the theatre. They belonged to an extraordinarily creative generation of impresarios, dancers, actors, patrons, and critics who inspired or at least made a major contribution to the international renaissance of the art of the stage, and in particular areas, e.g. the teaching and performing of ballet, their influence is still present today.

However, in spite of the many published commentaries on the Russian theatre, in spite of the autobiographies and biographies of its leading representatives, and in spite of the scholarly appreciations of its various components (ballet, drama, opera), the subject of stage design in Russia has yet to be explored in all its manifestations.

Each work presented here is documented as fully as possible, and includes curatorial data, provenance index, and references to relevant published sources, exhibitions; and variants such as copies and preliminary drawings. The catalogue raisonné addresses the issues of attribution, identification of stage production, and date of execution and adduces evidence in the form of bibliographical, archival, and photographic data, expert opinion, and circumstantial evidence in order to support assumptions and conclusions.

A fascinating look at an extraordinary collection of ceramic masterpieces by celebrated French ceramicist Ernest Chaplet.

Over the last forty years, architect and collector Peter Marino has acquired a remarkable collection of pieces by French ceramicist, Ernest Chaplet. This collection is a precious testimony of a rare production - a new line of ceramics created by Chaplet in 1883 for the Limoges-based factory Haviland & Co. Ernest Chaplet sheds deserved light on this great artist, whose career exemplifies the evolution of artistic ceramics at the turn of the 20th century, and whose work entered the collections of many museums during his lifetime.

About the Authors:

Etienne Tornier is the curator of the nineteenth to twenty-first-century collection at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design in Bordeaux, France, and teaches at Parsons Paris in the MA program, History of Design and Curatorial Studies.

Peter Marino is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, the New York-based architecture firm he founded in 1978. His work includes award-winning residential, retail, cultural, and hospitality projects worldwide

Explore the oeuvre of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, one of the most important German Expressionist painters of the 20th century.

Throughout his career, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner employed a highly inventive and original use of color. He favored novel applications of paint in unusual matte finishes. For Kirchner, color was of primary importance, coupled with technique and style. He was one of the leading Expressionist painters of the time and was one of the founding members of the Brücke. In his deeply personal depictions, he focused on the places where he lived and worked and his close friends and associates.

This book, accompanying a major exhibition at the Neue Galerie New York, provides a visual survey of Kirchner’s oeuvre and offers an in-depth analysis of different aspects of the artist’s output. Essays by leading experts examine Kirchner’s approach to color, his interest in the decorative arts, how electric light affected his treatment of color, the impact of Nietzsche on his work, and how he was profoundly changed by World War I.

This book includes illustrations of nearly 40 paintings, 30 prints, as well as drawings, sketchbooks, photographs, and decorative work.

About the Authors:

Jill Lloyd-Peppiatt is an independent art historian who has curated exhibitions for leading international museums including Tate, Royal Academy London, and the National Gallery in Washington. She has written extensively on Expressionist and contemporary artists.

Janis Staggs is Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications at the Neue Galerie New York and co-editor and contributing author of Wiener Werkstatte, 1903-1932: The Luxury of Beauty (Prestel).

Splendid selection of 218 black-and-white inventions from legendary designer's productions for Harper's Bazar, 1918–32. Also 8 pages of full-color covers, originals now prized collector's items.

Perhaps no individual is more associated with the 20th-century art deco revival than Russian-born French artist and designer, Erté. Although his talent spanned many creative fields, Erte is perhaps best-known for his theatre and fashion designs, which were often later translated into beautiful silkscreen prints. Few can fail to be charmed by Symphony in Black, one of his most famous designs depicting a slender figure walking her dog.

Throughout his lifetime Erté designed over 200 covers for Harper's Bazaar and his works have been reproduced and copied countless times since, oozing a timeless air of class and sophistication. Combining fresh and thoughtful text and beautiful illustrations, including jewellery and sculpture inspired by his two-dimensional designs, this coffee-table book is the definitive Erté companion.

Focussing on the potentials of creative and artistic thinking in scientific research as well as industrial production, this exhibition shows how collaborations between art and science can substantially support the creation of innovative, sustainable, and ethical solutions to the struggles and issues of contemporary societies. Conceived in collaboration with Ars Electronica, an international platform and festival pioneering in the development of strategies and competencies for the digital transformation, the exhibition is curated by Martin Honzik, chief curator at Ars Electronica and Laura Welzenbach, Head of Ars Electronica Export.

Europe is often defined in either strictly political terms or through rather vague cultural notions. But where do these definitions come from? Were they ever true? And do they make sense in today’s globalized world? Exploring Europe through various perspectives, this exhibition catalogue offers a view of what constitutes Europe and Europeans. It is structured around six clichés about Europe, which — like all clichés — contain a grain of truth, but also express a bias.

Over 300 works from the beloved early 20th-century illustrator and graphic designer

The highly original and unique art of Escher, one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century

Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in 1898 in the Netherlands and died there in 1972. In 1922 he first visited Italy (Tuscany, Umbria and Liguria) and in 1923 arrived in Rome, where he lived for twelve years, until 1935. The Roman period had a strong influence on all his later work, which saw him prolific in the production of lithographs and etchings especially of landscapes, views, architecture and views of that ancient and Baroque Rome that he loved to investigate in its most intimate dimension, that of the night, by the dim light of a lantern. Restless, reserved and undoubtedly brilliant, Escher in his famous engravings and lithographs created a unique, imaginative, impossible world where art, mathematics, science, physics and design converge.

Published on the exhibition in Rome, the volume gathers over 300 works, including new acquisitions and many of his most notable pieces that have made him famous all over the world, documenting the story of the Dutch artist’s genius with the most iconic works of his production such as Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935), Bond of Union (1956), Metamorphosis II (1939), Day and Night (1938) and the Emblemata series, which belong to the common imagination referable to the great artist. The book also features the complete series of 12 Roman Nocturnes produced in 1934. An artist discovered relatively recently, Escher is loved by those who know art, but also by those who are passionate about mathematics, geometry, science, design, and graphics. A wide range of themes converge in his works, and for this reason in the panorama of art history he represents a uniqueness.

About the Author:

Mark Veldhuysen is CEO of the M.C. Escher Company.

Federico Giudiceandrea is one of the world’s leading Escher experts.
 

The second collection from Ilya Kuvshinov, the illustrator with magical colors.

Following the worldwide success of Momentary, PIE International is proud to present this second collection from Ilya Kuvshinov, Eternal. This book collects popular artworks the artist has posted on social media that were created after Momentary was published. After the success of that book, Ilya has gained popularity and has had major exhibitions and commercial works. One of the most prestigious jobs Ilya took on was as the character and visual designer for the anime "Birthday Wonderland" (directed by Keiichi Hara; Crayon Shin-chan series). This talented illustrator, who was influenced by many Japanese artists, now has 1.5 million followers worldwide on Instagram, and is established as an influencer of other illustrators around the world.

Eternal features special printing technology to reproduce the beautiful colors of Ilya's CG illustrations, enhancing the quality of the of 4-color printing. As social media is the main platform where Ilya presents his works, Momentary was published in a square format. But this time, to have more variety and include illustrations with different sizes, we have produced this book in a larger format.

About the Author:

Kuvshinov Ilya is an illustrator and storyboard artist born and raised in Russia, who now resides in Japan. With experience in concept art, comic art and animation, his goal is to create a unique story-based media to inspire people to believe in their own strength and ability to move forward in life.

Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers an easy-to-follow, 5-step formula, which teaches beginner-friendly techniques for learning the skills necessary to make drawing and sketching an everyday habit. For those who have always wanted to or tried and failed to learn to draw it provides simple step-by-step instruction, plus easy-to-follow practice exercises, and provides the motivation and inspiration readers need to be successful. For those who already draw, Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers another technique to add to their drawing arsenal.

Why do so many adults come to view drawing as difficult or fraught with anxiety? Traditional art instruction is often bogged down with jargon, rules, and admonishments that unintentionally stifle the joy of drawing for its own sake.

Steven Reddy's new and easy approach to drawing instructs sketchers to document their unique and compelling lives in realistic yet playful sketches that record the places, spaces, and objects that help define them as individuals. He reminds artists to slow down, notice, and attend to the sketch-worthy scenes and subjects that are unstaged and always there in our everyday lives. He offers a versatile technique that can lead to a skill that fills sketchbooks with the visual details that differentiate one life from another. This approach is a meditative, relaxing alternative to academic concerns about perspective, proportion, and accuracy. Reddy encourages artists to capture in whimsical but detail-specific illustrations their unique, subjective interpretation of their visual surroundings.

Steven Reddy's drawing method produces extremely detailed and realistic scenes of objects and scenes in everyday life in a relatively short period of time (60 minutes to 3 hours or more, depending on the sketcher's preference). Modifying a technique utilized by Old Master oil painters, the drawings pass through 5 clearly articulated stages where each step focuses on one visual concept at a time.

About the Author:

Steven B. Reddy teaches drawing and illustration at Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. He has also taught for the Seattle Public Schools since 1998. Reddy has a passion for creating detailed illustrations of urban scenes, cluttered interiors, and complex still lifes on location in ink and watercolor. His drawings from China and Mexico appear in Danny Gregory's An Illustrated Journey. Reddy also self-published Now Where Was I? An Illustrated Memoir, which showcases drawings that span 35 years from his daily sketchbook diaries

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Мистецтво колекціонування — від палітр художника, ще вкритих олійними фарбами, до скульптурних рамок для картин і звіринця дерев'яних іграшкових тварин — асоціювання накопичення споріднених предметів є основою позачасового французького стилю.

Французька художниця, дизайнерка та талановита мисливиця за антикваріатом Марен Монтагю оспівує радість колекціонування всього: від текстилю до посуду та архітектурних деталей, проводячи читачів всередину десятка приватних будинків, блошиних ринків і незвичайних ательє, щоб відкрити для себе найвигадливіші скарби Франції. Від колекції шкіряних спортивних товарів та гральних карт у кіностудії до старовинних карт і глобусів любителів подорожей, від грецьких гіпсових зліпків скульптурної студії до моделей гвинтових сходів дизайнера-аматора, від власних чудових настінних композицій Монтагю до кухарського куточка, наповненого порцеляновими десертними формами та мідними горщиками — предмети, представлені разом як серія, створюють незабутні інтер'єри, що випромінюють шарм. Натхнення приходить у повторенні: дерев'яні зигзагоподібні лінійки з гравірованими цифрами, вирівняні на стіні у вигляді ялинки, створюють вишуканий простір. Звичайні дерев'яні форми капіпотів — релігійних статуй, що використовуються в релігійних процесіях, їхні очі в екстазі звернені до неба — та срібні ексвото можуть стати відправною точкою для теми цілої кімнати. Мудборди Монтагю для кожного розділу пропонують нескінченні ідеї для дому.

Про автора:

Марін Монтагю — французький ілюстратор та дизайнер; його однойменний бутік присвячений химерним декоративним предметам. Він опублікував книгу Timeless Paris (Flammarion, 2021), є співавтором разом з Інес де ла Фрессанж книги «Maison: Parisian Chic at Home» (Flammarion, 2018), а також створив та проілюстрував міські карти-путівники Bonjour. Він співпрацював із Château de Versailles та багатьма брендами, включаючи Farrow & Ball, Ritz Paris, Diptyque та Pierre Frey. П'єр Музелек — фотограф стилю життя; його роботи з'являлися в журналах «Вічний Париж» та Faire. Лаура Фронті написала текст для Timeless Paris: Ateliers, Emporiums, Savoir Faire (Flammarion, 2021).

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Fabergé: Treasures of Imperial Russia. Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg is a lavish volume on the most complete Fabergé collection in the world, with many pieces rarely seen before, from the famous imperial Easter eggs to precious jewelry, enamels, and Russian silver, showcased in the sumptuous Shuvalov Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Jeweler and goldsmith Carl Fabergé and his firm are renowned for creating the most superbly refined objects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for the nobility and aristocracy of imperial Russia. Exquisite examples of the jeweler’s art, Fabergé’s magnificent Easter eggs, commissioned for the Romanov Imperial family, and other impeccably crafted objects continue to be prized the world over for their incredible craftsmanship and unparalleled beauty.

Now, the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg has gathered the most spectacular and comprehensive treasury of Fabergé objects. This book showcases a wealth of precious objects — from the imperial eggs, delicate jeweled enamel clocks, and picture frames to animals carved out of hardstone and gem-encrusted jewelry and presentation boxes.

With all-new photography of the collection — more than 500 priceless objects in all — alongside stunning images of the majestic Shuvalov Palace, this luxurious volume is a celebration of the exquisite beauty and craftsmanship of prerevolutionary Russia and its heritage.

About the Author:

Written by internationally known authors and leading experts: Géza von Habsburg, Tatiana Muntian, Valentin Skurlov, Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Schaffer, Irina Buseva-Davydova, Alexander von Solodkoff, and Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya.

The first comprehensive survey of the beloved figurative realist painter Fairfield Porter to be published in more than two decades. A figurative realist in the heyday of abstract expressionism, Fairfield Porter (1907–1975) painted himself, his family, and friends in New York City, in Southampton, Long Island, and on an island off the Maine coast, all depicting a relaxed and comfortable world that seemed to mirror his own affluent, well-connected existence. With virtually all of the artist’s previous publications now out of print, this much-anticipated volume is an important addition to the literature on this great American master. Porter graduated from Harvard in 1928 and then studied at the Art Students League in New York with Thomas Hart Benton. Along with months in Maine, Porter lived in New York and from 1948 on, in Southampton where he purchased a large, late Federal-style house for his own expanding family. Porter painted several artist friends, including Elaine de Kooning, Larry Rivers, and Jane Freilicher. He was also close to the modern poets John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara, and James Schuyler. With a carefully curated selection of the artist’s best works, John Wilmerding, a specialist in American art, gives full consideration to Porter’s expressive compositions and a color palette influenced by his coastal surroundings. Karen Wilkin discusses Porter’s influences and pictorial creativity. Distinguished poet J. D. McClatchy writes a reflection on one of Porter’s paintings.

About the Authors:

John Wilmerding is Sarofim Professor of American Art, emeritus, at Princeton University. Karen Wilkin is an independent curator and art critic based in New York. She is a contributor to Rizzoli’s Wayne Thiebaud (2015). J. D. McClatchy is the editor of the Yale Review and former president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Оригінальний графічний роман Marvel Comics за участю Фантастичної четвірки, написаний та проілюстрований відомим художником, лауреатом багатьох нагород Алексом Россом.

Дощова ніч на Мангеттені, і жодна істота не ворушиться, окрім... Бена Грімма. Коли в будівлі Бакстера раптово з'являється зловмисник, Фантастична четвірка — Містер Фантастик (Рід Річардс), Жінка-невидимка (Сьюзен Сторм Річардс), Людина-Смолоскип (Джонні Сторм) та Істота (Бен Грімм) — опиняються в оточенні рою паразитів-вторгнень.

Ці істоти-падальщики, що складаються з Негативної Енергії, прибувають на Землю, використовуючи людину як систему доставки. Але з якою метою? І хто стоїть за цим несвоєчасним вторгненням?

У Фантастичної четвірки немає іншого вибору, окрім як вирушити в Негативну Зону, чужий всесвіт, що повністю складається з антиматерії, ризикуючи не лише власним життям, а й долею космосу!

Fantastic Four: Full Circle – це перша повноформатна робота, написана та проілюстрована відомим художником Алексом Россом.

Про автора:

Алекс Росс навчався в Американській академії мистецтв у Чикаго, потім відточував свою майстерність як художник розкадровок, перш ніж перейти до сфери коміксів. У 1993 році його новаторська мінісерія Marvels разом із сценаристом Куртом Бусіком сприяла ширшому визнанню мальованих коміксів. У 1996 році він разом із сценаристом Марком Вейдом створив не менш успішну серію Kingdom Come для DC Comics, а Росс продовжив це великою серією робіт, включаючи обкладинки журналів та альбомів, а також постер для церемонії вручення премії «Оскар». Росс також був героєм двох монографій, написаних та розроблених Чіпом Кіддом – Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross та Marvelocity: The Marvel Comics Art of Alex Ross. Його остання книга – The Alex Ross Marvel Comics Poster Book (Abrams ComicArts, весна 2021).

Уперше опублікований у 1970 році роман Роальда Дала «Фантастичний містер Фокс» розповідає історію родини Фокс. Після дванадцяти років спокійне домашнє життя сім’ї Фокс виявляється занадто важким для природних тваринних інстинктів містера Фокса. Коли з’являється його молодий племінник, містер Фокс повертається до своїх старих звичок спритного злодія птахів і, роблячи це, ставить під загрозу не лише свою улюблену родину, але й усю спільноту тварин. Восени 2009 року глядачі підбадьорять режисера, лауреата нагород Уеса Андерсона («Рашмор», «Королівські Тененбауми», «Дарджілінг Лімітед»), який представить нам свій погляд на цю історію: анімаційний фільм-блокбастер, повністю знятий у високій чіткості. У головних ролях озвучені Джордж Клуні (Майкл Клейтон), Меріл Стріп (Сумнів), Білл Мюррей (Загублені в перекладі) і Джейсон Шварцман (Марія-Антуанетта). Фільм обов’язково сподобається шанувальникам оригінальної історії, а також зачарує нові покоління.

Fantastic Mr. Fox: The Making of the Motion Picture — це сімейний погляд за кадром створення фільму. Наповнена фотографіями, сторінками зі сценарієм, розкадровками та інтерв’ю з акторами та знімальною групою, ця книга є чудовим і інтригуючим поглядом на магію, яка відбувається, коли творці фільму оживляють одного з найулюбленіших персонажів дитячої літератури: епатажного, зухвалого, фантастичного містера Фокса.

Про автора:

Номінант на премію «Оскар©» Вес Андерсон є сценаристом і режисером таких фільмів, як Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums і The Darjeeling Limited.

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