Книги по антологии в искусстве

Japan's impact on Western art was as immediate and almost as cataclysmic as the influence of the West on Japanese life. After Commodore Perry opened Japan's door to the outside world in 1858, a wealth of visual information from the Japanese traditions of ceramics, metalwork and architecture, as well as printmaking and painting, reached the West and brought electrifying new ideas on composition, colour and design. This is a study of how Japanese ideas have inspired artists such as Monet, Degas, Whistler and Van Gogh. Japanese conventions of symbolism underlie the use of decorative motifs in European symbolism and art nouveau, and the Zen idea of spontaneity is the ultimate source of both the apparently capricious shapes of art nouveau ware and the development of an abstract "calligraphy" in abstract expressionism.

"Il est peu d'exemples dans l'histoire des arts d'une technique aussi étroitement liée à une nation. Pour beaucoup d'entre nous, l'aquarelle est avant tout anglaise et cela nous semble tout naturel.
(...) Pendant )plus d'un siècle, l'aquarelle devint le moyen d'expression le plus original d'un pays et d'un temps qui ne manquaient ni d'esprit d'invention ni de talent."
Olivier Meslay

sélection de 212 aquarelles, reproduites en couleurs, présentant 43 artistes. Parmi ceux-ci, citons: WILSON, COZENS, GAINSBOROUGH, SANDBY, FUSELI, BLAKE, CHINNERY, TURNER, CONSTABLE, PROUT, ROBERTS, BONINGTON, SHOTER BOYS, LEWIS, PALMER, LEAR...

.Tableau synoptique des aquarellistes anglais
.Liste des 43 peintres
.Cartes du Royaume-Uni
.Musées et Conseils
.Terminologie
.Mécènes, critiques, éditeurs

.Bibliographie
Introduction de Olivier MESLAY (8 reproductions)

A reflection of American art's most iconic portraits that feature eyeglasses, and their significance to the artists -- from Grant Wood to Alex Katz -- through the lens of renowned art historian John Wilmerding.

This book celebrates and interprets eyeglasses in American art through painting, prints, folk art, sculpture, and photography from the end of the eighteenth century to the present. Accompanying an exhibition at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, the book includes eighty works by illustrious artists such as Mary Cassatt and Alice Neel.

Though we know eyeglasses are for looking through, we often overlook their role in portraits and figure images. This survey looks at their appearance and uses in American art, from 1784 when Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocal, to the present day. Spectacles in artwork served as emblems of literacy, fashion, and self-identity; old age and wisdom; inner or psychological vision; and sometimes just contemplation. Contemporary works include bespectacled self-portraits by Chuck Close, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring; and eyeglasses as pure design by Alex Katz and Wayne Thiebaud.

About the Author:

John Wilmerding is Sarofim Professor of American Art, emeritus, at Princeton University. He is an emeritus trustee of the Shelburne and Guggenheim museums and on the board of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. He is the author of many books, including volumes on the work of Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Eakins.

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Пролистать книгу Lens on American Art: The Depiction and Role of Eyeglasses

"Nous les dégustons, mais les connaissons-nous ? Ici, les amateurs pourront les admirer en images, mais aussi mieux les comprendre, grâce au texte. Chaque fruit a son histoire, toujours pittoresque, souvent étrange. Ce livre résulte d'une rencontre entre les admirables imagiers que furent les peintres naturalistes de jadis et Jacques Brosse. Grâce à eux, notre plaisir en sera multiplié."

Avec 60 planches en couleurs de "fruits indigènes, de fruits exotiques et tropicaux et d'espèces introduites en culture", sélectionnées et commentées par Jacques BROSSE à partir de documents et d'ouvrages conservés par le Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris et par divers musées et bibliothèques anglais dont le Victoria and Albert Museum.

La majorité des planches sont extraites de la Pomologie française de P. A. POITEAU (1845) et de Pomona londinensis de Sir W. J. HOOKER (1813-1818).
Les autres auteurs sont W. FITCH, J. A. RISSO, F. R. de TUSSAC, G. BROOKSHAW, G. GALLESIO, CURTIS, DUHAMEL de MONCEAU, M. E. DESCOURTILZ et M. S. MERIAN.

Parmi les espèces introduites en culture, signalons la sapotille, le chérimolier, la cornouille et la corme...

.Glossaire
.Bibliographie et Crédits

Introduction (11 illustrations), Choix et Commentaires de Jacques BROSSE

"Louis Agassiz Fuertes fut jugé par beaucoup comme le meileur artiste ornithologiste que le monde ait connu. Soixante-dix ans après sa disparition, ce jugement demeure fondé à bien des égards, malgré la venue de nouveaux talents remarquables, spécialement dans le domaine qui fut le sien, le portrait intime de l'oiseau pris sur le vif."
Francis Roux

Sélection de 66 aquarelles, reproduites en couleurs, exécutées par Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) lors d’expéditions ornithologiques ou de voyages d'exploration scientifique en Floride, en Alaska, au Texas, aux Bahamas, en Californie :
Aigrette neigeuse, Arlequin plongeur, Elanion maucler, Aigle bateleur, Pluvier kildir, Grand-duc d'Amérique, Motmot à sourcils bleus, Pririt à collier, Linotte mélodieuse, Paruline à dos noir...

Portrait de Louis Agassiz Fuertes vers 1920.

.Bibliographie

Avant-propos de Jean DORST de l’Institut

Choix, Introduction et Commentaires de Francis ROUX

"La collection des Vélins de fleurs, témoin de l'art, de l'horticulture et de la société, a suivi l'évolution de la pensée pendant plus de trois siècles. Par sa signification universelle, elle est oeuvre aboutie, par son accroissement qui se poursuit, elle est oeuvre toujours renouvelée."
Alice Raynal

Sélection de 56 fleurs en couleurs, la plupart à pleine page et en belle page, peintes de 1685 à 1823 pour le Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle uniquement sur vélin.
Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE est l'auteur de 26 d'entre elles.

Les autres oeuvres sont de Nicolas ROBERT, Claude AUBRIET, Gérard van SPAENDONCK...

-Fleurs des vélins du Muséum par Alice RAYNAL

.Notices détaillées
.Bibliographie

Les Vélins du Muséum, présentation de Monique DUCREUX, conservateur en chef au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris (6 illustrations)

Préface de Henry de LUMLEY, directeur du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris

Choix et Commentaires de Jean-Claude JOLINON et Alice RAYNAL

Drawing on five centuries of artistic expression, this lushly illustrated and beautifully designed celebration of romance is the perfect keepsake for lovers young and old.

How many ways can you paint a kiss? Ask Picasso, Lichtenstein, Toulouse-Lautrec, Klimt, and Fragonard. Rediscover mythology’s great love stories through the works of Botticelli, Correggio, Titian, and Canova. Meet ordinary and extraordinary couples in paintings by Kahlo, Van Eyck, Rubens, Rembrandt, Freud, and Rossetti. These are just some of the bounty of artists collected in this glorious book, featuring brilliantly colored reproductions and love-inspired writings. Organized to show the progression of love from first meeting to marriage, this exquisite volume travels the centuries through various artistic traditions. The stories these artists tell are as varied as the works themselves: sentimental, tragic, intellectual, ironic, sensual, and comic. For lovers of art, or just lovers, this book gloriously illustrates the endless facets of love.

The first comprehensive compendium of contemporary photography and art on the male nude form. Distinguished by its wide-ranging scope and cutting-edge sensibility, this collection offers mainly unpublished work from more than 70 of today's most intriguing artists. An essential sourcebook for photography and art.

Acrylic, watercolours, oil, and pastel colours are the four classical means of artistic expression in painting. With this practice-oriented introduction readers can learn about them by trying their own hand at painting and perfecting their skills step-by-step. The book provides an overview of the artist's tools and the various types of painting. The wealth of illustrative information ranges from simple everyday objects to still life and landscapes, the human body and portrait painting. Examples of each genre demonstrate the various stages of painting a picture. This enables learners to improve their technique from the very first sketch to the most complex composition: Mastering the Art of Painting is the ideal introduction for the prospective artist!

Masterpieces of Western Art traces the history of painting from medieval times to the present day. But unlike conventional publications, that merely illustrate a few essentials, this work places 900 paintings taken from every era squarely in the foreground.

The ten chapters each feature an introductory essay profiling the age and the achievements of the major artists, and then present selected works accompanied by searching commentaries. The reader is guided through the techniques and motifs of the artists, and familiarised with the spirit and background concerns of the age. Artist to artist, era to era, century to century, Masterpieces of Western Art adds up to an authoritative history - it is for browsing, too, where the reader can make new discoveries or meet old friends on every page.

This imaginary museum of eight centuries of masterpieces by over 500 artists is a place to explore, to acquire a richer understanding of art - a reliable history, a handbook, as entertaining as it is instructive.

The book intends to show the main stages of drawing history from the beginning of 20th century, with particular regard to European development. Through a large selection of images, the reader is introduced to the knowledge of the most important artistic schools which used drawing as part of their preparation and training for young artists. The reader is also introduced to fundamental graphic techniques and of the classifications that define thevaried areas and types of drawing.

The book delineates the evolution of photography from its invention until the 21st century, through the main figures who have done the history of this modern art. The appearance of photography have led to a revelation in the art and culture's world. From Stieglitz to Beaton, from Baron de Mayer to Mapplethorpe, from Capa to Rodchenko, through Doisneau, Cartier Bresson and Berengo Gardin.

TASCHEN 25—Special edition!

The bare minimum

Often regarded as a backlash against abstract expressionism, Minimalism was characterized by simplified, stripped-down forms and materials used to express ideas in a direct and impersonal manner. By presenting artworks as simple objects, minimalist artists sought to communicate esthetic ideals without reference to expressive or historical themes. This critical movement, which began in the 1960s and branched out into land art, performance art, and conceptual art, is still a major influence today. This book explains the how, why, where and when of Minimal Art, and the artists who helped define it.

Featured artists: Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Jo Baer, Larry Bell, Ronald Bladen, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin, Robert Grosvenor, Eva Hesse, Donald Judd, Gary Kuehn, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, John McCracken, Robert Morris, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Frank Stella, Robert Smithson, Anne Truitt

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

Masters that matter in Modern Art

A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking works in Modernism

The story of Modern Art began roughly 150 years ago in Paris, where a circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, shook up the established art world. They painted their pictures with broad strokes that seemed unfinished in light of the meticulous official art, they portrayed life on the street instead of overblown heroic scenes and they escaped the power of the reigning salon painters by organising their own independent exhibitions. Once standard academic practice had been overcome, there was no holding back, and in a constant desire to pursue new roads, one style supplanted the next, always bringing different innovations: after Impressionism, there followed Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, Abstract Art, renewed Realism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimal and Conceptual Art. And still in Post-Modernism and the contemporary work of a Koons, Kelley or Wool, this modernist drive to make something new is still much alive.

Essays introducing all the major art movements give the reader a thorough grounding in the historical development of Modern Art. At the heart of this book though is the year-by-year succession of groundbreaking works, with 200 featured pieces receiving an own text that introduces the artist and makes the importance of the work apparent. These paintings and sculptures, photographs and conceptual works, both classics and surprising rediscoveries, tell the story of an art epoch that continued to thrive on ever fresh ideas and innovations.

• 187 artists’ portraits
• 44 original photos of artists in their studios
• 14 essays
• 7 fold-outs
• 30-page appendix with artists’ biographies, a glossary of key terms and an index of names and works

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The editor:
Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor based in Berlin, with numerous publications mainly on contemporary art and photography. For TASCHEN he has edited, among other titles, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen and Neo Rauch.

Modern matters. A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism

Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for subjects, instead of overblown heroic scenes, and they escaped the power of the Salon by organizing their own independent exhibitions.

After this first assault on the artistic establishment, there was no holding back. In a constant desire to challenge, innovate, and inspire, one modernist style supplanted the next: Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, abstract art, renewed Realism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimal and conceptual practice.

This indispensable overview traces the restless energy of modern art with a year-by-year succession of the groundbreaking artworks that shook standards and broke down barriers. Introductory essays outline the most significant and influential movements alongside explanatory texts for each major work and its artist.

The editor:

Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor based in Berlin, with numerous publications mainly on contemporary art and photography. For TASCHEN he has edited, among other titles, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen, Neo Rauch and Ai Weiwei

About the series:

Bibliotheca Universalis — Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!

Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favourite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.

Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!