Книги видавництва Skira

Crewdson's epic photographic trilogy -- a portrait of America a decade in the making Over the past three decades, Gregory Crewdson has been fleshing out a portrait of middle America, an America gazing wide-eyed at the glimmers of a fading drea...

A who’s who of Italian fashion photographers, from Vogue favorites to rising stars This glamorous, 400-plus-page encyclopedic publication celebrates the innovative legacy of Italian fashion photography, showcasing a broad selection...

This book references all the artist's periods and media: sculpture (plaster, bronze), paintings, drawings, prints… It will allow a comprehensive view of Alberto Giacometti's creation, from early works to the surrealist period, from the...

A leading representative of the Russian avant-garde, Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956) revolutionized the world of graphic art, design and photography. The over 250 illustrations featured in this volume allow the reader to grasp the full force...

Alphonse Mucha was an extraordinarily prolific and versatile artist who made his mark in the diverse fields of design – including posters, jewellery, interior decoration, theatre, packaging and product designs – as well as in painting, bo...

Over the past fifteen years, Beijing has experienced unprecedented change - a change more dramatic and profound than ever before. Contemporary skyscrapers and architectural forms are gradually enclosing the historic city center. Steel and glass struc...

What is dance? It is motion. What is Motion? The expression of a sensation. What is Sensation? The reaction in the human body produced by an impression or idea perceived by the mind. Loïe Fuller was one of the leading and most influential ...

Fernando Botero is the best known Colombian artist of all times. His work is found in many international collections and is also known to be very well represented in several important donations he himself has made to his nation. There is no part of t...

- This monograph documents the complete works of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610) - It aims at highlighting the master's integrità and the fascination of his extraordinary art - Michelangelo Merisi da ...

The most complete volume on the subject in any language Japanese graphic design has been researched and published in Italy up to the first decade of the new millennium, but there is a gap from then to today. edited by Gian Carlo Calza with Elisabett...

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...

The relationship between art, nature and fashion in the creations of the Venezuelan designer that conquered public and critics around the world. Fashion and art have always had intimate and fruitful relations, accompanying social change and, in pa...

The first overview in decades of the eerie allegories of de Chirico, the forefather of surrealism and genius of uncanny connections An innovative analysis of the artistic poetics of the master of metaphysical painting. Through a selection of im...

The most complete monograph realized about the noted Austrian painter, photographer, filmmaker, performer and set designer, born in Vienna in 1948. The works of Helnwein show the bare truth where society instead hides and removes. What emerges by ...

A fascinating and comprehensive reference album of Hiroshige, the last great figure of the ukiyo-e style. The great artist of the Japanese popular school of printmaking, Hiroshige (1797-1858) transmuted everyday landscapes into intimate, lyrical s...

An inner journey into the beauty of simplicity through the masterpieces of one of the largest and best-known collections of Japanese art outside Japan Among the many ways one can approach a distant country there are study, travel, and a special sensi...

Over seventy works from museums and private collections trace out the meteoric career of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), “enfant terrible” of the art world who quickly became the symbol of the New York multiethnic culture of the Eightie...

A homage to the great Spanish painter of light and sea, among the innovators of Spanish painting, drawing from the Impressionist experience Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencia, 1863 – Cercedilla, 1923) was one of the major Spanish pai...

Originally from Chengdu in China, Kiki Xue first studied mathematics before deciding to become a professional photographer. Since 2010, he has specialized in fashion photography and has naturally settled in Paris. By collaborating with the biggest...

Lee Miller not only Man Ray’s muse, but above all a professional in her own right Model, photographer, muse, the first female war correspondent to report the horrors of the concentration camps liberated by American troops, and 20th-century i...

Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy: all the power and relevance of this great Renaissance mind. This exhibition catalogue on Leonardo da Vinci the anatomist highlights the mystery of a thought that was both anchored in its time and, combined with a tot...

A compelling insight into the life of one of the most iconic models in the world of 20th-century fashion Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (1911-1992) was a dancer, photographer, stylist and sculptor, but above all one of the most emblematic models of the 20...

A complete overview of the Giorgio Morandi exhibition in NY and Bologna. Giorgio Morandi is an undisputed master of twentieth-century painting. His greatness lies in the balance between an outlook typical of the Age of Enlightenment and the formal...

Dealing with the most famous peaks on the planet, divided into the various continents, the book presents, among others, the peaks of the Himalayas and the Karakorum, which form “the roof of the world”. And of course, there is Patagonia, a...

The great story of world photography, from its origins to the present day Photography has been one of the key languages of modernity and with the advent of the digital revolution, it has also established itself as the most used medium in everyday ...

Edited by Rebecca A. Senf Over sixty years of work by one of the great masters of twentieth-century photography Photographer Richard Avedon, with a more than six-decade-long career, produced innovative and delightful work in fashion, as well as in...

The ukiyo-e masters are brought together in a volume that illustrates Japan’s “floating world” between the 17th and 19th centuries. The so-called Edo period (1603–1868) was extremely productive for Japan from a historical a...

Forty exemplary works spanning the Post-Impressionist's career, from one of the world's foremost Van Gogh collections The life and work of the most famous artist in the world through a selection of masterpieces. Forty masterpieces by Vi...

The book presents the extraordinary three-dimensional “live sculptures” by the Russian architect, designer, writer and artist. Having some engineering experience, Klyukin was able to experiment and derive a concept of connecting steel ...

The magnificent Italian gardens and water features of the famous 16th-century villa in a spectacular photo book UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, Villa d’Este is an Italian garden masterpiece with an outstanding array of fountains, nymp...

The history and art of one of the most important suburban aristocratic residences of the 16th century, among the oldest and most beautiful in the Alps Illustrated by spectacular images, which are the result of a special photographic campaign condu...

In celebration of one of Kusama’s most iconic infinity rooms A tribute to Yayoi Kusama, the world’s most popular artist, according to The Art Newspaper and The Guardian. Yayoi Kusama is one of Japan’s most important and famous...

120th anniversary of his birth, the life and masterpieces by Alfred Hitchcock, a British filmmaker, master of suspense and cinema genius. “If you make a bomb go off, the audience has a shock that lasts 10 seconds, but if you simply tell them...

What was particularly memorable for those who saw Anish Kapoor’s first shows, in the early eighties, was the silence conveyed to the exhibition space by those small sculptures covered with yellow, red, black or blue pigments. When the young ...

Finizio’s theme is one we can see on the streets: having changed the 19th-century city into a “metropolis” of suburbs and highways, the car as an object is, in turn, changing in relation to the modern city. A leading Italian design ...

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munaris latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who ...

Un-volumetric architecture expresses a new condition acquired in dealing with and designing open and public space from the nineties to today. This volume is therefore intended to offer a theoretical reflection conducted through 100 construction pr...

An in-depth look at the evolution of one of the most engaging and experimental architecture studios today. The “ciliary muscle” reproduces the effect of a lens and allows the eye to focus or blur vision. The ciliary muscle became the e...

This book provides insights on Farah Ossouli’s artistic pursuits with miniature painting, explains the historical background of Iranian Contemporary and the challenges of contemporary image-making in the new political and social climate. Far...

The volume presents an extraordinary collection of jewels, jewellers and international maisons which, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day, have mirrored the changing taste worldwide.  It is a global journey which takes ...

Charlotte Perriand (24 October 1903 – 27 October 1999) was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society. In her article “L’Art...

Louise Bourgeois, who has produced art since the 1930s, began in the 1990s to use her clothes and the clothes of her loved ones as components in her sculptures and drawings. It is as much a reincarnation of her past and her childhood as a confirmatio...

John Malkovich and Sandro Miller pay homage to the icons of photography that have changed our collective imagination. Meryl Streep is a myth, even without the celebrated portrait taken by Annie Leibovitz in 1981, and another myth – John Malk...

A beautifully designed monograph surveying the works of the highly acclaimed contemporary photographer. Kenna’s photographs captivate viewers through their silent drama and magnetism: rather than being accurate descriptions of a place, the p...

An exceptional monograph-catalogue revealing the innovative drive in Gauguin’s work This catalogue offers a unique opportunity to view Gauguin’s entire artistic development from his early impressionist works to his final masterpieces p...

The 50 years of artistic and mass photography taken into consideration in this volume are unquestionably the most important in the twentieth century. The acceleration of technological progress, the advent of the era of the machine and the metropolis,...

A monograph surveying the past twenty years works of the “celebrities snapper” Uli Weber, one of the most accomplished photographers of his generation. Some photographers build a global reputation specialising in fashion. Others excel ...

This is the first monograph on the great American artist's work as a sculptor. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova for the 2013 Venice Biennale, the monograph exhaustively illustrates t...

This is the first book to document the highly innovative Terminal 3 at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in China, scheduled for completion in 2013. Shenzhen is one China's most important industrial locations as well as a very popular ...

More than thirty years ago Tadao Ando started to establish himself as one of the best designers on the international scene for the rigor and character of his works, and ever since his intense activity has moved tirelessly between private residences a...

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...

How connected are fashion designers to the body they design for today? Is there truly a way for the body to be trained in order to serve fashion? How can you manoeuvre emotion through your work? Each era has its dominant themes and fashion readily re...

Louise Bourgeois, Ann Hamilton, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Richard Meier, Daniel Libeskind, Zaha Hadid, James Watson, Nicole Kidman, Dennis Hopper, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, Denni...

The aim of this beautifully illustrated book is to offer a highly extensive and versatile anthology of pieces, accompanied on one hand by technical and in-depth captions and on the other by a scientifically documented yet concise and absorbing essay....

The French High Jewelry Maison through more than 500 creations and archival documents, from 1906 to nowadays  This book presents the legendary jewellery and precious objects of Van Cleef & Arpels, and how they relate to time, nature ...

A fantastic journey through stories featuring a mixture of myth, excitement and mystery in 200 works by the most frightening Japanese artists of the 18th and 19th centuries The long Pax Tokugawa was founded on the blood of 40,000 severed enemy heads...

This exhibition catalogue shows the evolution of taste in the Italian and European courts from late mannerism through to the first decades of last century. Writing desks, tables, beds, chairs, thrones, mirrors, vases, and objects made of or decorated...

Каталог представляет историю «Русских балетных сезонов» во всём богатстве красок и деталей. Его структура отвечает хронологической последовательности и этапам развития «Русских Балетов». Каждый этап соответствовал подготовке и...

In this volume, Ralf Bock reveals for the first time the sensuality of Loosâ interior designs, demonstrating that Loos was not an architect of the âwhite modern movementâ but rather fought against it as he saw the work of purism move in the opposite ...

Twentieth-century American society wittily and ironically portrayed by a great artist. Norman Rockwell (1894–1978), one of the most popular American artists of the past century, has often been regarded as a simple illustrator and had his work ...

The first and most comprehensive publication to encompass the achievements of one of Italy’s foremost contemporary artists both in design and in architecture. Antonio Citterio has earned a reputation for his design and craftsmanship. While h...

Architecture & Arts documents the innovations brought about by painters, sculptors, designers, writers, photographers, and filmmakers, as well as creators from the widest variety of artistic circles and expressive styles, into the field of architectu...

Published for the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the printing of the first book in Armenian in Venice (1512), this volume offers a rich, fascinating chronological survey, presenting over 200 works from the leading museums and libraries of Arm...

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 twenti...

Born in Belgrade in 1946, Marina Abramovic´ pioneered the use of performance as a visual art form. The body has always been both her subject and medium. Exploring the physical and mental limits of her being, she has withstood pain, exhaustion, ...

A fascinating survey into Buccellati style: a blend of past with present, of form, function and design lie at the heart of the work of a family firm which has become synonymous with gold and silversmithing over the past century. The exhibition (Octob...

Beautifully designed and illustrated, this book is an all-access pass inside the story of the world's most famous family of jewellers. A kaleidoscopic, colourful, dazzlingly illustrated history of Bvlgari jewellery, this engaging book showcases more ...

The works of Caravaggio and his followers and contemporaries in early 17th-century Rome. Caravaggio was an unquestioned genius who eclipsed all other artists of his time. But just who were these fellow travellers? Bringing together 200 works from ...

This volume reconstructs the fifteen years of the remarkable artistic collaboration between Carlo Scarpa and the Venini glass-making company, from 1932 to 1947. The pieces featured represent a significant part of his early activity. They are often...

The glory of classic Cartier jewelry is exhibited through fifty years worth of designs shown in this exhibition catalog. It shows how surprising the First Cartiers were, in two clear ways: first, art nouveau elements are almost totally absent. Instea...

The dazzling Collection Art de Cartier will once again amaze the public with their impressive pieces this time seen through the revolutionary eyes of the master of Italian design, Ettore Sottsass. Richly illustrated, this catalogue accompanies an int...

Thanks to an all-round sense of fashion, Max Mara has been able to sustain its principles and priorities over time: superior quality, fashion content, superb tailoring even in mass production, design and research and last but not least, leadership in...

180 colour and 40 b/w illustrations Following intense debate throughout the 20th century, the issue of residential housing is becoming increasingly central to the contemporary situation, characterised by large cities, urban sprawl and general fragm...

Considered one of the great masters of contemporary Japanese photography, Daido Moriyama is always on the road, a lone traveller whose black-and-white images recount visions and worlds hidden just beneath the surface of reality.  This book co...

Don McCullin (London, 1935) is one of the most important photographers of our time. For more than 50 years, his uncompromising black-and-white photographs have shaped our awareness and understanding of modern conflict and its consequences. His images...

100 colour and 22 b/w illustrations Douglas Gordon is among the leading artists who emerged in British art during the 1980s and 1990s, and is considered one of the best contemporary video artists. He was born in 1966 in Glasgow, and was the winner, ...

Illustrated with over 150 oils, watercolours, etchings and drawings with comments on their formal and technical characteristics, this exhibition's catalogue offers an updated critical interpretation of Edward Hopper's work and an alternative ...

Emilio Cavallini is a high-quality Italian brand, offering a touch of class to the hosiery industry. The Emilio Cavallini style is unmistakable for its creativity: geometric cuts, optical motifs, strong colours. Since 1980, when the Emilio Cavall...

This book, published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title (Milan, Spring 2009), is produced in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana. Always audacious, sometimes outrageous, Vogue’s images distinguish themselves by their willingness to e...

This artist book is the most comprehensive survey of Novembre as interior architecture and product design. In little over a decade Fabio Novembre has made a name for himself with eye-candy interiors, spectacular installations, and lush yet functional...

Testimonies, statements, anxieties and secrets of some of the most important makers of contemporary fashion. The leading figures of fashion reveal themselves in a completely new and original manner. This volume presents meetings with the most impo...

Botero has gained international fame, capturing the whimsy of life by painting corpulent and sometimes comical figures. The dilation of his subjects gives the figures an abstract, unreal, and even grotesque dimension. Studies in beauty and terror, Bo...

This volume brings together all the projects realized by Frank O. Gehry since his pivotal stylistic metamorphosis of 1997, embodied by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, until today. Among the featured works: the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Ange...

The first book to take readers inside the mansions and estates of Champagne today. Champagne, the king of wines, opens the doors to its most legendary homes. Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger, Krug, Moet & Chandon, Perrier Jouèt, and so on; all the most fam...

A grand tour of the premier art collections of Italy would require an 1000-mile trip from Milan to Rome over to Venice and down to Naples-and then back to Florence-and long hours in line). Now Italy's foremost art publisher has brought these eight ar...

The never-before-published wardrobe of a timeless star, for lovers of fashion, photography and film history. Greta Garbo’s influence over fashion has transcended time. Her dresses, suits, impeccably-tailored coats with a slightly masculine look an...

The dazzlingly varied cloths presented in this book are the visual record of one of the great stories of Asian design history. John Guy has produced a brilliant account of the Indian textile trade in examining the cloth-for-spices trade, focusing ...

95 colour and b/w illustrations The resin-scented wood of the Swiss Pavilion by Peter Zumthor at the Hannover Expo, the hypo-oxygenated air of Diller+Scofidio’s Blur Bar, the sculpting air stream of Renzo Piano’s Wind Tunnel in Maranello, the placeb...

A selection of Jimmy Nelson’s most sublime photographs highlighting the beauty of Indigenous peoples around the world The spectacular shots of the award-winning photographer discovering the beauty of humanity. Jimmy Nelson: Humanity is ab...

A monograph devoted to the great Russian architect who is considered one of the leading interpreters of the aesthetic and social ideals of Constructivism, the Soviet avant-garde architectural movement. The volume offers a repositioning of Mel’nikov’s...

An exciting monograph dedicated to an extraordinary figure and one of last century’s most famous and influential artists. ​ Man Ray (1890-1976) was a photographer, painter, and creator of objects, experimental films, and images which were at...

This volume, while illustrating visually the more important of the works he produced between 1970 and 1990, tends to focus chiefly on the ones constructed over the last fifteen years which have earned him the international standing he enjoys today. T...

170 colour and 40 b/w illustrations Founded in Delfi in 1984 as a collective for public housing design, the Mecanoo studio has developed into one of the most significant entities on both the Dutch and international architecture scene having created ...

Opening at the Musee du Luxembourg in Paris from 25 October 2002 through 2 March 2003, the exhibition will present a wide selection of Modigliani's work including paintings, sculptures, drawings, and never-before-seen masterpieces, selected from ...

Moscow, Splendours of the Romanovs recounts the history of three hundred years of rule by the Romanov dynasty through over six hundred works of great beauty, including the famous eggs made by the jeweller Carl Fabergé. An evocation of the Cathedral o...

The work of the MVRDV architectural studio can be seen as a symbol for the important turning point in Dutch architecture which took place in the 1990s and which set in motion a radical transformation of the country. MVRDV, established in 1990, is ...

Saying that an architectural form is naked is a typical affirmation of everyday language that synthesises multiple characters and meanings through a metaphor. Anti-decorative architecture of modern tradition is naked, buildings under construction or ...

A sumptuously illustrated and richly detailed catalogue of enormous appeal to anyone interested in fashion, lifestyle, the history of costume and applied arts Thanks to a prestigious private collection, this book explains how from this moment on the ...

A fascinating voyage into the natural realm to discover the sources of inspiration of architectural forms, from antiquity to our time. Have you ever compared the shaft of a fluted column and a tree with its bark? Have you ever noticed the perfect hom...

The fourth book in the Art of the Twentieth Century series, this volume explores the changes in art during the last decades of the 20th century. The events of 1968-1969 paved the way for profound social transformations and created a new feeling towar...

160 colour and b/w illustrations This volume makes an important contribution to the understanding of contemporary Italian architecture by analyzing the works of the most interesting young architects and photographers: an opportunity to reflect on th...

A groundbreaking study of Pablo Picasso, it documents all Picasso's major works from 1917 to 1937 including La Suite Voillard from the National Gallery of Canada. The title intends to be a metaphor. Harlequin can be anything you wish, a chameleon...

An exhaustive monograph on the eminent architect, emblematic of Milanese, and also Italian, 20th-century architectural and figurative culture. Celebrated in the 1930s, controversial and forgotten during the postwar period, and finally rediscovered...

The worlds largest collection of jewellery, art objects, artistic glass and drawings by Rene Lalique. Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955), the famous Portuguese collector, was a friend of Rene Lalique for 50 years and a great connoisseur of the various a...

Here is a look at Lalique’s creative process through a selection of unusual works – inluding glassware, paintings, jewelery, and fashion designs – hat highlight both the technical and aesthetic aspects of his actual craft. Not just another showcase o...

82 colour and 107 b/w illustrations From the second half of the sixties the rise and consolidation, and more in general the creative career, of Richard Meier has been characterised by slow but steady reflection on modernity, its matrix and the possi...

Roy Lichtenstein’s painting is almost an identifiable brand today and his influence is evident in many forms of artistic expression: painting, advertising, photography, design, fashion. Published for the extensive Milan exhibition and curate...

The company Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A., founded in 1927 by designer Salvatore Ferragamo, is a luxury brand with more than 450 stores in over 55 countries. It sells footwear, handbags and small leather goods, scarves and ties, men's and wom...

The development of Soviet realist painting over fifty years through a selection of works from Russias leading museums. Socialist Realism was and remains an exceptional phenomenon in twentieth-century art. It bore the challenge of promoting realist...

Among the pictorial genres, still life, which depicts in detail the common objects of domestic life (fruit, vegetables, food, but also animals and tableware), holds an important place. It is an art form which gives us valuable insights into changes o...

1300 colour and 700 b/w illustrations The underlying aim of Stone Architecture is not to redefine the universal language of the “lithic style” based on the age-old traditions of Classical expression—which I have also examined—or the formal articul...

A richly illustrated and extremely enjoyable reference book on the historical evolution of the nude. From the Palaeolithic Great Mothers to the Greek athletes, from the Venus of Urbino by Titian to Leonardos Virtuvian Man, from the Odalisque by Bo...

An original story on a unique Pink Pearl, popular from the Victorian Age to the 1920s, which now lives a renaissance, thanks to new designs and a new fashion. This beautifully illustrated book sets out to tell the story of a collection of about 30,0...

The rituals of Siberian shamans, the ancient funerary sculptures from the steppes seen as a crystallised presence of archaic and everlasting forms of worship, Chinese popular prints, Japanese engravings, Theosophic and Anthroposophic theories and Ind...

Since the early 1980s Thomas Ruff has explored the photographic medium, the way it is used and the world of contemporary digital visual culture. This volume contains and comments a seminal selection of 200 photographic works by this important germ...

280 colour and b/w illustrations, hardcover This richly illustrated book presents the Jeffrey Montgomery collection of Japanese folk art, one of the foremost collections of this art in the world. Superb examples of lacquer and metalwork, basketry, t...

240 colour and 22 b/w illustrations Today Tokyo is the largest city in the world. The image of the city, notwithstanding the widespread globalisation process, is very different to what we are accustomed to in Europe, America and also in other Asian ...

Twentieth-century Jewellery presents an extraordinary collection of jewels, jewellers and international maisons which, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day, have mirrored the changing taste of the twentieth century. It is a glob...

The result of painstaking research by Lea Vergine, this volume explores the meaning of the trash phenomenon in contemporary art from the early 20th century (Boccioni, Carrà, Depero, Picabia, Schwitters), through the Sixties and Seventies (Burr...

Каталог представляет историю «Русских балетных сезонов» во всём богатстве красок и деталей. Его структура отвечает хронологической последовательности и этапам развития «Русских Балетов». Каждый этап соответствовал подготовке и...