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Less is more. Finding perfection in purity Famed for his motto less is more, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 1969) was one of the founding fathers of modern architecture and a hotly-debated tastemaker of twentieth-century aesthetics and urban exper...

Founded 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 objects as simple objects, minimal artists soug...

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 manne...

Nowadays, in the construction of minimalist houses the main goal is to find modes of design that go further than a simple denunciation of complexity, and begin to move towards imbuing space with a modest sense of spirituality, clarity, and harmony.

The term minimalism has not always been used correctly, and even today it continues to cause confusion when it is used to define artistic trends, schools of thought or creative movements. The term began to be bandied about in the 1960s, when artists ...

Fellow painter Walter Erben spent countless hours conversing with his colleague Joan Miró (1893-1983) at his house in Mallorca in preparation for this book. Over the course of these talks, Miró gave Erben many interesting and invaluable insights into...

Assassinator of painting. The artist who upset the establishment Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanish painters of the twentieth century. The themes and treatments of his early work were shaped by the Catalan landscap...

The A-Z of modern architecture. An unprecedented architecture encyclopedia "The book provides a splendid record of architecture from the nineteenth century to the present day." - Architectural Review, London Unlike most architecture e...

Space Shapers. An encyclopedia of modern architecture With more than 280 entries, this architectural A–Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. Fr...

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...

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 wit...

Modern Matters. A blow-by-blow account of Modernism 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. Featuring hundreds...

Modigliani - Sensitive paintings and sculptures that speak in tongues To contemporaries, Amedeo Modigliani was the very definition of Parisian Bohemia, the controversial darling and target of the popular press and the model on which many a novel, ...

The controversial darling and target of the popular press. Scandalous Amedeo Modigliani To contemporaries, Amedeo Modigliani was the very definition of Parisian Bohemia, the controversial darling and target of the popular press and the model on wh...

The quest for "universal harmony" Less is often more - such is Piet Mondrian’s approach to art. His main pictorial elements are horizontals and verticals, his preferred colours yellow, red and blue. Throughout his life, Mondrian...