Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born painter, became one of the founders of 20th-century abstract art, ultimately moving toward the geometric forms for which he is best known. Some of the more beautiful works included in this title are Several Circles (1926), Hard But Soft (1927), and Graceful Ascent (1934). Readers looking for a good introduction to the works of Kandinsky will be delighted with this volume.
Kompakte aber ausführliche Monografie des großen Malers
Edvard Munch sa vo všeobecnosti považuje za najvýznamnejšieho škandinávskeho umelca a predchodcu expresionizmu. Do výtvarného umenia uviedol celkom nové témy ako pocit existenciálnej úzkosti, osamelosti a nepredvídateľnosti ľudských emócií. Vďaka inovatívnym experimentálnym maliarskym technikám dokázal zachytiť duševné muky, ktoré zažívali mnohí jeho súčasníci. Souběžný anglický, český, slovenský, polský, rumunský a řecký text.
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) belonged to the same generation as the founders of French Impressionism, but though he started out as a "plein-air" painter with the same aims as Pissarro and Monet, he soon parted company with them and began to engage in a solitary struggle to achieve an ideal of artistic perfection which goes far beyond the aims of Impressionism and makes him the father of modern art. The forty-nine plates of the present volume span the entire career of this earliest and greatest of modern painters. All the color reproductions are based on specially taken photographs and have been carefully compared to the originals. Several details show the master's brush-strokes in original size. -- Form publisher's description
The precious collection of paintings has established the Hermitage’s reputation as one of the most important museums in the world, but the architectural ensemble on the banks of the Neva is also a masterpiece of world architecture. This magical triad of important paintings, treasures from around the world, and architecture attracts an ever-growing stream of visitors each year to St. Petersburg, a city full of wonders shaped by its rich history.
Když mluvíme o impresionismu, vybaví se nám Monet, Renoir, Degas a Cézanne a jejich atmosférické krajinomalby, živé portréty a scény z městského života. Své obrazy začali malovat in situ, volili barvy, které odpovídaly světelným a podnebným podmínkám dané chvíle, a nanášeli je rychlými tahy štětce. Díky těmto postupům se jim podařilo zachytit jedinečnost přítomného okamžiku. Tento svazek přináší na 300 ilustrací a shrnující pohled na umění impresionismu.
The Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group of artists was formed in Munich in 1911 on the initiative of two leading artists of Modernism: Wassily Kandinsky, the pioneer of purely abstract painting, and Franz Marc, the creator of mysterious, abstracted animal pictures. The Russian and the German, together with many other visionary painters in their train, hoped to pursue a new spirit in art. They wanted nothing less than an apotheosis of the spiritual in art. The outbreak of the Great War seemed to put a brutal end to what was at the time the most important avant-garde movement in Germany, but its influence continued unabated and inspired whole generations of international artists to create similar utopias.
Mondrian. Das Werk Piet Mondrians ist äußerst vielseitig: Von impressionistischer Landschaftsmalerei über Kubismus gelan
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is one of the pioneers of 20th-century art and is regarded as the founder of abstract art. Through critical insight and analysis, Duchting provides a complete portrait of this established and foundational artist.
