Portraits — McCurry S.
15 мая 2019 г.
Portraits

An intriguing collection of unposed and engaging color portraits of people from all backgrounds and corners of the globe by an award-winning photographer includes the famous "Afghan Girl" photograph and equally memorable images ranging from a bejewelled Indian bride to …

Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man — Stillman A.G.
15 мая 2019 г.
Looking at Ansel Adams: The Photographs and the Man

LOOKING AT ANSEL ADAMS is a personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images. Immediately recognizable photographs like Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and Mount …

Artless: Art & Illustration by Simple Means — Ong A., Valli M.
15 мая 2019 г.
Artless: Art & Illustration by Simple Means

Artless presents some of the most compelling images created by contemporary artists and illustrators using the simplest of tools, such as color pencils, crayons, watercolor, scissors, and glue. 

Work produced in this manner represents a growing and particularly resilient trend …

Paul Gauguin — Cann I., Hoffmann E.
15 мая 2019 г.
Paul Gauguin

In 1883 Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that from now on I will pai nt every day. The co - founder of Synthetism and trailblazer of Expressionism turns his back on the bourgeois world, leaves his …

Divisionism/Neo-Impressionism: Arcadia and Anarchy — Ginex G., Greene V.
15 мая 2019 г.
Divisionism/Neo-Impressionism: Arcadia and Anarchy

This beautifully designed exhibition catalogue explores the optically vibrant paintings of the late nineteenth-century Italian Divisionists, examining, for the first time, their relationship to Neo-Impressionism. Artists from both movements subscribed to a painting technique rooted in color theory; held left-wing …

Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters
15 мая 2019 г.
Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters

Soviet propaganda against the demon drink: the latest in Fuel’s Russian pop culture series

From the acclaimed authors of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedias and Soviet Space Dogs comes Alcohol, a glorious and exhaustive collection of previously unpublished Soviet anti-alcohol …

Whispering Walls — Rabotteau D., Soltan F.
15 мая 2019 г.
Whispering Walls

Whether it takes the form of ephemeral graffiti or great frescoes—mural paintings are the ultimate freedom of expression, an ancient craft that reflects all the whispers and cries of our world. From Philadelphia to Johannesburg, from Santiago de Chile to …

Women of the Avant-Garde 1920-1940
15 мая 2019 г.
Women of the Avant-Garde 1920-1940

Women of the Avant-Garde 1920–1940 presents eight female artists who made major contributions to Dada, Surrealism, Constructivism and other European avant-gardes of the modernist era: Claude Cahun, Sonia Delaunay, Germaine Dulac, Florence Henri, Hannah Höch, Katarzyna Kobro, Dora Maar and …

Impressionism and Post-impressionism. Collection Highlights: Carnegie Museum of Art
15 мая 2019 г.
Impressionism and Post-impressionism. Collection Highlights: Carnegie Museum of Art

Carnegie Museum of Art’s impressive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, prints and works on paper has never before been presented as a group. More than simply a selection of highlights, this handbook weaves together objects from the collection to …

How Posters Work — Condell C., Davidson G.
15 мая 2019 г.
How Posters Work

With its unique focus on visual language, Ellen Lupton's How Posters Work is more than another poster book. Rather than provide a history of the genre or a compilation of collectibles, the book is organized around active design principles. Concepts …

1969 The Year in Pictures
15 мая 2019 г.
1969 The Year in Pictures

1969 is one of two books published this season by Contrasto that presents a montage of photographs from a specific year. The power of these photographs calls to mind the years principal birthdays and highlights its key players. Among the …

The Art of the Blues: A Visual Treasury of Black Music's Golden Age
15 мая 2019 г.
The Art of the Blues: A Visual Treasury of Black Music's Golden Age

This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but …

Spomeniks — Jimenez J.
15 мая 2019 г.
Spomeniks

Spomeniks literally meaning 'Monuments' in Serbo-Croatian, look like spaceships conspicuously parked up in the middle of nowhere, alien to their surroundings, their bizarre beauty deriving from both their location and imaginative symbolism. Follow in the footsteps of French photographer Jonathan …

Artivism — Poch A., Poch D.
15 мая 2019 г.
Artivism

Artivism, is becoming a common way of denouncing conflicts, of being a megaphone of the unfairness, demanding more public space or pushing political agendas; in short, to highlight what does not work well. Artivists use art as a weapon of …