Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... 100 illustrators to remember. Drawn from Taschen ’s Illustration Now! series, this go-to catalog brings together 100 of the most successful and important illustrators around the globe. With featured artists including Istvan Banyai, Gary Baseman, Seymour Chwast, Paul Davis, Brad Holland, Mirko Ilić, Anita Kunz, and Christoph Niemann, the international overview provides an invigorating record of the dynamism and diversity of the illustration scene. Each illustrator is featured with a self-portrait, samples from their portfolio, and a succinct description by Steven ... |
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Multilingual Edition (English, French, German). ... The wooden structures of the 21st century. Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous resurgence in contemporary construction. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition explores how architects around the world have created and invented with this elementary material. Featuring follies, very large buildings, and ambitious urban renewal schemes, ... |
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Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating "I ... |
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Henri Rousseau (1844 - 1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau’s bright, bold paintings of jungles and exotic flora and fauna were dismissed as childish and simplistic, but his unique and tenacious style soon won acclaim. After 1886, he exhibited regularly at Paris’s prestigious Salon des Indépendants, and in 1908 he received a legendary banquet of honor, hosted by Picasso. Although best known for his tropical scenes, Rousseau, in fact, never left France, relying on books and magazines for inspiration, as ... |
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The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso and Mexican surrealism, he rejected convention to develop his own way of seeing, interpreting, and expressing. Pollock’s most famous works are his drip paintings, where he dripped and poured household enamel paint over the canvas with a variety of instruments, from sticks to syringes, hardened brushes to broken bits of glass. The splattered results pulsate with energy, replacing the refinement of easel and brush with ... |
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Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century. From private villas to mass social housing projects, his radical ideas, designs, and writings presented a whole-scale reinvention not only of individual structures, but of entire concepts of modern living. Le Corbusier’s work made distinct developments over the years, from early vernacular houses in Switzerland through dazzling white, purist villas to dynamic syntheses of art and architecture such as the chapel at Ronchamp and the civic buildings in Chandigarh, India. A hallmark ... |
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Изследвайте пределите на Вселената! Потопете се в завладяващия свят на науката, историята и космическите изследвания с луксозното колекционерско издание на National Geographic. Разгледайте чудесата на Космоса в компанията на водещи експерти и научете от тях какво е бъдещето на космическите пътешествия, можем ли да живеем на Луната, възможно ли е да съществува живот извън Земята и как би могъл да изглежда той, как и къде учените търсят извънземен живот и защо именно там. Често ни се струва, че щом бъде разрешена някоя научна загадка, на нейно място изникват още десет. Изпратихме хора на Луната, но още не ... |
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Потопете се отново в омагьосания свят на норвежките народни приказки, събрани и съхранени от двамата най-изтъкнати събирачи на скандинавски фолклор - Петер Кристен Асбьорнсен, Йорген Му, често наричани "норвежките Братя Грим". В резултат на техния епохален труд се появяват два тома Норвежки народни приказки, два тома Норвежки приказки за тайнствени същества и народни сказания, както и самостоятелни приказки, поместени в различни сборници. Ангажирани са най-изтъкнатите художници на епохата: Теодор Кителсен, Ерик Вереншол, Ханс Гюде и други. Пълно илюстровано издание сега за първи път държи в ръцете си и ... |
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There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality. This essential introduction takes in the most important works from this astonishingly prolific oeuvre to explore Rubens’s influences and innovations, and his remarkable visual, and art historical, impact. The richly illustrated survey takes in Rubens’s portraits, landscapes, and historical paintings, as well as his famed and bountiful nudes. Along the way, we examine the artist’s astonishing technique and his deft ability to depict narrative in a compelling and legible ... |
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With Salvador Dalí as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytical practice of Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists championed the unconscious as the domain of truth, uninhibited by the standards or expectations of society. With techniques ranging from hypnotism to nocturnal walks to automatic writing, the likes of André Breton, Max Ernst, Brassaï, and Meret Oppenheim produced paintings, drawings, texts, and films in which they sought to excavate their most intimate and primal ... |
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Ти знаеш тази история, Вартоломей, макар да не я помниш. Ще ти я разкажа възможно най-добре и обещавам да бъда правдив разказвач. Не успея ли, то едва ли ще е по моя вина. Да разкажеш история, е отчасти да разкажеш лъжа, не е ли така? Някога името ѝ беше Сибил Делинг. Сега е просто Шест - една от тайнствените Пророчици на служба в Катедралата на съновиденията. Пред силата ѝ се прекланят всички. Благородници и селяни идват от цялото кралство, за да чуят думите ѝ и да надникнат в бъдещето си. Цената? Само малко кръв... Един ден самият крал идва в катедралата, а част от свитата му е тайнствен рицар с ... |
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Историята проследява живота на импулсивния Дмитрий, скептичния Иван, нежния Альоша и техния покварен баща Фьодор Павлович Карамазов. Когато бащата е открит убит, синовите му се превръщат в основните заподозрени. Може би една от най-важните книги в историята на литературата, романът на всички романи, преведен на над 170 езика, последната творба на Ф. М. Достоевски Братя Карамазови е едно от най-задълбочените му произведения. Алберт Айнщайн казва, че това е "връх в литературата", Зигмунд Фройд определя романа като "най-великолепната книга, писана някога", Уилям Фокнър твърди, че това е "най- ... |
