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ORIENTAL STYLE / Восточный стиль
To the world at large, Oriental style has increasingly becomes less remote, mysterious and inaccessible; instead, it represents a culturally significant approach to decoration that can easily be adapted to modern lifestyles. It is a decorative style that not only projects a traditional Chinese aesthetic, but also invokes the profound historical and cultural background of one of the worlds oldest civilizations. Oriental style typically calls to mind complex patterns, colours, motifs and antiques rich in symbolism. What few realize however, is how traditional Chinese furniture can be suited perfectly to contemporary interiors. For example, the elegant of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), with its clean lines and simple forms, matches modern furniture design well. Meanwhile, the traditional use of bamboo can be appropriated to create a natural, yet thoroughly contemporary feel. Shanghai Decor is a unique decorative style resulting from the marriage of Chinese elements & Western design, and it inself plays an essential part in evoking the nostalgia of old Shanghai. This volume is an authentic, insightful, and visually breathtaking survey of architecture, furniture and decorative accessories in some of the most sophisticated urban properties in China. 0
2309 Руб.
ORIENTAL STYLE / Восточный стиль
To the world at large, Oriental style has increasingly becomes less remote, mysterious and inaccessible; instead, it represents a culturally significant approach to decoration that can easily be adapted to modern lifestyles. It is a decorative style that not only projects a traditional Chinese aesthetic, but also invokes the profound historical and cultural background of one of the worlds oldest civilizations. Oriental style typically calls to mind complex patterns, colours, motifs and antiques rich in symbolism. What few realize however, is how traditional Chinese furniture can be suited perfectly to contemporary interiors. For example, the elegant of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), with its clean lines and simple forms, matches modern furniture design well. Meanwhile, the traditional use of bamboo can be appropriated to create a natural, yet thoroughly contemporary feel. Shanghai Decor is a unique decorative style resulting from the marriage of Chinese elements & Western design, and it inself plays an essential part in evoking the nostalgia of old Shanghai. This volume is an authentic, insightful, and visually breathtaking survey of architecture, furniture and decorative accessories in some of the most sophisticated urban properties in China. 0
2309 Руб.
Hicks Carola Girl in a Green Gown. The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait
Carola Hicks sets out to solve the mystery of one of art history's greatest paintings, The Arnolfini Portrait The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck in 1434 hangs in the National Gallery in London and remains a mystery to this day. Is the painting of the girl in the green gown the celebration of marriage or pregnancy, a memorial to a wife who died in childbirth, a fashion statement or a status symbol? Using her acclaimed forensic skills as an art historian, Carola Hicks set out to decode the mystery of one the most enigmatic paintings in the western art.
4335 Руб.
Mogilevtsev V. Fundamentals of Painting (на английском языке)
This textbook follows the same structure as its predecessor, while offering a complete overview on academic painting, a discipline that is built on traditional art education. The result of the authors four years of hard work is this well-illustrated book with excellent visual explanations that include tables, studies and paintings by old masters. The Fundamentals of Painting presents a classical system of teaching while illustrating each stage of work in very laconic, straight to the point text. The following four subjects of painting are covered: 1. Portrait, 2. Nude figure, 3. Portrait with Hands, 4. Copying.
2015 Руб.
Mogilevtsev V. Fundamentals of Painting (на английском языке)
This textbook follows the same structure as its predecessor, while offering a complete overview on academic painting, a discipline that is built on traditional art education. The result of the authors four years of hard work is this well-illustrated book with excellent visual explanations that include tables, studies and paintings by old masters. The Fundamentals of Painting presents a classical system of teaching while illustrating each stage of work in very laconic, straight to the point text. The following four subjects of painting are covered: 1. Portrait, 2. Nude figure, 3. Portrait with Hands, 4. Copying.
2015 Руб.
Childrens Book of Art
From cave paintings to the pop art of Andy Warhol, and the Great Sphinx of Giza to sculptures of Jeff Koons, this reference book takes children on a tour of the most amazing artworks. The Childrens Book of Art covers all the major developments in the worlds of oil painting, watercolours, pastels, and sculpture - from their early origins, to big names such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Frida Kahlo. Each artists work is explained through a signature work, giving readers a visual tour of works such as Jan van Eycks Arnolfini Portrait or Michelangelos David. Special focus is also given to art from different places or eras, such as Aboriginal Dreamtime paintings, Chinese art, Renaissance painting, impressionism, modern art, and much more. The ideas behind each style are explained through gorgeous images and illuminating text. A must-have for any budding artists, The Childrens Book of Art takes the most exciting works out of the gallery and into your hands.
1993 Руб.
Childrens Book of Art
From cave paintings to the pop art of Andy Warhol, and the Great Sphinx of Giza to sculptures of Jeff Koons, this reference book takes children on a tour of the most amazing artworks. The Childrens Book of Art covers all the major developments in the worlds of oil painting, watercolours, pastels, and sculpture - from their early origins, to big names such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Frida Kahlo. Each artists work is explained through a signature work, giving readers a visual tour of works such as Jan van Eycks Arnolfini Portrait or Michelangelos David. Special focus is also given to art from different places or eras, such as Aboriginal Dreamtime paintings, Chinese art, Renaissance painting, impressionism, modern art, and much more. The ideas behind each style are explained through gorgeous images and illuminating text. A must-have for any budding artists, The Childrens Book of Art takes the most exciting works out of the gallery and into your hands.
1993 Руб.
Courtauld Sarah The Usborne Story of Art. Picture Book
A beautiful introduction to the fascinating story of western painting. From the first cave paintings to modern masterpieces, each double page includes fascinating facts and stories about the pictures and artists, plus internet links to websites to find out more. Published in association with The National Gallery, London.
1963 Руб.
Wolf Norbert Friedrich
The king of the contemplative landscape The beauty of nature and man’s loneliness are dominant themes in the work of Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The artist often places a small human figure in a broad landscape, as in his famous paintings Monk by the Sea and The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. For a long time the importance and influence of this great Romantic painter were underestimated. When he died, Friedrich had already been forgotten by his contemporaries and was only rediscovered in the early 20th century. Today he is considered to be the most important German painter of his generation and a precursor of Expressionism. Once Friedrich gave the following advice to an artist-colleague of his who was constricted by academic rules: “Shut your physical eye so that you first see your painting with your spiritual eye. Then bring to light what you saw in the dark so that it has an effect on others, shining inwards from outside.” In other words, concentration and not imitation, essence and not frivolous brushwork.
2393 Руб.
Illustrated Stories from China
Discover magical princesses, mighty dragons, mischievous monkeys and more in this captivating collection of Chinese stories, specially retold for readers today. The book features stunning traditional-style brush and ink illustrations by Chinese artist Li Weiding, and includes links to websites to find out more about Chinese folk tales and art.
2757 Руб.
Tuti Ilaria Painted in Blood
A portrait painted in blood. A valley shrouded in secrecy. A woman fighting for her life. 'The Sleeping Nymph': a work of art of magnetic beauty, painted by a young partisan fighter during the last days of the Second World War. A painting carrying a shocking secret hidden in the red pigment on the canvas, made with the blood of a human heart. But whose heart? There is no body, no confession. Only that faint trace of blood. And that's what leads commissioner Teresa Battaglia - herself hiding an unspeakable truth - to the Resia Valley, in the north eastern part of Italy: a perfect genetic enclave protected for centuries from the outside world. The valley and the portrait are the only clues for a murder that occurred more than 70 years before. A red thread leading to the shadow of someone hell-bent on protecting a sacred secret.
1973 Руб.
Rene Magritte. The Fifth Season
Magritte's extraordinary late paintings When Rene Magritte reached his 40s, something unexpected happened. The painter, who had honed an iconic Surrealist style between 1926 and 1938, suddenly started making paintings that looked almost nothing like his earlier work. First he adopted an Impressionist aesthetic, borrowing the sweet, hazy palette of Pierre-Auguste Renoir-which he described as "sunlit Surrealism." Then his style shifted again, incorporating popular imagery, the brash colors of Fauvism and the gestural brushwork of Expressionism. And then Magritte returned to his classic style as if nothing had happened. Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season looks at the art Magritte made during and after the stylistic crises of the 1940s, revealing his shifting attitudes toward painting. Subjects explored in this volume include the artist's Renoir period; the periode vache, with its Fauvist- and Expressionist-style paintings that are little known to American audiences; the "hypertrophy of objects" paintings, a series that plays with the scale of familiar objects; and the enigmatic Dominion of Light suite, paintings that suggest the simultaneous experience of day and night. Featuring full-color plates of approximately 50 oil paintings, and a dozen of the artist's gouaches, Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season offers a new understanding of Magritte's special position in the history of 20th-century art. In a career of almost half a century, Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte (1898-1967) probed the distance between object, language and image. Even as he playfully explored new styles, his painting practice remained consistent in its cautionary message not to equate the observable world with reality in all its fullness.
8295 Руб.
Klee
Designated as "degenerate" by the Nazis, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is today considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works stand out for the variety in their forms of artistic expression. His Tunisian water-colours depicting landscape, architecture and, above all, the North African light of this Mediterranean land constitute the true beginning of Klee's painting career. Although these paintings still fall under the heading of "objective", they already exhibit indications of his tendency toward abstraction and a language of forms. Geometrical figures and hieroglyphic elements characterize the majority of these works, which for this reason seem reminiscent of "naive" and playful children's painting. In reality, however, his paintings have their roots in theoretical considerations, their recurrent symbols conveying personal and at times political content.
828 Руб.
Stevens Thomas Pierre-Auguste Renoir
This introductory series to the great artists of the past 150 years looks at their lives and inspirations, and showcases a selection of their most significant paintings. Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the foremost Impressionist artists, exhibiting six paintings in their famous 1874 exhibition and often painting scenes of middle-class leisure outdoors - en plein air - with Monet. But Renoir's primary interest lay indoors, in depictions of sensuous female nudes and intimate domestic scenes, painted in a warm, bright palette. This book explores the life and work of this leading light of Impressionism, and shows how his work developed in a different direction to many of the others in the group, as he absorbed some elements of a classical style into his painting.
2354 Руб.
Schneider Norbert Still Life
A reflection of the customs, ideas, and aspirations of the time via still lifes. The still life, the most primordial of painting subjects, had its peak between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century. In this book, Norbert Schneider explores the still life's insights into changes of mentality and philosophy as well as its role in the history of scientific discoveries and the gradual replacement of the medieval concept of the world. About the author: Norbert Schneider (b. 1945) is Professor of Art History at the University of Karlsruhe. His research focuses on art history of the Middle Ages and early modern times (and the history of genres of painting) the methodology of art studies, and the history of philosophy. His numerous books include TASCHEN's The Art of the Portrait: Masterpieces of European Portrait Painting, 1420-1670 and Jan Vermeer: The Complete Paintings.
1012 Руб.
Dickins Rosie Art Book About Portraits
Examine a gallery of famous portraits and learn the stories behind them, while finding out fascinating information about the artists and the people they painted. With the rise of the "selfie" and social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, modern day portraits have become incredibly popular and this book is a brilliant guide to their origin. Learn how Shah Jahan, an Indian artist, used real gold in his portrait to convey the importance of his subject, and how Frida Kahlo experimented with distorting mirrors to show her face in a different way, while painting a self portrait. What is a portrait? What forms do portraits come in? Why are portraits so popular? Find out the answers to these intriguing questions in this detailed information book with breath-taking oil paintings, photographs and illustrations.
1077 Руб.