Libros de Pintores y escultores, página 10 de 536

La cima indiscutible del Siglo de Oro de la pintura españolaAclamado por su combinación de realismo con atmósfera y por su apreciación profundamente sensible del carácter, la obra de Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velazquez representa la cima indiscutible del Siglo de Oro de la pintura española.Nacido en Sevilla pero de origen portugues, Velazquez se convirtio en pintor de la corte de Felipe IV en 1623. Trabajador constante, utilizaba fundamentalmente colores sombrios. En 1628 conocio a Rubens y poco despues realizo su primer viaje a Italia. Las obras que creo alli revelan un creciente interes tanto por la gama de colores como por el desnudo masculino.Velazquez solo regreso a Italia una vez mas a finales de la decada de 1640, donde pinto su celebre retrato del Papa Inocencio X y su unico desnudo femenino, la "Venus del espejo". Su grandeza reside quizas en sus estudios empaticos de los personajes, tales como los bufones compañeros de juegos de los niños de la familia real. El desgaste de la piel, la miseria y la mortalidad, asi como el envejecimiento del abatido monarca, le preocuparon cada vez mas en sus ultimos años. El poder, la perspicacia y la tecnica brillante de estas pinturas ejercieron una profunda influencia en artistas posteriores tales como Manet, Delacroix, Picasso y Bacon.

During his short career, Koloman Moser became a towering figure in Viennese culture. His varied work in interior and graphic design, furniture, textiles, jewellery, metalwork, glass and earthenware helped usher in the modern era. This book surveys the entirety of Moser's oeuvre. It examines his work as a graphic designer and his involvement with the Vienna Secession, with special focus given to his role as an illustrator for the journal Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring). Moser's forays into textile design and ceramic work are also introduced. The book features his designs for the Vienna Secession, Thonet Brothers and the Mautner family, among others that characterise his early modern style. The book also explores Moser's seminal role as a founding member of the Vienna Workshops, along with architect Josef Hoffman and patron Fritz Waerndorfer. Included are many reproductions of Moser's masterpieces, including the window of the Steinhof Chapel, his exhibition posters, postage stamps and currency and elegant samples from his design portfolio, "The Source."

The first monograph on this internationally famous potter and writer, this book brings to life the man behind The Hare with Amber Eyes. Stunning photography reveals a day in the life of de Waal and his studio and documents his major exhibitions and installations. Contributors include novelists Colm Toibin, Peter Carey and AS Byatt.

La publicación reproduce el cuaderno personal de Francis Alÿs en el que el artista reflejó sus recorridos a pie en el entorno de las Torres Gemelas tras los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001 en

Mathias Goeritz (Danzig, 1915 - Ciudad de México, 1990) ocupó lugar principal en el proceso de normalización de la cultura española en los años de posguerra; un protagonismo que nadie discute, pero que no ha ido acompañado de la correspondiente investigacion. A fin de subsanar este vacio historiografico se publica el presente libro, atento a la estancia de Goeritz en España (1945-1949) y a la continuidad de sus proyectos en Guadalajara (Jalisco), donde residio de octubre de 1949 a 1953. La historia de Goeritz en España es tambien la de quienes se quedaron tras la Guerra Civil, aislados y vencidos pero anhelantes por avanzar, y la de los mas jovenes que eligieron abrirse al futuro.

Bruce Nauman (b. 1941) is one of the most innovative, provocative and influential artists working today. His pioneering explorations of sculpture, performance, sound, video and installations always questioning the role of the artist have broken new ground and inspired innumerable artists careers.Confronted with what to do in his studio soon after graduating, Nauman had the simple but profound realization that If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product. Exploring Naumans relationship to the place where he creates his strikingly original works, Bruce Nauman: The True Artist retraces back to the artists youth in Fort Wayne, Indiana, his graduate work at the University of California, Davis, through to the present day. Naumans continual search for new means and sources of expression have led him to experiment with a very wide variety of medium (photography, performance, sculpture, installations, video, neon sign, and sound) as well as to explore the relationship between words and images. Naumans apotheosis as one of the worlds most highly lauded artists came as he was ranked No. 1 in the world by Artfacts.net in 2006, and he was the sole US representative in the American Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale.Peter Plagens, best known to the general public for his work as art critic at Newsweek, has known Nauman for over forty years, and in his own words describes this book as about my trying to get at the real truth of Bruce Naumans work. They first met in 1970, when their studios were a block apart in Pasadena, California, and they played basketball together every Sunday. Since then Plagens has pursued a real understanding of his friends art and in this book presents it from his uniquely insightful perspective, including chronicling as it happened the creation of works in Naumans studio in Galisteo, New Mexico, and the organization, installation and reception of his exhibitions. Throughout, Plagens is a savvy and engaging guide to the work, using his own attempts to puzzle out the meaning of the pieces, and the artists conversations about them, to offer the reader a vivid, personal and enlightening take on one of the key figures in contemporary art.

José de Ribera nació en Játiva (Valencia) y fue bautizado en aquella localidad el 17 de febrero de 1591. Hijo del sastre Simón Ribera y de su esposa Margarita Cucó, sus padres le enviaron a Valencia para que siguiera la carrera de Letras en aquella Universidad, pero su aficion a las Bellas Artes le hizo cambiar los libros por los pinceles y asistir al taller de su paisano Francisco Ribalta (1565-1628). Ribalta abrio al joven Ribera el camino para llegar a convertirse en uno de nuestros mejores pintores.

Este libro es un estudio interpretativo de los símbolos más importantes de la personal iconografía de Maruja Mallo en relación con el contexto en el que fueron creados y las lecturas y vivencias personales que tuvieron un profundo impacto en la formacion personal y profesional de laartista.utor: ZANETTA, MARIA ALEJANDRA Profesora asociada de Literatura Española y Cultura (Universidad de Akron), obtuvo su doctorado en Literatura Española por la Universidad Estatal de Ohio. Es autora de La pintura y la prosa de Santiago Rusiñol: Un analisis comparativo, asi como de numerosos articulos de revistas en areas tales como estudios comparativos entre pinturas y poemas: Ramon del Valle-Inclan, Juan Ramon Jimenez, Santiago Rusiñol, Rosa Chacel, Carmen Martin Gaite, Eduardo Arroyo... Su ultimo libro, La otra cara de la vanguardia, analiza las correspondencias en el arte de Maruja Mallo, Angeles Santos y Remedios Varo partiendo de los estudios de genero.

Un capítulo artístico de la Zaragoza del XVII lo constituye su producción gráficaque alcanza un notable desarrollo al servicio de la imprenta local.

What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the most influence on his art? The answers to these and other questions help bring into focus the Spanish artist's brilliant career and his influence on twentieth-century art. Color reproductions of his masterpieces are interspersed with photographs of Picasso's personal life, and are presented in a dynamic layout that reflects the artist's creative vision and boundless energy. Picasso's anti-war stance, his tumultuous love affairs, and his outspokenness are all examined with journalistic verve. This book not only provides a solid background on Picasso's monumental body of work, but also offers anecdotes, historical context, and a fresh perspective on an enigmatic and endlessly compelling figure.

Esta exposición antológica de Néstor Basterretxea, se ha concebido con la ambición de poner al día el desarrollo de sesenta años de creación artística de uno de los más emblemáticos escultores vascos. La reunion de cerca de doscientas piezas -pinturas, esculturas, dibujos, fotomontajes, maquetas, grabados y peliculas- da idea de la complejidad del proyecto y del interes por enseñar con suficiente detalle cada juna de las facetas del trabajo del autor a lo largo de todas las etapas de su extensa cronologia. Nestor basterretxea ha formado parte de los mas importantes episodios que el arte vasco desarrollo en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Estuvo presente en dos de los momentos cruciales de su historia, como fueron la construccion de la basilica de Arantzazu -donde con Oteiza, Chillida e Ibarrola intervino en su decoracion, aunque su obra tuviese que esperar muchos años para verse realizada- y la formacion de los grupos de la Escuela Vasca, concretamente el grupo Gaur, del que fue uno de los miembros fundadores. Pero ademas participo en la creacion de otros grupos importantes de vanguardia, como el Equipo 57, lo que da idea de la fundamental presencia de Basterretxea en el desarrollo de las ideas que trataba de imponer el arte mas avanzado delos años cincuenta y sesenta.

Marta Nael, galardonada con el Premio Expomanga al mejor ilustrador español del año 2012, otorgado por la Asociación de amigos del cómic. Impressions: The Digital Art of Marta Nael, es el primer libro de ilustraciones de la joven artista Marta Nael. Mediante una explosion de color y luminosidad, Marta nos adentra en un universo donde la fantasia se mezcla con la realidad, dando paso a bellas mujeres, criaturas misteriosas y paisajes que parecen sacados de un sueño.En sus paginas podremos encontrar un amplio muestrario del repertorio de la ilustradora, quien valiendose de diversas tecnicas, entre las que destaca la que ella misma denomina "impresionismo digital", nos detalla, mediante una serie de tutoriales, cuales son los pasos que sigue para dar forma a su concepcion creativa del mundo.

Andy Warhol was famous for being famous, but his body of work reveals a unique understanding of America's star-making machinery. Isabel Kuhl looks at the world Warhol inhabited as a young man - a post-war America on the brink of mass commercialism and mass production - to examine his iconic paintings and prints. She demonstrates how Warhol's fascination with pop culture meshed perfectly with a cultural mood at once reflective and rebellious. The innovative layout allows the artist's brilliantly colored prints and paintings to spring to life, while photographs from Warhol's life in and out of the limelight offer a balanced appreciation of an artist who taught his audience how to appreciate his art.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition on Belgian artist Rinus van de Velde at CAC Málaga from February through March 2013, this catalogue focuses on the self-referential nature of his work. The titles accompanying many of his images, in which the artist himself is the protagonist, are small narratives about the fictions they depict, or real-life reflections on the creative process, his beliefs and sentiments. In opposition to the real self, his self-portraits are an exercise in introspection that focuses on a recurring theme artistic creation but also the anti-ego. Besides numerous works and texts by the artist, the book includes a critical essay by Juan Francisco Rueda.