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Gustav Klimt`s art is thoroughly fin de siecle. It expresses the apocalyptic atmosphere of Vienna`s upper-middle-class society a society devoted to the cultivation of aesthetic awareness and the cult of pleasure. The ecstatic joy which Klimt (18621918) and his contemporaries found or hoped to find in beauty was constantly overshadowed by death, and death therefore plays an important role in Klimt`s art. Klimt`s fame, however, rests on his reputation as one of the greatest erotic painters and graphic artists of his times. Particularly his drawings, which have been widely admired for their artistic excellence, are dominated by the erotic portrayal of women. Klimt saw the world "in female form." Author Gottfried Fliedl also discusses the Secession movement and Klimt`s role within this important group of artists.

Gordon HomeFound in our archives, the Blacks Sketchbooks are a series of books produced in the early 20th century by a group of well-known artists. Each book contains pen sketches of iconic English and Scottish cities and counties. There are also some books on famous Continental cities such as Paris and Venice. The result is a charming series of books that present a fascinating look at British and European locations as they were almost a century ago. This title is a delightful look at Edinburgh as it was in 1912.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world", ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western world`s visual characterization of Japan. Though Hiroshige captured a variety of subjects, his greatest talent was in creating landscapes of his native Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and his most famous work was a series known as 100 Famous Views of Edo (1856-1858). This book provides an introduction to his work and an overview of his career.

Starker than Velázquez and more ascetic than El Greco, Francisco Zurbarán (1598-1664) is easily among the finest of seventeenth-century Spanish painters. Apprenticed in Seville, he quickly gravitated toward the use of chiaroscuro, possibly having seen paintings by Caravaggio there: he was later to become known as the Spanish Caravaggio. But Zurbarans temperament, as it is realized in his painting, appears more melancholy, and therefore less foreboding, than Caravaggios, and his religious subjects are almost exclusively Christian. He developed a characteristic image repertoire around monasticism and martyrs and made a speciality of the Carthusians, whose white robes he took evident pleasure in depicting. His best-known work may be his 1631 Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas, now housed in the Seville Museum. It was around this time that Zurbarans star reached its peak, as he was appointed court painter to Philip IV. Later, toward the end of his life, Zurbarans harsh chiaroscuro style fell from favor, but his reputation was restored in the twentieth century, in part through the concerns of Cubism and its attraction to precedents for an emphatic plasticity. In this monograph, illustrated with 114 color plates, Santiago Alcolea, a scholar of seventeenth-century Spanish art and the author of previous books on Velazquez and El Greco, provides us with an overview of Zurbarans artistic career, dividing it into four stylistic phases and reproposing his relevance for our times.

Diego y Frida cuenta la tormentosa y apasionante historia de una pareja fuera de lo común. Ella, una mujer frágil, pero tenaz y rebelde, pintora iconoclasta; él, el genio de los muralistas mexicanos, un hombre que le dobla la edad, un terrorifico coloso con reputacion de devorador de mujeres, comunista y ateo, que osa pintar frescos en los que incita a tomar los machetes y los fusiles para derrocar la trinidad demoniaca de Mexico: la burguesia, el clero, la clase politica...

Considerado uno de los más grandes creadores del Arte Cubano de dentro y fuera de la Isla; fundador de la Generación de los 80´s Cubanos, cambio tajante en la trayectoria cultural del proceso post-re

La obra pictórica completa de Klimt en una edición de lujo de gran formato.La gran personalidad y la extensa obra pictórica de Gustave Klimt se recogen en este magnífico volumen que combina 600 reproducciones a color de pinturas y frescos del artista, con brillantes textos sobre su vida, su relacion con las mujeres, su mision en el mundo del diseño y de la moda, y su vision revolucionaria del color en forma de estampados y dorados. El gran formato del libro y los acabados de lujo permiten apreciar el detalle exquisito y la luminosidad que hacen de Klimt uno de los artistas mas importantes de todos los tiempos.Volumen de gran formato, con acabados de lujo: excelente reproduccion de los dorados de las pinturas, incluye estuche, cinta y bolsa de tela. Un regalo perfecto tanto para aficionados como para coleccionistas.El libro incluye textos sobre la vida y la trayectoria del pintor, asi como las mas recientes conclusiones academicas sobre su obra.Bolsa de tela de regalo.

La correspondencia entre Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler y Carl Einstein a cargo de Liliana Meffre.

Alexandre Cirici i Apel·les Fenosa es van conèixer l'any 1957 a Barcelona, amb motiu de l'exposició de l'escultor a la Galeria Jardin de Barcelona, trobada que va esdevenir després profunda i llarga amistat. Fruit d'aquesta amistat, Cirici va escriure nombrosos articles sobre l'obra de l'escultor i va pronunciar el discurs quan van lliurar a l'Apel·les Fenosa la Medalla d'Or de la Generalitat el 1982, alguns dels quals ara es recullen en aquest nou títol de la col·lecció Crítica d'art.

Con Jean Dubuffet o el idioma de los muros, exposición dominada por el diálogo entre la superficie pictórica y la materia, tenemos la ocasión de descubrir una faceta desconocida de este pintor y escultor frances. A Dubuffet (1901-1985) siempre le apasiono la estampa y, mas en concreto, la litografia. En 1944, invitado por Fernand Mourlot, litografo de Matisse y de Picasso, a realizar unas practicas en su taller, Dubuffet ataca literalmente la piedra y lleva a cabo en pocas semanas su primera gran serie de laminas, reunidas en el album Materia y memoria. Pero Dubuffet no se detiene ahi y realiza sobre la marcha una nueva serie de laminas para ilustrar Les Murs, serie de doce poemas de Eugene Guillevic. El interes mostrado por esta nueva tecnica se confirma en la confrontacion con la piedra litografica, materia mineral por excelencia. Si en Materia y memoria Dubuffet la maltrata, aqui tan solo la roza para dejar sus propias marcas. Paradojicamente, la aparicion de los graffiti en Les Murs inaugura tambien las caprichosas y abigarradas escrituras de los paisajes urbanos que daran lugar al ciclo de LHourloupe. Como afirmo el propio Dubuffet, en todas mis pinturas hay dos vientos contrarios: uno me lleva a exagerar las marcas de la intervencion y el otro, por el contrario, a eliminar toda presencia humana

Luis BisbeLa casa Encendida presents the intervention and book "Interiorismoyexteriorismo" by Luis Bisbe. The publication that accompanies the exhibition not only reproduces the works exhibited in the Casa Encendida, but also includes anterior works and information about the trajectory of the artist, including his video work. Before creating a piece, Luis Bisbe enters and loses himself in the space selected to exhibit the piece so he can analyse all of it's possibilities. After asking himself what he can carry out in this space, he erects his work and invites the spectator to form a part of it without any type of coercion.

In June 2006, the Neue Galerie in New York purchased Gustav Klimt''s 1907 Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I for $135 million. This deposed Picasso''s Boy With a Pipe (sold May 2004 for $104 million) as the highest reported price ever paid for a piece of art sold at a public auction. However, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was a controversial figure in his time. Far from being acknowledged as the representative artist of his age, he was the target of violent criticism - his work sometimes being displayed behind a screen to avoid corrupting the sensibilities of the young. Today, Klimt''s works are recognized as masterpieces and stand out as some of the most significant paintings ever to come out of Vienna. The Byzantine luxuriance of form, the vivid juxtaposition of colours and the rich symbolism, sensuality and eroticism of his work have made Klimt one of the most popular artists in the world. Arranged thematically, the 130 giant-size reproductions of Klimt''s most important work are accompanied by Rachel Barnes'' expert and insightful commentary on all aspects of the artist''s life, influences and paintings - from the inspiration and provenance of each painting, to the technique used to create it and a list of exhibitions. Featuring some of the most iconic, important (and valuable) artworks of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, such as the Judith I , Portrait of Adele-Bloch-Bauer I and II and The Kiss , this is a book that Klimt enthusiasts and art lovers will cherish.

The works of René Magritte (1898 – 1967) and the ideas that underlie them are a special case both in the history of modern art and in surrealist painting. In the search for the "mystery" in which thi