One of the art world's most recognisable and popular styles, Impressionism is also one of the most complex. In this sumptuous overview Norbert Wolf lends his attention to all aspects of Impressionism:
This sumptuous volume salutes everything Art Deco--from historically significant art and design through to the present day. The Art Deco style is so recognizable and widespread that its original influ
Examines the style's historical origins, validity, artists, characteristics, major centers, recent revival, and relationship to other art movements such as avant-garde.
Drawing on the latest research, this luxurious volume presents an exciting new interpretation of Durer, both as a man and as an artist. Durer's prints and drawings inspired centuries of artists both d
On the edge of the abyss of time: A radical innovator and a pioneer of new artistic formGerman expressionist painter and graphic artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880—1938), co-founder of the Brücke move
Contemplate the ImmensityA survey of panorama paintings Enigmatic and ambiguous in its role as both setting and subject, the landscape has been one of the most important genres in painting for centur
This deluxe reconsideration of mid-nineteenth century painting casts a newly appreciative eye on Salon Painting - whose "masterpieces" have been largely dismissed from the canon of Modern art, in favo
A key figure in the Northern RenaissanceA key figure in the Northern Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543) is most remembered for his religious commissions and the portraits he created during his later years in London, such as The French Ambassadors and the many paintings and drawings made of Henry VIII and his wives. His unfailing eye, vivid use of colors, and acute sense of psychological observation gave his paintings an uncommon depth and made him one of the most important German artists of his era.About the series:Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features:a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
This visceral life: Seeing the world through expressionist eyes Sharp angles, strange forms, lurid colors and distorted perspectives are all hallmarks of Expressionism, an internatio
Sublime stillness: Capturing nature’s moody splendorThe solitude of man and the bleak beauty of nature are prominent themes in the work ofCaspar David Friedrich(1774–1840), the great romantic painter
The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders roughly spanned the 17th century and was a period of enormous advances in the fields of commerce, science-and art. Still lifes, landscape paintings, and romantic
Genius of the German Renaissance: Engravings, paintings, drawings, and sketchesThough most famous for his engravings, Albrecht D&uulm;rer (1471—1528) was also a master painter and draftsman whose
Albrecht Durer's prints and drawings have inspired hundreds of artists, both during his life and after his death. Yet his talent as a painter and colorist, and his enthusiasm for the scientific world
Now available in a flexi-cover edition, this book offers a multi-dimensional exploration of Titian's life and art. One of the original celebrity artists, Titian was famous for his beguiling personalit
The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life. For decades critics
Throughout his career, Gustav Klimt completed hundreds of paintings and thousands of drawings of delicate beauty, many of them featuring the female form. Designed to imitate an artist's sketchbook, th
For Henri Matisse, drawing was an exercise as personal as it was essential to his art. These black and white and gently colored sketches allow the viewer to appreciate the quality of Matisse's lines,
Against realism: Synthesis of form and feeling May 1884 saw the publication in Paris of a fin de siècle novel that became a perverse sensation on the European cultural scene.
