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Abstract Expressionism by Barbara Hess
24.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
"Abstract expressionism" refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly, abstract expressionism is considered to be the first movement originating in America to ...Show more
Bosch by Walter Bosing
24.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
The pictorial world of Hieronymus Bosch: The joys of heaven and the cruelly imaginative tortures of hell. Even his contemporaries found the work of the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) difficult to 'decode'- and it still presents riddles to art historians today. Although rooted in the Old Dutc ...Show more
Bosch by Walter Bosing
26.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Basic Arts Ser.
The pictorial world of Hieronymus Bosch If Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) remains an enigma today, it is little wonder. Even his contemporaries found the Netherlandish painter's work difficult to decipher--and it still presents riddles to contemporary art historians. Part of the problem in decoding his s ...Show more
Botticelli: Basic Art Album by Barbara Deimling
19.95 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Basic Art Ser.
Florence's golden child: The Early Renaissance master During Sandro Botticelli's lifetime (1444/45-1510), the influence of his art scarcely reached beyond his native Florence, and following his death he was soon forgotten, to be rediscovered only in the 19th century by the Pre-Raphaelites. Since then, B ...Show more
Cubism by Anne Gantefuhrer-Trier
24.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
As youâÂÂll find out in this guide to the fundamentals of cubism, there is more to the genre than its most famous proponent. Cubism â often identified by flattened, geometric shapes, overlapping, simplified forms and fragmented spatial planesâÂÂwas quite possibly the most influential movement ...Show more
Escher by Ulrike Becks-Malorny
24.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
M.C. Escher was born in 1898 in Leeuwarden (Netherlands). He received his first drawing lessons during secondary school from F.W. van der Haagen, who also taught him block printing, thus fostering Escher's innate graphic talents. From 1912 to 1922 he studied at the School of Architecture and Ornamental ...Show more
Hundertwasser Basic Art Album by Pierre Restany / Joram Harel Gesellschaft
24.99 NZD
29.99 (16% off)
Category: Fine Art | Series: Basic Art Ser.
'The rigid, straight line is fundamentally alien to humanity, life and the whole of creation.' - Friedensreich Hundertwasser Hundertwasser applied this philosophy not only to the famous Viennese buildings for which he was renowned, but all the media and art-forms he has experimented with during his wild ...Show more
Kahlo by Kettenmann Andrea
26.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Basic Arts Ser.
Suffering and the female experience The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her work was declared the property of the Mexican state.Kahlo was one of the daughter ...Show more
Leonardo: Basic Art Album by Frank Zöllner
24.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Basic Art Album Ser.
The genius non-specialist: From key points in anatomy to plans for vehicles, planes, helicopters and submarines One of the most fully achieved human beings who has ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous painting, scientist, philosopher, bui ...Show more
Leonardo Big Art by Frank Zollner
34.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
This title is a Taschen 25 - Special edition! It covers Leonardo: from art and anatomy to helicopters and submarines. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous painting, this scientist, artist, phi ...Show more
Lucian Freud by Sebastian Smee
24.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: Basic Art | Reading Level: very good
British artist, Lucian Freud is widely considered the most important figurative painter working today. Master portraitist and specialist in nudes, Freud uses impasto to create depth and intensity while restraining his color palate to mostly muted hues. His portraits may be physically unflattering to the ...Show more