Les Demoiselles d Avignon: five young women that changed modern art forever. Faces seen simultaneously from the front and in profile, angular bodies whose once voluptuous feminine forms disappear behind asymmetric lines-with this painting, Picasso revolutionised the entire history of painting. Cubism was thus born in 1907.Transforming natural forms into cylinders and cubes, painters like Juan Gris and Robert Delaunay, driven by Braque and Picasso, imposed a new vision upon the world, in total opposition to the principles of the Impressionists. Largely diffused in Europe, Cubism developed rapidly in successive phases that brought art history to all the richness of the 20th century: from the futurism of Boccioni to the abstraction of Kandinsky, from the suprematism of Malevich to the constructivism of Tatlin. Linking the core text of Guillaume Apollinaire with the studies of Dr. Dorothea Eimert, this work offers a new interpretation of modernity s crucial moment, and permits the reader to rediscover, through their biographies, the principal representatives of the movement.

Writing this book has been both a challenge and a pleasure, and a number of individuals provided information, support and encouragement to me along the way. In particular, I must thank Richard Shiff, who initially contacted me about this monograph and whose example as a scholar of Jasper Johns’s work has been invaluable. I would also like to thank Nan Rosenthal, who kindly invited me to speak on Johns’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Richard Shone, who as editor for The Burlington Magazine has also given me the opportunity to write about Johns’s work on several occasions. Richard Field, Harry Cooper, Joachim Pissarro, Paul Cornwall-Jones and Tamie Swett have also generously shared their thoughts on Johns’s work with me over the years, and Johns’s curator, Sarah Taggart, has been unfailingly helpful and very attentive to my questions. Nancy Carr was the ideal reader, taking the time not only to read my manuscript but to offer many constructive comments, and Alfred Kren and the rest of my family have shown great love and patience during this project. Lastly and most importantly, I wish to thank Jasper Johns for his support of this onograph and for making a body of work with an undeniable sense of life.

The second edition of this text updates the introduction to marker technique and adds a new section on special methods. It is rewritten and revised throughout, with two new chapters and eight additional pages of colour. There are five step-by-step demonstrations. The author explores the special characteristics of using felt tip markers as an expressive tool and shows how designers can get the most out of using them. Wang discusses how to fully exploit the marker's range of applications and techniques. His guidelines cover many types of subjects, including sketching of landscapes, buildings, people and natural panoramas using a variety of lines, textures and tonal values to create different effects. Details are given on types of paper and colour selection. This book should be of interest to architects, landscape architects, artists, designers, graphic designers and other professionals.

View the world as seen through the eyes of the legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh in this follow-up to the wildly successful Through the Eyes of Leonardo da Vinci. Beautiful color illustrations by Van Gogh are accompanied by informative and captivating text. Learn about the themes, motives, and meanings behind the drawings and paintings of one of the most fascinating artists of the nineteenth century. All of Van Gogh's major works are here, from portraits such as that of postman Joseph-Etienne Roulin to the best-known landscape "Starry Night."

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) believed that drawing was “the root of everything.” A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist’s successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played in Van Gogh’s artistic conception and the rich dialectic they enjoyed with his oil paintings, a small selection of related canvases by the artist is also featured. This beautiful book presents approximately 120 works in charcoal, ink, graphite, watercolor, and diluted oils. The authors explore enduring questions that surround Van Gogh’s drawings, including their manufacture, artistic precedents, and contribution to Modernism. In addition, the text discusses the significance of the artist’s drawing practice to his development as a painter. The essays and entries feature the most current research on Van Gogh’s drawings and provide fresh interpretations of the motivating influences that shaped the artist’s contributions to the history of drawing.

Для изобразительного искусства первые десятилетия XIX столетия - начало золотого века. Именно в это время российские художники достигли высочайшего мастерства, что позволило им встать в один ряд с лучшими мастерами европейского искусства. Собранные в этом томе произведения отражают расцвет классицизма, распространение романтизма и зарождение реализма во всех аспектах российской живописи.

Интерес и несомненная польза этого издания состоит в том, что увлеченный читатель замечательным образом может превратиться в благодарного зрителя. Когда расширив круг своих познаний, углубившись в увлекательный мир чувств, мыслей, сопереживаний, возникнет желание подтвердить или опровергнуть это в живом общении с героями живописных произведений, с шедеврами изобразительного искусства непосредственно в залах музея.

Дана публікація є нарисом репресованого українського художника, поета і мистецтвознавця Юхима Михайлева. Ця праця присвячена іншому українському поету і художнику — Михайлу Жуку. В художній формі розповідається його біографія: злиденнне дитинство, дорослішання, перше зацікавлення фарбами від батька-маляра, навчання у різних мистецьких вишах у Києві та Москві тощо. У виданні також містяться репродукції робіт Жука.