Автор: Vincent Arthur Smith
Издательство: Parkstone
Год издания: 2012
isbn: 184484806X
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
India, with its extensive and colourful history, has produced an artistic tradition in many forms: architecture, painting, sculpture, calligraphy, mosaics, and artisan products all display the country’s cultural, religious and philosophical richness. From Hinduism, with its pantheon of imagery of gods, goddesses, animals and many other figures, to Islam, with its astounding architecture and intricate calligraphy, the many facets of India have given rise to a fascinating and beautiful collection of artworks. Featuring incredible images and a text written by a renowned scholar on the subject, this work offers an in-depth look at the masterpieces of India, showcasing this fascinating country and her artists and covering a wide range of styles and techniques.
Автор: Gaston Migeon, Henri Saladin
Издательство: Parkstone
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 184484658X
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Islamic art is not the art of a nation nor of a people, but that of a religion: Islam. Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God was prohibited, developed canons and various motives of great decorative value. Thorough and inventive, these artists expressed their beliefs by creating monumental masterpieces such as the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the Taj Mahal in Agra or the Alhambra in Granada, architectural works in which one recognises the stylisation of motives of the Muslim ceramics. Lively and coloured, Islamic art mirrors the richness of people whose common denominator was the belief in one singular truth: the absolute necessity of creating works whose beauty equaled their respect for God
Автор: Peter Leek
Издательство: Parkstone
Год издания: 2012
isbn: 1859959393
Количество страниц: 271
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Russia is often viewed as the outsider of the art world, with creative genius frequently being hidden behind the representation of icons such as Rublov. However, with the succession of Pierre Le Grand, it was Europe which brought light to this otherwise ostensibly uncivilized empire. Saint-Petersburg suddenly rose out of the darkness thanks to the brilliance of an Italian artist, and for more than a century afterwards, became a highly important cultural focus. The all powerful Tsar, and later Catherine the Great allowed exchanges between Russian and European artists which eventually gave birth to a new Russian form of painting. Although this was greatly inspired by Italy and its vibrant colours, it stayed true to its foundations in Russian culture. However, it was not until the 20th century that a true national style came into its own with the emergence of the Ambulants and the Blue Roses. This was then followed by the revolutionary period which led to the Russian Avant Garde and then modernism. In this book, we come to understand the author's viewpoint on Russian culture as a combination of western culture as well as eastern. These influences are demonstrated in the works and cover a vast pictorial scope. Artists such as Borovikovsky, Serov, Vrubel, Briullov, Fedotov, Repin, Shishkin and Levitan, among many others, bring their own fundamental contribution to the history of art. Peter Leek puts the evolution of the history of Russian art after the fall of communism into perspective.
Автор: Evgueny Kovtun
Издательство: Parkstone
Год издания: 2007
isbn: 1859956785
Количество страниц: 199
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The Russian Avant-Garde was born at the turn of the 20th century in pre-revolutionary Russia. Intellectual and cultural turmoil had then reached a peak and provided fertile soil for the formation of the movement. For many artists influenced by European art, the movement represented a way of liberating themselves from the social and aesthetic constraints of the past. It was these Avant-Garde artists who, through their immense creativity, gave birth to abstract art, thereby elevating Russian culture to a modern level. Such painters as Kandinsky, Malevitch, Gontcharova, Larionov, and Tatline, to name but a few, had a definitive impact on 20th-century art.
Автор: Nathalia Brodskaia
Издательство: Parkstone
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 1859950183
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The Dada movement and then the Surrealists appeared in the First World War aftermath with a bang: revolution of thought, creativity, and the wish to break away from the past and all that was left in ruins. This refusal to integrate into the Bourgeois society lead Georg Grosz to remark of Dada, "it's the end of-isms." Breton asserted that Dada does not produce perspective, "a machine which functions full steam, but where it remains to be seen how it can feed itself." Surrealism emerged amidst such feeling. These artists often changed from one movement to another. They were united by their superior intellectualism and the common goal to break from the norm. Describing Dada with its dynamic free-thinkers, and the Surrealists with their aversive resistance to the system, the author brings a new approach which strives to be relative and truthful. Provocation and cultural revolution: Dada and the Surrealists, aren't they above all just a direct product of creative individualism in this unsettled period?
Автор: В.М. Зименко
Издательство: Искусство
Год издания: 1988
Количество страниц: 347
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
В монографии В.М. Зименко новаторское искусство выдающегося русского художника первой трети XIX века предстает на широком фоне культуры того времени. Вместе с тем книга содержит исследовательские материалы об отдельных произведениях мастера и связях его искусства с художественным процессом эпохи. Большой, великолепный, красочный альбом гения русского портрета О.А. Кипренского содержит 210 черно-белых и цветных репродукций высшего качества самого мастера и около 60 картин других художников.
Автор: В.Т. Дашкевич
Издательство: Искусство
Год издания: 1974
Количество страниц: 164
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF (scan)
Хиросигэ (1797-1858) принадлежит к числу крупнейших японских графиков, чьи произведения сыграли выдающуюся роль в развитии японской художественной культуры и сохранили свое эстетическое значение до наших дней. Гравюры Хиросигэ завоевали широкую популярность не только в Японии. Их поэтичность и удивительная искренность вызывают горячий отклик в душе каждого зрителя, независимо от национальности. О большом интересе к творчеству Хиросигэ в России свидетельствует обилие его работ, находящихся как в музейных, так и в частных собраниях. Многие из них воспроизведены в настоящем издании.
Автор: Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
Издательство: Parkstone International Серия: Art of Century
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 978-1-78042-812-3
Количество страниц: 20
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that developed all across Europe for more than 200 years. Leaving Roman roundish forms behind, the architects started using flying buttress and pointed arches to open cathedrals to the daylight. Period of great economic and social changes, the gothic period also saw the development of a new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary, at the opposite to the fearful iconography of dark Roman times. Full of rich changes in all the different arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, etc.), gothic gave way to the Italian renaissance and international gothic.
Автор: Victoria Charles
Издательство: Parkstone International Серия: Art of Century
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 978-1-78042-813-0
Количество страниц: 200
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
In art history, the term Romanesque art distinguishes the period between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries. This era showed a great diversity of regional schools each with their own unique style. In architecture as well as in sculpture, Romanesque art is marked by its raw forms. Through its rich iconography and captivating text, this work reclaims the importance of this art which is today often overshadowed by the later Gothic style.
Автор: Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Издательство: Parkstone International Серия: Art of Century Collection
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 978-1-78042-803-1
Количество страниц: 200
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term Rococo. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, it rapidly spread to the whole of Europe. Extravagant and light, Rococo responded perfectly to the spontaneity of the aristocracy of the time. In many aspects, this art was linked to its predecessor, Baroque, and it is thus also referred to as late Baroque style. While artists such as Tiepolo, Boucher and Reynolds carried the style to its apogee, the movement was often condemned for its superficiality. In the second half of the 18th century, Rococo began its decline. At the end of the century, facing the advent of Neoclassicism, it was plunged into obscurity. It had to wait nearly a century before art historians could restore it to the radiance of its golden age, which is rediscovered in this work by Klaus H. Carl and Victoria Charles.
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