This volume represents an important tool for getting to know every aspect of Leonardo da Vinci's work: his pictorial technique, his scientific and technological investigation, his study on anatomy,...

- Learn more about the Chinese culture with these everyday life depictions- Miniatures of all materials: bronze, jade, ivory, porcelain- An intriguing work on the smallest sculpture artSmall China...

No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so profoundly pessimistic about its prospects - despite living in the German golden age of Goethe, Mozart and Schiller. For...

One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2025 One of The New Yorker's Top Books of 2025 One of Vogue's Best Books of 2025 One of the Wall Street Journal's Best Books of the Year One of the New York...

Winner of the 73rd National Jewish Book Award for BiographyA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA fresh portrait of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist, and a gripping account of the secret...

The first English-language monograph devoted to the full oeuvre of Alexander Kluge, the prolific German filmmaker, television producer, digital entrepreneur, author, thinker, and public intellectual...

Figure majeure de la scène artistique belge, Wim Delvoye est connu pour son humour, son goût de l'expérimentation technologique, et sa production riche et variée. Sa réputation a depuis longtemps...

Between French Modernism and the New York School: The idiosyncratic art of the pioneer of American Pop Art. The American painter, musician, and filmmaker Larry Rivers (* 1923 in New York City; † 2002...

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"Hey Mister, throw me some beads!" is a phrase that is iconic in New Orleans' Mardi Gras street argot. Strings of beads, doubloons, and other trinkets are passed out or thrown from the floats in the...

This Book Sheds Light On The Fascinating Ways Rembrandt And Other Golden Age Painters Were Influenced By Eastern Culture. In The 17th Century, Amsterdam Was A Vibrant Hub Of The Burgeoning European...

In 1970, California-based conceptual artist John Baldessari (b. 1931) destroyed all the paintings he’d produced from 1953 to 1966, paving the way for an independent and unmistakable pictorial style...

Das Buch liefert einen Überblick über die textilen Arbeiten aus den letzten zwei Lebensjahrzehnten von Louise Bourgeois. »Ich war schon immer fasziniert von der magischen Kraft der Nadel. Nadeln...

»Das ganze Werk, Kunst genannt, kennt keine Grenzen und Völker, sondern die Menschheit.« So schrieben es Franz Marc und Wassily Kandinsky 1911 für ihren Almanach Der Blaue Reiter. Dieses...

Edouard Baribeaud's (*1984) art is influenced by his bilingualism and bi-cultural background. The son of a French father and a German mother, he grew up in France, studied in Paris at the École...

Bernd & Hilda Becher are among the most influential artists of our time. The Bechers initiated their work on industrial heritage threatened with destruction at the end of the 50s. They set up what...

Following the series of the four-volumes Miro Engraver, the six-volumes Miro Paintings, the volume Miro Sculptures, and the volume Miro/Artigas Ceramics, we are please to present Miro drawings. The...

For Joan Miró (1893-1983) drawing was a critical component of the creative process. Published in seven volumes, Poligrafa's catalogue raisonné is the definitive resource on the artist's works on...