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Although considered a minor genre for a long time, the art of landscape has risen above its forebears - religious and historic painting - to become a genre of its own. Giorgione in Italy, the Brueghels of the Flemish School, Claude Lorrain and Poussain of the French...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-28
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Icon painting has reached its zenith in Ukraine between the 11th and 18th centuries. This art is appealing because of its great openness to other influences – the obedience to the rules of Orthodox Christianity in its early stages, the borrowing from Roman heritage or...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-28
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“The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.)
Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-28
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Audubon’s ambitious project to paint all the birds of North America resulted in a work that represents one of the greatest advances in ornithology. Not only did he identify new species, he also depicted birds within their natural habitat and in vivid poses. This...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-19
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Throughout time, artists have maintained a close relationship with the animal world, which has proved to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration. First, they received inspiration directly from their environment. Next, animals were used in art for their status as...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-19
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Even today, the splendid appearance of angels remains undiminished. Images of these heavenly and powerful messengers convey protection, innocence and calm, and have been an inspiration to religious artists throughout the history of art. This book illustrates the most...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-19
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Durante el Renacimiento, los pintores italianos solían representar a las esposas de sus mecenas como Madonas, a menudo haciéndolas más bellas de lo que eran en realidad.Durante siglos, en la pintura religiosa, la Virgen ha sido presentada como la madre clemente y...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-12-19
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Diese Mega Square Ausgabe würdigt den sinnlichsten Teil des weiblichen Körpers. Der aufschlussreiche Text des Experten Hans-Jürgen Döpp betrachtet den Hintern als Körperteil, der sowohl starke Erotik als auch weiche Weiblichkeit ausstrahlt. Künstler jeden Genres wurden...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Just as there is a fundamental difference in the use of the words “naked” and “nude”, the unclothed body can evoke a feeling of delight or shame, serving as a symbol of contradictory concepts – beauty and indecency. This book is devoted to representations of the nude by...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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El concepto de desnudo puede llevar de la mano connotaciones fundamentales diferentes, en tanto que el cuerpo sin ropa es susceptible de suscitar sensaciones tanto de placer como de vergüenza, sirviendo como símbolo de ideas contradictorias: la belleza y la indecencia....
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Mega Square Roses presents the large number of different species of this unique flower, which is charged with so many feelings and imbued with powerful cultural significance. Because of the rose’s botanical as well as artistic value, this book features a popular subject...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Reflecting their owner’s taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th an 17th centuries.
Displaying rare vegetable and animal species and fossils, these...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Das Mega Square-Buch Rosen präsentiert eine große Anzahl verschiedener Arten dieser einzigartigen Blume, die so viel Gefühl und kulturelle Bedeutung trägt. Durch seinen künstlerischen, aber auch botanischen Wert ist es wie gemacht für Kunstliebhaber und jeden, der die...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Seit Urzeiten ist die Tierwelt ein schier unerschöpflicher Fundus an Inspiration für den Künstler, der sich mit der Natur und ihren Kindern befasst. Die künstlerische Wahrnehmung des Tieres hat sich über die Jahrtausende maßgeblich verändert. Die Faszination der frühen...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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La espléndida estética de los ángeles continúa ejerciendo una atracción irrefrenable incluso en la actualidad. Las imágenes de estos mensajeros celestiales transmiten, en su grandiosidad, protección, inocencia y calma, lo que les ha convertido en una fuente de...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas, often rendering them more beautiful than they actually were. Over centuries in religious paintings, the Madonna has been presented as the clement and protective...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Zur Zeit der Renaissance porträtierten die italienischen Maler traditionell die Frauen ihrer Mäzene als Madonnen. Oft stellten sie sie schöner dar als sie in Wirklichkeit waren. Über Jahrhunderte hinweg wurde die Jungfrau Maria in religiösen Gemälden als milde und...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-11-14
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Create beautiful botanical artworks, engage with the natural world around you, and take pleasure in the changing seasons with A Year of Watercolour. Award-winning and bestselling artist and tutor Harriet de Winton takes you through more than 30 step-by-step botanical...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2023-08-31
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When Joanne Lefson took on a piglet at her animal shelter, the young sow proceeded to eat everything in her stable but a paint brush. In a flash of inspiration, Joanne attempted to introduce the pig to the art of painting - and thus Pigcasso was born. Starting out with...
Editeur :
Cassell
Parution :
2023-08-03
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În timpul Rena?terii, pictorii italieni le înfa?i?au în mod tradi?ional pe so?iile patronilor lor drept Madone, adesea mai frumoase decât erau în realitate. De-a lungul secolelor, în picturile religioase, Madona a fost prezentata ca fiind mama lui Dumnezeu, blânda ?i...
Editeur :
Parkstone International
Parution :
2023-02-05
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