Der Surrealismus zählte zu den einflussreichsten Kunstbewegungen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Dieses Buch untersucht den Dialog zwischen Surrealismus und Design und zeigt zum ersten Mal, wie stark der Surrealismus das Design der letzten 100 Jahre beeinflusst hat. Er hat Designer ermutigt, nach der Realität hinter dem Sichtbaren zu fragen und Dinge zu gestalten, die Widerstand leisten, mit Gewohnheiten brechen und aus dem Alltag ausscheren. Die Bandbreite der Beispiele reicht von Duchamps Readymade...

Der Katalog Monuments and Myths thematisiert erstmals die Überschneidungen zwischen den Laufbahnen der beiden führenden Bildhauer des US-amerikanischen Gilded Age: Augustus Saint-Gaudens und Daniel Chester French. Mit einer Fülle neuer Überlegungen und beeindruckenden Fotografien untersucht der Band die Rolle der bekanntesten und prägendsten öffentlichen Skulpturen der USA im Licht des komplexen Diskurses über nationale Identität.

Erwin Osen hat als charismatischer Künstlerfreund Egon Schieles die Schlüsseljahre des Wiener Frühexpressionismus mitgeprägt. Seine facettenreiche Beziehung zu Schiele erreichte eine Intensität, die das radikale Schaffen Egon Schieles beflügelt hat. Hauptwerke der österreichischen Kunst waren die Folge. Erwin Osen geriet in Vergessenheit und kann heute neu entdeckt werden.Der Impulsgeber und Begleiter Egon Schieles wird als charismatischer Universalkünstler greifbar. Erwin Osen (1891-...

This magnificent boxed-set featuresstunning, accordion-fold, color reproductionsof Van Gogh's essential works, accompaniedby a separate booklet with background anddescriptions of each painting.

As inviting and sensual as a warm summer

day, this opulent exhibition catalog offers

a deep appreciation of Klimt's ornate,

exquisitely detailed, and atmospheric

landscape paintings.

For the last twenty years of his career, Gustav Klimt devoted considerable energy to painting landscapes during his summer vacations-and these bucolic scenes became some of his most sought-after pictures. Filled with vibrant high-quality reproductions and featuring engaging essa...

Discover the scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color that transformed the history of art. This overview of Impressionism explores the artists, subjects, and techniques that first brought the easel out of the studio and shifted artistic attention from history, religion, or portraiture to the evanescent ebb and flow of modernity.

Enter a world of haunting power and dark psychedelia with this tribute to the biomechanic visions of HR Giger. This volume spans Giger’s painting, sculpture, film work, iconic album covers, and unique artist’s museum, with an essay by Andreas J. Hirsch and an extensive artist biography based on Giger’s own writings.

Ted Noten is one of today’s most original, radical designers. His transparent acrylic bags – containing objects ranging from animals, jewels and cocaine to pistols – have seduced collectors, confused the establishment, inspired fellow artists and challenged students all over the world. Beauty and violence, perfection and decay: these are themes that have never been absent from his oeuvre since he made his famous pendant featuring a mouse wearing a pearl necklace.

In his projects, Noten...

The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel. The man who bought it was a Sephardi Jew in the service of Cardinal Richelieu of France. The first known buyer of an etching plate by Rembrandt, depicting Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael, was a Sephardi Jew of Amsterdam. Seen through their eyes, Rembrandt was the creator of images with a special meaning to Jews. They have been followed through the centuries by Jewish c...