Kniha obsahuje širší studii o pojmu inverzní romantiky v kontextu současného umění a myšlení. Dále představuje pět předních současných umělců (I. Pinkava, J. Bolf, M. Gerboc, J. Petrbok, R. Stipl) reprezentujících média fotografie, malby, kresby a sochy, v...
Je mnoho veselých knih, ale jen málo knih o radosti. O radosti jako o téměř základní životní potřebě, nutné k tomu, abychom zažívali pocity harmonie a štěstí. Fotograf Milan Pitlach ve svých černobílých snímcích zachytil ony prchavé okamžiky, kdy se odpoutáváme...
František Štorm is a world-known type designer, but also a composer and a founding member of the band Master’s Hammer. In parallel with his long-term work in the fi eld of applied graphics and music, free work has always been created, especially linocuts and...
Reprint knihy, kterou Josef Váchal vydal v roce 1923 v nákladu 25 výtisků. Kniha obsahuje jedinečnou kolekci 45 barevných a 20 černobílých dřevorytů. Sebezpytný text, který netypicky postrádá ironii, odhaluje – krom jiného – peripetie Váchalova vztahu k zesnulé...
Joan Jonas (b. 1936, New York) is one of the most highly regarded and influential artists working today. This book focuses on her new exhibition, film screenings and performances at Tate Modern and Haus der Kunst, and includes several interviews with the artist,...
A spectacular collection of four much-loved modern classics from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers, along with a captivating behind-the-scenes look at the making of each in four fascinating sketchbook...
Basquiat first came to prominence when he collaborated with Al Diaz to spray-paint enigmatic statements under the pseudonym SAMO (c). From there he went on to work with others on collages, Xerox art, postcards, performances, and music before establishing his...
Over the last two decades, the encyclopedic museum has been criticized and praised, constantly discussed, and often in the news. Encyclopedic museums are a phenomenon of Europe and the United States, and their locations and mostly Eurocentric collections have...
This book chronicles one hundred years of dramatic developments in ballet, modern, and experimental dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America. The volume is magisterial in scope, encompassing the history of theatrical dance from 1900 through 2000....
Like its successful predecessors 10x10 (published in 2000) and 10x10_2 (published in 2005), 10x10_3 is a comprehensive overview of contemporary world architecture. Generously illustrated, this volume presents 100 of the world's most exceptional emerg ing architects,...
Wild Art is an incredibly vivid, colourful and current collection of over 300 extraordinary artworks that are too offbeat, outrageous, kitsch, quirky or funky to 'make it'in the formal art world of galleries and museums. From pimped cars and graffiti to extreme...
Scale is being taken to new extremes in art: big and bold on the one hand, intricate and intimate on the other. This book is divided into two sections big art and small art and includes profiles of forty-five contemporary artists who are revolutionizing our...
Death is an inevitable fact of life. Throughout the centuries, humanity has sought to understand this sobering thought through art and ritual. The theme of memento mori informs medieval Danse Macabre, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Renaissance paintings of dissected...
Risography, named after the Japanese firm Riso, is a digital printing process based on screen printing techniques that was developed in the transition phase from mechanical to digital printing. Although the printer looks like a copying machine, the colors are...
Hokusai's series depicting Mount Fuji is widely considered to be the pinnacle of his career. This beautiful boxed accordion- fold edition comprises the full set of forty-six prints (the original thirty-six and ten more that were completed later) and features...
Today's discerning traveller is looking not merely for luxury but for a unique experience. But in this age of low-cost flights and easy travel, how do you avoid the crowds and find the hidden gems? Not via sponsored search results or thousands of indistinguishable...