As so much technology is forgotten once it is superseded, this is a celebration of machines, industrial design and techno-utopianism of an era in the not-so-distant past. Conceived as a visual sour...
Iconography, the study of symbols – be they animals, artefacts, plants, shapes or gestures – is an essential element of art history. This guide unravels over fifty of the mo...
Album pokazuje dorobek artysty z nowej perspektywy ? poprzez całostronicowe zbliżenia fragmentów wybranych dzieł. Detale te przedstawiono w dziewięciu grupach tematycznych, m.in. martwe natu...
In an innovative approach, this illuminating guide presents photography as wide-ranging, diverse and accessible, drawing on both famous and lesser-known figures in the history of the medium. Photog...
Design in Japan is deeply rooted in the country’s historic craft culture, profound understanding of materials and commitment to functionality. These qualities yield chairs, cups and other dai...
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her ...
Gain a new perspective on photography in this personally guided introduction to photographic images and what they mean by one of the leading writers and curators of our timeOn Photograp...
The Evolution of Type takes you on a journey through the development of type design and typographic style from the mid-15th century to the present day, by way of 100 typefaces.Chosen to...
Where does one begin when looking to start a collection of contemporary photography? How can one identify prints of enduring appeal and value in a global scene with more artists working in it than ...
To pierwszy album tak wnikliwie przybliżający najciekawsze dzieła sztuki z kolekcji Metropolitan Museum of Art w Nowym Jorku. Ponad 1000 kolorowych, świetnych jakościowo reprodukcji oraz 500 detali...
From the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day, and from Art Nouveau and Bauhaus to hi-tech and green design, every style of interior design since 1900 is charted in this wide-ra...
This stunning volume, combining detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the world's rarest medical books, forms an unforgettable and profoundly human reminder of mankind's struggl...
Karl Lagerfeld lived a very public life. He shaped the Chanel and Fendi brands for decades, and his wit and wisdom amused and informed the world. Yet despite a massively public persona, his h...
Among the great 20th-century masters, the surrealist painter Joan Miró stands out for the atmosphere of wit and spontaneity that pervades his work. Miró’s art went through many ...
Ponad 150 wspaniałych reprodukcji barokowych obrazów zachwyca pięknem KWIATÓW. Można patrzeć na nie okiem damy, która – jak pisał w Martwej naturze z wędzidłem Zbigniew H...
Paul Gauguin achieved a high public profile during his lifetime, and was one of the first artists of his generation to achieve international recognition. But his prominence has always had as much t...
Logos, packages, signs, publications, websites: in the modern world we are surrounded by graphic design. Where does it come from? Why does it look that way? What is it supposed to do?Ho...
This standard introduction to visual art since 1945 has been revised, updated and redesigned for the first time since 2001. Movements, trends and individual artists from abstract expressionism to t...
This comprehensive survey of optical illusions includes an astonishing range of images from ancient times to the present. Covering illusions of depth, inversions, vibration effects, ambiguous figur...
Monumentalny album prezentuje w układzie chronologicznym 5000 lat chińskiej sztuki od czasów prehistorycznych aż do upadku cesarstwa w 1911 roku. Są tu fotografie i opisy imponującej kolekcj...