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61) Galle
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Une icône dans le mouvement Art Nouveau, Émile Gallé (1846-1904) a cherché à montrer la beauté et la simplicité de la nature dans ses oeuvres en verre. Ses créations, appelées « Poésie de verre », vont de la poterie, aux bijoux et au mobilier. Tout ce que Gallé a produit contient une trace de sa grande technicité qui reflète son innovation artistique et ses compétences créatives. Cet ouvrage révèle la beauté et l'ingéniosité...
63) Dorothea Lange
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Aperture Foundation
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[2014]
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Overview: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) documented rural poverty for the federal Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration from 1935 to 1939. Her powerful images--from migrant workers in California fleeing the "dustbowl," to struggling Southern sharecroppers-- became icons of the era. She later photographed Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II and traveled throughout Europe and Asia. This book presents 42...
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Diego Velázquez fue un artista individualista del periodo barroco contemporáneo. A la edad de veinticuatro años, Velázquez hizo su primer viaje a Madrid con su maestro, Francisco Pacheco. Rápidamente logró la certificación como maestro de pintura. El rey Felipe IV se dio cuenta de su genio y lo nombró pintor de la corte en 1627. Poco después, el artista se hizo amigo de Rubens, en Madrid. Desarrolló un enfoque más realista en el arte religioso,...
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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) is one of the greatest portrait painters of the 16th century. A keen observer of his era, Holbein became the court painter of Henry VIII and his sundry wives. His talent was established at the early age of 18 when he illustrated Erasmus' manuscript The Praise of Folly. Holbein's wide range of pursuits included not only painting, drawing, book illustration and designing stained-glass windows, jewelry and luxury...
66) Velázquez
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Diego Velázquez (Séville, 1599 – Madrid, 1660)Diego Velázquez était un artiste anticonformiste de l'ère baroque. A l'âge de vingt-quatre ans, Velázquez fit son premier voyage à Madrid avec son professeur, Francisco Pacheco, rencontré à Séville. Rapidement, il se qualifia comme maître peintre. Le roi Philippe IV remarqua son génie et le nomma peintre de cour en 1627. Peu après, l'artiste se lia d'amitié avec Rubens à Madrid. Il développa...
67) William Blake
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Poet, draughtsman, engraver and painter, William Blake's work is made up of several elements – Gothic art, Germanic reverie, the Bible, Milton and Shakespeare – to which were added Dante and a certain taste for linear designs, resembling geometric diagrams, and relates him to the great classical movement inspired by Winckelmann and propagated by David. This is the sole point of contact discernible between the classicism of David and English art,...
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Diego Velázquez était un artiste anticonformiste de l'ère baroque. A l'âge de vingt-quatre ans, Velázquez fit son premier voyage à Madrid avec son professeur, Francisco Pacheco, rencontré à Séville. Rapidement, il se qualifia comme maître peintre. Le roi Philippe IV remarqua son génie et le nomma peintre de cour en 1627. Peu après, l'artiste se lia d'amitié avec Rubens à Madrid. Il développa une approche plus réaliste de l'art religieux,...
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Enric Miralles (1955-2000) remains one of the most prominent architects of his generation. The significance of his architectural design lies in his seamless integration of site and building and his use of space to serve the everyday conditions of life.
Practicing for less than twenty-five years Miralles designed over 150 projects, many are now built including: the Scottish Parliament Buildings, Santa Caterina Market, Vigo University, Diagonal Mar...
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 - August 6 1660), known as Diego Vélasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV. Along with Francisco Goya and Le Greco, he is generally considered to be one of the greatest artists in Spanish history. His style, whilst remaining very personal, belongs firmly in the Baroque movement. Velázquez's two visits to Italy, evidenced by documents...
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Un cuadro de Rembrandt es una entidad viva que existe según sus propias leyes, que refleja la multiplicidad de pensamientos y de emociones presentes en la mente del pintor. El hombre y su disposición mental: éste es el problema fundamental que ocupa al artista a lo largo de toda su vida. Atormentado por problemas familiares, se refugió en la pintura, la cual se volvía más suntuosa a medida que las cosas empeoraban, como si fuera pintada por...
72) Velasquez
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 – August 6 1660), known as Diego Vélasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV. Along with Francisco Goya and Le Greco, he is generally considered to be one of the greatest artists in Spanish history. His style, whilst remaining very personal, belongs firmly in the Baroque movement. Velázquez's two visits to Italy, evidenced by...
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The most prominent Flemish Baroque artist of the seventeenth century, Anthony van Dyck was a prolific painter of portraits of European aristocracy, most notably for Charles I and his family. He also executed religious and mythological works and was a fine draftsman and etcher. Along with his contemporary Diego Velázquez, van Dyck revolutionised the genre of portraiture, elevating its status in the arts. Through his evolution of style, the Fleming...
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Dale Chihuly, the hugely popular artist who works in glass, celebrates his 70th birthday in 2011. Tacoma Art Museum, in his hometown, owns more than 150 examples of his work and is mounting an exhibition in his honor. Both this book and the exhibition showcase Chihuly's enduring interest in the arts and natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, which are a major influence on his work.
For the first time, Dale Chihuly: A Celebration focuses on the...
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) punctuates the eighteenth century with a burst of fireworks, closing the arc opened by Watteau with his enchanting poems of love and melancholy. While Watteau was ethereal and profound, Fragonard was delightfully light. He captivates us even as he amuses himself, his emotional distance ever apparent. Specialising in "fêtes galantes" executed in the Rococo style, Fragonard was a pupil of François Boucher and also...
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David Tajchman's first book about a self-initiated architectural research for a White City-specific High-Rise: the Gran Mediterraneo. Gathering working documents, sketches and rare pictures in an object specifically designed by graphic designer and art director Sara Jassim.
In 2016, architect David Tajchman made public a self-initiated high-rise proposal on which he worked in secret during a few months. He decided to propose a new typology of skyscraper,...
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The first complete monograph on the career of Carlos Ferrater. Carlos Ferrater's early buildings showed how the expression of modern architecture -- with its abstraction, repetition, transparency and use of industrial materials -- could be brought into line with Mediterranean classicism, with the rigor of the composition.
Before setting up in 2006, along with Xavier Martí, Lucía Ferrater and Borja Ferrater, the Office of Architecture in Barcelona...
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Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) epitomises the grace, intelligence, and poetry of the eighteenth century, a period when French tastes reigned supreme throughout Europe. He is renowned as a pivotal figure in Rococo art. Watteau excels in depicting scenes of daily life and theatrical costumes. His work, while highly stylised, reveals an undercurrent of melancholy beneath its apparent frivolity. It captures profound emotions, hinting at love that transcends...
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Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Watteau incarne toute la grâce, toute l'intelligence, toute la poésie du XVIIIe siècle, lorsque le goût français triomphe dans toute l'Europe. Il est connu comme l'une des figures clés de l'art rococo. Il excelle dans les scènes de la vie quotidienne et les costumes de théâtre. Son univers est en effet très artificiel, dépeignant une certaine mélancolie sous une apparente frivolité, reflétant le sens profond...
80) Van Dyck
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À partir de la création de son premier atelier à l'âge de seize ans, sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) devint célèbre dans le monde de l'art. Rubens, son professeur lorsqu'il était enfant, disait de lui qu'il était son élève le plus talentueux. Il confirma cette remarque par une carrière d'artiste de cour en Angleterre et en Espagne. De nos jours, il est reconnu comme peintre de portraits, capturant l'élégance et la beauté opulente de...
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