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After Impressionism - Inventing Modern Art by MaryAnne Stevens; Maria Alambritis (Contribution by); Julien Domercq (Contribution by); Charlotte de Mille (Contribution by); John Milner (Contribution by); Daniel Ralston (Contribution by); Christopher Riopelle (Contribution by); Camilla Smith (Contribution by); Sabine Wieber (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design
Through the 1880s the very essence of representation, meaning and process in Western art were profoundly interrogated. Plausible representations of the external world were cast aside in favour of non-naturalism expressed in varying degrees, from modest distortions of reality to pure abstraction. The de ...Show more
EL LISSITZKY by MILNER JOHN
Category: unmapped | Series: Design
El (Eleazar) Lissitzky (1890-1941) was a vital force in the revolutionary period in Russia. Having first trained in engineering and architecture and later becoming a painter and illustrator, his creative activity ranged across disciplines. This he called 'the interchange station between painting and arc ...Show more
Mondrian by John Milner
Category: Art
The work of Piet Mondrian is unmistakable: an art characterised by its rhythm, clarity and bold colours. Often considered wholly non-representational, paintings such as Broadway Boogie-Woogie were directly inspired by his experience of life, in this case the dynamism and grid-like street plan of New Yor ...Show more
RODCHENKO by MILNER JOHN
Category: unmapped | Series: Design
This is a new title in the "Design" series and an excellent introduction to the life and work of this versatile Russian artist. Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891-1953) was a central figure in the Russian Constructivist art movement; a radical activist, a pioneer of photomontage, a theorist, and a t ...Show more
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