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Dali (Skira Mini ARTbooks) by Costantino Porcu
Category: Art and Design | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
Salvador Dali (Figueras, 1904-1989), painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, the gifted and undisputed protagonist of contemporary art, was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. This pocket-sized book, abundantly illustrated, tells the history of his art and life, from his early ...Show more
Klimt by Federica Armiraglio
Category: Art | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
The end of a world in the masterpieces of the great protagonist of the Viennese Secession: from the discovery of the unconscious and the triumph of decoration to the explosion of the eros. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci (Skira Mini ARTbooks) by Lucia Aquino
Category: No Category | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
Leonardo da Vinci possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. This nicely illustrated book gathers and describes many of the beloved paintings and drawings created by the ...Show more
Michelangelo by GAMBA Claudio
Category: Art and Design | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
Michelangelo is generally recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time, a universal genius in all fields of visual creativity - sculpture, painting, and architecture - as well as a widely admired poet. Much has been written on him. This pocket-sized history of Michelangelo's art and life guides ...Show more
Pop Art (Skira Mini ARTbooks) by Flaminio Gualdoni
Category: Art and Design | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
Mass culture, popular taste and kitsch were the inspiration for and provocative themes of Pop Art, a movement that enjoyed great prominence in the 1950s and 1960s. This book shows the development of Pop Art, from its roots to its rise in popularity as an art form that celebrated the glamour and hedonism ...Show more
TROMPE L'OEIL by GUALDONI FLAMINIO
Category: No Category | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choose objects, situations and compositional devices using as ...Show more
Titian by Cecilia Gibellini
Category: No Category | Series: Skira Mini ART Books
The life, style and colours of the great master of the 16th-century Venetian painting. Tiziano Vecellio was a remarkably versatile painter, equally comfortable with a wide range of genres and subjects. Unlike many artists from history whose work has been appreciated only after their death, Titian enjoye ...Show more
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