They met in 1928; Frida Kahlo was then 21 years old and Diego Rivera was twice her age. He was already an international reference, she only aspired to become one. An intense artistic creation, along with pain and suffering, was generated by this tormented union, in particular for Frida. On both continents, America and Europe, these committed artists proclaimed their freedom and left behind them the traces of their exceptional talent. In this book, Gerry Souter brings together both biographies and underlines with passion the link which existed between the two greatest Mexican artists of the 20th century.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, berühmt für seine Plakate für Kabaretts und Schauspiele, war der Maler des Pariser Nachtlebens par excellence. Das Bohemien-Milieu dieser Zeit gab er in zahlreichen Bildern und Lithografien wieder, die die untersten Schichten der Gesellschaft repräsentieren. Als Maler des Pariser Lebens am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, war Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) ein Künstler, dessen Oeuvre sich von dem seiner Zeitgenossen stark unterscheidet. Als Maler des Postimpressionismus und des Expressionismus des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts malte er in ungeschmückten Szenen Tänzer und Sänger in Cabarets und den Vergnügungslokalen sowie Szenen aus der aus dem Milieu der Halbwelt der Hauptstadt. Seine …
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” This quote alone from William Morris could summarise the ideology of the Arts & Crafts movement, which triggered a veritable reform in the applied arts in England. Founded by John Ruskin, then put into practice by William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement promoted revolutionary ideas in Victorian England. In the middle of the “soulless” Industrial Era, when objects were standardised, the Arts & Crafts movement proposed a return to the aesthetic at the core of production. The work of artisans and …
Naive art first became popular at the end of the 19th-century. Until that time this form of expression, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little recognition from professional artists and art critics. Influenced by primitive arts, naive painting is distinguished by the fluidity of its lines, vivacity, and joyful colours, as well as by its rather clean-cut, simple shapes. Naive art is represented by such artists as Henri Rousseau, Séraphine de Senlis, André Bauchant, and Camille Bombois. This movement has also found adherents abroad, including such prominent artists as Joan Miró, Guido Vedovato, Niko Pirosmani, …
Cézanne was perhaps the most complex artist of the 19th century. One of the greatest of the Postimpressionists, his works and ideas were crucial to the aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art movements, especially Cubism. Cézanne’s ambition, in his own words, was "to make out of Impressionism something as solid and durable as the paintings of the museums". He aimed to achieve the monumental in a modern language of glowing, vibrating tones. Cézanne wanted to retain the natural colour of an object and to harmonize it with the various influences of light and shade trying to destroy it; …
For more than a millennium, from its creation in 330 CE until its fall in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was a cradle of artistic effervescence that is only beginning to be rediscovered. Endowed with the rich heritage of Roman, Eastern, and Christian cultures, Byzantine artists developed an architectural and pictorial tradition, marked by symbolism, whose influence extended far beyond the borders of the Empire. Today, Italy, North Africa, and the Near East preserve the vestiges of this sophisticated artistic tradition, with all of its mystical and luminous beauty. The magnificence of the palaces, churches, paintings, enamels, ceramics, and mosaics from …
Descubrir cómo dibujar animales puede convertirse en una aventura apasionante. Este libro te guía paso a paso para dibujarlos con naturalidad y confianza. Desde especies domésticas hasta animales exóticos, aprenderás a representarlos mediante un método claro y accesible basado en formas geométricas simples: óvalos, rectángulos y triángulos que se transforman progresivamente en figuras llenas de vida. Cada capítulo te ayuda a comprender proporciones, equilibrio y movimiento, desarrollando tu capacidad de observación y tu precisión técnica. Con práctica y atención al detalle, podrás captar la fuerza de un león, la elegancia de un cisne o la energía de un guepardo. Un …
« N’ayez rien dans vos maisons que vous ne considérez pas utile ou croyez être beau. » Cette citation de William Morris pourrait résumer à elle seule les Arts & Crafts, mouvement unique qui, en Angleterre, provoqua une véritable réforme des arts appliqués. Fondés par John Ruskin, puis véritablement mis en œuvre par William Morris, les Arts & Crafts véhiculèrent des idées révolutionnaires dans l’Angleterre victorienne. Au milieu de l’ère industrielle « sans âme » qui standardisait les objets, les Arts & Crafts proposèrent de remettre l’esthétique au sein de la production. L’artisanat et le design devinrent ainsi le cœur …
Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colours. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes of peasant life and scripture or spiritual allegories, often with crowds of subjects performing a variety of acts, yet his scenes are unified with an informal integrity and often with wit. In his work, he brought a new humanising spirit. Befriending the Humanists, Brueghel composed true philosophical landscapes in the heart of which …
Un apasionante libro que recorre la relación entre la Villa y Corte y el Museo del Prado. Madrid es muchas ciudades a la vez. La que fue y la que es. La que desapareció y la que aún reconocemos al mirarla con atención. El Museo del Prado guarda todas ellas. Este libro invita a volver a encontrarlas.Madrid y el Museo del Prado mantienen desde hace siglos una relación íntima, profunda y a veces invisible. Este libro propone descubrirla a través de un recorrido apasionante por la ciudad y por las salas del museo, donde cuadros, edificios y episodios históricos dialogan entre sí como piezas …
