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James Ensor 1860-1949 - Masks, Death and the Sea by Ulrike Becks-Malorny
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Category: Art and Design | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
An Expressionist before the term was coined, James Ensor (1860-1949) was the classic insider-outsider enigma. He knew all the right art-world figures but loathed most of them. His style lurched from the Gothic fantastical to the Christian visionary. He was a cosmopolitan trailblazer of modernism, but li ...Show more
Klee by Susanna Partsch
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Designated as "degenerate" by the Nazis, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is today considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works stand out for the variety in their forms of artistic expression. His Tunisian water-colours depicting landscape, architecture and, above all, the North Afri ...Show more
Le Corbusier by Jean-Louis Cohen
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Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L
Raphael by Christoph Thoenes
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Influenced by his contemporaries Michelangelo and Leonardo, Raphael Santi (1483-1520) became, in his own right, one of the most important artists of the High Renaissance. Though Raphael painted many important works in his Florence period, including his famous Madonnas, it was his mature work in Rome tha ...Show more
Rubens (Basic Art) by Gilles Neret
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Category: Art and Design | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality. This essential introduction takes in the most important works from this astonishingly prolific oeuvre to explore Rubens's influences and innovations, and ...Show more
Salvador Dali 1904-1989 by Gilles Neret
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"Every morning when I awake," wrote the painter of the soft watches and burning giraffes, "the greatest of joys is mine: that of being Salvador Dali..."
Toulouse-Lautrec by Matthias Arnold
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The Prince of Pigalle. In pursuit of pleasure in the belle epoque. Today, the painter and graphic artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) is considered as one of the most inspired portrayers of human figures. This physically handicapped scion of the old French nobility was fascinated by life around Mo ...Show more
Turner by Michael Bockemuhl
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This title is a Taschen 25 - Special edition! It deals with the topic of the innocence of the eye. As a blind person might see the world if the gift of sight were suddenly returned - this is how we might describe the effect of William Turner's paintings on the observer. John Ruskin, Turner's uncompromis ...Show more
Van Gogh by Ingo F. Walther
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"Vision and Reality" Van Gogh - one of the great forerunners of 20th century painting. This richly illustrated and expert study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his homeland, through his bright and colourful Parisian perio ...Show more
Vermeer: The Complete Paintings by Norbert Schneider
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This title is a Taschen 25 - Special edition! This title deals with Vermeer's women, their duties and unspoken dreams. The 35 paintings that have come down to us from the hand of Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) place him beside Rembrandt and Frans Hals as one of the great masters of the golden age of Dutch art. ...Show more
Wright (Basic Architecture) by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
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Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house ...Show more