Abstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century,
it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories ...
Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship.
From Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp’s 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever ...
“These seductive books have slick production values, excellent illustrations, and smart texts. Each one is
a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand.” – The New York Times Book ReviewWith blockbuster exhibitions, record-breaking auction prices, and packed museums, Impressionism ...
In the German city of Dresden on June 7, 1905, the foundation of the Die
Brücke artists’ group (1905–1913) is widely regarded as the birth of Expressionism. Led by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, the ...
Pour l’artiste biélorusse Marc Chagall (1887–1985), la peinture formait une trame complexe, tissée de rêves,
de contes et de traditions. Son langage visuel, immédiatement reconnaissable, s’est forgé une place unique au début du XXe siècle et est ...
Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dalí phenomenon, Les dîners
de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artist’s equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala. A Dalínian take on pleasures of the grape and ...
Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dalí phenomenon, Les dîners
de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artist’s equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala. A Dalínian take on pleasures of the grape and ...
Assurance sur la mort, En quatrième vitesse ou Le Grand sommeil… déambulez à travers un
univers cinématographique à l’élégance sombre et inquiétante grâce à ce guide essentiel sur le film noir. Du détective privé aux ...