Basic Art
-
Lichtenstein
$20.00 Read moreAmerican painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) pioneered a new epoch in American art, bursting onto a scene dominated by Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New York and defining a new art vocabulary
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Hendrickson, Janis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 31 2016
- ISBN10: 3836532077
- Language: English
-
Aalto
$20.00 Add to cartAlvar Aalto (1898-1976) made a unique modernist mark. Influenced by both the landscape and the political independence of his native Finland, he designed warm, curving, compassionate buildings, wholly
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Lahti, Louna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 09 2015
- ISBN10: 3836560100
- Language: English
-
Rodin
$20.00 Read moreWhile anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) paved the way for modern sculpture. From a very early stage, he was interested in movement, t
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Blanchetière, François
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 30 2016
- ISBN10: 3836555042
- Language: English
-
Rousseau
$20.00 Add to cartHenri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau’s bright, bold paintings of
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Stabenow, Cornelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 3836570769
- Language: English
-
Leonardo
$20.00 Add to cartFilling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836502151
- Language: English
-
Niemeyer
$20.00 Add to cartUntil his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming skylines f
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 29 2016
- ISBN10: 3836536226
- Language: English
-
Zaha Hadid
$20.00 Add to cartZaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable. During the latte
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 17 2016
- ISBN10: 3836536358
- Language: English
-
Abstract Expressionism
$20.00 Add to cartHailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in Amer
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Hess, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 3836505177
- Language: English
-
Impressionism
$20.00 Read moreDiscover how scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color shocked the art world establishment. In this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction to Impressionism, we explore the artists, subjects, and techniq
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Grimme, Karin H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 18 2017
- ISBN10: 3836536978
- Language: English
-
Mucha
$20.00 Add to cartWith his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) defined the look of the fin-de-si?le. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre, and ol
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Sato, Tomoko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 09 2015
- ISBN10: 3836550091
- Language: English
-
Magritte
$20.00 Add to cartFrom men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption “this is not a pipe”, Ren? Magritte (1898-1967) created an echo chamber of object and image, name and thing, rea
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Paquet, Marcel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 09 2015
- ISBN10: 3836503573
- Language: English
-
Neutra
$20.00 Add to cartIn the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892-1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek building surfaces, vast glass panel walls allow pano
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Lamprecht, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 3836535963
- Language: English
-
Pop Art
$20.00 Add to cartPeaking in the 1960s, Pop Art began as a revolt against mainstream approaches to art and culture and evolved into a wholesale interrogation of modern society, consumer culture, the role of the artist,
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Honnef, Klaus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 14 2015
- ISBN10: 383652337X
- Language: English
-
Ando
$20.00 Add to cartIn this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyo
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Furuyama, Masao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 30 2016
- ISBN10: 3836535491
- Language: English
-
O’Keeffe
$20.00 Add to cartGeorgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was a major figure in modern American art for some seven decades. Importantly, her fame was not associated with shifting art styles and trends, but rather with her own uni
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Benke, Britta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 23 2016
- ISBN10: 3836542315
- Language: English
-
Pollock
$20.00 Add to cartThe rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso a
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Emmerling, Leonhard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 23, 2016
- ISBN10: 3836529076
- Language: English
-
Kandinsky
$20.00 Read moreOver the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went on to pio
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Düchting, Hajo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 23 2015
- ISBN10: 3836507463
- Language: English
-
Lautner
$20.00 Add to cartWith his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911-1994) was behind some of the most striking and innovative architectural designs in mid-
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Campbell-Lange, Barbara-Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 29, 2016
- ISBN10: 3836544113
- Language: English
-
Rothko
$20.00 Read moreResisting interpretation or classification, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a prominent advocate for the artist’s consummate freedom of expression. Although identified as a key protagonist of the Abstract
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Baal-Teshuva, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 3, 2015
- ISBN10: 383650426X
- Language: English
-
Botticelli
$20.00 Add to cartWith the patronage of the powerful Medici family, a canon of secular and religious work, and contributions to the celebrated Sistine Chapel, Sandro Botticelli (1444/45-1510) was well placed for fame.
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Deimling, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 3, 2017
- ISBN10: 3836542846
- Language: English
