Sandra Forty draws upon her background in medieval and early modern history and art to craft compelling works. Her writing, often focused on art and architecture, demonstrates a deep understanding of historical context. Having worked as a journalist and editor, she brings clarity and a narrative sensibility to her prose. Her approach blends scholarly rigor with an accessible and engaging style that appeals to enthusiasts of both history and art.
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Leeuwarden, June 17, 1898--March 27, 1972 in Laren) was a Dutch mathematical artist known for his woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, and tessellations. This book has numerous examples of how his extraordinary pictures of logic fool the brain into believing the impossible--water can run uphill and steps that go upwards.
Egon Schiele is considered by many to be the greatest draftsman of the 20th Century. The undeniable fact, however, that a considerable share of his work is of an explicitly erotic nature has blinded many people to his remarkable ability, so much that he is primarily known as an Austrian Expressionist artist of the erotic. Schiele's full artistic flowering lasted only a little over 10 years. He was cut down at the cruelly early age of 28, just as he was about to truly embrace his talent and take it to another level. Schiele's greatest early influence was the work of his older compatriot Gustav Klimt. His preferred medium was gouache, pencil, and watercolour on coarse-grained, sometimes coloured, paper. His oil paintings are relatively few in number. Because he died so young- aged only 28- art historians can only speculate where Schiele's more mature talent would have taken him if he had lived to middle, and even old, age.
The late-Renaissance Dutch painter created some of the most exquisite paintings in the history of Western art. He captured men and women transfixed in quiet meditative moments, using dramatic lighting and perspective to effect a moody and poetic ambiance. This book shows all his paintings in full-color and explains some of the techniques and meanings of these apparently innocent paintings of Dutch small town life.
None captured the dusty feeling and spirt of the wild west like Frederic Remington, and now you can share it with others in this incredible collection.
An historical introduction to the metropolis and a photographic journey through its most memorable sites
Symbole sind überall präsent in unserem Leben, ohne dass wir sie immer wahrnehmen würden. Sie lotsen uns durch den Verkehr, sie warnen uns, sie begegnen uns in Werbung, Politik, Religion, Musik, Mathematik oder Astrologie. Uralt ist ihre Tradition in allen Kulturen dieser Erde, und sie üben oft eine geradezu mystische Faszination aus.§§In diesem Handbuch finden Sie eine umfassende Übersicht über mehr als 700 wichtige Symbole aus verschiedenen Kulturkreisen wie dem Nahen und Fernen Osten, aus Afrika, Amerika und der westlichen Welt. Auch die Symbole früher Kulturen unserer Erde werden in einem Kapitel vorgestellt.
