Books from Prestel Verlag
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Seeing Slowly
By Michael Findlay4 (Kandinsky) Parker, Cornelia: The Maybe Parker, Ray Pater, Walter patronage patrons Pearson, Henry Penny, Nicholas perception Perl, Jed permanent collections, museum Philadelphia Museum of Art; Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, ...
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The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium
By Sue Scott, Eleanor Heartney, Helaine PosnerKARA WALKER American, born1969 Monographs and Solo Exhibition Catalogues Als, Hilton, and F. Calvo Serraller. Kara Walker: The Black Road. Malaga: CAC Centro de Contemporáneo, 2010. Pindell, Howardena. Kara Walker: Evasion, Denial, ...
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After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art
By Sue Scott, Eleanor Heartney, Helaine PosnerCindy Sherman: Déjà vu. Dijon: Coin du miroir, 1983. BARR , CATHERINE, and LAURENCE CYROT , MARY. Cindy Sherman. Wellington, N.Z.: National Art Gallery, 1989. DÖTTINGER . Cindy Sherman: History Portraits: The Rebirth of the Painting ...
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The Big Picture: Contemporary Art in 10 Works by 10 Artists
By Matthew IsraelWhile similar artists—both in the show and not— brought together unusual materials, Harrison was able to bring them together into a unique kind of cohesiveness so that her final work brilliantly teetered between coherence and absurdity, ...
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The Ultimate Trophy: How The Impressionist Painting Conquered The World
By Philip HookMy second real 'eye-opener' was the Hugh Lane Collection which was exhibited in London at the Tate Gallery in 1917. There I remember especially Renoir's Parapluies, Manet's Musique des Tuileries and Degas' Plage à Trouville.
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The Value of Art
By Michael FindlayF. C. de Sumichrast (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1903), 24. 3Susan Sontag, “Against Interpretation,” in Against Interpretation and Other Essays (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966), 3. 4Judith Thurman, “Letters from ...
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Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe
By Lisa SmallThis collection of killer heels is filled with stunning photos and fashion lore.
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Chuck Close: Life
By Christopher Finchby Nemser titled “Presenting Charles Close” appeared in Art in America so that suddenly a wider audience became aware of Chuck's work, though anyone reading both magazines may have ended up a little confused about his name.
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Meine italienische Reise: oder wie ich mir in Sizilien einen uralten Cinquecento kaufte und einfach nach Hause fuhr
By Marco MaurerZwei Szenen, zwei italienische Realitäten, nur wenige Minuten voneinander entfernt. Das alte Italien um Salvatore und Rosalia, dessen Abbild auf Olivenöletiketten prangt, und das moderne Italien, zu dem auch ein Schattenreich aus ...
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The Value of Art (New, expanded edition): Money. Power. Beauty.
By Michael FindlayOn the tenth anniversary of its publication, this updated edition of a work ARTNews hailed as “one of the best books ever published on the art world” features new material on the latest art deals, reflections on race and culture, the ...
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Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic
By Eugenie TsaiFilled with reproductions of Kehinde Wiley’s bold, colorful, and monumental work, this book encompasses the artist’s various series of paintings as well as his sculptural work—which boldly explore ideas about race, power, and ...
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Jan Vermeer
By Brad FingerThis lively portrait of the artist and his environment helps readers become acquainted with the life and times of Jan Vermeer. With only 37 known works, Vermeer s oeuvre affords...
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BIER: Kochen, kombinieren, genießen
By Stephen Beaumont... INDIEN DER GRUNDSTEIN FÜR DIE LÄNDERÜBERGREIFENDE KOMBINATION VON BIER UND ESSEN GELEGT. Chilischoten, wesentlicher Bestandteil der indischen Currys, gelangten im 16. Jahrhundert über portugiesische Händler nach Indien – das aus England ...