NERET GILLES

ΑΓΓΕΛΟΙ
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΙ ΦΩΤΟΣ ΕΡΩΣ ΘΡΙΑΜΒΕΥΩΝ ΟΙ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΨΥΧΗΣ ΟΙ ΘΕΙΚΟΙ ΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΦΟΡΟΙ ΟΙ ΟΥΡΑΝΙΕΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΙΕΣ...
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AUGUSTE RODIN
Auguste Rodin was the great master of the human form, in clay, bronze and marble. He hymned Woman, summoning all the passions, joys and vices of life. The poet Rilke wrote that «the sweetness of sin arose from the roots of pain» in Rodin's figures. They captivate us still, their brilliance undimmed by the passage of time. (From the publisher)...
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HENRI MATISSE
Matisse, the bard of colour, and Picasso, the breaker of moulds: together, these two giants shaped the world of modern art. They were, as Picasso once said, «North Pole, South Pole». The work of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is a sensuous hymn to colour, that wild yet subtle colour which he tamed, mastered and managed, and which expressed his feelings towards women and the world.. Colour was the tool with which he controlled line, arabesque, volume, light, transparency, reflection and space, and though he did not shrink from pushing his creat...
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ΩΓΚΥΣΤ ΡΟΝΤΕΝ
Αν η αλήθεια χάνεται, οι επόμενες γενιές, θα περιφρονήσουν τον "Μπαλζάκ" μου. Αν η αλήθεια είναι άφθαρτη, προβλέπω ότι το άγαλμα μου θα πετύχει το στόχο του. Το έργο αυτό, που το χλεύασαν, αλλά που ποτέ δεν θα μπορούσε να καταστραφεί, είναι το κορυφαίο επίτευγμα όλης μου της ζωής, ο συνδετικός κρίκος της αισθητικής μου. Από την ημέρα που συνέλαβα την ιδέα του, αναγεννήθηκα. (ΩΓΚΥΣΤ ΡΟΝΤΕΝ, από την έκδοση)...
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(P/B) EROTICA UNIVERSALIS
I. EROTICA ANTIQUA II. EROTICA CLASSICA III. EROTICA REVOLUTIONNARIA IV. EROTICA ROMANTICA V. EROTICA ARTIS NOVAE VI. EROTICA MODERNA...
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ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΙ
ΕΩΣΦΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΙΑ Ο ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΩΡΑΙΟΣ ΟΙ ΜΑΓΙΣΣΕΣ ΚΑΙ Ο ΜΕΓΑΣ ΤΡΑΓΟΣ ΤΟ ΣΤΟΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΛΑΣΗΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΛΟ ΘΡΙΑΜΒΕΥΕΙ...
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(P/B) 1000 DESSOUS
Women's lingerie is the stuff of fantasy. A vital element in the skilled art of undressing, it never fails to work its strange magic on the male libido. The sex is prosaic unless seen through a veil that emphasises its forbidden attractions. In the words of Montaigne: "There are things best displayed by concealment." Women have worn underwear since the dawn of civilisation, sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, as the social climate dictated. Society frequently advanced hypocritical pretexts for the wearing of lingerie, invoking dubious re...
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RENOIR

MATISSE CUT-OUTS (XL - 2 VOL. - H/B)
(. . .) For Matisse, the invention of paper cut-outs was not merely the culmination of a search for formal simplification in painting -fulfilling the prophecy made by the artist Gustave Moreau, the only teacher who counted for Matisse, the day he told the young Henri that he would be "the simplifier of painting". The works created out of paper cut-outs also had an existential resonance with Matisse's experiences on his visit to Tahiti in 1930, a visit which had a considerable influence on his artistic development, notably because, to use h...
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ΝΤΑΛΙ ΣΑΛΒΑΔΟΡ
ΠΩΣ ΝΑ ΓΙΝΕΤΕ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΥΪΑ Η ΔΟΚΙΜΑΣΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΡΩΤΑ Ο ΘΡΙΑΜΒΟΣ ΤΟΥ AVIDA DOLLARS ΠΑΡΑΙΣΘΗΣΕΙΣ Ή ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΑ ΟΡΑΜΑΤΑ ΣΑΛΒΑΔΟΡ ΝΤΑΛΙ 1904-1989: Η ΖΩΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΕΡΓΟ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟΣ ΕΙΚΟΝΩΝ...
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EUGENE DELACROIX 1798-1863
(...) Though we trace Delacroix's artistic heritage directly back to Michelangelo and Rubens, in the matter of colour there is a further influence, that of the Venetian school. Delacroix is a master of colour, and his influence on Cezanne and Matisse is clear. In his own words: «The work of a painter who is not a colourist is illumination rather than painting. If one intends something other than cameos, colour is strictly speaking, one of the founding principles of painting, no less so than chiaroscuro, proportion and perspective... Colour...
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MATISSE
Matisse, the bard of colour, and Picasso, the breaker of moulds : together, these two giants shaped the world of modern art. They were, as Picasso once said, "North Pole, South Pole". The work of Henri Matisse ( 1869 - 1954 ) is a sensuous hymn to colour, that wild yet subtle colour which he tamed, mastered and managed, and which expressed his feelings towards women and the world.. Colour was the tool with which he controlled line, arabesque, volume, light, transparency, reflection and space, and though he did not shrink from pushing his ...
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SALVADOR DALI 1904-1989
(...) Dali had doubtless drawn upon the systematic confusion in which he lived as a lifelong source of inspiration; but for those who came after, trying to make sense of it all, it was distinctly unhelpful. Dali had confounded the dates and titles of his works as utterly as he had the tales he told about his life. Robert Descharnes, who was Dali' s companion for almost forty years and is better placed than anyone to present the artist' s complete work, points out that this is the first study to include all the known paintings, with only a ...
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(P/B) EROTICA 20TH CENTURY 2
There is only one real antidote to the anguish engendered in humanity by its awareness of inevitable death: erotic joy. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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(P/B) EROTICA 20TH CENTURY 1
(...) However, at the start of the 20th century, erotic joy was not the only aim of rebellious art. The Belgian artist Martin Van Maele devoted himself exclusively to eroticism: his satirical drawings moved from humour to tragedy using fantasies and sexual pleasure to denounce social injustice. His masterpiece, The Great Danse Macabre of the Quick (Prick), published in 1907, makes reference to the industrial revolution, the legacy of 19th century Victorian hypocrisy, the problems experienced by young people in the face of taboos as well as...
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(P/B) EROTICA 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY
There is one real antidote to the anguish engendered in humanity by its awareness of inevitable death: erotic joy. Eros, the god of love, is considered a principle of creation; sprung from the original chaos, he is a vital element of the world. The artist is in search of eternal, imperishable beauty; he thus makes of woman's thighs the columns of a temple through which one passes to enter Heaven. And despite the Inquisitors, he knows an opening in a shrubby, animal pelt that gives onto life, death, love and God. (...) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ...
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