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ΤΟ ΘΑΥΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ (ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΤΟΜΟΣ)
Με υπερηφάνεια οι εκδόσεις "Κ. ΚΟΥΜΟΥΝΔΟΥΡΕΑΣ" παραδίδουν στο ελληνικό κοινό το μεγαλειώδες εκδοτικό έργο "CAPIRE LA PITTURA" ("Κατανοώ τη Ζωγραφική"), του παγκοσμίως γνωστού ιταλικού εκδοτικού οίκου Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri), που έχει μεταφρασθεί στις κυριότερες γλώσσες και έχει κυκλοφορήσει σε δεκάδες εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα σε όλο τον κόσμο. Το έργο αναφέρεται στους κορυφαίους ζωγράφους των πεντέμιση τελευταίων αιώνων, στην καλλιτεχνική δράση και προσωπική ιστορία τους, στις σχολές που εδημιούργησαν και στα καλλιτεχνικά ρεύματα που προήλθα...
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ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ
Η έκθεση "Εικόνες της Κρητικής Σχολής: από τον Χάνδακα ως τη Μόσχα και την Αγία Πετρούπολη", που οργάνωσαν η Βικελαία Βιβλιοθήκη του Δήμου Ηρακλείου και η Εφορία Βυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων Κρήτης του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού σε συνεργασία με τα Μουσεία Ερμιτάζ και Ρωσσικό της Πετρούπολης, το Ιστορικό Μουσείο της Μόσχας, το Μουσείο Ρουμπλιώφ, την Πινακοθήκη Τρετιακώφ, το Μουσείο του Κρεμλίνου καθώς και τα Μοναστήρια της Κρήτης, τις Εφορίες της Δωδεκανήσου και της Μακεδονίας, το Βυζαντινό Μουσείο Αθηνών και το Μουσείο Μπενάκη, είναι γεγονός πολλαπλ...
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(P/B) Japanese Family Crests and Designs
Understand Japanese family crest designs with actual examples! A gorgeously visual guide to family crests. Family crests are coats of arms that have been used in Japan since ancient times to identify families and individuals. Today, it is said that there are currently around 200 basic types of family crest, and around 5,000 different designs that use the same motifs. Family crests exert influence in contemporary culture not only because of their historical and cultural value, but also because they appear in famous manga and anime, and thei...
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(P/B) ELEGANCE OF JAPANESE ART
A fascinating book on the elegant paintings of birds and flowers in Edo-Rinpa painting The Rinpa school is one of the historical schools in Japanese painting established in 17th century Kyoto. Later in 19th century Edo (old Tokyo), Hoitsu Sakai, who worshiped and was influenced by Korin Ogata, revived this genre with his elegant, poetic and refined taste. This book showcases not only the most popular works of the Edo-Rinpa style but also features unique and innovative works from Kiitsu Suzuki, Hoitsu Sakai's own disciple, and shows how Rin...
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(H/B) JAPANESE YOKAI AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
Japan's vast pantheon of supernatural creatures includes demons (yokai), monsters, ogres (oni), ghosts (yurei) and magicians-mythical beings from folklore and popular culture which continue to thrill readers of traditional stories and manga today. This richly illustrated book by Andreas Marks, the leading authority on Japanese woodblock prints, presents authentic illustrations and descriptions of 100 different creatures, including: Bakeneko: Monster cats in human form who lick lamp oil and prey on humans born in the year of the Rat, Han'ny...
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Σημείο, γραμμή, επίπεδο
Τι είναι η μορφή; Αυτή η ερώτηση κυριαρχεί στο "Σημείο - Γραμμή - Επίπεδο", ένα από τα κύρια θεωρητικά έργα του Kandinsky γραμμένο και δημοσιευμένο το 1926 κατά την περίοδο που ήταν καθηγητής στο Bauhaus. Αυτό που επιδιώκει εδώ ο συγγραφέας είναι να θέσει τις βάσεις μιας πραγματικής επιστήμης της αφηρημένης τέχνης, σε συσχετισμό με τις συγκινήσεις μας, τη νοητική μας δομή. Είναι ίσως η πιο τολμηρή απόπειρα από την εποχή της κωδικοποίησης των κανόνων της παραδοσιακής ζωγραφικής, κατά την Αναγέννηση, από τον Alberti. (Από την παρουσίαση στο ...
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(P/B) HEAVEN ON EARTH
The idea of heaven on earth haunts the human imagination. The day will come, say believers, when the pain and confusion of mortal life will give way to a transfigured community. Such a vision of the world seems indelible. Even politics, some reckon, has not escaped from the realm of the sacred: its dreams of the future still borrow their imagery from the prophets. In Heaven on Earth, T.J. Clark sets out to investigate the very different ways painting has given form to the dream of God's kingdom come. He goes back to the late Middle Ages an...
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(H/B) Roy Lichtenstein
This kaleidoscopic exhibition catalog celebrates Lichtenstein's multifaceted career―from his iconic achievements in the Pop Art movement and beyond. Published to mark the centennial of Lichtenstein's birth, this retrospective volume is brimming with brilliant reproductions that highlight the entirety of the artist's oeuvre. It features the acclaimed works that helped establish 1960s pop art―panels inspired by comic strips and advertising, which send up societal stereotypes. It looks at his pioneering use of painted benday dots and carefull...
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(P/B) THE ARTIST'S STUDIO
Accompanying a major large-scale thematic exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, this extensive catalogue charts the artists' studio through the last century: as a laboratory or stage set; as place of refuge, or a public space; as a site of resistance or an arena for communal activity. Featuring over 80 artists and collectives from around the world, the catalogue will focus in two sections on 'the public studio' and 'the private studio', accompanied by six thematic essays and full colour plate sections of works by Brancusi, Fischli & Weiss, Ro...
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(H/B) MAGRITTE IN 400 IMAGES
Magritte in 400 images offers a selection of the most iconic paintings by Rene Magritte, along with a multitude of lesser-known jewels from his expansive oeuvre. The novel choice of works will surprise and delight readers as they continue to uncover ever more facets of the master Surrealist, from his unique gouaches to his painted bottles. Spanning seven chapters, this book brings together the myriad aspects of Magritte's pictorial vision. Beginning with his first forays into abstract painting in the 1920s, navigating his search for solace...
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(P/B) MAD ABOUT PAINTING
Best known for his iconic print Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai was a revolutionary printmaker. His mastery of ukiyo-e in the nineteenth century has inspired generations of artists since, and his works exposed the world to the delicate beauty and power of Japanese woodblock technique. In addition to his remarkable artistic output, Hokusai was also a dedicated teacher who sought to pass down his deep understanding of color and painting to practicing artists through immensely detailed written tut...
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(P/B) PORTRAITS
A lifetime's encounter with artists: from prehistoric cave painting to the present John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated art writers, takes us through centuries of drawing and painting, revealing his lifelong fascination with a diverse cast of artists. In Portraits, Berger grounds the artists in their historical milieu in revolutionary ways, whether enlarging on the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves or Cy Twombly's linguistic and pictorial play. In penetrating and singular prose, Berger presents entirely new ways of thin...
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(P/B) Step-by-Step Portraits from Simple Shapes
Feel the fear and draw faces anyway! Many beginner artists feel intimidated by drawing portraits - getting faces and anatomy in proportion can seem really difficult. But it doesn't have to be! This book alleviates all those anxieties by training the eye to look for simple forms first, and to use this foundation to free the artist to develop their portrait drawing skills. Through the meticulously designed exercises and step-by-step tutorials in this book, internet art guru Satyajit Sinari - better known as SinArty - helps artists unlock the...
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(H/B) MYTHICAL CREATURES
A palm-sized compendium of fanciful beasts in art, from around the world and throughout history. This miniature bestiary contains some 250 illustrations of more than 100 mythical beings: fire-breathing dragons, sinuous sea serpents, mischievous leprechauns, high-spirited unicorns, the lumbering Golem, fluttering fairies, and many other wondrous creatures drawn from global folklore and mythology. They are depicted in a wide variety of artistic media, from painting and sculpture to jewellery and ceramics, from ancient times to the present. A...
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(H/B) LANDSCAPE PAINTING NOW
Although the fact may be surprising to some, landscape painting is positively thriving in the 21st century - indeed, the genre has arguably never felt as vital as it does today. Landscape Painting Now is the first book of its kind to take a global view of its subject, featuring more than eighty outstanding contemporary artists - both established and emerging - whose ages span seven decades and who hail from twenty-five different countries. Through its thematic organization into six chapters - Realism and Beyond, Post-Pop Landscapes, New Ro...
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(H/B) THE HIDDEN LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS
Why do we reach for the red rose on Valentine's day? Where did the owl gain its reputation for wisdom? Why should you never trust a fox? In this visual tour through art history, Matthew Wilson pieces together a global visual language enshrined in art: the language of symbols. Symbols exert a strong hold in the image-saturated 21st century, and have done so for thousands of years. From national emblems to corporate logos and emojis, our day-to-day lives abound with icons with roots in the distant past. Expert art historian Matthew Wilson tr...
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ΤΖΟΥΛΙΟ ΚΑΙΜΗ
Ο Τζούλιο Καίμης δεν υπήρξε κοσμικός, τύπος είτε ως καλλιτέχνης είτε ως λόγιος. Πολύμορφος στις αναζητήσεις του ξεχώριζε ως προσωπικότητα. Ήταν ζωγράφος, λαογράφος, συγγραφέας και μελετούσε μέχρι το τέλος της ζωής του την ελληνική αλλά και την εβραϊκή παράδοση. Υπήρξε ακόμη ιστορικός της τέχνης, τεχνοκριτικός και μεταφραστής κυρίως ποιητικών κειμένων. Ασχολήθηκε ιδιαίτερα με την Τέχνη του Θεάτρου Σκιών. Μοναχικός τύπος και λιτός μετήλθε στον 20ό αιώνα αφήνοντας ένα ευρέου φάσματος έργο που αξιολογήθηκε ελάχιστα. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΔ...
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ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΥΠΟΓΡΑΦΗ ΧΕΙΡ ΑΓΓΕΛΟΥ (ΔΙΓΛΩΣΣΗ ΕΚΔΟΣΗ)
(. . .) Από την ομάδα του εργαστηρίου συντήρησης εικόνων του Μουσείου Μπενάκη επιχειρήθηκε η συστηματική καταγραφή της τεχνικής, των υλικών και του ζωγραφικού τρόπου του συνόλου των έργων, καθώς και η συγκριτική τους μελέτη. Τα έργα ακτινογραφήθηκαν και εξετάστηκαν στο ορατό, υπέρυθρο και υπεριώδες φάσμα. (. . .) Οι πληροφορίες αυτές, συνδυαζόμενες με το σύνολο των αναλυτικών δεδομένων που συγκεντρώθηκαν, οδήγησαν στον προσδιορισμό ιδιαίτερων κατασκευαστικών γνωρισμάτων των έργων, στην καταγραφή του προσχεδίου και των τεχνικών χρήσης του ...
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(P/B) TURNER'S SKETCHBOOKS
J.M.W. Turner's sketchbooks provide us with a rare opportunity to witness the building blocks, steps and missteps of an artist unparalleled in impact. They give us a privileged look over Turner's shoulder, allowing us to witness the creation and development of ideas that can be traced through to his most famous paintings. This book is the first to survey the full range of Turner's sketchbooks, beginning with his teenage explorations and culminating in the masterful colour studies of his later years. Ian Warrell is an independent curator s...
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(H/B) KEITH HARING / JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT- CROSING LINES
An exploration of the personal and artistic connections between two icons of twentieth-century art Keith Haring (1958-1990) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) changed the art world of the 1980s through their idiosyncratic imagery, radical ideas, and complex sociopolitical commentary. Each artist invented a distinct visual language, employing signs, symbols, and words to convey strong messages in unconventional ways, and each left an indelible legacy that remains a force in contemporary visual and popular culture. Offering fascinating new...
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