18 books like Gerhard Richter

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Robert Gober Robert Gober · 1990 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Moderate An exhibition focusing on the artist's current work specifically created for the space. There are also several essays on the this work. Shares: Individual Artist, Artists' books, Exhibitions, Art

Jenny Holzer Jenny Holzer · 1982 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Holzer has been at the forefront of American art since her work first came to prominence in the early 1980s. She is known for text based works which may appear as spectacular electronic signs, T shirts or carved marble benches. Shares: Artists' books, Exhibitions, Art, Criticism and interpretation

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch · 1927 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Während eines achtmonatigen Aufenthalts in dem Sanatorium von Dr. Daniel Jacobsen in Kopenhagen verwandelt Munch sein Krankenzimmer in ein Atelier und entwickelt einen neuen extrovertierteren und expressiveren Stil. In dieser Zeit entsteht das Meisterwerk Alpha und Omega, eine grafische Mappe bestehend aus 22 lithographischen Blättern und einem gedruckten Prosagedicht. Zusammen ergeben sie eine… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Exhibitions, Art, Criticism and interpretation

Oskar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka · 1947 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Bei Jahrhunderten der Literatur ist es unvermeidlich, dass einige durch das Raster fallen. Wir jagen gemeinfreie Werke und restaurieren sie, damit sie der Welt nicht verloren gehen. Wer sind wir? Wir sind Cairn Press. Unser Hintergrund liegt in Design, Verlagswesen, Typografie und Technologie. Diese Fähigkeiten treiben unsere Mission voran, öffentlich zugängliche eBooks von höchster Qualität zu… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Louise Bourgeois Louise Bourgeois · 1981 · 131p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Though known primarily for her sculpture, Louise Bourgeois has displayed a lifelong passion for drawing and considers it to be essential to her oeuvre. This exceptional book is the first to combine over fifty years of the artist's drawings with her own observations. Not merely preparatory studies for her sculptures, Bourgeois's drawings are fully realized, independent works of art that rank as… Shares: OUR Brockhaus selection, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

The Seven Lamps of Architecture John Ruskin · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Beauty, life, memory, obedience, power, sacrifice, and truth – these are the seven lamps of architecture. In this illustrated edition, Ruskin explains that the value of architecture hinges on both “the image it bears of the natural creation” and “the impression it receives from human power.”First published in 1880, The Seven Lamps of Architecture remains a primary reference on design at the turn… Shares: Painting, Art, Philosophy

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Christo · 1995 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Das Buch nimmt erstmals in konzentrierter Form die städtischen Projekte von Christo und Jeanne-Claude in den Fokus. Vorgestellt werden anhand von vorbereitenden Zeichnungen, Collagen und Modellen zahlreiche, teils unrealisierte und wenig bekannte Arbeiten aus dem Frühwerk der Künstler, u.a. die geplante Verhüllung mehrerer New Yorker Wolkenkratzer, sowie die späteren publikumswirksamen… Shares: OUR Brockhaus selection, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Christo Christo · 1964 · ★ 5.0 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThis action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms.Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish… Shares: Individual Artist, Exhibitions, Art

Matisse Henri Matisse · 1943 · ★ 4.2 · 45p · ≈ 1h · Challenging In Jazz, Matisse composes with scissors what he could no longer paint with brushes. From this limitation emerged a new kind of freedom — a whirlwind of shapes and colours, a dance that is both joyful and profound. Page after page, he cuts, paces, invents a visual language of striking intensity, somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Conceived as an artist's book, Jazz brings together the… Shares: Painting, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Henri Matisse Henri Matisse · 1920 · 35p · ≈ 1h · Challenging In Jazz, Matisse composes with scissors what he could no longer paint with brushes. From this limitation emerged a new kind of freedom — a whirlwind of shapes and colours, a dance that is both joyful and profound. Page after page, he cuts, paces, invents a visual language of striking intensity, somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Conceived as an artist's book, Jazz brings together the… Shares: Painting, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters, 1780 William Beckford · 1780 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Shares: Painting, Art

Monet Claude Monet · 1963 · ★ 4.3 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A combination of chronological texts and superb reproductions offers not only a valuable sourcebook for students and lovers of Impressionist art but also a visual and verbal documentation of a great artist and his influence upon the world. Shares: Painting, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman · 1987 · 55p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Includes rarely seen works from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s, including work created while Sherman was an art student at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York (1972-76). These early works from 1975-1978 demonstrate Sherman’s conceptual approach to photography and foretell the career that would launch her into the art world in the late 1970s. On view, a grid of twenty-three hand… Shares: Artistic Photography, Exhibitions

Henry Moore David Sylvester · 1934 · ★ 4.4 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Challenging This seventh and final volume in the complete catalogue of Henry Moore's drawings provides a key to the material contained in the other six volumes. It gives a consolidated version of all the reference apparatus contained in each of the other volumes (index, concordance and list of exhibitions), enabling the user to track down any particular drawing from any period or volume by means of its… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Art

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Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūsei Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan) · 1991 · ★ 5.0 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate Shares: Painting, Art, Philosophy

Picasso William S. Lieberman · 1932 · ★ 3.6 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Text describes several works from Picasso's Blue and Rose periods. Ten color plates, including one on the front cover, are included. Shares: Exhibitions, Art, Criticism and interpretation

Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh · 1914 · ★ 4.1 · 17p · ≈ 34m · Challenging This book contains 658 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert in the southern Netherlands, the son of a pastor. In 1869, he took his first job, working in the Hague branch of an international art dealing firm. He began to write to his younger brother Theo, a correspondence which continued for the rest of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh's job took him to… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Exhibitions, Art

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti · 1955 · ★ 4.1 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate One of the great masters of 20th-century art, the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti captured the existential loneliness of modern humanity with his spindly, attenuated figures whose life-like gazes pierce the vastness of space. Uniting more than 250 sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphic works, this extensive monograph is an exemplary overview of his oeuvre. The book underscores the… Shares: Exhibitions, Art, Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy

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