18 books like Matisse

What to read after Matisse — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

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, Aesthetics, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Arnulf Rainer Arnulf Rainer · 1968 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Seine in den 1950er Jahren entwickelten Überarbeitungen machten den 1929 in Baden bei Wien geborenen Künstler Arnulf Rainer weltweit bekannt. In Kooperation mit der Albertina in Wien würdigt das Museum Frieder Burda den international renommierten Künstler anlässlich seines 85. Geburtstages mit einer umfassenden Retrospektive, in der wesentliche Stationen seines komplexen Schaffens mit… Shares: Women in art, Painting, Psychology

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: Portraits, 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

Le Corbusier Le Corbusier · 1938 · ★ 3.8 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Challenging From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death.He was a leader of the modernist movement that sought to create better living conditions and a better society… Shares: Exhibitions, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation

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: Portraits, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Van Gogh Federico Zeri · 1937 · ★ 4.1 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They inclu Shares: Exhibitions, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation

Gerhard Richter Richter, Gerhard · 1971 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate In Erinnerung ist das "Streifen-Bild", das im Eingangsbereich von Richters grosser Retrospektive "Panorama" in der Neuen Nationalgalerie Berlin hing. Diesem jüngsten Werkzyklus ist erstmals eine Museumsausstellung gewidmet mit 12 neuen Arbeiten, die bis zu zehn Meter lang sind sowie sechs grossen, zweiteiligen Lack-Glas-Bildern aus diesem Jahr im Format 100 x 200 cm und einer grossräumigen,… Shares: Painting, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1960 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 237 p. : 29 cm Shares: Exhibitions, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation

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: Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation, Psychology

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: Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Max Ernst Max Ernst · 1956 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Max Ernst: Life and Work draws on an unprecedented collection of source material, much of it published here for the first time, to present a compelling portrait of the artist's life and an intellectual portrait of an entire period. These letters and notes by friends and contemporaries provide insight into the reception of his oeuvre, illustrate Ernst's own texts and shed light on his… Shares: Portraits, Exhibitions

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: Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation, Psychology

Advances in Psychology Research Alexandra M. Columbus · 2008 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial psychology advances across a broad spectrum. Shares: Psychology

Voices Staroba · 2015 Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors. Shares: Psychology

The principles of psychology William James · 1890 · ★ 3.9 · 897p · ≈ 29h · Demanding The Principles of Psychology is a monumental text in the history of psychology, written by William James and published in 1890. There were four methods in James' psychology: analysis (i.e. the logical criticism of precursor and contemporary views of the mind), introspection (i.e. the psychologist's study of his own states of mind), experiment (e.g. in hypnosis or neurology), and comparison (the… Shares: Psychology

Psychology Saundra K. Ciccarelli · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 792p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior.https://www.apa.org/support/about-apa Frequently asked questions about APA] Retrieved on November 28th, 2023. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of broad scope,… Shares: Psychology

Somehow Anne Lamott · 2024 · ★ 3.9 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly’s Best Religion Books of 2024“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago TribuneFrom the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration of love“Love is our only hope,” Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. “It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to… Shares: Psychology

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