18 books like Oskar Kokoschka

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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, Criticism and interpretation

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall · 1948 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Reader's Digest Endowed Book Fund. Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Illustrations, Criticism and interpretation

Paul Klee Paul Klee · 1930 · ★ 3.8 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature,… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Criticism and interpretation, Travel

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: Illustrations, Exhibitions, Criticism and interpretation

Poems William Blake · 1783 · ★ 3.9 · 61p · ≈ 2h · Demanding William Blake is one of England’s most fascinating writers; he was not only a groundbreaking poet, but also a painter, engraver, radical, and mystic. Although Blake was dismissed as an eccentric by his contemporaries, his powerful and richly symbolic poetry has been a fertile source of inspiration to the many writers and artists who have followed in his footsteps. In this collection Patti Smith… Shares: Illustrations, Exhibitions, 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: Catalogues raisonnés, 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, Criticism and interpretation, Travel

La tentation de saint Antoine Gustave Flaubert · 1884 · 213p · ≈ 7h · Challenging C'est dans la Thebaide, au haut d'une montagne, sur une plate-forme arrondie en demi-lune, et qu'enferment de grosses pierres. La cabane de l'ermite occupe le fond. Elle est faite de boue et de roseaux, a toit plat, sans porte. On distingue dans l'interieur une cruche avec un pain noir ; au milieu, sur une stele de bois, un gros livre ; par terre ca et la des filaments de sparterie, deux ou trois… Shares: Influence, Exhibitions

Lyonel Feininger Lyonel Feininger · 1950 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Lyonel und Julia: Von der Kunst, zu lieben. Eine schicksalshafte Liebesgeschichte, erzählt in größtenteils nie veröffentlichten Briefen. Zugleich ein Zeugnis vom Arbeiten und Leben des großen Malers, pünktlich zu seinem 150. Geburtstag.Im Juli 1905 treffen Lyonel Feininger und Julia Berg im Zug Richtung Ostsee jeweils die Liebe ihres Lebens. Beide sind verheiratet, doch schnell ist ihnen klar,… Shares: Exhibitions, Travel

Il purgatorio Dante Alighieri · 1768 · ★ 3.9 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Com’ io l’ho tratto, saria lungo a dirti; Shares: Illustrations, Criticism and interpretation

Baptized Imagination Kerry Dearborn · 2006 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The imagination has been called, 'the principal organ for knowing and responding to disclosures of transcendent truth'. This book probes the theological sources of the imagination, which make it a vital tool for knowing and responding to such disclosures. Kerry Dearborn approaches areas of theology and imagination through a focus on the nineteenth century theologian and writer George… Shares: Influence, Criticism and interpretation

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

Max Beckmann Max Beckmann · 1931 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "This panoramic presentation of Max Beckmann's painted oeuvre sheds new light on central themes such as the world of cabaret, music, and the theater, dreams and reality, staged sensuality, and the role of the female muse, as well as the artist's unusual ways of employing romanticizing visual motifs in landscapes and urban contexts."--BOOK JACKET Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Criticism and interpretation

Evangeline Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1847 · ★ 4.3 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An epic poem set during the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadie, following the fictional Evangeline and her search for her lost love, Gabriel. Shares: Illustrations, 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

Joyce Studies 2004 National Library Of Ireland · 2005 · 21p · ≈ 42m · Moderate Shares: Influence, Criticism and interpretation

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright · 1900 · ★ 3.8 · 75p · ≈ 2h · Challenging "The most influential, provocative, and enduring writings of the American master are gathered in this anthology. Twenty-one carefully chosen selections from Wright's extensive literary output span the important period between 1900 and the late 1930s, when the architect exerted a powerful influence on the developing modern movement. A concise biography, explanatory head notes, and a short… Shares: Exhibitions, 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

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