Klaus Carl: 93 books

Book cover of Rococo
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014

Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term ‘Rococo’. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, it rapidly spread to the whole of Europe. Extravagant and light, Rococo responded perfectly to the...
Book cover of Le Rococo
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: French
Release Date: May 10, 2014

En associant le mot rocaille, référence aux formes alambiquées des coquillages, à l’italien baroco, les Français donnèrent naissance au terme de « rococo ». Apparu au début du XVIIIe siècle, il s’étendit rapidement à l’ensemble de l’Europe. Extravagant et aérien, le Rococo répondait...
Book cover of Rokoko
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: German
Release Date: May 10, 2014

Das Wort Rokoko leitet sich wahrscheinlich von dem vermutlich in französischen Emigrantenkreisen aufgekommenen Wort ""rocaille"" (Muschel) ab. Diese Kunstrichtung entwickelte sich zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts und breitete sich schnell in ganz Europa aus. Ihre verspielten und...
Book cover of The Viennese Secession
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014

A symbol of modernity, the Viennese Secession was defined by the rebellion of twenty artists who were against the conservative Vienna Künstlerhaus' oppressive influence over the city, the epoch, and the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire. Influenced by Art Nouveau, this movement (created in 1897 by Gustav...
Book cover of Velázquez
by Klaus Carl
Language: German
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Das vorliegende Werk zeichnet Velázquez’ Leben sowohl anhand seiner Werke als auch anhand seiner Reisen nach und berücksichtigt dabei neben der künstlerischen auch die königliche Szenerie im Spanien des 17. Jahrhunderts. Von seinen Anfängen bei Pacheco bis zu den letzten Jahren als Hofmaler...
Book cover of Wiener Secession
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: German
Release Date: May 10, 2014

Die Wiener Secession, gegründet von Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll und Josef Hoffmann, war ein Wegbereiter für die moderne Kunst. Zwanzig Künstler rebellierten gegen den erdrückenden Einfluss des konservativen Künstlerhauses auf die Wiener Kunstszene, gegen die veraltete Kunst einer Epoche und gegen...
Book cover of Lencería
by Klaus Carl
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 7, 2014

¿Qué se deduce sobre nuestra sociedad de las miles de imágenes de ropa interior moldeando cuerpos esculturales que vemos multiplicarse en vallas publicitarias y revistas? Muchas mujeres acuden a la lencería para complacer a los hombres. Sin embargo, ya desde tiempos inmemoriales las mujeres han...
Book cover of Hans Holbein
by Klaus Carl
Language: French
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Augsburg, 1497 – Londres, 1543) Le génie de Holbein s'épanouit très tôt. Sa ville natale d'Augsburg était alors à son zénith. Située sur le grand axe reliant l'Italie au nord de l'Europe, c'était la ville commerçante la plus riche d'Allemagne, une halte fréquente...
Book cover of Kirchner
by Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

The self-appointed “leader” of the artists’ group Die Brücke (Bridge), founded in Dresden in 1905, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a key figure in the early development of German Expressionism. His first works show the influence of Impressionism, Post-impressionism and Jugendstil, but by about 1909,...
Book cover of Rembrandt
by Klaus Carl
Language: French
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandt (Leyde, 1606 – Amsterdam, 1669) Tout chez Rembrandt est un mystère complet, son esprit, son caractère, sa vie, son œuvre et sa méthode de peinture. Mais ce que nous pouvons deviner de sa nature profonde à travers sa peinture et les incidents triviaux ou tragiques...
Book cover of Klimt
by Klaus Carl
Language: French
Release Date: July 1, 2011

Gustav Klimt (Baumgarten, 1862 – Vienne, 1918) «Faire un autoportrait ne m'intéresse pas. Les sujets de peinture qui m'intéressent ? Les autres et en particulier les femmes… » Aucune référence au monde extérieur ne vient contrarier le charme des allégories, portraits, paysages et autres...
Book cover of Art Deco
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014

Art Deco style was established on the ashes of a disappeared world, the one from before the First World War, and on the foundation stone of a world yet to become, opened to the most undisclosed promises. Forgetting herself in the whirl of Jazz Age and the euphoria of the “Années Folles”, the...
Book cover of Velasquez
by Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 – August 6 1660), known as Diego Vélasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV. Along with Francisco Goya and Le Greco, he is generally considered to be one of the greatest artists...
Book cover of Rembrandt
by Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Rembrandt is completely mysterious in his spirit, his character, his life, his work and his method of painting. What we can divine of his essential nature comes through his painting and the trivial or tragic incidents of his unfortunate life; his penchant for ostentatious living forced him to declare...
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