Individual Artist category: 1922 books

Susan Crile si era già imbattuta, nel suo percorso artistico, con le conseguenze della guerra: i suoi apocalittici fires of war, realizzati dopo un viaggio di dieci giorni nelle zone del conflitto iracheno del 1991, restituivano panorami infuocati e sterili, allucinati, senza senso. Ora, di nuovo,...

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter credited as being among the first to truly venture into abstract art. He persisted in expressing his internal world of abstraction despite negative criticism from his peers. He veered away from painting that could be viewed as representational in...

“I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…”Beautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt’s paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems aeons away from the harsh, post-modern environment we live in now. The subjects...

Kazimir Malevich’s painting Black Square is one of the twentieth century's emblematic paintings, the visual manifestation of a new period in world artistic culture at its inception. None of Malevich’s contemporary revolutionaries created a manifesto, an emblem, as capacious and in its own way unique...

“I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women…”Beautiful, sensuous and above all erotic, Gustav Klimt’s paintings speak of a world of opulence and leisure, which seems aeons away from the harsh, post-modern environment we live in now. The subjects...

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,...

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first...

Nexto Contemporary Art is pleased to present an e-book “Early Sketches of Christopher KU”, whose works are from his early studying in Gray’s School of Art, Scotland between 1984 and 1988, with a view to offer a clue to trace the inspiration and the development process beyond Ku’s abstract...

Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986) was arguably the most influential British sculptor of the twentieth century. Brought up in Castleford in Yorkshire, Moore ended his life completing commissions for large-scale public sculptures in countries around the world. The scale of Moore's success in later life...

Salvador Dali was arguably the twentieth century’s leading surrealist and this sumptuously illustrated monograph, now available as an eBook, provides a good introduction to his most famous paintings, including Swans Reflecting Elephants, Sublime Moment and The Persistence of Memory. View this eBook on your iPad or Android to fully appreciate the lavish full colour illustrations.

Vincent van Gogh's paintings are amongst the most iconic and admired in the world. The trials of his life and health are endlessly discussed but the extraordinary richness of his writings and depth of his thinking on creativity, art and beauty is less explored. In Creative Inspiration, Van...

This book hopes it will pose some critical questions of method for the study of the arts. These essays reveal a Nicolas Poussin that has rarely been noticed before. Is that because he has been so honoured as a great classical master – serious painter of serious histories and neo-stoic philosopher...

Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colours. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes...

Ever wondered how Keanu Reeves rose to stardom? Keanu Reeves is one of the most maddening forces in Hollywood – an actor who has produced a body of fascinating work, while still somehow serving as a lightning rod for criticism. After a turbulent childhood, Reeves first burst onto the film...