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From 1905 to 1939, Paris attracted artists from all over the globe as the capital of the art world. This period of artistic proliferation became known as the School of Paris, and includes a great diversity of artistic expression.
Un groupe de chercheurs internationaux confronte à l’échelle de l’Europe les modes de vie des principaux protagonistes masculins et féminins de la société de cour au début des Temps modernes, en comparant leurs logis, puisqu’à ce niveau de l’échelle sociale, mari et femme ont en général chacun le leur.
The book displays the different artworks exhibited along with short explanatory essays. A clear and precise album suitable for a large audience.
3 Grands Créateurs exposent leurs oeuvres : Cristobal Balanciaga, Givenchy et Philippe Venet.
Edgar Degas est né le 19 juillet 1834 à Paris et mort le 27 septembre 1917 dans la même ville.
Although the Impressionists continued to capture on canvas the constantly changing natural world, their revolutionary contribution was not limited to painting landscapes.
This catalogue raisonné reveals the rigorous and tenacious journey of the artist Georges Folmer 1895-1977. From his figurative and multidisciplinary training in the Nancy Fine Arts School to his purest Geometric abstraction art.
Ce livre-objet résolument contemporain se présente sous la forme de dix cahiers comportant chacun trois papiers, jouant sur les matières, les textures et les transparences pour faire sentir au lecteur à la fois visuellement et tactilement la notion de mutation.
More than 170 works of art, their labels and the wall texts: everything that you are going to see or that you have seen during your visit. It is a ticket offering unlimited access that transforms a temporary exhibition into your permanent collection.
The present edition reproduces the full text in English and French, the illustrations by Pat Andrea underlining the extraordinary vivacity of Lewis Caroll's two masterpieces.
Notes on the hidden meanings of flowers in art.
Canaletto's time in Mid-Georgian Britain has received much scholarly attention in the past. But this book places his work in a broader political and social context, linking his paintings and drawings with a growing sense of assurance and mission which the British nation was beginning to display - perhaps best represented by the works of William Hogarth.
La maison rouge présente la première exposition monographique consacrée à Jérôme Zonder dans une institution parisienne (19 février - 10 mai 2015).
"I don't believe that you can create art. But I believe what will lead you to art is to trust in yourself." Jeff Koons
The seventeenth century is the golden age of French still-life painting. A complete panorama of this subtle, often virtuoso genre, which was sober and meditative at its beginnings andostentatious and brilliant at its height, is presented here.
Cet ouvrage présente les Collections Princières du Liechtenstein, commencées dès le XVIe siècle avec le Prince Hartmann Liechtenstein, elles réunissent cinq siècles de chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art européen et comptent parmi les collections privées les plus importantes du monde.
This publication is the first of four volumes in the catalogue raisonné of Francis Picabia (1879–1953), one of the most significant and challenging artists of the twentieth century.
Bilingual Portfolio of the exhibition Jeff Koons at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (26 november 2014 - 27 april 2015). All the works from the exhibition are displayed!
Beginning with a chapter dedicated to the importance of draftsmanship in the education of sculptors, showing works by Finiguerra, Cellini Bandinelli and Giambologna, the book is split up into chapters dealing with the various challenges sculptors faced while drawing objects in the round, reliefs, and architectural structures.
The sole purpose of this book, published to tie in with a magnificent exhibition at the Château de Versailles, is to lay bare the incredible inventiveness of the century of Enlightenment, that century in which, for the first time, furniture became an art.
Denis Freppel est reporter et globe trotter. Il a voyagé aux Etats-Unis, en Asie du Sud Est et en Europe. Ayant vécu en Californie, il a voulu photographier ses bâtiments à l’architecture particulière.
Niki de Saint Phalle - Monograph - Catalogue raisonné - 1949-2000.
The opening of The fondation Louis Vuitton is the opportunity to revisit an extraordianry architectural adventure, through an exhibition dedicated to the building designed by Franck Gehry.
The entire exhibition, and nothing but the exhibition, is in « Mayas l'expo ».
A virtuoso of drawing and a master of drypoint, Paul-César Helleu was also an exceptional painter whose work was very much part of the Impressionist movement. Although today he is little known to the public at large, during his lifetime he was quite famous on both sides of the Atlantic.
Attributed to a Brahman who might have written it in the 4th century of our era, the Kama-Sutra makes up one of the major texts of medieval Hinduism and is not a pornographic book, as it is often described in the Western world.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Hokusai, Grand Palais, Paris from October 1st, 2014 to January 18, 2015.
sraeli multimedia artist Michal Rovner explores the themes of archaeology, memory, and territory with an oeuvre that is deeply influenced by the socio-political conflicts in the Middle East.
The book displays Marcel Duchamp's different artworks exhibited along with short explanatory essays.
Memoirs of the first Impressionist Art Dealer (1831-1922).
From Hogarth to Reynolds, from Gainsborough to Turner, the great protagonists of English painting between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
This magnificent volume considers every aspect of Albrecht Durer's astonishing oeuvre. Thematically arranged, the selection of paintings, drawings, prints, etchings, and illustrated books comprise a highly diverse and accomplished body of work.
The exquisite objects created by goldsmith and jeweler Peter Carl Faberge and his studio in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for the aristocracy and nobility of imperial Russia are considered to be some of the most refined examples of the jeweler's art of any age.
Ce livre de croquis de Niki de Saint Phalle a été publié pour la première fois afin d'accompagner l'exposition qui lui était consacrée à la Galerie Gimpel Fils de Londres, en 1972.
Biligual edition - Ce livre de Niki de Saint Phalle, publié pour la première fois afin d'accompagner l'exposition "The Dream Machine" organisée à la Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan, en octobre 1970, est le premier livre à la fois illustré et maquetté par l'artiste.
Since the very first Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan in 1989, the message has been one of quality – quality visual news reports conveying information, as seen through the eyes of photojournalists, offering their essential contribution.
When Turner died in 1851, the general view of an artist's late work was one of decline. Indeed, Turner's own painting from 1845 onwards was described as indulgent, eccentric and 'repulsive', and even his devoted champion John Ruskin commented on its 'wholly inferior value'.
Louvre Abu Dhabi unveils the best of its new collection. One hundred and fifty of the finest masterpieces already acquired by the UAE museum are presented.
Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807–1879), a French Orientalist, author and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th century Egyptologists. An ardent admirer of the superb skills of Egyptian and Oriental artisans, he was enamored of Arabic art.
"Arles is a theater, a stage that fills an entire city. An invitation to is a brilliant spotlight. The artists prepare their presence with an extraordinary energy." François Hébel, Director of the Rencontres d’Arles.
Although earlier wars had been documented through photography, the First World War represented a significant turning point for the medium.
Over two hundred and fifty masterpieces from one of the most magnificent eras in the decorative arts are featured in this book, ranging from the splendors of courtly art under Louis XIV to the dazzling creations inspired first by Madame de Pompadour under Louis XV and then by Queen Marie-Antoinette under Louis XVI.
The Palace of Versailles welcomed the Korean artist Lee Ufan for a major contemporary art exhibition in the gardens. > See exhibition details
Taking his inspiration from decorative forms from the past, Hubert Le Gall creates furniture that is at once poetic and functional, such as his 'Pot de Fleurs' chair and 'Goutte d'herbe' commode, juxtaposing ideas in surprising ways and playing on shape, light and colour.
The Nouveau Musée National de Monaco presents a major exhibition of the art of Gilbert & George. 46 historical and more recent pictures tracing more than 40 years of creation will be shown in a presentation designed by the artists.