Exhibitions category: 673 books

Cover of In Search of the Miraculous

In Search of the Miraculous

Or, One Thing Leads to Another

by Milton Glaser
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012

The iconic graphic designer presents “a self-analysis of his creative process . . . [in] arguably his proudest accomplishment” (The Atlantic).   Milton Glaser is perhaps the most celebrated graphic designer in the world. As a young man, he read a phrase that stayed with him through his life:...
Cover of Comic Book Covers
by Forty, Sandra
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2013

Comics entered their “golden age” in 1938 when a new idea revolutionized the industry: the creation of the first and archetypal superhero. Superman, pioneered by Detective Comics, better known as DC, was quickly followed by Batman, another brainchild of DC, in 1939. An explosion of acrobatic superheroes,...
Cover of Renoir

Renoir

Annotated Paintings

by Daniel Coenn
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013

Pierre-Auguste Renoir is French painter who was a important figure in the development of the Impressionist movement. As a celebrator of feminine beauty "Renoir is the last representative of a tradition which runs in a straight line from Rubens to Watteau." Renoir's artworks are famous for...
Cover of Louvre Museum: Paintings
by Nicolae Sfetcu
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018

The Louvre Museum is the largest of the world's art museums by its exhibition surface. These represent the Western art of the Middle Ages in 1848, those of the ancient civilizations that preceded and influenced it (Oriental, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman), and the arts of early Christians and...
Cover of Masters of Photography Vol 2 Immortals
by Paul G Roberts, Heidi Wellington
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011

MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY - IMMORTALS We have recently witnessed the passing of an era. Several of the greatest image makes of all time have passed away, as Helmut Newton, Corinne Day, Herb Ritts, Norman Parkinson, Richard Avedon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Horst P Horst and Richard Bailey are sadly no longer...
Cover of Edouard Manet

Edouard Manet

29 Masterpieces

by Louis Hourticq
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015

Edouard Manet: 29 Masterpieces by Louis Hourticq. Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. His early masterworks, The Luncheon on the Grass...
Cover of Cezanne
by Dixon, Kathryn
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2013

Paul Cézanne, a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter, was an important catalyst to the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to the modern and radically different world of art that emerged full bore in the 20th century. Cézanne successfully melded the structural...
Cover of Le Sentiment de la montagne (Grenoble - 1998)

Le Sentiment de la montagne (Grenoble - 1998)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

Les paysages de montagne résument et exacerbent les débats liés à la peinture de paysage en général. Présente à l'arrière-plan de nombreuses œuvres dès le XVe siècle en Occident, la montagne n'accède véritablement à la dignité picturale qu'à la fin du XVIIIe siècle... À...
Cover of Apprécier l'oeuvre d'art
by Francine Girard
Language: French
Release Date: April 5, 2011

Qu'est-ce que l'art? À quoi sert-il? De Rembrandt à Cézanne, de Picasso à Riopelle, l'art fascine et déconcerte. Ce guide, accessible à tous, suggère des approches pour apprivoiser l'art: aller à sa rencontre et, peut-être, se laisser séduire. Art figuratif ou art abstrait, peinture ou sculpture,...
Cover of Dominique Perrault Architecture (Paris - 2008)

Dominique Perrault Architecture (Paris - 2008)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016

Après Christian de Portzamparc (1996), Renzo Piano (2000), Jean Nouvel (2001), Morphosis (2006) et Richard Rogers (2007), le Centre Georges-Pompidou a présenté du 11 juin au 22 septembre 2008 la première grande exposition consacrée à l'architecte de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Dominique...
Cover of Mantegna (Paris - 2008)

Mantegna (Paris - 2008)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

La première rétrospective consacrée à Andrea Mantegna au musée du Louvre, à Paris, du 26 septembre 2008 au 5 janvier 2009, amène le visiteur au cœur du Quattrocento italien. Là, une confrontation perspicace des œuvres du maître avec celles de ses contemporains permet... À PROPOS...
Cover of Basquiat (Paris - 2010)

Basquiat (Paris - 2010)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

La rétrospective consacrée à Jean-Michel Basquiat au musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (15 octobre 2010-30 janvier 2011), qui faisait suite à celle présentée par la fondation Beyeler à Bâle, avait le mérite de mettre en lumière les différentes phases d'une fulgurante carrière...
Cover of Rodin en 1900. L'exposition de l'Alma et Rodin et l'Italie (Paris - 2001, Rome - 2001)
by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

L'extraordinaire popularité de Rodin est due autant à la large diffusion de son œuvre qu'aux innombrables commentaires suscités par elle du vivant même de l'artiste, le tout renforcé par le rayonnement du musée Rodin. Ce dernier a son origine dans le legs, fait à la France par l'artiste... À...
Cover of Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso… L’aventure des Stein : L’album de l’exposition
by Valérie Loth
Language: French
Release Date: March 1, 2017

De par leur activité de collectionneur, les Stein ont hautement contribué à la vie artistique parisienne. Ils laissent un héritage important, mis à l'honneur par le Grand Palais. D’origine américaine, les Stein s’installent à Paris au début du XXe siècle : Gertrude, écrivain d’avant-garde,...
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