Libros de Artistas contemporáneos, página 72 de 377

Con motivo del centenario del nacimiento de Venancio Blanco (1923-2018), la publicación recoge una selección antológica de su obra, privilegiando la escultura, disciplina por la que fue internacional

This new book brings together 100 images that represent the idea of active resistance. Inspired by Vivienne Westwood's manifesto (which was first published in 2008) from 8th September 2010 for 100 days the public were asked to send in artworks, slogans and photographs that best represented her idea of Active Resistance. Each day one artwork was showcased online before the entire collection was showcased in an exhibition and this accompanying publication. As Westwood herself puts it: 'The principle idea of Active Resistance is that you get out of life what you put in and that real experience of the world involves thinking. It is not enough to follow world politics, see films and read the prize-winning best sellers. This is superficial, you need to go deep in order to understand who you are, what the world is and how things could be better. This involves culture which can only be acquired by self-education: human beings should mirror the world.'

Cuando Sorolla ganó una beca para estudiar en Roma, los desnudos eran obligatorios, pero su habilidad se desarrolló siendo capaz de transmitir expresiones que el jurado de Valencia consideró moralmen

Colección de monografías que reúne los creadores plásticos más destacados de nuestro siglo. El texto, especialmente concebido a modo de síntesis, analiza tanto la vida de cada artista y su época, como las obras seleccionadas. Edicion de tapa dura.

Marlene Dumas An investigation into the human form as painted by the acclaimed artist.Survey by Dominic van den Boogerd, Interview by Barbara Bloom, Focus by Mariuccia Casadio, Artist's Choice texts by Oscar Wilde and Jean Genet, Writings by Marlene Dumas Marlene Dumas (b.1953), born in South Africa and based in Amsterdam, is one of the world's most internationally admired artists A highly skilled 'painter's painter', she comments through her work on the state of painting today while asking what it means to be a woman working within the predominantly male genre of expressionist art Dumas has exhibited since the late 1970s and her work has been included in major solo exhibitions at the Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (1998), and the Tate Gallery, London (1996), as well as in numerous group exhibitions, including, most recently, the 51st Venice Biennale (2005) Dominic van den Boogerd is a writer on contemporary art. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chief Editor of the Dutch art magazine Metropolis M and is currently Director of de Ateliers international artists institute in Amsterdam. He is a regular contributor to several international art journals. Barbara Bloom is a New York-based artist whose international exhibitions include the Venice Biennale (1988), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1998), the International Center of Photography, New York (2006) and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2006). Her artist's books include Ghost Writer (1988), The Reign of Narcissism (1990) and The Collections of Barbara Bloom (2006). Mariuccia Casadio is a freelance writer on contemporary art, fashion and design. Formerly Editor of Vogue Italia, Milan (198690) and Editor-at-Large of Interview, New York (199093), at present she contributes regularly to Vogue Italia and LUomo Vogue.

Rodin is the only contemporary sculptor of equal rank with such great French painters as Manet and Cézanne. But while he has been considered an early Modernist among sculptors, he drew on a rich variety of artistic traditions, including those of ancient Greece, Egypt, the Far East and the Renaissance. Gathered here is a stunning collection of photographs, all originated afresh for this edition, of Rodins masterpieces from the impressive shape of The Thinker, to the powerfully melancholy group of The Burghers of Calais and some of the most outstanding portrait busts of this century.

Vermeer An introduction to the work of Jan Vermeer.Martin Bailey One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art This volume on Vermeer contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is accompanied by extensive notes and comparative illustrations Provides incomparable value Highly regarded for its insight and authority Johannes Vermeer of Delft (1632-75), known as 'the painter of light', was one of the most talented artists of the Dutch Golden Age. Only 36 of his paintings survive and little is known about his life, yet he is one of the most popular of the Old Masters. His tranquil and meticulously painted interiors, of such subjects as women writing or reading love letters, and men and women drinking together or playing musical instruments, are acutely observed and have an enduring appeal, both for their subject-matter and for the artist's breathtaking technique and sensuous handling of paint. Vermeer was raised in an inn, and he followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an innkeeper and an art dealer, as well as an artist. He qualified as a master painter in the Delft artists' Guild in 1653 and remained in the town all his life. He was greatly influenced by the artistic milieu, particularly by the painters Carel Fabritius, Leonaert Bramer, Pieter de Hooch and Gerard Dou. This book illustrates in colour all his extant works, including the magnificant townscape, View of Delft, and the allegory, The Art of Painting; with 12 telling details, it provides an excellent overview of his work and technique.

Silencioso, arisco, encerrado en la modestia burguesa de provincias: así debía aparecer Cézanne a los colegas impresionistas y al público parisino. Pero en los ojos profundos del pintor, estaba madurando una revolucion radical, destinada a marcar de manera decisiva la suerte de la pintura moderna. Sin perder nunca la amplia alegria de la luz y del color, Cezanne no se detiene en la "impresion" e interviene sobre la forma de la naturaleza, remodelandola "con el cubo, con el cilindro y con la esfera". Tenaz y apasionado, Cezanne recupera el tono solemne del arte clasico, convirtiendose en modelo para las vanguardias del siglo XX. Encuadernacion: rustica.