Жанр: Изобразительное искусство

Let us suppose for a moment that paper were to disappear. Would anything be lost? Everything would be lost.Paper is the technology through which and with which we have made sense of the world. The making of paper and the manifold uses of paper have made our civilization what it is.But the age of paper is coming to an end. In 2010, Amazon announced for the first time that it was selling more e-books than paper books: according to some, the paper book has no more than five years before it becomes extinct. E-tickets replace tickets. Archives are digitised. The world we know was made from paper,…

Альбрехт Дюрер – один из величайших мастеров западноевропейского Ренессанса, чье творчество повлияло на такие виды искусства как живопись, рисунок, печатная гравюра, графика. Многогранного художника современные исследователи справедливо прозвали «северным Леонардо да Винчи». Художественное и научное наследие Дюрера…

‘The Painter with Women – the evolution of a Project’ is the first publication about the artist Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002) which draws upon his private journals and notebooks to give an insight into the painter’s motivations and working practices in what is probably the artist’s most misunderstood investigation of human relationships.What emerges is a picture of the artist at variance with the ironic, urbane persona which Lenkiewicz presented to the world – here at last is a glimpse into the passion, and sometimes rage, which drives the creative process.Though…

The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world – curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection.Who knows what’s hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage and aircraft hangars.Most of a museum’s collection never gets seen. It sits in the quiet dark of an archive waiting for a treasure hunter or obsessive researcher to root out its very existence. Under the streets of Manhattan priceless books are shelved; brick outbuildings in…

Творчество знаменитого норвежского художника-экспрессиониста Эдварда Мунка (1863–1944) таит в себе множество загадок, драматически воплощает «дух времени» – атмосферу Европы тех десятилетий, на которые пришлась его долгая жизнь. Самая известная из его картин «Крик» для многих стала трагическим символом рубежа XIX и XX веков,…