No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye!" who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting directly from the object. It could be said that Monet reinvented the possibilities of...

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30–1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba’s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. To this day, the Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarship emphasized...

Big ideas for small buildings Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be diminutive in their dimensions, but are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese...

This thoughtful book includes new and extraordinary water-crystal photographs that provide convincing reasons for all of us to choose positive words and strive for perfect resonance for a more healthy, peaceful, and happy life. Masaru Emoto has photographed thousands of water crystals throughout his years of research, yet few have been as beautiful and life affirming as those...

From the celebrated design expert, interior designer, and creator of EyeSwoon, Athena Calderone, comes a look into how creatives decorate their spaces. “This book is filled with her wisdom, insight, and direction on how to create and curate a space that will always feel like home.” —Bobby Berk, star, Queer Eye Beautiful design isn’t just pleasant to look at; it...

MODERN GARDEN DESIGN to niezwykły album poświęcony nowoczesnym ogrodom zarówno miejskim, jak i wiejskim. Wszystkie przedstawione projekty charakteryzuje nowy sposób myślenia o roślinach i ich roli w otoczeniu. Dzięki książce poznamy sposoby wykorzystania stali Corten i aluminium ? nowych materiałów cenionych w nowoczesnym projektowaniu zielonych przestrzeni. Będziemy mogli również ocenić...

Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the world’s finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban, MVRDV, and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunri Nishizawa. Here, there are homes in Australia and New Zealand, from China and...

'The ultimate traveller guilty pleasure, offering a look inside some of the most compelling cabins around the world' Lonely Planet Initially created by a group of friends as an online scrapbook, Cabin Porn became a phenomenon following the publication of the first volume of photographs of hand-made homes in breathtaking natural landscapes around the world. This new book - now available as a...

ARCHITECTURE TODAY to przegląd 140 projektów 40 najważniejszych współczesnych pracowni architektonicznych z całego świata. Obok znanych, np.: FORM4 Architecture, Querkraft, RZAPS czy UNStudio, książka prezentuje wschodzące talenty współczesnej architektury, których projekty są już rozpoznawalne i szeroko komentowane. Każde z tych rozsianych po całym świecie biur, w szczególny...

`What makes the dessert beautiful is the fact that somewhere there is a hidden well.` - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer and aviator This book presents various pool designs. It can be used as a source of inspirations by architects.

This striking and innovative collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined a sound. Containing record covers from the 1940s through to the early 1990s, each reproduction is accompanied with essential background information. Spanning photographic and illustrative works, these album artworks are a marriage of music and design and a remarkable history of jazz.

Some forty years after his death Le Corbusier remains one of the most influential of architects, the most famous of the Modernists whose name is familiar all over the world. This introduction for children of ten and over - but one that will fascinate architecture-minded adults too - brings to life the man, the architect, his work and the world in which he lived. The words are his own and...

An intimate look through the archives of a cinematic genius “The Stanley Kubrick Archives showed up one morning in our offices, where my editor and I circled it like curious apes.” —Time Out, New York This is the first book to explore Stanley Kubrick’s archives and the most comprehensive study of the filmmaker to date. In 1968, when Stanley Kubrick was asked to comment...

Album Muzea polskie, przygotowany pod kierunkiem merytorycznym wybitnego znawcy tematu, Doroty Folgi-Januszewskiej, ukazuje historię, współczesność i perspektywy rozwoju polskiego muzealnictwa – dzieje i kolekcje najważniejszych muzeów, najcenniejsze skarby i nowe idee. Publikacja składa się z kilku rozdziałów poświęconych różnym typom muzeów, przygotowanym przez dyrektorów muzeów i badaczy...

From the walls of the Salon to the pages of weekly newspapers, war imagery was immensely popular in postrevolutionary France. This fascinating book studies representations of contemporary conflict in the first half of the 19th century and explores how these pictures provided citizens with an imaginative stake in wars being waged in their name. As she traces the evolution of images of war...

Publikacja została wydana z okazji 25-lecia Muzeum Historii Polskiego Ruchu Ludowego. Zawiera kolekcje tematyczne, tj. malarstwo o tematyce historycznej, malarstwo o tematyce religijnej, malarstwo portretowe, typy ludowe, malarstwo rodzajowe, malarstwo pejzażowe, architektura, varia. Książka zawiera tłumaczenie na język angielski.