Degas: 1834-1917
By: Bernd Growe
4.34
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Capturing fleeting Degas’s mastery in the depiction of movement "No art could be less sponta…
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1. Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Pain and Passion
By: Andrea Kettenmann
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Un retrato de una artista, sobre todo una artista.(Portrait of an artist, always an artist, above a… read more
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2. Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918
By: Gilles Néret
4.18
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Cult of pleasure: Feminine sensuality by the Vienna Secession's greatest proponentGustav Klimt's or… read more
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"Some elements appear in this picture which would be decisive in Klimt's subsequent work: for instance, the use of gold and the transformation of anatomy into ornamentation, of ornamentation into anat…"-Gilles Néret, Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918
"This intensely lyrical vision of the pregant woman in [i]Hope I[i] is set in an ambiguous context peopled with masks, death's heads and allegorical monsters such as Sin, Disease, Poverty and Death, a…"-Gilles Néret, Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918
"Eros and Thanatos were always the source of his inspiration, even though, from this time on, they usually appear in the guise of two simple and fundamental themes: flowers and women. These themes off…"-Gilles Néret, Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918
3. The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles
By: Martin Gayford
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Automne 1888. Retranchés dans une petite maison jaune à Arles, Paul Gauguin et Vincent Van Gogh pas… read more
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4. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
5. Manet
By: Gilles Néret
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Violently criticized during his lifetime for his supposedly provocative paintings, French painter E… read more
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6. The Iliad/The Odyssey
By: Homer , Robert Fagles , Bernard Knox
3.88
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Gripping listeners and readers for more than 2,700 years, 'The Iliad' is the story of the Trojan Wa… read more
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7. Eva Luna
By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden
3.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meet New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende's most enchanting creation, Eva Luna: a lover… read more
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8. A Hunger Artist
By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None , Helen Vlcnovska
3.74
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The last book published during Kafka's lifetime, A Hunger Artist(1924) explores many of the themes … read more
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9. Salvador Dalí: 1904-1989
By: Gilles Néret , Catherine Plant
3.17
Format: None pages,
Salvador Dali (1904 1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics, with a f… read more
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10. J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851: The World of Light and Colour
By: Michael Bockemühl
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
As a blind person would see the world if the gift of sight suddenly returned - so might one describ… read more
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11. Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality
By: Ingo F. Walther
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Van Gogh, who took up a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairin… read more
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12. Dali: The Paintings
By: Gilles Néret , Robert Descharnes
3.50
Format: 140 pages,
This publication presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dali (1904-1989). After many years … read more
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13. Mucha
By: None
4.22
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All about the Belle Epoque: Delicate illustration that defined an era With his instantly recognizab… read more
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14. The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites
By: Elizabeth Prettejohn
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Though always controversial in art circles, the Pre-Raphaelites have also always been extremely pop… read more
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16. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919: A Dream of Harmony
By: None
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his pai… read more
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17. Pre-Raphaelites
By: Norbert Wolf , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sometimes considered the first avant-garde art movement,the Pre-Raphaelites rejected their era's do… read more
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18. The Complete Paintings and Drawings
By: Leonardo da Vinci , Frank Zöllner , None
3.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Special bestseller price Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519… read more
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19. Caravaggio, 1571-1610
By: None
4.06
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recogn… read more
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20. Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519
By: Frank Zöllner
4.06
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
The quintessential "Renaissance man," Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is still recognized today for h… read more
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21. Sandro Botticelli 1444/45 - 1510
By: Barbara Deimling
4.06
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Forgotten immediately after his death, Sandro Botticelli (1444 or 45-1510) was rediscovered in the … read more
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22. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
By: Hayden Herrera
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frid… read more
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23. Van Gogh: The Life
By: Steven Naifeh
4.18
Format: 976 pages, Kindle Edition
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize–winning bio… read more
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"Me pregunto por qué los brillantes puntitos del cielo no nos resultan tan asequibles como los puntos negros que llenan el mapa de Francia. Cogemos un tren para ir de Tarascón a Ruán, pero para llegar…"-Steven Naifeh, Van Gogh: The Life
24. Un amor
By: Sara Mesa
3.58
Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition
La historia de Un amor ocurre en La Escapa, un pequeño núcleo rural donde Nat, una joven e inexpert… read more
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25. Life for Sale
By: Yukio Mishima
3.72
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will … read more
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"It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"Když si rozsvítíš v malém pokoji modrou lampu, taky ti všechno zmodrá, ale tím se z toho pokoje ještě moře nestane."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"A dead body reminds me a bit of a bottle of whisky. If you drop the bottle and it cracks, what’s inside pours out. It’s only natural."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
"To say human life had no meaning was the easy part. But Hanio was struck all over again by the huge amount of energy required to live a life filled with so much meaninglessness."-Yukio Mishima, Life for Sale
26. Impressionism
By: Karin H. Grimme
4.22
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
On April 15th, 1874, in the Parisian studio of photographer Nadar, was the opening of the first gro… read more
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27. Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
By: Christoph Heinrich
4.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
La serie de arte de Taschen son libros de magníficas reproducciones y textos inteligentes con preci… read more
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28. Monet: Or the Triumph of Impressionism
By: Daniel Wildenstein
4.44
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
The definitive Monet biography by Daniel Wildenstein, a leading authority on Impressionist painting… read more
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29. Romanticism
By: Norbert Wolf
3.84
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Harmony between man and nature In a revolt against Rationalism, Romanticism was characterized by a … read more
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30. Degas: 1834-1917
By: Bernd Growe
4.34
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Capturing fleeting Degas’s mastery in the depiction of movement "No art could be less sponta… read more
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31. Rousseau
By: Cornelia Stabenow
4.12
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The art of Henri A fascinating mixture of primitive idyll and flight from civilization Henri Rousse… read more
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