Taschen Leonardo. The Complete Drawings Zollner Frank, Nathan Johannes

The life and work of the ultimate Renaissance artist • Unmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: a peerless master of painting, sculpture, cartography, anatomy, architecture-and more. Simultaneously captivating art historians, collectors, and the millions who flock yearly to admire his works, Leonardo's appeal is as diffuse as were his preoccupations. His images permeate nearly every facet of Western culture-The Vitruvian Man is engraved into millions of Euro coins, The Last Supper is considered the single most reproduced religious painting in history, and the Mona Lisa has entranced countless artists and observers for centuries • On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, this updated edition of our XL title is an unrivaled survey of Leonardo's life and work, including a catalogue raisonne encompassing both his surviving and lost paintings

The mysterious genius who transformed European art • Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Today, he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history • This edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonne. Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top-quality photography, allowing for a vivid encounter with the artist's ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures, as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary-breaking naturalism. Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggio's career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life, in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonne of all of the artist's masterful paintings • Drawn from our bestselling XL Leonardo edition, the book traces the artist's life and work across 10 chapters, presenting all known paintings and drawing on his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writings to explore the man behind such groundbreaking artworks. From Virgin of the Rocks to Virgin and Child with St. Anne to the ever-beguiling Mona Lisa, you'll find some of the finest treasures of the Louvre, Prado, and National Gallery, London here, as well as Leonardo works lost to time, but no less startling in their precision and poise

A catalogue raisonne of "the painter's painter" • Manet called him "the greatest painter of all." Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that he painted 44 variations of it. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and Dali… for so many champions of art history, the ultimate sounding board was-and remains-Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (1599-1660) • First available as an XXL-sized volume, this accessible edition brings together Velazquez's complete works with a selection of enlarged details and photography of recently restored paintings, achieved through the joint initiative of TASCHEN and Wildenstein. The dazzling images are accompanied by insightful commentary from Jose Lopez-Rey on Velazquez's interest in human life and his equal attention to all subjects, from an old woman frying eggs to a pope or king, as well as his commitment to color and light, which would influence the Impressionists over two centuries later

Renaissance radical: The haunting visions of Hieronymus BoschOnly 20 paintings and eight drawings are confidently assigned to Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 1516) but in their fantastical visions they have secured his place as one of the most cult artists in history. 500 years on from his death, his works continue to inspire scholars, artists, designers, and musicians, death metal band names and designer dresses. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition offers the complete and haunting Bosch world in one compact format. Through full spreads and carefully curated details, we explore the full reach and compelling inventions of the artist s genius as well as disturbing imagination. We encounter his hybrid creatures, his nightmarish scenarios, his religious and moral framework, and his pictorial versions of contemporary proverbs and idioms

Художник, изобретатель, архитектор, ученый и инженер Леонардо да Винчи по сей день считается одним из самых великих людей, когда-либо живших на земле • В книге Франка Цёлльнера "Леонардо да Винчи" читатель сможет исследовать его ненасытное стремление к знаниям, изобретательству и красоте, будь то мельчайшие артерии человеческого сердца, изысканные библейские сцены или обширные созвездия Вселенной • Книга на английском языке • Painter, inventor, architect, scientist, and engineer: Leonardo da Vinci stands to this day as one of the most accomplished human beings ever to have lived. Whether the smallest arteries of the human heart, exquisite biblical scenes, or far-flung constellations of the universe, explore his insatiable quest for knowledge, invention, and beauty

Few artists can claim such tenacious fame across continents and centuries as Michelangelo Buonarroti. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draftsman, and architect remain unrivalled and unique. This fresh edition celebrates the artist s graphic work, with a selection of his most masterful and mesmerizing drawings • Gathered from some of the world s most prestigious collections, these works show the full ambition and reach of Michelangelo s practice, spanning architectural elements, facial expressions, and countless, meticulous anatomical drawings. Whether finely-tuned or left unfinished, each and every drawing testifies to the artist s dedicated scrutiny of the world around him and his compelling mastery of line, form, and detail • There is an intimacy in these works, too

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Неутолимые любознательность и креативность гения да Винчи • Леонардо да Винчи (1452-1519), заполнивший многочисленные тетради эскизами, изобретениями и теориями, был не только одним из самых выдающихся рисовальщиков в истории искусства, но и гением и первопроходцем, предвосхитившим некоторые из величайших открытий, иногда за несколько столетий до их реального воплощения • От мельчайших артерий человеческого сердца до огромных созвездий Вселенной - да Винчи видел явную связь между природой и наукой. Его интересы, исследования и изобретения охватывали разнообразные области: философию, анатомию, геологию, математику, от законов оптики, гравитации, тепла и света до создания летательного аппарата • Своей живописью мастер вывел искусство из Средневековья, создав такие произведения, как "Тайная вечеря" и "Мона Лиза", изобразив не только внешность, но и глубину, психологическую интригу, которая до сих пор трогает толпы восхищенных посетителей, приезжающих посмотреть на его шедевры в Париж, Милан, Вашингтон, Лондон или Рим

Картины венского художника Густава Климта (1862–1918) не перестают поражать своим невозмутимым эротизмом, ослепительными оттенками и экспериментальными приёмами. Издание представляет собой полное собрание работ Климта, которые сопровождаются авторитетными