Skira - Böcker

Alphonse Mucha was an extraordinarily prolific and versatile artist who made his mark in the diverse fields of design - including posters, jewellery, interior decoration, theatre, packaging and product designs - as well as in painting, book illust...

Läs mer »

A new survey of the best works by the elusive and spectacular Spanish Impressionist Joaqun Sorolla. Often compared to his contemporary, the American artist John Singer Sargent, Joaqun Sorolla (18631923) was a master draftsman and painter of landsc...

Läs mer »

Accompanying a major retrospective of Anders Zorn's work, this is the first volume in English to explore the Swedish Impressionist's entire career in depth. Anders Zorn (1860-1920) is one of Sweden's most accomplished and beloved artists. Renowned...

Läs mer »

This is an exceptional selection of works documenting the entire creative career of the Italian painter, from his powerful beginnings through his Metaphysical painting phase and into the hazy atmospheres of his later works. It includes 116 masterp...

Läs mer »

The complete works of one of the most interesting and eclectic contemporary Italian architects, in a new volume from the Skira architecture series. Gae Aulenti is one of the world's most celebrated architects. Her internationally renowned wor...

Läs mer »

Fuled by a spirit of solidarity with the world of outcasts, Giacomo Balla learned his trade in Turin and reflected the cruel, painful reality of society's underclass with a penetrating, human eye. Parallel to the themes of suffering and alienation...

Läs mer »

The Asian continent today acts as a theatre to some of the most rapid changes in the urban environment ever to occur anywhere in the world. As cities--and economies--expand at an almost immeasurable pace, Asian architects face new challenges and o...

Läs mer »

400 years after the death of Caravaggio, some of the worlds most illustrious art historians comment on an extraordinary collection of 25 of his works. How is it possible that an artist who lived over four centuries ago is still seen today as an ic...

Läs mer »

Bellini's last works, examined here in new scholarship, represent a triumphant swan song.

Läs mer »

UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, Villa d'Este is an Italian garden masterpiece with an outstanding array of fountains, nymphaea, grottoes, water features and sound effects. Following the disappointment for not having been elected Pope, Cardi...

Läs mer »

"Seeing many of my works years after I completed them is a fascinating experience. I don't really associate them with any particular time or place or state of mind, but view them as part of a long arc; a continuing of the way we go forth in t...

Läs mer »

The catalogue, divided into two volumes, follows chronologically the development of Gauguin's work. Each painting is reproduced in color and is followed by commentary which analyzes the aesthetic qualities of his work and its relation to Gaug...

Läs mer »

Andrew Wyeth is an essential introduction to the enduring masterworks of this profoundly popular American artist. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the artist s birth, this handsome book highlights works spanning the entirety of the a...

Läs mer »

An ideal introduction to the painter s work, Sargent: The Masterworks features 100 of his most beloved paintings. Illustrating all aspects of his diverse oeuvre portraits, landscapes, mural commissions in oil and watercolour, this handsome new boo...

Läs mer »

The origins of the work by one of the most celebrated living artists in Latin America. Fernando Botero is the best known Colombian artist of all times. His work is found in many international collections and is also known to be very well represent...

Läs mer »

This impressive volume's broad sweep of material, all from a single museum, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Lavish color illustrations a...

Läs mer »

A vast catalogue dedicated to Leonardo's entire oeuvre on the occasion of the largest exhibition ever realised in Italy on the genius, symbol of Italian art and creativity. Edited by two leading international specialists with the assistance of a p...

Läs mer »

With Italy, for Italy is not just a large book of photographs, but an initiative of great cultural and social importance. With this book, Lamborghini, one of the most prestigious Italian brands in the world, has decided to go beyond the traditiona...

Läs mer »

The first comprehensive publication on artist Jessie Homer French¿s work. Born in 1940 in New York, New York, Jessie Homer French lives and works in Mountain Center, California. Homer French is a self-taught, self-proclaimed ¿regional narrative pa...

Läs mer »

Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran embodies an extensive range of artists work_x0002_ing in a variety of media, with more attention paid to the younger generation who have been underrepresented in recent publications and those whose work sign...

Läs mer »

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Arbres" organized at Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, this catalogue gathers the most beautiful photographs of trees by Michael Kenna. The famous photographer travels the world, from France to N...

Läs mer »

An unsurpassed master of post-war Japanese realist photography and a reference for amateur photographers even today. The breadth and diversity of this Renaissance man's oeuvre reveals untiring attention to and interest in the culture, art, faces, ...

Läs mer »

Published for the 56th Venice Biennale, this is a complete monograph devoted to the Irish born American-based painter and printmaker Danilo Eccher, who has been a Turner Prize nominee twice.

Läs mer »

All I wanted to do was get back to Africa. We had not left it, yet, but when I would wake in the night I would lie, listening, homesick for it already. -Ernest Hemingway Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It's the land of the mos...

Läs mer »

A spectacular book showing life and work of the Finnish icon from an unknown perspective with around 150 illustrations and well researched texts. Tom of Finland has became the most famous and influential Finnish artist of the 20th century. Born To...

Läs mer »

An innovative analysis of the artistic poetics of the master of metaphysical painting. Through a selection of important works made during this master's career, this volume aims to conduct a critical revision of the artist's complex practice for th...

Läs mer »

Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choos...

Läs mer »

This deluxe 3-volume edition offers an engaging, visually stunning, and highly informative analysis of the 49 artists featured in over 900 full-color plates. The title of this work takes its inspiration from Towards a New Abstraction, the catalog ...

Läs mer »