Following the success of Seas, Cities and Dreams in 2000, the authors return with a second volume on the works of this remarkable 19th century master who raised European maritime painting to a new level. Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine have gathered the material for this book from public and private collections worldwide. The large number paintings illustrated offer a significant addition to the published corpus of Aivazovsky?s oeuvre. Their chronological arrangement makes this volume an invaluable resource for scholars, collectors and Aivazovsky?s many admirers.

Vincent van Gogh's paintings and his tempestuous life story continue to command enormous popular interest, inspiring numerous blockbuster exhibitions and biographies. This compact collection returns to what started it all--the paintings themselves. With a hand-held size, this volume manages to be affordable and comprehensive--a veritable dictionary of the artist's work. Included are all genres and periods of his work-from his gorgeous irises to his striking night skies and portraiture. Introducing the paintings is an intriguing essay by celebrated art critic Robert Hughes. This book provides an essential resource for students as well as for all art lovers. And it represents an extraordinary value. No other book on the artist offers as many images at this price.

LOOKING AT PAINTINGS is a series of books designed to present many different painters' views of a single subject.Here is a visual feast of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Flowerd,Peggy Roflf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of flowers,From the work of Renaissance painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo to twentieth-century artists such as Paul Klee and Henri Matisse,each person's vision and interpretation of flowers in unique.Some artists,such as Edouard Manet in Puik and Clematis in a Crystal Vase and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in Spring Bouquet,present a more traditional and familiar view of flowers by painting them in a vase and by emphasizing the background as well as the blooms.An artist such as Georgia O'Keeffe,however,captures the more wild and tempestuous beauty of a flower in White Sweet Peas,whereas Rene Magritte in The Wrestler's Tomb focuses on a single bloom so closely that it becomes almost something other than

While better known for his great orchestral works, Tchaikovsky composed a large number of solo piano pieces that are loved and played by pianists the world over. This new collection, bringing together the best and most popular of these compositions, is the finest single-volume edition of Tchaikovsky's solo piano music now available. Featured in this volume are two particularly well-known works: The Seasons, Op. 37his, a suite of 12 pieces, each bearing the name--and capturing the spirit--of one of the months, and Album for the Young, Op. 39, a set of 24 easy pieces popular with pianists of all levels for their charm and lyric grace. Also included in this edition are five early pieces; Theme original et variations, Op. 19, No. 6; the famous "Chanson triste" and three other pieces from Op. 40; Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6; Doumka, Op. 59; and ten favorite excerpts from Eighteen Characteristic Pieces, Op. 72

Best known for his fetes galantes such as the famousPelerinage a l'ile de Cythere, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was amajor proponent in the revival of the Baroque style and theformation of the Rococo movement. Watteau was inspired by thetheater and in particular the commedia dell'arte, hence elaboratelycostumed actors, dancers, and musicians were recurrent subjects; hewas also fond of bucolic scenes and portraiture. Infused withromance, drama, and joie de vivre, Watteau's paintings depict aidyllic world of pleasure and entertainment.Every book in"Taschen's Basic Art Series" features: a detailed chronologicalsummary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural andhistorical importance of the artist; approximately 100 colorillustrations with explanatory captions; and, a concisebiography.

This book gives a new analysis of the intersections betweengraffiti art and the work of Basquiat. Not only are there fewexistent writings on the subject, but the book will also appeal toa very large public.

The term "waltz" conjures up favorite romantic melodies by Chopin or Johann Strauss. But the waltzes of those two composers represent only the smallest sampling of the riches enjoyed by lovers of the dance sensation that originated around 1800, dominated Europe at the turn of the twentieth century, and has remained popular to the present day. This collection offers pianists on all levels an inexpensive and convenient single-volume compilation of waltzes in a variety of moods from such diverse composers as Bart6k, Beethoven, Debussy, Faure, Grieg, Hindemith, Schubert, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky. Highlights include Weber's 1819 "Invitation to the Dance," a brilliant arrangement of contrasting waltz themes; Dvorak's 1880 Waltz in E-flat, Op. 54, No. 8, which adds Czech overtones to the dance form; ragtime renditions by Harry P. Guy and Scott Joplin; and an elegiac Valse by the youthful Billy Stray horn, written before he discovered his jazz voice. Original Dover (2004) publication. Selected and with

This is a highly visual, compact-format sourcebook, packed with top international packaging designers’ contemporary work, accompanied by essays on the surrounding issues.

This finely produced volume, reprinted from the authoritative edition published by Breitkopf & H/irtel of Leipzig, combines Chopin's two piano concertos in one full-score edition. Both the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, and the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, consummately reveal Chopin's profound understanding of the piano as a dynamic instrument of expression. Over the century and a half since their composition, they have enjoyed wide popularity with pianists,orchestras and their audiences. Chopin wrote both concerti as vehicles to launch his career as a concert artist.However, he soon abandoned the concert hall for the more intimate atmosphere of the salon, and turned his creative attentions to the brilliant shorter works on which his reputation would ultimately rest. These two luminous compositions remain among his few ventures into the longer and more comprehensive musical forms.They are filled with extended stretches of brilliant passagework and deeply affecting moments of tender a

German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) created one of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire when he transformed a favorite Grimm Brothers fairy tale into his operatic masterpiece, Hansel and Gretel. First produced in Weimar during the Christmas season of 1893, it remains a musical rarity: an opera loved by children as well as adults. Adelheid Wette, Humperdinck's sister, based her libretto for the opera on the Grimm Brothers' tale, adding characters sueh as the Dew Fairy and the Sandman, and incidents such as the dream pantomime to enhance the work's appeal as a theatrical spectacle. Humperdinck brought a Wagnerian sweep to the opera's orchestration, deftly defining mood, building suspense, infusing the story with childlike wonder. From its first performance, under the baton of Richard Strauss, Hansel and Grelel was a phenomenal success, produced at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera continues to charm audiences young and old with its buoyant music

Clara Wieck's sincerest wish was that her future husband, Robert Schumann, turn his extraordinary genius toward the larger and more challenging task of composing orchestral music. Confiding in her diary in 1839, just one year before her marriage, she explained that "it would be best if he composed for orchestra; his imagination cannot find sufficient scope in the piano " In the years that followed their marriage Robert continued to devote much of his attention to piano music, but he also found time to comply with his beloved Clara's wish by cre-ating a number of musical pieces composed specifically for piano and orchestra. Although Schumann's genius is most in evidence in his masterful solo piano compositions and superb lieder, his lively and provocative imagination manifests itself with equal aplomb in the works composed for piano and orchestra. The same compelling romantic and lyrical qualities that captivate lovers of Schumann's piano music are evident in these compositions. Three of his finest are pr

A landmark in the history of opera, Die Walkiire is the most popular and most frequently performed opera among those that make up the Ring Cycle. It con-tains some of Wagner's best-known and most memorable music and stands alone as a complete work. This present edition reproduces the full orchestral and vocal score in a clear, modern engraving with large, legible notation for easy reading and study. Do not confuse this with a piano rendering; it is the full orchestral score--nothing has been left out. Perfect for study, this score is also indispensable for anyone listening to record sets or broadcasts. In no other manner can the listener keep full awareness of the orchestral richness of this opera.

Life is life, and art is art. ""It is my wish to come very close, strikinglyclose, to the times in which we live, without submitting toartistic dogma...I need the connection to the world of senses, thecourage to portray ugliness, life as it comes."" - Otto Dix In the 1920s, Otto Dix was the artist ofNeue Sachlichkeit, the New Objectivity, par excellence. Painting ina very realistic, almost photographic style, he chose as subjectsthe poverty, violence, death, and war that he experienced as asoldier in World War I. After this terrible experience, he paintedthe famous triptych "The War." Dix staged the world as a play, a grotesquefarce. But the form he chose to do so was based on the classicalcanon of beauty. Dix lived his life and served art, for he adheredto the age-old rule that the American painter Ad Reinhardt put in anutshell: "Life is life, and art is art."

Containing 20 laser cut stencils from the world's leading street artists, this book is a must for artists, illustrators, and anyone who loves street art. The stencils are printed on perforated card stock so that they can be removed and used. Each artist has created an in-situ photograph to accompany their stencil, showing how they would use it. The book includes an interview with the founder of stencil art, the Paris-based artist Blek Le Rat.

A sweeping study of the greatest sculptures of all time (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition) Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this bookis the first study of the history of sculpture to present such an original and comprehensive approach. Taking the sculptures out of the museum context (and thus off of their proverbial pedestals), Sculpture presents a completely new view which affords enlightening comparisons between erasand genres. This remarkable work is indispensable for artlovers of all tastes and disciplines.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) first wrote Ariadne auf Naxos as an interlude to be performed with Moli~re's play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and it was presented in Stuttgart in that form in 1912. Several years later, with his collaborator Hugo von Hoffmansthal, Strauss expanded the work into the full-length opera we know today. This glorious new Ariadne auf Naxos was first presented at the Vienna State Opera in October 1916. The story artfully intermingles backstage comedy, the lofty emotions of Greek mythology and the merry pranks of a troupe of commedia dell'arte players. Strauss endowed these antic proceedings with a luminous score that combines music of great satiric wit with breathtaking flights of lyricism. Today Ariadne auf Naxos is one of Richard Strauss's most highly regarded operas, and is frequently performed on the world's stages. It is reprinted here from the definitive full-score edition published in Berlin by Adolph Fiirstner following the opera's 1916 premiere.

Six concertos, BWV 1060 through 1065—three for 2 harpsichords, two for 3 harpsichords, and one for 4 harpsichords—among the first keyboard concertos ever written, still immensely popular for their rare and exuberant musical qualities. Reprinted in one volume from the authoritative Breitkopf & H rtel edition.

The result of the second international photography competitionorganized by the distinguished Musee de lElysee, this book sets outto discover what young photographers are up to as the 21st centuryapproaches its second decade. How do they see the world? How muchdo they respect, build on or reject tradition? Are they busy in thedarkroom or the computer lab or both? Here, in more than 200 superbimages brimming with inspiring creativity and ingenuity, are theanswers to these questions. The variety of subjects and techniquesconfirms that photographers of extraordinary talent are well ontheir way to making their mark. Useful reference material includesbiographical details of each of the eighty featured photographersand a note on the selected winning photographers from the firstedition of the book, many of whom have gone on to forgeinternational careers. This is an unmissable opportunity to previewthe work of those up-and-coming photographers who may well emergeas the finest artists of their generation.

"Girl before a Mirror" (1932), one of severalstandouts in MoMA's vast collection of Pablo Picasso's work, takesthe traditional artistic theme of a woman before her mirror andreinvents it in radically modern terms. The girl's profile andblonde hair identify her as Marie-Thérèse Walter, the artist'slover, muse and a profoundly transformative presence in both hislife and art, but the painting is far from a conventional portrait.Its dazzling jewel-like colors, boldly contoured shapes and surfacepatterning transform the girl and her shadowy reflection into adeeply mysterious image that is both captivating and strange. Inher essay, MoMA's Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Curator of Paintingand Sculpture, Anne Umland, explores this work in depth anddescribes the circumstances of its creation: the artist's privatelife, his practice as a sculptor, his rivalry with other artistsboth living and dead and his concern, at the age of 51, about hiscontemporary relevance and artistic legacy.

In an historical overview, this book first tells the legendaryhistory of the Bavarian automobile firm and goes back to itsbeginning, the traces of which are lost in the darkness of theFirst World War. Following this, the new creations of the firm areintroduced along with the old models by means of articles andexcellent color photography.

意大利的BVLGARI宝格丽，是继法国卡地亚和美国蒂芙尼之后的世界第三大珠宝品牌。 BVLGARI 宝格丽品牌源自希腊，创始人索蒂里奥·布尔加里是希腊伊庇鲁斯地区的一个银匠。BVLGARI宝格丽在首饰生产中以色彩为设计精髓，独创性地用多种不同颜色的宝石进行搭配组合，再运用不同材质的底座，以凸显宝石的耀眼色彩。

This solo piano edition of Tchaikovsky's masterful Christmas ballet offers pianists a chance to enjoy favorites such as "The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" and "The Waltz of the Flowers." Entirely faithful to Tchaikovsky's brilliant orchestral score, this delightful arrangement by Sergey Taneyev and the com- poser himself renders the complete ballet in a style both idiomatic to the piano and specially designed to be relatively easy to play. Here are all the movements of the beloved Suite, along with the rest of this hol-iday favorite, in which a brave and loyal little girl's toy is transformed into aprince who accompanies her into a magical world. Suitable for performers,rehearsal pianists, and all admirers of Tchaikovsky's art, this inexpensive edi-tion of a perennial favorite will enchant players and listeners alike. Dover (2005) unabridged republication of the edition published byP. Jurgenson, Moscow, 1892. viii+168pp. 9×12. Paperbound.

He was the founding father of modern art, the grand master who pointed painting forward on its way from Impressionism to the 20th century: Paul Cezanne (1839-1906). In Paris, but above all in Provence, he quested tirelessly for "a harmony parallel to nature" - discovering it in still lifes of apples, in bathers, or in the renowned landscapes of his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire. This book discusses this extraordinary artist's major works and his theories of painting and colour.

Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail--the Abduction from the Seraglio-- was one of Mozart's first operatic hits, and received performances all over Europe, even if the emperor did think it contained too many notes. Too many tenors is closer to the mark (the male roles include two tenors, one bass, and one character who only speaks), but this singspiel is a bright and bubbly work, endearing in its comic scenes and impressive in its serious moments. This score is one of Dover's reprints of other publishers. That means that it's not the most up-to-date edition available, that the words appear in German only, and that it's not as suitable for singers to use as a plain piano- vocal score would be. But this is a reasonably priced version that gives the student or enthusiast the opportunity to check out just how Mozart achieved that great "Turkish" instrumental color.