This lavishly illustrated book introduces the world of fin-de-siècle Prague. Around 1900, city's artists and artisans began to develop a particular ornamental language inspired by the contemporary revival of Czech culture and influenced by Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, and the Vienna Secession. To begin with, lyricism and poetic symbolism dominated the visual arts. Jan Preisler, one of the most important figures of the time, created sensual paintings and sculptures based on themes connected to the writings of such Czech authors as Zeyer and Brezina. Other artists such as Kobliha and Hlavácek focused on turbulent forms, dramatic expressions of torment, and the macabre. In the applied arts, exuberant floral and vegetal motifs were gradually transformed into geometric patterns.Prague 1900 charts the effects of the emergence of modernism and the search for Czech national identity in both the fine and the applied arts, as well as in architecture, music, and literature. The

Prague 1900: Poetry and Ecstasy

Arts & Photography

Michael Huig

History & Criticism

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

<p>Perhaps no nation has been so thoroughly shaped by its dreams as has America, and perhaps no other dreams have been captured on camera as often and as diversely as America's. The mythic American Dream has been the subject of photographic documentation since the 1840s, when photographers first began traveling to the New World in search of subjects. From an unknown photographer's picture of newborn George B. Billings Rego, scion of an immigrant Portuguese family and the first child ever born at Boston Long Wharf, to Lewis Hine's wrenching image of a young cotton mill worker in Georgia, to Alfred Stieglitz's awesome New York cityscapes, the photographs collected here reveal the multiple facets of 100 of the most decisive years of American development. Between 1840 and 1940, immigrants became homeowners, untouched lands exploded in superhuman industrial growth, tourists replaced pioneers, and the American metropolis grew taller and shinier--and the camera caught it all.</p>

Photograph And The American Dream, 1840-1940, The

WHITE, STEPHEN

Blühm, Andreas

Cunningham, Imogen

Clinton, Bill.

Photography & Video

Tim and the Starry Night

Ceciel de Bie

<p>Have you ever heard of Vincent van Gogh? He was a famous Dutch painter. Vincent made more than 900 paintings. This book is all about his life. And you don't have to sit still all the time to enjoy it. What can you do with this book? Learn to look at Vincent's paintings. Read about Vincent's life. Look over Vincent's shoulder while he paints. Learn to mix colours. Make your own artwork. Write a letter to Vincent. Play the Van Gogh game and lots more...</p>

See and Do Children's Book Vincent Van Gogh

Martijn Bie, Ceciel De: Leenen

Martijn Leenen

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