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The amazing story of the life and work of the renowned botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian is told alongside her beautiful illustrations of butterflies in this charming and elegant book. A woman ahead of her time, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was
an intrepid explorer, naturalist, scholar, as well as a magnificent
artist. This lovely, impeccably designed book tells Merian's
incredible life story alongside colorful reproductions of her
engravings and watercolors of the butterflies she encountered
during her lifetime in Germany and the Netherlands, and her
seminal trip to...

This beautifully designed book is filled with illustrations and photographs of the many animals in Picasso's life--those he painted and drew, as well as those he loved. One of the few under-examined aspects of Picasso's life and work was his love of animals. The son of a pigeon breeder and an aficionado of bullfighting, Picasso had an eye trained for capturing an animal's movement, shape, and personality--often with just a single line. Organized around the different types of animals that played a role in the artist's life and body of work--from his beloved dachshund, Lump, to dogs, cats, and...

Die Engel von Paul Klee, der sich selbst als 'Maler des Zwischenreichs' verstand, sind ebenso kostbare Kunstwerke wie behutsame Begleiter. Boris Friedewald schildert ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung innerhalb des Lebenswerks des Künstlers in einfühlsamem Zusammenhang: vom 'Christkind mit gelben Flügeln' aus Kindheitstagen bis hin zum 'Angelus novus', der Walter Benjamin ins Exil begleitete.
Wir begegnen über vierzig einzigartigen Engeln, darunter liebenswerten, uns oft nahestehenden Wesen wie dem 'vergesslichen Engel' oder dem 'Engel voller Hoffnung'. Dieses Buch erfreut Augen und Seele...