Product Description: The treasures of India are among the great mysteries of the West. With them the culture of the Maharajas is connected, whose incomparable splendor is presented in the catalog for the unique exhibition in Munich. At the same time the fascinating historical development of the role of the Maharajas from the early 18th Century to the last days of the Raj is told...read more

Product Description: This gorgeous volume surveys the entire breadth of Mucha s work from illustration and decorative arts to his photography and the historical paintings that were his life s passion.Alfons Mucha is known largely for having originated Art Nouveau, when his poster of the actress Sarah Bernhardt became a legendary icon of the movement...read more

Product Description: Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was one of the main activists in 20th-century art. The presentation in this volume is an attempt to provide a glimpse of the intellectual speed of this artist, who was always more than just a painter and sculpture - but also a writer, poet and philosopher...read more

Product Description: Businessman and art collector Hermann Lange kept an especially close friendship with architect Mies van der Rohe and the interior designer Lilly Reich, regularly sharing family, friends and each other's company. Between 1927 and 1930, this mutually energizing association resulted in collaborative structures such as Lange's own home, the famous Haus Lange in Krefeld, and the "Crous" apartment designed for Lange's eldest daughter and her husband in Berlin--the decor and furnishings of which the couple took with them to all of their later apartments, even into the 1990s--down to the original bell plate...read more

Product Description: The six chapters of this study The Kiss, Allegorical Couples, Artist and Muse, Mythological and Literary Couples, Female Couples and Mother & Child use Rodins sculptures of couples as a starting point into an in-depth exploration of Rodins concepts of the feminine, love and transcendence, as well as the origin and inspiration of art...read more