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art book cologne, founded by Bernd Detsch in 1997, is a wholesale company and specializes in buying and selling high quality publications in art, art theory, architecture, design, photography, illustrated cultural history and all related subjects internationally. Our team includes specialists in art, culture, music, book trade and media but in spite of our diversity we have one common ground: the enthusiasm for unique art books.
We purchase remaining stocks from museums, publishers and art institutions. We sell these remainders to bookstores, museum shops, and art dealers all over the world.
Dealer Info | 1 copy 30% discount | 2+ cps. 40% discount |
Editor | Sabine Haag |
Publisher | Hatje Cantz |
Year | 2023 |
Cover | Paperback with flaps |
Language | English |
ISBN | 978-3-7757-5411-8 |
Pages | 252 |
Weight | 1960 g |
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Contributors | Eric Darragon, Frédérique Goerig-Hergott, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, Norman Rosenthal, Andreas Zimmermann, Rudi Fuchs |
Type of book | Exhib'publication |
Museum / Place | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien |
Article ID | art-59811 |
Georg Baselitz enters a dialogue with the Old Masters – invited by Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, the acclaimed German painter and sculptor engages in a visual conversation. Baselitz himself curated this selection of works, focusing exclusively on nude painting. Both the exhibition and the catalogue revolve around this elemental human state, and its fundamental role in European art. From the beginning of his career, Baselitz’s work has been informed by a pronounced awareness of art history, above all he was inspired by Mannerism’s break with classical rules. Insights into the history of nude painting, as well into the topicality of painting itself, emerge from this encounter of Baselitz’s works with historical paintings of an idealized beauty from Kunsthistorisches Museum. The carefully chosen juxtapositions open up a space in which one can reflect and experience the essence of painting anew.