Bøger udgivet af Koenemann

Proud towers, picturesque market squares with magnificent town halls, canals and bridges: Flanders owes everything to the sea and trade. With its cities like Bruges, Antwerp & Ghent, Flanders has been one of the most important centers of Western art and culture since the middle Ages. The traces of Flemish masters such as Rubens or Van Eyck are much a part of Flanders as the desire for pleasure and good food. It is no wonder then, then the creative Flemings also draw comics, brew 100 different beers, invent chocolates, cook masterfully and of course make the best French fries.

The common ground of these expressive objects is their African origin. However, little is known about the artists who created them. On their journey through space and time the context in which these works of art must be seen has changed and thus their meaning has, too. Here they are brought together in a fascinating panorama of African art.

House design is evolving fast, following trends and the needs of our society. There is always a myriad of design schemes to meet diverse requirements; in other words, there is never a single solution to make the most of a living space. This book explores contemporary design and exclusive architecture.

There are energetically charged buildings that are the handiwork of humanity: cathedrals, temples, and other examples of artistic and cultural creativity. The photographer Tomás Mícek focuses on another type of magical place in this engaging collection of pictures: places brought forth by that great artist Mother Nature, places whose fantastic formations can most certainly compete with our sacred buildings and spaces. This is not the first time this master photographer has turned to the wonders of the earth. He has already published the collections Trees of the World and Magic Stones. This collection lies in the center of a pentalogy. The planned fourth volume will be entitled Unique Plants of the World, and the final part is to once again pay homage to planet earth.

When asked about the difference between art and sexuality, Picasso replied: "They are one and the same, because art is always erotic." The best creations from 39 international designers are collected in this volume. An indispensible source of inspiration for every fetish fan.

Tina Haase works with trivial things. She hoards, stratifies, compresses, and frees things from their one-dimensional view. Sculptures, wall objects, drawings, installations, films, and performances are created with irony and humor, in which things question our self-evidence through astonishing redistribution.

In the form of sketches, material proposals, and design examples for interior and exterior use, Ecological Inspirations shows exciting buildings that propose sustainable ecological solutions.

This volume presents descriptions of over 100 trees and bushes from all parts of the globe, and their utility as a material.

In more than 450 images, this volume highlights the variety of modern interior architecture.

Klimt, the most controversial artist of his time, enjoys incomparable popularity to date. This book offers a fascinating insight into the extensive work of the remarkable artist Gustav Klimt.

This volume focuses on the history of French painting, presenting a wealth of well-known and lesser-known works of art. Some 400 images illustrate French painting, from its beginnings until the early 20th century, from the school of Fontainebleau to Post-Impressionism and Symbolism.

Filled with inspiring photographs, this title explores the constructive and decorative potential of wood.

Wood Houses documents wood as a building material in residential houses and includes both supplemental architects' plans and more than 100 interior and exterior photos.

This book illustrates the variety of prefabricated construction systems in modern architecture.

Canada borders the United States to the south and the Arctic Circle to the north. This results in a landscape diversity with endless forest areas in the south and ice and rock areas in the north, beyond the Arctic tree line. In more than 500 pictures, this volume shows the multifaceted wilderness of Canada. These include the Banff National Park in the Rocky Mountains, famous for its numerous lakes, and Niagara Falls on the border with the United States. The metropolises like Toronto, Vancouver on the west coast, as well as the French-speaking cities Montreal or Quebec, and the capital, Ottawa, are also included.

Natural Stone Houses show current and modern architectural examples for the use of natural stone, earth, and concrete.

Founded more than 200 years ago as a civic foundation, the Staedel still provides an overview of 700 years of European art history. Highlights of the collection include works by artists such as Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Duerer, Sandro Botticelli, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Vermeer, Claude Monet, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. With more than 450 illustrations, this volume shows major works of painting from the Staedel's impressive collection.

Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great English portrait and landscape painters of the eighteenth century. His modern manner of painting based on emotions was criticized by contemporaries such as Joshua Reynolds, but it gave Gainsborough a special position in an art world dominated by academic rigor and earned him the greatest appreciation from English society.

This book offers a broad and comprehensive catalog of contemporary uses of natural stone in private homes, public buildings, and public spaces, with particular emphasis on both traditional and modern applications.

The Art Deco style, named after the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, reached its peak in the 1920s. A new artistic language driven by a formidable vital impulse born of recent peace, left its mark on urban and domestic architecture, but also on all forms of design: furniture, mural painting, glassware, ceramics. This book offers a magnificently illustrated panorama of this ornamental aesthetic, which blend into the world's artistic landscape with materials as luxurious as lacquer, ivory or stingray.

Harmonious or rich in contrasts, in over 550 photos, combinations of the most varied flowers, shrubs and trees, completely new planting and design ideas are created for beds, garden and containers.

This book contains practical ideas that make the most of every room in your apartment or house.

A very complete kaleidoscope of Brittany, this book makes us breathe the coastal spray as much as the scent of the undergrowth. Our discovery of Brittany is a pretext to recharge your batteries between emerald sea, moors, cliffs, medieval cities, remains of prehistory, castles, rivers or locks. There are many natural reserves and exceptional sites of rare beauty. Immersion in nature, this book is an invitation to take a walk in the fresh air.

A very complete kaleidoscope of Provence, this book makes us breathe in the scent of lavender fields as much as that of markets. Provence, from its mountainous massifs to the Grande Bleue, from the mythical small islands to the wild landscapes of the Camargue or the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, holds the promise of always dazzling us. Immersion in nature, this book is an invitation to take a walk in the fresh air.