BOOKS

"Inventing Van Eyck" by Jenny Graham
Van Eyck is now seen as the artist who bridged the gap between the medieval and the modern. The Enlightenment had quietly placed Van Eyck in the Gothic tradition. Then Napoleon looted panels of his masterwork, the Ghent altar-piece, and took them back to the Louvre. Now, centre stage in the greatest art gallery of the time, interest in the work of Van Eyck exploded across Europe.
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"Taj Mahal" by Diana Preston
While Galileo suffered under house arrest at the hands of Pope Urban VIII, the Thirty Years War ruined Europe, and the Pilgrims struggled to survive in the New World, work began on what would become one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Taj Mahal. Built by the Moghul emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, its flawless symmetry and gleaming presence have for centuries dazzled everyone who has seen it, and the story of its creation is a fascinating blend of cultural and architectural heritage.
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"Louise Bourgeois" by Marie-Laure Bernadac
This French-born artist emigrated to the United States in 1938. Bourgeois has produced a body of work that spans more than five decades, including over 25 worldwide exhibitions in 2005 alone. Famous for her highly experimental and autobiographical sculptures, Bourgeois's work also includes intimate drawings, paintings, and personal writings. She is a pioneer in tackling issues of empowerment, sexuality, and the roles of women in her diverse oeuvre. Her art can be found in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Pompidou Center in Paris.
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"Men" by Stefan May
After the success of Couples, also available from teNeues Publishing, Stefan May again lives up to our expectations with Men, his new collection of highly erotic photographs of the male form. Here are pictures full of energy, vitality, pleasure, sensuality and sex appeal. Never before has the male body been so exciting or been photographed so close up.
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Jean Miotte, "L'Oeuf, le couteau et la ficelle" (The egg, the knife and the twine)
Jean Miotte is a famous painter of the gestural Abstraction movement. His artworks present vivid colours and a close proximity to G. Mathieu, through a brisk movement. In this limited edition (collector book), the reader will discover an unpublished text of the artist. (in French).
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Graphis Photography Annual 2008
Graphis Photography Annual 2008 features interviews with internationally esteemed photographers Parish Kohanim, Henry Leutwyler and Hugh Kretschmer. The latest in our popular series presents the year’s best fine art and commercial photography, selected from an extensive pool of international entries. From beauty and fashion, still life and advertising to portraits, wildlife and photojournalism, each image has been reproduced in beautiful Graphis quality. All included photographs have earned the new Graphis Gold Award for excellence.
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"Praxiteles (Praxitèle)" by Jackie Pigeaud
How can one write about "Praxiteles", a sculptor of whom there are no original sculptures left, but only copies? Jackie Pigeaud accepts the bet and proposes a travel back to Antiquity. He describes the figure of this Athenian sculptor in his historical context, in the very rich and classic period from Polycleitus to Lysippus.
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"Making Love with Light" by John Diado Loori
This book of exquisite photographs arises from the premise that unless we love nature, we will not work to save it from exploitation and eventual destruction. The rich mixture of photographs, Zen poems, and essays presented on these pages is intended to open our hearts to the wild and the wilderness, and to direct us to the ways in which we can heal the earth.
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