
From its prehistoric origins to the conceptual modernity of the 21st century, sculpture has literally and figuratively moulded the art world. Offering an integral view at its evolution of form across civilisations and...
From the thousand-year-old statues celebrating fertility, to the odalisques of the modern painters, erotic art has always held a prominent place in societies, whatever their morals or cultural references. This work...
According to the predominant standards, a portrait should be a faithful representation of its model. However, this is not always the case. This gallery of 1,000 portraits illustrates how the genre has been transformed...
Long thought of as the neglected stepchild of painting, the art of Drawing has recently begun to enjoy a place in the sun. With major museums around the world, from the Met to the Uffizi, mounting exhibitions focussed...
Mega Square Herbarium is based on the work of Basilius Besler, the famous plant expert who, for the first time in history, described, painted and engraved over a thousand species of plants. His drawings are of great...
This book offers our young readers an enjoyable approach to the history of art by transforming five masterpieces into fun puzzles.
This book offers our young readers an enjoyable approach to the history of art by transforming five masterpieces into fun puzzles.
Ever since the ancient Greeks sculpted the first kouros, children have been a source of inspiration for some of the world\'s greatest artists. Whether portraits of their own children, friends, and family members, or a...
Ever since the ancient Greeks sculpted the first kouros, children have been a source of inspiration for some of the world\'s greatest artists. Whether portraits of their own children, friends, and family members, or a...
The self-appointed “leader” of the artists’ group Die Brcke (Bridge), founded in Dresden in 1905, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a key figure in the early development of German Expressionism. His first works show the...
Mega Square Shoes focuses on the history of the shoe and elevates the shoe to the rank of a work of art. The author is a leading expert on the subject and curator of France‘s Shoe Museum, which holds the greatest shoe...
What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society?
During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas, often rendering them more beautiful than they actually were. Over centuries in religious paintings, the...
Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years. Leaving curved Roman forms behind,...
In art history, the term ‘Romanesque art’ distinguishes the period between the beginning of the 11
Cham Soutine (1893-1943), the unconventional and controversial painter of Belorussian origin, combines influences of classic European painting with Post-Impressionism and Expressionism. As a member of the Artists from...
Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term ‘Rococo’. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, it rapidly spread...
El espritu, el carcter, la vida, la obra y el mtodo de pintar de Rembrandt son un completo misterio. Lo que podemos adivinar de su naturaleza esencial proviene de sus pinturas y de incidentes triviales o trgicos de su...
El volumen de Mega Square Zapatos se centra en la historia del zapato y eleva este objeto a la categora de obra de arte. El autor es un destacado experto en la materia, as como el mximo responsable del Museo del...
“No me intereso en m mismo como tema de una pintura, sino en los dems… en especial en las mujeres…” Hermosas, sensuales y, sobre todo, erticas, las pinturas de Gustav Klimt hablan de un mundo de opulencia y placer que...
El volumen de Mega Square Kama Sutra es un manual educativo universal que rinde homenaje a la magia del amor. Esta edicin cuenta con unas ilustraciones exquisitas que incluyen frescos primorosos y delicados grabados....
El volumen de Mega Square Herbario est basado en la obra de Basilius Besler, el famoso experto en plantas que, por primera vez en la historia, describi, pint y grab ms de mil especies de plantas. Sus dibujos son de...
Die Wiener Secession, gegrndet von Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll und Josef Hoffmann, war ein Wegbereiter fr die moderne Kunst. Zwanzig Knstler rebellierten gegen den erdrckenden Einfluss des konservativen Knstlerhauses auf...
Das Wort Rokoko leitet sich wahrscheinlich von dem vermutlich in franzsischen Emigrantenkreisen aufgekommenen Wort «„rocaille“» (Muschel) ab. Diese Kunstrichtung entwickelte sich zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts und...
Der Begriff Romanische Kunst bezeichnet in der Kunstgeschichte die Epoche vom 11. bis zum 13. Jahrhundert. Diese Epoche wies eine groe Vielfalt an regionalen Schulen auf, die alle spezifische Merkmale hatten. Sowohl...
