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From stage to canvas: The unique art of Léon Bakst
This book illustrates the wealth of Bakst's contribution to the world of theatre and dance. His best known work includes sets for Stravinsky's Firebird, and Weber's Spectre de la Rose.
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The Blue Period and Beyond: Picasso and His Timeless Imprint on the World of Art
In this book one can find many artworks created by Picasso between 1881 and 1914. Apart from a selection of Picasso’s first paintings, it also presents several drawings, sculptures and photographs.
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Art: I know It When I See It
Last year, Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ reignited the old “What is art?” discussion. Serrano shocked the art world in 1987 with a photograph of a crucifix submerged in a jar of his urine. He again sparked controversy in September 2012 when Piss Christ was featured at the Edward Tyler Nahem Gallery in New York. The photograph not only shocked the religious communities who were offended by the desecration of a holy symbol, Serrano’s work also forced even the most open-minded to ask, “Is this art?” A quick Google search of the definition of art yields this: “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual…








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