Alps

The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1526/30?1569) were marked by stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba?s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands, and the palpable effects of the Inquisition. To this day, the Flemish artist remains shrouded in mystery. We know neither where nor exactly when he was born. But while early scholarship emphasized the vernacular character of his painting and graphic work, modern research has attached greater importance to its humanistic content. Starting out as a print designer for publisher Hieronymus Cock, Bruegel produced numerous print series that were distributed throughout Europe. These depicted vices and virtues alongside jolly peasant festivals and sweeping landscape panoramas. He then increasingly turned...

A Mountain Tour of the Alps The Alps are Europe?s biggest and greatest mountain range. Formed millions of years ago, they became a popular destination for travelers in the late eighteenth century ? first for adventurers and explorers, then for artists and writers, and finally for everyone who wanted to spend summer in the fresh air of this wonderful scenery or take part in winter sports. Angelika Taschen has followed in their footsteps and collected the finest hotels in the Alpine nations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy. They include the Kranzbach near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, built for a British aristocrat, Gasthof Hirschen in the Bregenzerwald, where art-loving visitors have been welcomed since 1755, and the Seehof near Salzburg with its emphasis on contemporary art an...

Ten piękny album wybitnego artysty fotografa Mieczysława Żbika opowiada o najwspanialszych górach Europy środkowej. Autor przez wiele lat z wielkim entuzjazmem i profesjonalizmem utrwalał obrazy Tatr polskich i słowackich. Ukazał ich triumfujące piękno, ale także grozę i tajemnicę. Uchwycił różnorodność Tatr Wysokich, Zachodnich i Bielskich, majestatyczne szczyty, skaliste granie, turnie o poszarpanych kształtach, spokojne doliny, stawy, w których przegląda się niebo, rośliny i zwierzęta - te unikatowe i te dobrze znane Tatry dzikie i nieokiełznane, a jednocześnie bliskie, fotografowane sercem. Zachwyca nie tylko uroda gór, ale i niezwykły czar klasycznej fotografii. Adam Bujak w słowie wstępnym daje znakomitą rekomendację autorowi: "Z nieukrywanym podziwe...