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<b>Published to mark the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich's birth, the most thorough Friedrich retrospective in many years.</b><br/><br/> Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is renowned as the Romantic painter par excellence, his works icons of an age of major social upheaval. His landscape paintings and drawings broke with traditional patterns of representation, and paved new ways of both experiencing and reflecting on the ambivalent relationship between humankind and nature.<br/><br/> Accompanying the most comprehensive Friedrich retrospective in many years, this catalogue re-examines the artist's groundbreaking work in light of the urgent challenges in a time of climate crisis. It centres on more than sixty paintings, among them many major iconic works, and about 100 drawings. Selected works by Friedrich's colleagues, notably Carl Blechen, Carl Gustav Carus, Johan Christian Dahl, August Heinrich and Georg Friedrich Kersting, are also featured. The second part of the book focuses on the contemporary reception of his work. In contributions ranging from video and photography to installations, some twenty artists working across a variety of genres and media explore the Romantic era, its attitude to nature and the art of Caspar David Friedrich. The participants include Elina Brotherus, Julian Charriere, David Claerbout, Olafur Eliasson, Alex Grein, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Mariele Neudecker, Ulrike Rosenbach, Susan Schuppli, Santeri Tuori and Kehinde Wiley. These reinterpretations and appropriations of Friedrich's images and themes allow the Romantic view of nature to enter into a fascinating dialogue with contemporary perspectives on nature and the discourse on ecological issues.

I februari 1978 kommer en ung Lars Lerin för första gången till Lofoten. Han är där för att måla, men möter kärleken och blir kvar i tolv år. I denna bok möter målningar och skisser personliga betraktelser om årstidernas danser, livets villkor, längtan, oro och gråskalans rikedom. Där och då föddes det Lerinska ljuset.

I <i>Naturlära </i>samlas Lars Lerins omtyckta och kritikerhyllade akvareller där han med säker hand skildrar den natur som omger honom, framför allt i hans värmländska hemtrakter. Årstidens skiftningar, lövens färg, vasstrån fångade i is och snö varvas med bleknande, flagnande ödehus och detaljstudier av en skalbagge, en fågelvinge, en uppnålad fjäril. <br><br>Målningarna fördjupas av Lerins egna dagboksanteckningar, funderingar och betraktelser, kompletterade med citat av andra författare som likt Lerin använder naturen som inspiration och ämne.

» Med Anders Landéns bok Skatter från Mumindalen har mumin-älskarna över hela världen äntligen fått det referensverk de förtjänar. Inför 100-årsjubileet av Tove Janssons födelse 2014 satte jag samman en specialutgåva av tidskriften Scandinavian Retro helt ägnad Tove Jansson och mumintrollen. Då försökte jag minutiöst kartlägga muminböckernas första utgåvor, liksom de tidiga så kallade muminprodukterna. Men jag inser nu att det bara var ett första steg i utforskandet av muminsamlandets mysterier. Skatter från Mumindalen går flera steg längre i dokumentationen av såväl böckerna som samlarföremålen, vare sig det rör sig om handgjorda dockor från Atelier Fauni, keramikfiguriner, barnkammartavlor eller näsdukar. Man får alla dessa hundratals objekt noggrant redovisade i ord och bild, men också den spännande berättelsen om hur mumintrollen från sin första tillvaro i Sverige och Finland som djupt originella karaktärer i en serie böcker utvecklades till en miljardindustri över hela världen.« Magnus Palm, författare

<b>A hardcover art book chronicling the development of the dark science-fiction time-looping roguelike bullet hell adventure shooter!</b> <br/><br/>When Selene Vassos crash-lands on a mysterious alien planet while in search of a cryptic signal, shes made to face treacherous landscapes, hostile creatures, and a ceaseless time loop that returns her to the moment of her crash each time she would otherwise have died. This oversized volume collects concept art of the volatile biomes and terrifying enemies, as well as insightful commentary from the games creative team. <br/><br/>Dark Horse Books and Housemarque collaborate to present The Art of Returnal. Journey alongside Selene through a beautiful and dangerous world with art and anecdotes from the developers of the BAFTA-winning game.

<strong>A comprehensive, large-format hardcover offering unparalleled insight into the making of <em>The War of the Rohirrim</em>, and the complete creative journey from concept to finished film told by the artists and filmmakers themselves.</strong> <br/><br/>Written and compiled by Daniel Falconer, conceptual artist at the Academy Award-winning design studio, Weta Workshop, this indispensable book chronicles the stunning conception and design of the world of Middle-earth in Kenji Kaimyama's <em>The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim</em>. <br/><br/>With more than 1,000 never-before-seen sketches, drawings, character studies and environment designs, this beautiful full-colour volume follows the journey of ideas, from initial concepts through beautifully finished designs to scenes from the film itself. <br/><br/>The wealth of art is accompanied by insightful commentary from the artists and filmmakers, including director Kenji Kamiyama, producer Philippa Boyens, and the writers and producers, all of whom reveal the complete story behind the film. <br/><br/>Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, <em>The Art of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim</em> is the ultimate insider's guide to this groundbreaking addition to the <em>Lord of the Rings</em> film-making saga.

Bertil Vallien is ranked today as one of the world s foremost artists with glass as material. He has worked with glass for more than 60 years, and is represented, among other places, at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in Russia and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in the United States. <br/><br/>In Atlas, we take part of Vallien s world through his thoughts, words and stories accompanied by a rich visual flow of art glass, sketches and newly taken pictures from his studio and cabin. We get a premonition of the demanding work process that results in these unique glass sculptures, which is an example of when skilled craftsmanship and artistry meet. <br/><br/>Vallien s sources of inspiration derive in everything from the story of the girl Karolina, who slept for 32 years, to the black series Desert Snow. His famous crafts have been developing from the first one in ceramics to the later ones in advanced sand casting in glass. This is a technique that he has been developing for decades, which has made it possible for him to increase the sizes of his pieces. Passage, the largest glass boat in the world, was created by Bertil Vallien. <br/><br/>Atlas is an unusual book at 400 pages, with Peer Eriksson behind the graphic design and idea. The images come, aside from Peer, from photographers that Vallien use when the pieces are photographed for catalogues and exhibitions.<br/><br/><i>This book is the only one out of all my books where I actually have written the texts myself. An idea from Peer Eriksson that both felt exciting and a little terrifying when we started talking about the approach to the book.</i> Bertil Vallien