The work of the Russian modernist Kazimir Malevich had a profound influence on the development of abstract art in the twentieth century. He developed his own art movement, Suprematism, which sought a form of expression away from the world of natural forms and subject matter, accessing the supremacy of pure feeling and spirituality. Malevich worked in a variety of styles, assimilating the movements of Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism and Cubism. Gradually simplifying his style, he developed an approach consisting of pure geometric forms and their relationships to one another, set against minimal backgrounds. Many art historians now regard Malevich as the first prominent artist to exhibit paintings composed entirely of abstract geometrical elements. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Malevich’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Kazimir Malevich – over 300 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Malevich’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smartphones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Easily locate the artworks you wish to view * Includes a wide selection of Malevich’s drawings and posters – explore the artist’s varied works Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights Landscape with Yellow House (1904) Self Portrait (1909) On the Boulevard (1911) The Mower (1912) Woman with Water Pails (1913) The Knife Grinder (1913) Samovar (1913) Lamp (1914) Black Square (1915) Airplane Flying (1915) Supremus No. 57(1915) Suprematist Composition: White on White (1918) To the Harvest (1927) Unemployed Girl (1930) The Athletes (1931) The Artist (1933) The Paintings The Complete Paintings Alphabetical List of Paintings The Drawings List of Drawings Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

The Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt was a founding member of the Vienna Secession, whose celebrated paintings and murals are widely regarded as modern masterpieces of twentieth century art. The Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Klimt’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions and hundreds of high quality images. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Gustav Klimt — over 250 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare lost works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Klimt’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the complete paintings * Easily locate the paintings you want to view * Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights THE THEATRE IN TAORMINA THE OLD BURGTHEATER IN VIENNA PORTRAIT OF PIANIST JOSEPH PEMBAUER LOVE MUSIC I PALLAS ATHENA NUDA VERITAS JUDITH AND THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES GOLDFISH BEETHOVEN FRIEZE THE THREE AGES OF WOMAN PORTRAIT OF FRITZA RIEDLER WATER SNAKES I PORTRAIT OF ADELE BLOCH-BAUER I THE KISS DANAË TREE OF LIFE ADAM AND EVE The Paintings THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

The leader of the French Romantic school of art, Eugène Delacroix was influential in the development of both Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, producing historical and contemporary masterpieces that would change the course of art. Delphi Classics’ Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Delacroix’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Eugène Delacroix — over 200 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of many rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Delacroix’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the complete paintings * Easily locate the paintings you want to view * Includes Delacroix's a selection of drawings and lithographs - explore the artist’s varied works * Features a bonus biography - discover Delacroix's artistic and personal life * Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights MADEMOISELLE ROSE THE BARQUE OF DANTE ORPHAN GIRL AT THE CEMETERY THE MASSACRE AT CHIOS GREECE ON THE RUINS OF MISSOLONGHI THE DEATH OF SARDANAPALUS LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE THE WOMEN OF ALGIERS SELF-PORTRAIT, 1837 MEDEA ABOUT TO KILL HER CHILDREN POTRTRAIT OF FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN FANATICS OF TANGIER HAMLET WITH HORATIO THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO AND HIS ENTOURAGE APOLLO SLAYS PYTHON THE SEA FROM THE HEIGHTS OF DIEPPE MOROCCAN SADDLES HIS HORSE LION HUNT OVID AMONG THE SCYTHIANS The Paintings THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS The Drawings LIST OF DRAWINGS The Biography DELACROIX by Paul G. Konody Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

The nineteenth century French painter Gustave Courbet almost single-handedly challenged and subverted the prevailing tastes of High Art, rebelling against the Romantic painting of the day. He turned attention instead to everyday themes and the lives of ordinary men and women, eschewing the age-old subjects of religious and historical art. His enormous canvases shocked the art establishment and prepared the way for the innovative creations of the modernist period. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Courbet’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Gustave Courbet – over 800 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of many rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Courbet’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view * Includes a selection of Courbet's drawings – explore the artist’s varied works Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights Self Portrait with a Black Dog The Desperate Man Man with a Pipe After Dinner at Ornans A Burial at Ornans The Young Ladies of the Village The Wrestlers The Meeting or “Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet” The Wheat Sifters The Artist’s Studio Young Ladies beside the Seine (Summer) Portrait of P. J. Proudhon Sleep The Origin of the World The Wave The Étretat Cliffs after the Storm Self Portrait at Sainte-Pélagie Still Life of Apples, Pears and Primroses on a Table The Paintings The Paintings of Gustave Courbet Alphabetical List of Paintings The Drawings Selected Drawings Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

Addressing fundamental problems in modern Western approaches to art, this bold, brilliant, and important book proposes a new and flexible conceptual framework for the understanding of art by replacing the notion of the "visual arts" with that of the "spatial arts." 350 illustrations.

Immerse yourself in the haunting and evocative world of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's "In the Ravine." This short story explores the lives of individuals residing in a remote ravine, highlighting the interplay between their personal struggles and the harsh environment they inhabit. Chekhov’s narrative delves into themes of isolation, poverty, and the human condition. Chekhov, with his profound psychological insight and keen observational skills, presents a vivid portrayal of the characters’ lives and their interactions within the ravine. His story offers a reflective and engaging examination of the effects of harsh surroundings on human behavior and relationships. "In the Ravine" is a poignant exploration of isolation and human resilience, ideal for readers who appreciate Chekhov’s sensitive and evocative storytelling.

Ten grids that changed the world: the emergence and evolution of the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. Emblematic of modernity, the grid is the underlying form of everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to paintings by Mondrian and a piece of computer code. And yet, as Hannah Higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity; it is the most prominent visual structure in Western culture. In The Grid Book, Higgins examines the history of ten grids that changed the world: the brick, the tablet, the gridiron city plan, the map, musical notation, the ledger, the screen, moveable type, the manufactured box, and the net. Charting the evolution of each grid, from the Paleolithic brick of ancient Mesopotamia through the virtual connections of the Internet, Higgins demonstrates that once a grid is invented, it may bend, crumble, or shatter, but its organizing principle never disappears. The appearance of each grid was a watershed event. Brick, tablet, and city gridiron made possible sturdy housing, the standardization of language, and urban development. Maps, musical notation, financial ledgers, and moveable type promoted the organization of space, music, and time, international trade, and mass literacy. The screen of perspective painting heralded the science of the modern period, classical mechanics, and the screen arts, while the standardization of space made possible by the manufactured box suggested the purified box forms of industrial architecture and visual art. The net, the most ancient grid, made its first appearance in Stone Age Finland; today, the loose but clearly articulated networks of the World Wide Web suggest that we are in the middle of an emergent grid that is reshaping the world, as grids do, in its image.

Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations.

Explores the nature, the meaning, and the very history of the idea of beauty in Western culture; illustrated with abundant examples of painting and sculpture and lengthy quotations from writers and philosophers. Demonstrates how every historical era has had its own ideas about eye-appeal.