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Art gift book ‘Art Château’, vol. 2 – Vernissage with Ice Wine

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Vernissage imaginaire with ICE Wine – Celebrating Christmas, New Year and Easter with Johann Sebastian Bach

Book series LOUNGE 1 – volume II

Editor: Gabriele Walter

A festive occasion like an anniversary or a vernissage is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a fine wine. This gave us the idea to create a series of books called “Art Château” celebrating the special relationship between wine and art. Wine as a cultural treasure goes far beyond drinking. Wine cannot be considered a muse, it is however, said that only those who value art, poetry, and music, can truly treasure it. The special occasion for the book is the 340th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach and his festive music for Christmas, New Year and Easter.

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Art gift book ‘Landscapes for William Turner – Landschaften für William Turner’

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William Turner and the roots of modernism

Book series LOUNGE 2 – volume XIII

Editor: Kurt Ries

In painting, the term “landscape” did not exist until the 15th / 16th century. While the frescoes of Roman villas featured nature in their depictions of gardens, medieval art neglected it completely. It was the zeitgeist shift during the Renaissance that restored people’s interest in life before death, thus ringing in the radical changes that eventually led to the modern era. As people turned away from the afterlife, they began to explore nature, which led artists to incorporate perspective into their work.

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Art gift book ‘Inspiration Tuscany – Inspiration Toskana’

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In memory of Michelangelo and the Florentine Renaissance

Book series LOUNGE 2 – volume XII

Editor: Kurt Ries

“Florentia”, “the blossoming one” can also be found in the name of the city of “Florence”. Over time, the city has blossomed into the queen of Tuscany, and continues to be one of the most important art metropoles in the world. The conscious differentiation between a landscape’s significance as an artistic motif and its arability led to a new culture, the blossoming of the “villeggiatura”. Its inhabitants began to reflect deeply, write poetry, make music. Florentine cities like Siena, Lucca, and Pisa have their own architectural charm. Similarly, the walled picture book villages on the hill ranges of Tuscany resemble organic structures.

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Solo art book Aga Cela – Clowns

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Clowns and the circus are a recurring subject in the arts. They are equally present in music: Through works like Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” and the “Circus Days and Nights” by Philip Glass, the clown has made his way into the world’s opera houses, inspiring Aga Cela, an artist with a central focus on portrait painting, to go on a profound creative journey.

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