Everything about Mondrian
“MONDRIAN”, by Brigitte Léal.© Press
This monograph is a splendor as well as a bible. From his birth in the Netherlands in 1872 until his death in New York in 1944, she tells in texts and images the story of the life of Mondrian, who was an artist but also an extremely living man: before our eyes, we see this inventor of a new beauty come to life. “MONDRIAN”, by Brigitte Léal (Citadelles & Mazenod, 368 p.).
Gold on pages
“KLIMT. THE GREATEST ART”, by Philippe Thiébaut. © Press
Klimt, like you've never seen him in a book! Everything is sumptuous, the binding, the cloth cover, the quality of reproduction of around sixty paintings, some of which unfold in all directions. And if, today, the whole world adores him, it is good to remember that the artistic revolution that he engendered was not without grievances. Not to be stored in your library, but to be kept within easy reach. “KLIMT. THE GREATEST ART”, by Philippe Thiébaut (Hazan, 172 p.).
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Life in colors
“2025 CALENDAR, ENCHANTED NATURE”, by Peggy Nille. © Press
Peggy Nille's images are so full of animals, birds, flowers, splendors and colors that we want to hang them on the walls. A superb idea to have brought them together in a calendar, a joyful gift idea for children, and not only. “2025 CALENDAR, ENCHANTED NATURE”, by Peggy Nille (Actes Sud Jeunesse).
Red and black
“CHANEL. THE LOOK OF MAKEUP”, by Natasha A. Fraser. © Press
Gabrielle Chanel revolutionized fashion but also beauty by launching her makeup line in 1924: a lipstick, a loose powder, a blush. Simplicity (of routine) rhymes with modernity (the packaging is already black). “Age doesn’t matter. You can be gorgeous at 20, charming at 40, and irresistible the rest of your life. » This sublime book traces the history of make-up at Chanel and proves that beauty is nothing without spirit. “CHANEL. THE LOOK OF MAKEUP”, by Natasha A. Fraser (Thames & Hudson, 407 p.).
A thousand and one leaves
“TREES”, published by Phaidon. © Press
Saint-Exupéry's baobabs in “The Little Prince”, Claude Monet's poplars, the olive harvest on an amphora dating back to 520 BC, a wishing tree in Harlem photographed in 1937 by Aaron Siskind (go for it page 222)… The contemplation of these three hundred artists' images, artfully presented in pairs, simply makes you happy. “TREES” (Phaidon, 351 p.).
