In this section we present the development of themes that go beyond the chronologically ordered art history, and additional information and thoughts to help you understand the development and status of contemporary art.
ART DECO AND STEAMLINE MODERNE the emergence and development of the art deco style and derivatives, and more than 100 examples of architecture and design
INTERNATIONAL STYLE
the most important buildings in the history of international style
CASTLES OF THE LOIRE 100 most famous (and less known) castles from the Loire Valley
WERKBUND AND BAUHAUS
the origins and history of the German Werkbundu and most famous school of design - Bauhaus
FIRST AND SECOND CHICAGO SCHOOL characteristics and examples of the style of buildings erected in Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, belonging to the so-called Chicago School, and the sources and examples of the "Second Chicago School" - from the years 1960-2000
BERLAGE AND AMSTERDAM SCHOOL
a brief introduction to the topic and examples of the most important buildings of the expressionist "Amsterdam School" architecture
WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDENS
collection of illustrations depicting various famous gardens - from antiquity to the intimate Monet's garden at Giverny
BRITART CONTRA STUCKISM
Young British Artists and Stuckist - rise and rivalry of the two major groupings of artists in England, which dominated the modern art market at the end of the twentieth century
HISTORY OF AMERICAN PAINTING
a brief history of American painting from the beginning to the action painting, post-painterly abstraction and hyperrealism
PRIMITIVISM, PRIMITIVE ART, NAIVE ART, TRIBAL ART, FOLK ART
a brief introduction to the history of primitive art, folk and naive with and explanation of the differences between these concepts and primitivism as a contemporary intellectual mainstream
