Treasures Of 19th And 20th Century Painting

Author : James N. Wood
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0789204029
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Painting written by James N. Wood and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Tiny Folio book highlights some of the most celebrated European and American paintings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that are part of the permanent collection at The Art Institute of Chicago. Included in this collection are numerous masterpieces of Realism, Impressionism, Post–Impressionism, Surrealism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, and other aspects of Modernism. Today a number of these paintings are revered as icons of modern Western culture, emblems of the inspired experimentation that has taken place on both sides of the Atlantic. For the last century, the Art Institute has supported the achievements of the most distinguished artists from Europe and America, acquiring and exhibiting now–beloved works of Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and others. This folio is presented as both an introduction to this collection and as a survey of the styles, subjects, and themes of Western art of the last two centuries, from the linear classicism of Jean–Auguste–Dominique Ingres through the optical studies of Claude Monet and the Impressionists; from the lyrical, colorful abstractions of Vasily Kandinsky to the fractured picture planes of Pablo Picasso and the Cubists; from the enigmatic compositions of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists to the media–appropriated Pop–art portraits of Andy Warhol. These magnificent paintings eloquently narrate the discussions of the nature of art, quality, innovation, style, and form that have defined the modern era in art history.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasures of 19th- and 20th-century Painting, the Art Institute of Chicago written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Director of the Art Institute of Chicago comes a fascinating and handsomely illustrated miniature book which presents well-loved masterpieces of modern art. 300 full-color illus.

Author : George Heard Hamilton
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780136226390
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 19th and 20th Century Art written by George Heard Hamilton and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1972 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PAINTING - SCULPTURE - ARCHITECTURE.

Author : Cornelia Homburg
Publisher : Andre Deutsch
ISBN 13 : 9780233003559
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasures of Vincent Van Gogh written by Cornelia Homburg and published by Andre Deutsch. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Van Gogh is famous as much for his tortured life as for his remarkable paintings. "The Treasures of Vincent Van Gogh" offers unique insight into this solitary genius--from his difficult childhood to his inspiring artistic struggles to his tragic suicide. Ten items of rare facsimile memorabilia--including Van Gogh's birth record and private letters to his brother, Theo, and to fellow artist Gauguin--make this beautifully illustrated, meticulously researched book a must-have for admirers of Van Gogh's work.

Author : Wolfram Koeppe
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392880
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of the Royal Court written by Wolfram Koeppe and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the royal and princely courts of Europe, artworks made of multicolored semiprecious stones were passionately coveted objects. Known as pietre dure, or hardstones, this type of artistic expression includes?paintings in stone,? which were composed of intricately cut separate pieces that were made into magnificent tabetops, cabinets, and wall decorations. Other works included vessels and ornaments carved with virtuosic skill from a single piece of rare and brilliant lapis lazuli, chalcedony, jasper, or similarly prized substance; exquisite objects such as boxes, clocks, and jewelry; and portraits of nobles sculpted in variously colored stones. Derived from ancient Roman decorative stonework, the art of pietre dure was developed in Renaissance Florence, where the manufacture of such objects was enthusiastically sponsored by Medici princes. Ideally suited for ostentatious display, the works sent an unmistakable message of wealth and political might that was understood in centers of power everywhere. From Italy the medium spread across Europeto Prague, Madrid, Naples, Paris, and later Saint Petersburg. Precious and fragile, pietre dure objects are rarely brought together in large numbers. This richly illustrated catalogue contains more than 150 masterworks from across Europe, dating from five centuries, including almost every artistic use of semiprecious stone during this time as well as some of the finest examples of the medium. Eight essays by European and American experts discuss the individualized development of pietre dure in every European region, the latest developments in scholarship, the interrelationships between art and dynastic politics and between cultures, and a variety of techniques used to produce these luxurious masterworks."--Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Author : Pia Palladino
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588390306
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasures of a Lost Art written by Pia Palladino and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2003 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Treasures of a Lost Art presents 144 leaves, cuttings, and illuminated manuscript fragments from the collection of Robert Lehman (1891-1969), one of the largest and most impressive private holdings of Italian manuscripts assembled after the First World War. Discussed here - with many of them handsomely illustrated in full color - are important examples of the major schools of illumination in southern Italy, Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia, Lombardy, and the Veneto. Previously unpublished, and perhaps even unknown to scholars, are works by some of the foremost Italian painters of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including a leaf here attributed for the first time to the Sienese master Duccio di Buoninsegna and cuttings by Stefano da Verona and Cosimo Tura. Lesser-known arists, such as Neri da Rimini, Belbello da Pavia, and Girolamo da Cremona, once renowned for their beautifully illuminated volumes, are also discussed in full."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Cornelia Homburg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781435110168
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasures of Vincent Van Gogh written by Cornelia Homburg and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Van Gogh is famous as much for his tortured life as for his remarkable paintings. "The Treasures of Vincent Van Gogh" offers unique insight into this solitary genius--from his difficult childhood to his inspiring artistic struggles to his tragic suicide. Ten items of rare facsimile memorabilia make this beautifully illustrated, meticulously researched book a must-have for admirers of Van Gogh's work.

Author : Museum of American Folk Art
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasures of Folk Art written by Museum of American Folk Art and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the exuberance and variety of folk art, this Tiny Folio presents the museum's finest examples from colonial times to the present. Created by self-taught artists, the works in this book include paintings, sculpture, weather vanes, decoys, painted furniture, quilts, and more. 340 full-color illustrations.

Author : Florence E. Coman
Publisher : Abbeville Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780789204912
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasures of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism written by Florence E. Coman and published by Abbeville Publishing Group. This book was released on 1995-01-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the Tiny Folio Great Museum series, this book is designed as a tour of the National Gallery's collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture. Visitors to the National Gallery in Washington usually make straight for the rooms holding the museum's works by the greatest Impressionist artists, including Degas, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and many others. This miniature compendium includes all the favourites, along with many less-familiar works photographed especially for this volume.

Author : Robert Upstone
Publisher : Abbeville Press
ISBN 13 : 9780789205414
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Treasures of British Art written by Robert Upstone and published by Abbeville Press. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated Tiny Folio(TM) volume surveys British painting, watercolors, and sculpture from the sixteenth century to the present. With masters such as William Blake, William Hogarth, George Stubbs, Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and David Hockney, the Tate Gallery offers work to please every taste. The gallery, which was opened in London in the summer of 1897 by the Prince of Wales, is best known for its modern art collections, but-as this little compendium makes wonderfully clear-it encompasses the full sweep of British art, from ornate aristocratic portraits and vivacious hunting scenes to the Pre-Raphaelites languid femmes fatales.