An introduction to Italian painting in the 15th century, and the social history behind it. The book covers the structure of the picture trade and its economic basis through contracts, letters and accounts. The author also illustrates how art history can be used to give insights into social history, by showing how the visual skills and activities ...
An account of the fate of Europe's great works of art in the Third Reich and the Second World War. Nicholas traces the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate attempts to preserve it. Covering the Nazi purges of 'degenerate' art, Goerings's shopping sprees in occupied Paris, and the reclamation of the priceless treasures of ...
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed one of the greatest minds of all time; his importance and influence are inestimable. This XXL-format comprehensive survey is the most complete book ever made on the subject of this Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist and all-around genius. With huge, full-bleed details of Leonardo's ...
For one-semester courses in 19th-Century Art, and two-semester courses that cover the periods of 1760-1830 and 1830-1900. This much-needed survey explores the history of nineteenth-century European art and visual culture. Focusing primarily on painting and sculpture, it places these two art forms within the larger context of visual culture ...
Long hailed as one of the most comprehensive and richly detailed chronologies of painting, sculpture and architecture in Renaissance Italy from, this book focuses on works of art, their creators and the circumstances affecting their creation. The book is organized, chronologically, with individual chapters dedicated to developments in different ...
Modern and contemporary art can be both baffling and beautiful, it can also be innovative, political, and disturbing. Closely informed by critical approaches, this book sets out to provide a concise interpretation of this period. Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, and Damien Hirst are among many artists discussed, within the political ...
As archetypes of human virtue and vice, the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome have figured prominently in Western culture. In art, they have been portrayed time and time again, especially during the Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical periods. This volume aims to help museum patrons and art lovers recognize the legendary characters of ...
This collection of Western art spans the major historical eras, with hundreds of photographs, illustrations, documents, and drawings. Sister Wendy Beckett is a British nun and self-taught art critic whose books and television art tours have made her internationally renowned and beloved.
This classic account of aesthetics in medieval Europe, by one of the world's greatest critics, explores cathedral builders, eccentric artifact collections housed in church treasuries, the mystical poetry and music of St. Hildegard, and other marvels of medieval Christendom.
Tapestries were a principal element in the ostentatious magnificence used by powerful Renaissance rulers and monarchs to broadcast their wealth and might. During the period between 1460 and 1560, courts and churches lavished vast sums on costly weavings in silk and gold thread from designs by leading artists. In this beautifully illustrated book, ...
In a thoughtful, innovative study, A Worldly Art examines the rich artistic culture of the northern Netherlands. Mariët Westermann surveys how works of art were produced and what they meant to the people who bought them. She discusses great artists such as Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer as well as less familiar painters and printmakers, all of whom ...
This study of 16th- and 17th-century French art and architecture, presents major artists and their works chronologically. The author provides an overview of the main projects of the period and of the artistic personalities behind them, and sets the historical context.
For centuries, Bible stories andancient Greek and Roman mythology were the main subjects of Western art.Old Masterssuch as Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, and countless othersrendered these stirring, poignant, bloodthirsty, and even erotic tales on panel or canvas, in the process creating a familiar way of visualizing our collective imagination. In How ...
A philosophical French drama. Marc cannot believe that his friend Serge has bought an expensive modern painting, and they quarrel, while the play's third character, a friend of them both, tries to calm them.
A second book in the three volume survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture which focuses on the arts in every centre between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods.
In the middle of the journey of our life where the straight road had been lost sight of. How hard it is to say what it was like in the thick of thickets, in a wood so dense and gnarled the very thought of it renews my panic. It is bitter almost as death itself is bitter. But to rehearse the good it also brought me How I got into it I ...
For courses in 17th Century and Baroque Art. Written by a leading scholar, Seventeenth Century Art: Architecture, 2/e is the only text on the market that introduces students to the three major art forms-painting, sculpture and architecture, across six countries. The text engagingly and effectively combines analytical discussions with an expansive ...
The first millennium saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. While books had long been central to the Christian religious tradition, education, and culture, they now became an important artistic medium, sometimes decorated with brilliant colours and precious metals. Lawrence Nees explores issues of artist patronage, ...
Joaquin Sorolla was one of the greatest natural painters. His style marked by luminous colouring and vigorous brushwork earned him a considerable reputation throughout Europe and America. This monograph, written by the artist's great granddaughter, provides an overview of his work including an illustrated chronology.
Art historian Laurie Schneider Adams brings to students a vibrant and engaging presentation of Renaissance art history that is supported by up-to-date scholarship and methodology. The text opens with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes with the transition to Mannerism. The authors focus is on the most important and innovative ...
Celebrating the collectible - that 20th century object that brings with it less monetary value than passion, nostalgia, quirky appear, and just plain pleasure - ANTIQUES ROADSHOW COLLECTIBLES focuses on 12 major areas that inspire both the thrill of the chase and the thrill of discovery: furniture, photographs, posters and illustration art, ...
Clues to the meaning of many of the masterpieces of art history lie in a rich system of symbols, themes, and motifs that often eludes modern museum-goers. The intimate knowledge of Christian theology, Greek and Roman mythology, and folklore that was so vivid in the minds of viewers during the Renaissance is rarely part of the preparation the ...
This edition reproduces the 15th-century illuminated Book of Hours belonging to Catherine of Cleeves. The prayers and their accompanying 157 illustrations are presented alongside commentary by Plummer, former curator and Research Fellow Emeritus at the Pierpont Morgan Library.
The period 1851 to 1929 witnessed the rise of the major European avant-garde groups: the Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Symbolists, Cubists, and Surrealists. It was also a time of rapid social, economic, and political change, encompassing a revolution in communication systems and technology, and an unprecedented growth in the ...
War is a major theme in Shakespeare's plays. Aside from its dramatic appeal, it provided him with a context in which his characters, steeped in the ideals of chivalry, could discuss such concepts as honor, courage, patriotism, and justice. Well aware of the decline of chivalry in his own era, Shakespeare gave his characters lines calling for ...
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