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Ferino Pagden Sylvia: Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Among the singular moments in the evolution of Western art, the Venetian Renaissance forged an artistic vocabulary of dazzling virtuosity. Celebrating the poetic potential of colour and beauty observed in nature, Venetian painters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries transcended the spatial, textural, and emotional realism of their predecessors to create works unsurpassed in their sensual…

Brettell Richard R.: Pissarro's People

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Throughout his career, the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro produced a vast oeuvre of paintings, drawings, and prints inspired by his fascination with and commitment to politics. Many of these works reflect the tensions between his anarchist ideals and the realities of life in a capitalist society; however, most examinations of Pissarro have approached his art and politics as separate…

Prina Francesca: The Story of Gothic Architecture

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Part of a new, accessibly written, and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features the Gothic period's most important architects, buildings and cities, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, and drawings and plans. The book offers a general introduction to the Gothic period and discusses the primary characteristics of the style, along with the…

Jenkins Sacha: World Piecebook: Global Graffiti Drawings

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Like the hugely successful volumes it follows, this latest collection mimics that most valuable of graffiti gear — the blackbook. Nearly 200 private drawings by top artists from every corner of the globe are featured in this volume. Mirroring the revolutionary format of their previous books Piecebook and Piecebook Reloaded, Jenkins's and Villorente's World Piecebook presents rare and personal…

Forrer Matthi: Hiroshige:: Prints and Drawings

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This highly regarded survey of the works of a master of Japanese printmaking is now available in a convenient and attractively priced flexi edition. Utagawa Hiroshige holds an assured place in the history of art as one of the greatest and best-loved masters of the woodblock print. His immensely popular works capture the beauty and delicacy of Japan's landscape. This superb overview of Hiroshige's…

Jones Kimberly A.: Impressionist and Post-impressionist Masterpieces from The National Gallery of Art

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The National Gallery of Art in Washington possesses nearly 400 French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings-one of the finest collections of its kind in the world. This book celebrates that collection with 50 of the Gallery's best-known works, which represent a generous cross section of impressionist and postimpressionist art at its most breathtaking. Reproduced with stunning quality,…

Ferry M. Bertholet: Concubines and Courtesans: Women in Chinese Erotic Art

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This opulently illustrated volume offers a wide-ranging examination of erotic artefacts from the end of the Ming Dynasty, around 1600, to the heyday of Shanghai in the 1920s. It includes luxurious reproductions of prints, watercolours, oil paintings, ivory carvings, pottery, fans, and screens, among other items. The author gives a careful analysis of the history of erotic art in China and…

Zuffi Stefano: Rembrandt: Masters of Art

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is generally considered one of Europe's greatest painters and printmakers, and the master of the Dutch School. His work is distinguished by broad brushwork, luminous palettes, and a sense of order and movement that recalls the finest Renaissance art.…

Roeder Annette: Edgar Degas Coloring Book

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines.

Sauer Inge: Leonardo Da Vinci Coloring Book

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world's masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to colour outside the lines.

Servida Sonia: The Story of Renaissance Architecture

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Part of an accessibly written and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features the Renaissance period's most important architects, buildings and cities, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, and drawings and plans. The book offers a general introduction to the period and discusses the primary characteristics of the style, along with commonly…

Husslein-Arco Agnes: Hans Makart: Painter of the Senses

Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: The Makart PeriodA of the late nineteenth century is known as an era of sumptuous beauty and opulence in Vienna. Hans Makart, after whom the period was named, became a national icon in Austria-a rock star of the art world whose paintings, interior design, theatrical sets and costumes were celebrated as much for their style as for the status they exemplified. This catalogue to an exhibit of…

Poletti Frederico: Botticelli: Masters of Art

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The Florentine painter Botticelli personifies the Golden Age of the early Renaissance. Best known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera, Botticelli painted with an expressive poeticism that eschewed formal realism. He used line and colour to gorgeous effect, creating some of the most beloved and familiar images of all time. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page…

Crone Rainer: Art Flexi: Louise Bourgeois

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In her work, Bourgeois used materials ranging from rubber, wood, fabric, and metal to glass, paper, cement and marble, through which the stories of her own life resonated with the lives of others. This generously illustrated book presents the complete cycle of CellA installations from the 1990s until a short time before Bourgeois' death in 2010. In these contained environments Bourgeois reflected…

Eaton Tristan: The 3D Art Book

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Since he was a kid, artist, designer, and vinyl toy impresario Tristan Eaton has been obsessed with the nostalgic look of 3D imagery. In The 3D Art Book, he parlays this fascination into a carefully curated selection of over 100 works by established and up-and-coming contemporary artists, expertly rendered as 3D images that can be viewed with red and blue glasses (included in the book). Many of…

Hirsch Andreas: Hundertwasser: The Art of the Green Path

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an artist, environmentalist, philosopher, humanist, architect, and graphic designer, whose unique style appeals to a wide audience. An essay in words and pictures, this publication takes the reader on a journey in thirteen stages through Hundertwasser's life and work. It explores his native city Vienna in the post-war era, his studio, his travels across Europe,…

Favole Paolo: The Story of Contemporary Architecture

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Part of a new, accessibly written, and generously illustrated series on architecture through the ages, this book features contemporary architecture's most important architects and buildings, interior and exterior photographs, detailed images, drawings and plans. From post — and neo-modernist to deconstructivist and contextualist, contemporary architecture embraces a wide range of approaches. It…

Elderfield John: Bob Dylan: The Brazil Series

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Bob Dylan has been a prolific graphic artist since the 1960s, and his graphic art is marked by the same constant drive for renewal that characterises his music. Never content to remain static in a single form of expression that he has already cultivated, he is constantly experimenting and testing new artistic techniques and expressions. This book of the exhibition at the National Gallery of…