Caspar David Friedrich

One of his generation’s most popular painters, Friedrich imagined landscapes of powerful beauty and spirituality from within the confines of his studios. This breathtaking monograph, filled with glorious reproductions and details of his paintings, argues for Friedrich’s reputation as a sublime artist and interpreter of nature. In his thoughtful and well-researched commentary, author Johanne…

The Great Masters of Italian Art

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9788881172900

Collation

400 hlm., 29 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

759.5 Cap

The Treasures of Vincent Van Gogh

he 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 …

The Impressionists

This is a comprehensive visual reference to one of the best-loved periods of art history, with over 450 images. This is an in-depth look into the life and works of nine impressionist masters, including Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille, Morisot and Cassatt. It features an informed and engaging narrative about the history and legacy of impressionism, written by leading autho…

Vincent Van Gogh : The Lost Arles Sketchbook

n 2007 a Dutch art collector approached Teio Meedendorp, a senior researcher at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, with photographs of 21 sketches he had purchased for "a low price" on the internet auction site eBay.[3] Meedendorp told him that he did not believe they were by Vincent van Gogh.[3] The French art expert Franck Bailie was later informed about the existence of the sketchbook by a fr…

The Paintings That Revolutionized Art

Art history is filled with paintings that shocked, intrigued, enraged, and mystified their audiences—paintings that exemplified the period in which they were created and forever changed the way we think. Here, one hundred examples of these icons of art are presented in beautiful, high-quality reproductions. Each double-page spread features lavish illustrations and details as well as engaging …

Legendary Sites of the Ancient World: An Illustrated Guide to Over 80 Major A…

A fascinating and expert tour] from Egypt's Valley of the Kings to the Terracotta Army of Mount Li, England's Stonehenge and the Great Mayan relics of Chich,n Itza

Rome: The Golden Centuries

For centuries, Rome, the unique city on the Tiber, has stood unchallenged at the focus of artistic interest. At the crossraods of East and West, Rome can claim to have been at the cutting edge of European art in the course of its two-thousand year history. The small town of Romulus became the capital of an empire, the papal seat, and a city state in the Middle Ages, Rome was the splendid Renais…

Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire

Elephant ivory is a tactile, beautiful, and workable material. It can be made into many different forms and is the strongest material in the animal kingdom. It has been highly prized from the Paleolithic to the present day, and the impact on elephants has been severe―indeed, the Syrian elephant was hunted to extinction. Long ago, during the early first millennium bce―“The Age of Ivory”�…

The Great Empires of the Ancient World

The compelling story of the world's greatest ancient powers their rise and fall, their artistic and architectural splendours of New Kingdom Egypt, The Hittites, Assyria and Babylonia, Achaemenid Persia, Classical Athens, Alexander and his Successors, The Parthians and Sasanians, The Roman Empire, India from the Mauryan to the Gupta Empires,Qin and Han China.