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…
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…
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 …
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
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…
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 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.
The Italian Renaissance was one of the most splendid eras of European art. Interest in this artistically so extraordinarily productive period between 1300 and 1600 remains unbroken to this day.This volume focuses on impressive works from all fields of the visual arts, competently explaining the various aspects of Italian Renaissance art and captivating the reader's attention with its magnificen…
Titian (1490–1576) was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art. During the course of his long li…
Discover the genius of Leonardo da Vinci through a stunning photographic study of his works. This book showcases his greatest graphic works, highlighting their intricate details and masterful techniques. Delve into the mind of a true renaissance man and appreciate the beauty and complexity of his art.