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Blum Dilys E.: Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion

Скачать книгу (размер 1 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 220) Аннотация: Italian couturier Roberto Capucci (born 1930) is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of colour and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as 'studies in form', and draws inspiration from a multitude of sources, including art, architecture and nature. This beautifully illustrated book, the companion to the first exhibition of Capucci's…

Franklin David: Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) had a profound impact on a wide range of baroque painters of Italian, French, Dutch, Flemish, and Spanish origin who resided in Rome either during his lifetime or immediately afterward. This captivating book illustrates the notion of Caravaggism, showcasing 65 works by Peter Paul Rubens and other important artists of the period who drew inspiration from…

Syson Luke: Leonardo Da Vinci

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The reputation of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) as an inventor and scientist, and his complex personality, have sometimes almost overshadowed the importance of his aims and techniques as a painter. This exquisite book focuses on a crucial period in the 1480s and 90s when, as a salaried court artist to Duke Ludovico Sforza in the city-state of Milan — freed from the pressures of making a living in…

DeWitt Lloyd: Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: With the creation of the dramatic Supper at Emmaus (Louvre) and a series of intimate oil sketches of Christ on oak panels, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) overturned the entire history of Christian art. Traditionally, when depicting Christ, artists had relied on rigidly copied prototypes and icons. Among Rembrandt's innovations was his use of a Jewish model to portray a Christ imbued with empathy,…

Li Zhiyan: Chinese Ceramics

Скачать книгу (размер 3 497 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 687) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated catalogue is a comprehensive historical review of Chinese ceramics covering newly excavated discoveries from the Paleolithic era thousands of years ago to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911. Throughout China's history there has been an ongoing practice of invention and innovation in the forms, materials, decorations, and functions of ceramics made in China, both for the…

Wardropper Ian: European Sculpture, 1400-1900

Скачать книгу (размер 1 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 292) Аннотация: This stunning volume features masterpieces of sculpture from the Renaissance through the 19th century. Well-known works by the great European sculptors — including Luca and Andrea della Robbia, Juan Martinez Montanes, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Francois Girardon, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Antoine-Louis Barye, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and Auguste Rodin — are joined by recent additions to…

Zegers Peter Kort: Windows on the War

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Windows on the War is a groundbreaking publication — the first in English to focus on posters designed by the Soviet Union's TASS news agency to bolster support for the Soviet war effort. TASS posters were created by a large collective of Soviet writers, printers, and artists, including such notables as Mikhail Cheremnykh, Nikolai Denisovskii, the Kukryniksy, and Pavel Sokolov-Skalia. Often six…

Koda Harold: 100 Shoes

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: Presents a hundred pairs of shoes, from the 16th to the 21st century, that paint a picture of how styles have changed — sometimes radically — over the years. This title also presents examples of fashionable footwear in a range of styles, from flats to stilettos.

Bell P.M.H.: Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbor. Stalingrad. D-Day. These defining events of the Second World War exemplify both the immense heroism and the grievous costs of global conflict. They are the tense, thrilling moments that had the potential to swing the war in favor of either side and in turn change the course of history. In this gripping new look at the twentieth century's most crucial conflict,…

The Gnostic Scriptures

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. Maps and tables.

Webster Mary: Johan Zoffany

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Universally recognized as a brilliant and gifted 18th-century artist, Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was regarded by Horace Walpole as one of the three greatest painters in England, along with his friends Reynolds and Gainsborough. Yet he has remained without a detailed study of his life and works, owing to the fascinating and complex vicissitudes of his career, now established from widely scattered…

O'Neill Morna: Walter Crane: The Arts and Crafts, Painting, and Politics, 1875-1890

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Walter Crane (1845-1915) was one of the most important, versatile, and radical artists of the 19th century: a painter, decorator, designer, book illustrator, poet, author, teacher, art theorist, and socialist. Crane's astonishingly diverse body of work challenged the establishment, both artistically and politically. In this original and carefully researched new study, Morna O'Neill presents a…

Harold Koda: 100 Dresses: The Costume Institute

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of the renowned Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each of which is a reminder of the ways fashion reflects the broader culture that created it. Featuring designs by Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel, Madame Gres, Yves Saint Laurent,…

Louise Govier: 100 Great Paintings

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This beautiful book presents one hundred great works from the National Gallery Collection, each by a different artist. Arranged in chronological order and accompanied by Louise Govier's lively text, full-page reproductions of these selected highlights introduce you to some of the most inspiring paintings ever made. From the earliest Italian altarpiece of around 1265, to the most recent — Paul…

Lingo Stuart: Federico Barocci: Allure and Devotion in Late Renaissance Painting

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Federico Barocci was among the most admired painters in sixteenth-century Italy, but the distinctive nature of his compelling altarpieces and their historical importance have never been fully understood. This important study relates Barocci’s achievements to transformations in the theory and practice of painting during an era in which pictorial developments generated deep tensions for…

Brettell Richard R.: From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern

Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: The Lone Star State is home to a dazzling array of world-class artworks, many in private collections and rarely exhibited. Reflecting the Kimbell Art Museum’s own collecting strengths, this book focuses on the art of Europe and the ancient Mediterranean from about 700 B.C. to around 1950. Over 40 prominent collections are featured along with works that have been given to museums in Texas or have…

Jackson David: Christen Kobke: Danish Master of Light

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Christen Købke (1819–1848) was arguably the greatest painter of Denmark’s “Golden Age,” the period of the nation’s supreme artistic achievement. He had the remarkable ability to invest the simplest corner of town or countryside with charm and delicacy, without resorting to the artificial rhetoric of academic traditions. He endowed ordinary people and places, and simple motifs, with a…

Waiboer Adriaan E.: Gabriel Metsu

Скачать книгу (размер 1 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 244) Аннотация: Gabriel Metsu (1625-1667) employed an unusual variety of styles, techniques, and subjects, making him a particularly difficult artist to characterize. From his early days in Leiden until his death in Amsterdam at the height of his career, his unparalleled mastery of the brush allowed him to paint a remarkable range of history paintings, portraits, still lifes, but most of all, exquisite genre…

Dickerson III C. D.: Raw Painting: «The Butcher's Shop» by Annibale Carracci

Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: Born in Bologna, Annibale Carracci (1564–1609) was one of the most revolutionary artists of the late Renaissance. Even before turning twenty, he rebelled against convention by investing his art with a sense of naturalism uncommon to paintings of the period. His early painting The Butcher’s Shop, a cherished work in the Kimbell Art Museum’s collection, marks the beginning of Carracci’s artistic…

Curcic Slobodan: Architecture as Icon: Perception and Representation of Architecture in Byzantine Art

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Presenting the first formulation of the central subject, this volume challenges major assumptions long held by Western art historians and provides new ways of thinking about, looking at, and understanding Byzantine art in its broadest geographic and chronological framework, from A.D. 300 to the early nineteenth century. Byzantine art abandoned classical ideals in favor of formulas that conveyed…