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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This is the second volume of the catalogue raisonne of the work of the American painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). It comprises over 150 formal portraits and portrait sketches in oil and watercolour that he painted between 1889 and 1900. The catalogued works have been grouped into chronological sections, each with its own introduction to set the particular group in context. In addition, an…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An exploration of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and its legacy, discussing its formation, the artists' theoretical concerns about depictions of the natural world, and their impact. This second edition is revised and updated to take into account artworks that have more recently come to light.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: From about 1425, artists in the region which is now Belgium and The Netherlands created paintings which were startling in their realism and innovative approach. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this book celebrates one of the great epochs of western art, from the work of the inventor of oil painting, Jan van Eyck, to that of the highly original…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: From haute couture to hot pants, from glamour to grunge, the past fifty years have witnessed some startling revolutions in fashion. This lively survey of postwar fashion not only describes the great designers and their creations but also places trends in clothing within their social and cultural contexts.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 316) Аннотация: This beautiful and authoritative book is the first to examine the development of Gothic sculpture throughout Europe. It discusses not only the most famous monuments — such as the cathedrals of Chartres, Amiens, and Reims, Westminster Abbey, and the Siena Duomo — but also less familiar buildings in France, England, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Scandinavia. Numerous illustrations — including…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was one of the most important decorative artists working in Paris at the turn of the century. His distinctive and original posters and his decorative panels in le style Mucha became almost synonymous with French Art Nouveau. The admirer and iconographer of Sarah Bernhardt, he was also well known as the creator of familiar advertisements and as a book illustrator. Yet…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 260) Аннотация: Discussing the development of Greek architecture in the Aegean and other Greek lands from its earliest beginnings around 3000 BC to the first century BC. The temples of the Hellenic age are discussed, as are domestic Greek architecture, town planning, theatres and fortifications.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: This sumptuously illustrated book coincides with the bicentenary of the death of the Empress Catherine the Great. It examines the story of the acquisition of these treasures and of the cultural relations between Britain and Russia in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The distinguished art critic John Russell provides an introduction for this book, and eminent British and Russian…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: French architecture of the 18th century — which exhibited great technical ability and refined taste — influenced architectural style throughout Europe. This book is a survey of the French architecture of the period. It begins with the origins of the style moderne under the last years of Louis XIV, discusses the end of Rococo and the return to antiquity, and concludes with the Revolutionary…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 340) Аннотация: The magnificent bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, the ivory, gold, enamelled and bejewelled book covers made to contain superbly illuminated manuscripts, the startling reliquary caskets made in the shape of the part of the body supposed to be contained within them — these and other sacred objects were contained within church treasuries and cloisters in the early Middle Ages in Europe. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 492 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 490) Аннотация: Roman sculpture was an integral part of Roman life, and the Romans placed statues and reliefs in their flora, basilicas, temples and public baths as well as in their houses, villas, gardens and tombs. In this illustrated book, Diana Kleiner discuses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well-known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire. She…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 880 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 762) Аннотация: 'Art', declared Vasari in Lives of the Artists, has been reborn and reached perfection in our time'. Indeed the roster of great names in painting of the Cinquecento, which only begins with those of Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael, appears to justify this grand claim. Professor Freedberg here discusses the individual painters and analyses the hallmarks of their work. He traces the classical…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: This book presents an historical overview of women and gender in Islam. It is written from a feminist perspective, using the analytic tools of contemporary gender studies. The results of its investigations cast new light on the issues covered.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: This book examines the development of the principal styles of ancient American architecture, sculpture, and painting until the end of the Aztec and Inca empires in the 16th century. The book tries to explain works of art as such, rather than dwelling upon those ideas about civilization which art is often made to illustrate in books of a more archaeological character. The book is arranged by…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 819 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 554) Аннотация: Presents an overall view of the history and changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, Constantinople, Greece and the Balkans and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia and Mesopotamia.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 492) Аннотация: Fusing the social and economic history with the cultural and artistic achievements of seventeenth and eighteenth century Italy, this book presents a perspective on the period.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This handsome book recounts the historical development of one city republic, Prato in Tuscany, from the eleventh through the fourteenth century. In telling the story of Prato's origins, construction, and demise, Alick McLean considers the planning, art, architecture, politics, faith, and daily life of Prato and its citizens, showing how major historical events and trends in the Italian middle…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Josef Albers' «Interaction of Color» is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers' singular explanation of complex colour theory principles. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 colour plates, «Interaction of Color» first appeared in…