Author: Timken Art Gallery
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
European Paintings in the Timken Art Gallery
Author: Timken Art Gallery
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Timken Museum of Art
Author: Timken Museum of Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Old Master Paintings in North America
Author: John D. Morse
Publisher: New York : Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780896590502
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Master Paintings in North America reveals the astonishing variety and quality of North American collections, the results of over one hundred years of inspired collecting by individual collectors and public institutions. It may be no surprise that the Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection in New York and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. have a large number of El Grecos, for example. But how many of us are aware that works by El Greco can also be found in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Sarasota, Florida; Glen Falls, New York; and in Ottawa and Montreal? The only guide of its kind,Master Paintings in North America provides a complete and fully captioned listing of every painting in U.S. and Canadian collections by fifty selected old master painters-from the early Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century. This volume also contains a valuable geographical index which provides vital museum-going information: addresses, hours, and admission fees, as well as listing of other important painters represented in the museums. In addition to helping the reader locate these masterpieces,Master Painting in North America also provides the means for more fully enjoying these great treasures. The author, Mr. John Morse-a noted art historian and critic-provides brief biographical entries for each of the fifty painters, and longer essays analyzing the significance of their work. The book is lavishly illustrated with large full-page color plates as well as over one hundred black-and-white illustrations. This book is not only for the tourist, but also for the armchair traveler who can also enjoy the wonderful treasures in North America's museums. Master Paintings in North America is a beautiful addition to anyone's art-book library, and an indispensable companion for the art-living traveler, for the student and scholar.
Publisher: New York : Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780896590502
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Master Paintings in North America reveals the astonishing variety and quality of North American collections, the results of over one hundred years of inspired collecting by individual collectors and public institutions. It may be no surprise that the Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection in New York and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. have a large number of El Grecos, for example. But how many of us are aware that works by El Greco can also be found in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Sarasota, Florida; Glen Falls, New York; and in Ottawa and Montreal? The only guide of its kind,Master Paintings in North America provides a complete and fully captioned listing of every painting in U.S. and Canadian collections by fifty selected old master painters-from the early Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century. This volume also contains a valuable geographical index which provides vital museum-going information: addresses, hours, and admission fees, as well as listing of other important painters represented in the museums. In addition to helping the reader locate these masterpieces,Master Painting in North America also provides the means for more fully enjoying these great treasures. The author, Mr. John Morse-a noted art historian and critic-provides brief biographical entries for each of the fifty painters, and longer essays analyzing the significance of their work. The book is lavishly illustrated with large full-page color plates as well as over one hundred black-and-white illustrations. This book is not only for the tourist, but also for the armchair traveler who can also enjoy the wonderful treasures in North America's museums. Master Paintings in North America is a beautiful addition to anyone's art-book library, and an indispensable companion for the art-living traveler, for the student and scholar.
European Paintings in the Timken Art Gallery
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the National Gallery of Canada
Author: National Gallery of Canada. Library
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Drawn by the Brush
Author: Peter C. Sutton
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300106262
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens—created at speed and in the heat of invention with a colorful loaded brush—convey all the spontaneity of the great Flemish painter’s creative process. This ravishing book draws from both private and public collections to present in full color 40 of Rubens’s oil sketches. Viewers will find in these informal paintings an enchanting intimacy and gain a new appreciation of Rubens’s capacity for invention and improvisation, and of his special genius for dramatic design and coloristic brilliance. The book investigates the role of the oil sketch in Rubens’s work; the development of the artist’s themes and narratives in his multiple sketches; and the history of the appreciation of his oil sketches. It also explores some of the unique aspects of his techniques and materials. By revealing the oil sketches as the most direct record of Rubens’s creative process, the book presents him as the greatest and most fluent practitioner of this vibrant and vital medium.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300106262
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens—created at speed and in the heat of invention with a colorful loaded brush—convey all the spontaneity of the great Flemish painter’s creative process. This ravishing book draws from both private and public collections to present in full color 40 of Rubens’s oil sketches. Viewers will find in these informal paintings an enchanting intimacy and gain a new appreciation of Rubens’s capacity for invention and improvisation, and of his special genius for dramatic design and coloristic brilliance. The book investigates the role of the oil sketch in Rubens’s work; the development of the artist’s themes and narratives in his multiple sketches; and the history of the appreciation of his oil sketches. It also explores some of the unique aspects of his techniques and materials. By revealing the oil sketches as the most direct record of Rubens’s creative process, the book presents him as the greatest and most fluent practitioner of this vibrant and vital medium.
Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392406
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588392406
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997343
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This publication is the Museum's descriptive catalogue of its 2,500 paintings, oil sketches, and finished pastels, each one illustrated and presented chronologically by national and regional school. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997343
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
This publication is the Museum's descriptive catalogue of its 2,500 paintings, oil sketches, and finished pastels, each one illustrated and presented chronologically by national and regional school. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Jacob Van Ruisdael
Author: Seymour Slive
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300089724
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 797
Book Description
If you know the 26 letters of the alphabet and can count to 99 -- or are just learning -- you'll love Tana Hoban's brilliant creation. This innovative concept book is two books in one!
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300089724
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 797
Book Description
If you know the 26 letters of the alphabet and can count to 99 -- or are just learning -- you'll love Tana Hoban's brilliant creation. This innovative concept book is two books in one!
The Fourteenth Century
Author: Miklós Boskovits
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miniature painters
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miniature painters
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description