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| Dancing with Degas | |
| Author: Julie Merberg and others | |
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Provides a simple introduction to French artist Edgar Degas and his pastel paintings of ballerinas. On board pages. |
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22 Published by: Chronicle Books More information and purchase |
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| Durer and the Virgin in the Garden | |
| Author: Susan Foister | |
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The Virgin in the Garden is one of the most beautiful subjects in the history of art. Its origins lie in the richly symbolic medieval cult of the Virgin Mary, which celebrated her life and personal attributes with imagery drawn from a garden filled with flowers. This lovely book is the first to discuss Durer's nature studies in the context of the National Gallery's Virgin with the Iris, now attributed to Durer's workshop. Bringing together several of Durer's most beautiful studies of the natural world, the book describes how the artist used preparatory drawings, prints, and watercolors to build compositions for himself and his workshop. The book also features some of Durer's most famous--and exquisite--flower studies to illuminate a discussion of the rich symbolism of the flowers used in representations of the Christ Child and the Virgin.Susan Foister is Curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and British Paintings at the National Gallery, London. She is coauthor of Holbein's "Ambassadors"; Durer to Veronese: Sixteenth-Century Painting in the National Gallery; and Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery, all available from Yale University Press. |
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32 Published by: National Gallery London More information and purchase |
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| Edouard Manet: Images of Parisian Life | |
| Author: Hajo Duechting | |
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Published by: Prestel Publishing Ltd More information and purchase |
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| Engravings of Hogarth | |
| Author: William Hogarth | |
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Rake's Progress, Harlot's Progress, Ilustrations for Hudibras, Before and After, Beer Street and Gin Lane, 96 more; commentary by Sean Shesgreen. |
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205 Published by: Dover Publications More information and purchase |
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| Famous Australian Artists | |
| Author: Lois Hunter | |
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Whether you're new to art and looking for a book to start you off in your explorations of Australian art or whether you're just looking for a handy reference, Famous Australian Artists provides a quick overview and is an excellent place to start. |
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Published by: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd (AUS) More information and purchase |
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| Fieldwork | |
| Author: National Gallery of Victoria | |
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Fieldwork surveys the most important developments in Australian art from 1968 to the present, critically assessing the interconnection of art and significant moments of social and cultural development. |
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160 Published by: National Gallery of Victoria More information and purchase |
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| Five Centuries of British Painting | |
| Author: Andrew Wilton | |
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A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape and portraiture) as against "high" art and abstraction. This is a survey of the personalities of British painting and an assessment of its latest flowering. |
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256 Published by: Thames and Hudson Ltd More information and purchase |
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| From Manet to Manhattan: Rise of the Modern Art Market | |
| Author: Peter Watson | |
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Concentrating on paintings as well as books and oriental art, this is a panorama of the art market during the past century, covering collectors, dealers, auction houses and sales. It portrays the rise of the auction houses - Sotheby's and Christie's - and reviews controversial transactions and spectacular auctions in which such works as Picasso's "Au Lapin Agile" and Van Gogh's "Irises" and "Portrait of Dr Gachet" changed hands and broke records. The narrative is underpinned with financial facts and a discussion of art-price trends. |
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560 Published by: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) More information and purchase |
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| Gauguin Tahiti | |
| Author: George T.M. Shackleford | |
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An in-depth exploration of Gauguin's Polynesian years, based on numerou letters and documents, plus a wide range of paintings, carvings, and photographs. |
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372 Published by: MFA Publications More information and purchase |
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| Goya | |
| Author: Robert Hughes | |
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Robert Hughes first encountered Goya's work while a student in Australia. Looking at his etchings for the first time, he wondered what made it possible for an eighteenth-century Spanish artist to convey the essence of despair, loneliness, anxiety and loss to an adolescent two centuries and half a world away. Thus began a life-long process of discovery and analysis. In many ways a labour of love, Goya charts the Spanish master's career, describing his entire painted and graphic oeuvre within its historical context. Containing lively biographical sketches of Goya's patrons and insightful analysis of his recurring themes, Hughes' book examines Goya's fierce pacifism and his reputation within his lifetime and after his death. |
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448 Published by: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) More information and purchase |
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