The Biography Of A Painting
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The Biography Of A Painting
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Author : Ben Shahn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
The Biography Of A Painting written by Ben Shahn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Aesthetics categories.
Original text for Shahn's Charles Eliot Norton lecture for 1956.
Wisdom And Strength
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Author : Peter Watson
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1989
Wisdom And Strength written by Peter Watson and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Painting categories.
"A biography of the painting Wisdom and Strength, detailing its owners' lives and piccadillos, Paolo Veronese' influence, and its ups and downs in the world of art and life."--Amazon.com.
Sargent S Daughters
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Author : Erica E. Hirshler
language : en
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Release Date : 2019-03-07
Sargent S Daughters written by Erica E. Hirshler and has been published by Museum of Fine Arts Boston this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with categories.
A paperback edition of the book described by the New York Times Book Review as 'thoroughly absorbing'. Henry James minced no words in crediting John Singer Sargent with a 'knock-down insolence of talent.' Among the painter's many renowned works, few deserve the phrase as much as The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, which stands alongside Madame X and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw as one of Sargent's greatest images. The painting, depicting four young sisters in the family apartment (first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1883, it predated by just one year the scandal of Madame X), both explores and defies convention, crossing the boundaries between portrait and genre scene, formal composition and casual snapshot. At its unveiling, one prominent critic rushed to praise Sargent's stunning originality, while another dismissed the canvas as 'four corners and a void.' Using numerous unpublished archival documents, Erica E. Hirshler explores this iconic canvas from a variety of angles, discussing its innovative significance as a work of art, the people involved in its making and what became of them, its importance to Sargent's career, its place in the tradition of artistic patronage, and its changing meanings and lasting popularity. Sargent's Daughters is an evocative, multifaceted book that will transform the way you look at Sargent's work, simultaneously illuminating a much beloved painting and reaffirming its mystery
Vincent Van Gogh
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Author : United Library
language : en
Publisher: United Library
Release Date : 2024-01-14
Vincent Van Gogh written by United Library and has been published by United Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Embark on a journey through the extraordinary life and unparalleled artistry of Vincent Willem van Gogh, a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who left an indelible mark on the world of Western art. Vincent van Gogh's book, offers a vivid portrayal of this iconic figure whose bold, symbolic colors and impassioned brushwork laid the foundation for modern art. Born into an upper-middle-class family, van Gogh's early years hinted at his future brilliance, but also revealed signs of mental instability. As he ventured into adulthood, he explored various professions, from art dealing to missionary work, all while battling periods of depression and solitude. It was only in 1881 that he turned to painting, thanks in part to the unwavering support of his brother, Theo, with whom he maintained a heartfelt correspondence. Van Gogh's artistic evolution took him from still lifes and depictions of peasant labor to the vibrant and expressive works that would define his legacy. His move to Paris in 1886 brought him into contact with avant-garde artists like Gauguin, igniting a period of artistic collaboration and transformation. However, van Gogh's journey was marked by inner turmoil and mental anguish. His tragic episode of self-mutilation, severing part of his ear, and his struggles with psychosis and delusions painted a portrait of an artist in torment. Despite periods of hospitalization, his art continued to evolve, culminating in the radiant landscapes of Arles and the iconic "Starry Night." The book explores van Gogh's complex relationship with his own mental health and the enduring fascination with his misunderstood genius. After his untimely death in 1890, his art gained recognition, inspiring future artistic movements and capturing the public's imagination. Today, his works command astronomical prices, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam stands as a testament to his enduring legacy. This book unveils the compelling story of an artist whose tumultuous life and artistic brilliance continue to captivate the world.
The Dragon S Trail
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Author : Joanna Pitman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-04-23
The Dragon S Trail written by Joanna Pitman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-23 with History categories.
Raphael's St. George and the Dragon is the work of a genius -- an exquisitely rendered vision of heroism and innocence by one of the greatest painters of all time. Yet the painting's creation is only the beginning of its fascinating story, which spans centuries of power play and intrigue, and has made it a witness to the rise and fall of the great powers of the Western world as it seduced its owners to ever greater heights of corruption and greed. Raphael's masterpiece was commissioned by Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, the ruler of Urbino, in 1506. Raphael was only twenty-three years old, but he had already begun to acquire a reputation as a painter who was as ruthless in his pursuit of money as he was talented. The duke sent the painting to England's King Henry VII as a thank-you for naming him a knight in the Order of the Garter. The painting then mysteriously disappeared for one hundred years until King Charles I saw it hanging in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke and acquired it for a book of Holbein drawings. After Charles was beheaded in 1649, his collection was broken up and the painting made its way to the private gallery of the third-richest man in France, where it was ensconced in its own special room. Thirty years later, the philosopher Diderot was instructed by Catherine the Great of Russia to buy it for her vast collection at the Hermitage. The heroic curators of the Hermitage protected St. George and the Dragon from fire, water, and the anarchists of the Russian Revolution, until Joseph Stalin sold it in 1930 to raise cash. The secret buyer was Andrew Mellon, Treasury Secretary of the United States, who in doing so blatantly violated a U.S. sanction against doing any business with Soviet Russia. Mellon eventually founded The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., where St. George and the Dragon rests to this day. Exceptionally written and breathlessly paced, The Dragon's Trail is a microhistory that touches on the rise of the Tudors, the downfall of a Stuart, the twilight of the French aristocracy, the terrors of the Bolshevik revolution, and the depths of the Cold War -- all witnessed by one painting that inspired the best and the worst instincts in its owners.
John Singer Sargent And His Muse
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Author : Karen Corsano
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2017
John Singer Sargent And His Muse written by Karen Corsano and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Art categories.
This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent's art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse, Rose-Marie Ormond, telling her story for the first time. In a score of paintings created between 1906 and 1912, John Singer Sargent documented the idyllic teenage summers of Rose-Marie and his own deepening affection for her serene beauty and good-hearted, candid charm. Rose-Marie married Robert, the only son of Andr Michel, the foremost art historian of his day, who had known Sargent and reviewed his paintings in the Paris Salons of the 1880s. Robert was a promising historian as well, until the Great War claimed him first as an infantry sergeant, then a victim, in 1914. His widow Rose-Marie served as a nurse in a rehabilitation hospital for blinded French soldiers until she too was killed, crushed under a bombed church vault, in 1918. Sargent expressed his grief, as he expressed all his emotions, on canvas: He painted ruined French churches and, in Gassed, blinded soldiers; he made his last murals for the Boston Public Library a cryptic memorial to Rose-Marie and her beloved Robert. Braiding together the lives and families of Rose-Marie, Robert, and John Sargent, the book spans their many worlds--Paris, the Alps, London, the Soissons front, and Boston. Drawing on a rich trove of letters, diaries, and journals, this beautifully illustrated history brings Sargent and his times to vivid life.
Picasso And The Painting That Shocked The World
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Author : Miles J. Unger
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-03-13
Picasso And The Painting That Shocked The World written by Miles J. Unger and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of The Christian Science Monitor’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 “An engrossing read…a historically and psychologically rich account of the young Picasso and his coteries in Barcelona and Paris” (The Washington Post) and how he achieved his breakthrough and revolutionized modern art through his masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. In 1900, eighteen-year-old Pablo Picasso journeyed from Barcelona to Paris, the glittering capital of the art world. For the next several years he endured poverty and neglect before emerging as the leader of a bohemian band of painters, sculptors, and poets. Here he met his first true love and enjoyed his first taste of fame. Decades later Picasso would look back on these years as the happiest of his long life. Recognition came first from the avant-garde, then from daring collectors like Leo and Gertrude Stein. In 1907, Picasso began the vast, disturbing masterpiece known as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Inspired by the painting of Paul Cézanne and the inventions of African and tribal sculpture, Picasso created a work that captured the disorienting experience of modernity itself. The painting proved so shocking that even his friends assumed he’d gone mad, but over the months and years it exerted an ever greater fascination on the most advanced painters and sculptors, ultimately laying the foundation for the most innovative century in the history of art. In Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World, Miles J. Unger “combines the personal story of Picasso’s early years in Paris—his friendships, his romances, his great ambition, his fears—with the larger story of modernism and the avant-garde” (The Christian Science Monitor). This is the story of an artistic genius with a singular creative gift. It is “riveting…This engrossing book chronicles with precision and enthusiasm a painting with lasting impact in today’s art world” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), all of it played out against the backdrop of the world’s most captivating city.
Mark Rothko
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Author : James E. B. Breslin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-08-13
Mark Rothko written by James E. B. Breslin and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A book of heroic dimensions, this is the first full-length biography of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century—a man as fascinating, difficult, and compelling as the paintings he produced. Drawing on exclusive access to Mark Rothko's personal papers and over one hundred interviews with artists, patrons, and dealers, James Breslin tells the story of a life in art—the personal costs and professional triumphs, the convergence of genius and ego, the clash of culture and commerce. Breslin offers us not only an enticing look at Rothko as a person, but delivers a lush, in-depth portrait of the New York art scene of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s—the world of Abstract Expressionism, of Pollock, Rothko, de Kooning, and Klein, which would influence artists for generations to come. "In Breslin, Rothko has the ideal biographer—thorough but never tedious, a good storyteller with an ear for the spoken word, fond but not fawning, and possessed of a most rare ability to comment on non-representational art without sounding preposterous."—Robert Kiely, Boston Book Review "Breslin impressively recreates Mark Rothko's troubled nature, his tormented life, and his disturbing canvases. . . . The artist's paintings become almost tangible within Breslin's pages, and Rothko himself emerges as an alarming physical force."—Robert Warde, Hungry Mind Review "This remains beyond question the finest biography so far devoted to an artist of the New York School."-Arthur C. Danto, Boston Sunday Globe "Clearly written, full of intelligent insights, and thorough."—Hayden Herrera, Art in America "Breslin spent seven years working on this book, and he has definitely done his homework."-Nancy M. Barnes, Boston Phoenix "He's made the tragedy of his subject's life the more poignant."—Eric Gibson, The New Criterion "Mr. Breslin's book is, in my opinion, the best life of an American painter that has yet been written . . . a biographical classic. It is painstakingly researched, fluently written and unfailingly intelligent in tracing the tragic course of its subject's tormented character."—Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review, front page review James E. B. Breslin (1936-1996) was professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of From Modern to Contemporary: American Poetry, 1945-1965 and William Carlos Williams: An American Artist.
Giotto The Painter
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Author : Michael Viktor Schwarz
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
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The Elements Of Life
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Author : Richard Wendorf
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1990
The Elements Of Life written by Richard Wendorf and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
In this bold new study, Wendorf compares two arts--biography and portrait-painting--that have often been linked in a casual way but whose historical connections have remained unexplored. Reassessing the great age of English portraiture--from the arrival of Van Dyck to the publication of Boswell's Life of Johnson--Wendorf reveals that, despite their obvious differences, visual and verbal portraits often shared similar assumptions about the representation of historical character. Rooted in modern theory devoted to the comparison of literature and painting and to the problem of representation, the book examines each form of portraiture in terms of the other, bringing into discussion such writers as Izaak Walton, John Evelyn, John Aubrey, Roger North, Goldsmith, Johnson, Mrs. Piozzi, Boswell, and such artists as Van Dyck, Lely, Samuel Cooper, Jonathan Richardson, Hogarth, and Reynolds.