History of art Books
Getty Publications Pontormo Portrait of a Halberdier Getty Museum
Book SynopsisIn this volume Elizabeth Cropper argues that the subject of Pontormo's "Portrait of a Halbardier" is Francesco Guardi. The book reveals the evidence and methods employed by scholars in attempting to answer questions about the people and places portrayed in works of art.
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Getty Trust Publications Walker Evans Signs Getty Publications Yale
Book SynopsisFrom the 1920s to the time of his death in 1975, photographer Walker Evans was obsessed with the signage he found in modern America--from billboards to gas station pumps to street graffiti to handmade announcements of a Saturday-night dance. This book features 50 of his photographs of signs from the Getty Museum's collection, plus 50 additional il
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Getty Publications Jan Steen The Drawing Lesson
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Getty Trust Publications JeanBaptiste Greuze The Laundress Getty Museum
Book SynopsisJean-Baptiste Greuze created The Laundress in 1761. This work traces the history of the painting, compares it to other Greuze paintings of laundresses and places the artist in the social and cultural mores of the period.
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Getty Trust Publications Palace Sculptures of Abomey History Told on Walls Getty Publications Yale
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J. Paul Getty Museum A Garden of Greek Verse Poems of Ancient Greece Getty Trust Publications J Paul Getty Museum
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J. Paul Getty Museum Ancient Greece
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Getty Trust Publications Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone A
Book SynopsisPresented in glossary format, this volume gives precise definitions of the words and phrases most frequently encountered by museum visitors in exhibition labels and texts.
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J. Paul Getty Museum A Masterpiece Reconstructed The Hours of Louis XII
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J. Paul Getty Trust Publications From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter
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Getty Trust Publications European Art of the Seventeenth Century
Book SynopsisThe seventeenth century was the beginning of a new era of commercialism, in which artists increasingly catered to affluent collectors. This title highlights the most important artists, works, concepts, and theories of the period, accompanied by 400 full-colour illustrations.
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The University of Michigan Press Painting and Calligraphy in the Wutsatsu
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The University of Michigan Press An Index to Reproductions of Paintings by
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Gronk
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UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press Carmen Lomas Garza
Book SynopsisExplores the art of the celebrated Chicana artist who depicts her childhood in the Mexican-American community in South Texas.Trade ReviewI saw the need to create images that would elicit recognition and appreciation among Mexican Americans, both adults and children, while at the same time serve as a source of education for others not familiar with our culture.--Carmen Lomas Garza
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UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press L.A. Xicano
Book SynopsisExamines the life and works of dozens of Mexican American and Chicano artists and photographers
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Academy Chicago Publishers Pagan Celtic Britain Studies in Iconography and Tradition
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Griffith Institute Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
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Griffith Institute Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
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Griffith Institute Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
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Griffith Institute Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
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Griffith Institute Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
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Griffith Institute Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian
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Griffith Institute Principles of Egyptian Art Edited by Emma
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Fitzwilliam Museum Triumph Protection Dreams
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Brepols N.V. Portraits part 19 v 2 Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig
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Brepols N.V. Studies in English and Continental Art of the
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Pindar Press Studies in English Bible Illustration Volume I
Book SynopsisGeorge Henderson's work on English biblical illumination sheds light on Anglo-Saxon and Norman manuscripts' sources and artists' creativity. His two volumes trace links to antique sources, innovations, and lost art, while the second volume focuses on thirteenth-century Anglo-French Apocalypses and medieval English seals.Table of ContentsPreface Losses and Lacunae in Early Insular Art Bede and the Visual Arts Late Antique Influences in Some Medieval English Illustrations of Genesis The Sources of the Genesis Cycle at Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe The Programme of Illustrations in Bodleian MS Junius Xl The Joshua Cycle in B. M. Cotton MS Claudius B. IV Cain's Jaw-bone Narrative Illustration and Theological Exposition in Medieval Art Bible Illustration in the Age of Laud Additional Notes Index
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Pindar Press Studies in Persian Art Volume I
Book SynopsisOver the last forty years, Basil Robinson has established a reputation as a leading authority on the art of Persia.Table of ContentsPreface A Survey of Persian Painting 1350-1896 Persian Painting and the National Epic Persian Miniatures and Manuscripts Persian Miniatures of the 16th and 17th Centuries Shah Abbas and the Mughal Ambassador Khan Alam: the Pictorial Record Areas of Controversy in Islamic Painting Book Illustration in Transoxiana: the Timurid Period Some Modern Persian Miniatures Persian Miniatures at the British Museum Persian Painting: A Loan Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum Persian Miniature Painting from Collections in the British Isles Qajar Art: An Introduction The Court Painters of Fath Ali Shah The Amery Collection of Persian Oil Paintings Persian Royal Portraiture and the Qajars Some Thoughts on Qajar Lacquer Qajar Lacquer Persian Lacquer in the Bern Historical Museum Persian Lacquer and the Bern Historical Museum Casket A Pair of Royal Book-Covers A Lacquer Mirror Case of 1854 Qajar Painted Enamels A Royal Qajar Enamel The Tehran Nizami of 1848 and other Qajar Illustrated Books Index
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Pindar Press Studies in Persian Art Volume II
Book SynopsisThis second volume of Basil Robinson's Studies concentrates on Persian manuscript illumination, beginning with six studies of artists who worked in this medium. There then follows twenty-two studies of individual manuscripts, from the fourteenth century onwards.Table of ContentsPreface 'Zenith of his Time': the Painter Pir Ahmad Baghshimali Bihzad and his School: the Materials Siyah Qalam Painter-llluminators of 16th Century Shiraz Muhammadi and the Khurasan Style Ali Asghar, Court Painter The Earliest Illustrated Manuscript of Nizami? Two Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Marquess of Bute, I. Two Mathnawis Two Illustrated Manuscripts in the Malek Library, Tehran. I. Anthology A Persian Battle-Piece Prince Baysunghur and the Fables of Bidpai Prince Baysunghur's Nizami: A Speculation Unpublished Paintings from a 15th-Century Book of Kings The Shahnama of Muhammad Juki, RAS MS 239 The Dunimarle Shahnama: A Timurid Manuscript from Mazandaran The Tehran Manuscript of Kalila wa Dimna: A Reconsideration The Durham Gulistan: an Unpublished Timurid Manuscript RAS MS 178: an unrecorded Persian Painter The John Rylands Layla wa Majnoun and the Bodleian Nawa'i of 1485: a Royal Timurid Manuscript 'A Magnificent MS': the British Library Shahnama of 1486 Origin and Date of Three Famous Shah Nameh Illustrations Rustam in Battle: A Persian Masterpiece An Unpublished Manuscript of the Gulistan of Sa'di Isma'il II's Copy of the Shahnama Two Manuscripts of the Shahnama in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. I. Holmes 150 Two Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Marquess of Bute. II. Anwar i Suhayli of 1593 A Lost Persian Miniature Two Manuscripts of the Shahnama in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. II. Holmes 151 The Shahnameh Manuscript Cochran 4 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Index
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Pindar Press Medieval Armenian Art and Architecture
Book SynopsisThe Church of the Holy Cross at Aght'amar is a well-preserved medieval Armenian architectural gem on an island in Lake Van; its exterior sculptures and interior murals offer insight into the tenth-century Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan, created by King Gagik. Davies interprets the art and biblical imagery, highlighting its contemporary relevance.
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Pindar Press Commentaries on Roman Art
Book SynopsisRichard Brilliant's work revolutionised the study of Roman art, tracing its connections to Greek art. This collection is divided into three sections: portraits, Roman adaptation of Greek models, and symbolic aspects of Roman art, including Jewish symbolism and Greek myths.Table of ContentsPreface On Portraits An Early Imperial Portait of Caligula One Head, Three Problems Una statua ritratta del territorio di Tarquinia Hairiness: A Matter of Style and Substance in Roman Portraits Augustus and Hadrian: Classical and Classicizing Modes Marmi classici, storie tragiche Mythology Intellectual Giants: A Classical Topos and The School of Athens Ancient Roman Monuments as Models and as Topoi Simboli ed attributi nell'arte greca-romana 'Jewish Symbols', Is that still Good enough? Preface and Introduction to Roman Art from the Republic to Constantine Storia dell'arte e sociologia Temporal Aspects in Late Roman Art The Art of Classical Italy Prolegomena to a Very Long Book on the City of Rome Africa in the Arts of Greece and Rome I Piedistalli del Giardino di Boboli: 'spolia in se', 'spolia in re' Resistance and Receptivity to Greco-Roman Art Scenic Representation 'I Come to You as Your Lord': Late Roman Imperial Art Patterns of Appropriation: Greek Myths in Roman Sarcophagi
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Pindar Press Studies in Roman and Early Christian Architecture
Book SynopsisThe work of J. B. Ward-Perkins on Roman architecture spanned fifty years, and his numerous published papers covered almost every aspect of the subject. This selection of sixteen studies focuses mainly on the provinces, particularly the North African cities.Table of ContentsPreface by R. Ling The Early Development of Roman Town Planning Early Roman Towns in Italy From Republic to Empire. Reflections on the Early Provincial Design The Caesareum at Cyrene and the Basilica at Cremna Severan Art and Architecture at Lepcis Magna The Art of the Severan Age in the Light of Tripolitanian Discoveries The Arch of Septimius Severus at Lepcis Magna The Hunting-Baths at Lepcis Magna The Architecture of Roman Anatolia: The Roman Contribution The Roman West and the Parthian East Notes on the Structure and Building Methods of Early Byzantine Architecture Constantine and the Origins of the Christian Basilica The Shrine of St. Peter and its Twelve Spiral Columns Imperial Mausolea Memoria, Martyr's Tomb and Martyr's Church Index
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Pindar Press Studies in Late Byzantine Painting
Book SynopsisDoula Mouriki's death in 1991 was a great loss to Greek scholarship. In a career of just under thirty years she made a major contribution to the study of Byzantine art in Greece. This volume brings together eight of the most influential of Professor Mouriki's papers on late Byzantine painting.Table of ContentsPreface by Melita Emmanuel Stylistic Trends in Monumental Painting of Greece at the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century The Mask Motif in the Wall Paintings of Mistra. Cultural Implications of a Classical Feature in Late Byzantine Painting Stylistic Trends in Monumental Painting of Greece during the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Reflections of Constantinopolitan Styles in Georgian Monumental Painting Revival Themes with Elements of Daily Life in Two Palaeologan Frescoes Depicting the Baptism Thirteenth-Century Icon Painting in Cyprus Observations on the Style of the Wall Paintings of the Sion Church at Ateni, Georgia Palaeologan Mistra and the West Additional Notes Index
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Power Institute of Fine Arts Asian Modernities
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Power Publications Images of the Pacific Rim
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Power Publications J. W. Power AbstractionCreation
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National Gallery Singapore Ambitious Alignments
Book SynopsisTen essays by emerging scholars draw upon unexplored archives and works of art, bearing witness to rich local histories and uncovering complex artistic exchanges across Southeast Asia and beyond.
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art Breaking the Mold
Book SynopsisFocuses on paintings from the transition from post-war abstract expressionism to fresh artistic developments. This book includes works on paper, paintings, and sculpture by fifty artists including Richard Diebenkorn and Ellsworth Kelly.Trade ReviewA must for contemporary collections. * Umbrella *Table of ContentsIntroduction and Acknowledgments / Carolyn HillWhen Washington, D.C. Was an Art Capital / Barbara RoseThe Washington Gallery of Modern Art and its Collection (1961-1968) / Gerald NordlandThe Washington Color Painters / Hardy S. GeorgeAlice Denney on the Washington Gallery of Modern Art / Interview by Hardy George on June 27, 2006Conversations with Walter Hopps, Selections from a Series of Interviews / Conducted by Judith Richardson Markley, March 1988ChronologyExhibition ChecklistBibliography
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Bluewood Books,U.S. 100 Artists Who Shaped World History 100 Bluewood
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Spencer Museum of Art,US The Liturgy of Love
Book SynopsisAn exploration of art reflecting the relationship between spiritual and physical love as expressed in the Song of Songs.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Love in the "Canticum Canticorum" Cimabue's Life of Mary: Mother and Bride -- The Cycle at Assisi -- The Assumption of the Virgin -- Narrative and Theology -- The Politics of the Liturgy of Love Michelangelo's Medici Madonna: Spouse and Son -- Prolepsis -- Prevarication -- Seat of Wisdom -- Bundle of myrrh -- Time -- Ravished to heaven -- Perpetual praise -- Gentle yoke Rembrandt's Jewish Bride: Sister and Spouse -- Isaac and Rebecca: The Chosen People -- The Garden of Love -- Marriage Made in Heaven -- Venus Pudica -- Jan van Eyck -- The Song of Songs as Social Intercourse Notes Bibliography Index
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Denver Art Museum Redrawing Boundaries
Book SynopsisA substantial contribution to American art history. Six writers on art and popular culture survey the western art in the twenty-first century, tracing its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their observations support an emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and political context.Trade Review"Written by some of the most prominent, perceptive, and prolific historians of western art, the essays explore a remarkable array of issues for a volume so slim." * New Mexico Historical Review *"These essays provide insight into the development of collections of western art, the representation of western art themes and subjects in popular culture, photography as a vital theme in western art, and the image of the West in western art. An engaging analysis of a fascinating, significant topic..Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword and Acknowledgments / Peter H. Hassrick Introduction Where's the Art in Western Art? / Peter H. Hassrick Western American Art: Celebrating the Burden of Popularity / Patty Limerick Essays In the Enemy's Country: Western Art's Uneasy Status / Brian W. Dippie Old West Meets New Art History: Some Reasons Why the Dust Hasn't Settled / William H. Truettner Shoot-Out: Poking Fun and Challenging Myths in Western American Art / Erika Doss Photography and the Western Scene / Martha A. Sandweiss Chasing the Phantom: Cultural Memory in the Image of the West / Angela Miller Selected Bibliography
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Medieval Institute Publications Chester Art
Book SynopsisThis book will serve as an invaluable research tool for students and scholars with an interest in art relating to early drama, as well as those whose interests lie more in local art history, specifically that of Chester.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction List of Abbreviations Old Testament Parents of Virgin and Her Life (to Nativity) Infancy of Christ Christ's Ministry The Passion The Risen Christ Conclusion of the Life of the Virgin Christ in Majesty and Trinity The Apostles Saints Miscellaneous Appendix I: Cult and Shrine of St. Werburgh Appendix II: Musical Instruments in Surviving Chester Art Appendix III: List of Chester Catedral Misericords Selected Bibliography Index
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Medieval Institute Publications Word Picture and Spectacle 5 Early Drama Art and
Book SynopsisEssays addressing issues in the study of medieval art, literature, and drama. The topics covered include scatological illustration in Gothic manuscripts, connections between word and picture in religious art, perceived relationship between divine and human creativity and an exploration in the phenomenology of space and time in medieval theater.Table of ContentsPreface The Symbolic Significance of Figurae Scatologicae in Gothic Manuscripts by Karl P. Wentersdorf The Word in Religious Art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Roger Ellis Space and Time in Medieval Drama: Meditations on Orientation in the Early Theater by Clifford Davidson Ut enim faber...sic creator: Divine Creation as Context for Human Creativity in the Twelfth Century by R. W. Hanning
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University of Pennsylvania Press Haverford College Collection of Classical Antiqu
Book SynopsisIn 1989 Ernest Allen bequeathed a fine collection of 25 classical vases and terracottas to Haverford College. The range of objects includes a Mycenean stirrup jar, a selection of black- and red-figure vases, a white-ground lekythos, several fine archaic terracottas, and two Duver plaques with colorful striding griffins. Dr. Ashmead presents an overview of each object and its significance along with a scholarly approach to complete detailed descriptions and comparanda. Each piece is illustrated by black-and-white photographs.
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Tacoma Art Museum A Punch of Color
Book SynopsisThroughout her six-decade career, Camille Patha's painting has oscillated between the figurative and the abstract. Patha began painting gestural abstraction in the 1960s then deliberately explored various painting styles, including hard-edged abstraction and surrealist-infused photorealism and, finally, a return to abstraction.
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Terra Foundation for American Art Chicago Modern 18931945 Pursuit of the New
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Terra Foundation for the Arts,U.S. Art of the United States 17502000
Book SynopsisArt of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources presents three centuries of US art through a broad array of historical texts, including writings by artists, critics, patrons, literary figures, and other commentators.
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