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As intimate and meticulous as his revered portraits, Lucian Freud's magnificent paintings and drawings of plant life are gathered for the first time in book form. Lucian Freud's portraits are known for their spectacular detail and unflinching gaze. Although Freud brought the same qualities to his (...)

This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artists who redefined modern self-portraiture.The self-portrait has been a vital aspect of artistic expression throughout history. Neo-Classical painters such as El Greco and Rembrandt (...)

This volume, the second catalogue of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare examples from the Early Christian (...)

A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert their influence on the decorative arts. Around (...)

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) è stato uno dei maestri più importanti del Rinascimento nordico e la sua arte ha travalicato i confini della natia Germania, divenendo un punto di riferimento per pittori, disegnatori e incisori dell'intera Europa.Grande pittore e mirabile disegnatore, mostrò in (...)

The baroque period spanned the whole of Europe from 1600 to 1780. Beginning with Italian artists who brought drama to painting through dynamic compositions and pronounced contrasts between light and dark, the baroque was later exported by countless artists to their own countries, where the new (...)

Edward Hopper describe la sociedad americana a través de sus pinturas directas y francas: paisajes rurales desiertos, gasolineras, moteles ferrocarriles, ciudades con rápida urbanización.

A principios del siglo XVII surgieron en Europa las cartillas de dibujo, unos materiales pedagógicos que revolucionaron la metodología tradicional de la enseñanza de esta disciplina, permitiendo a artistas, aficionados y particulares progresar sin la presencia de un maestro, sobre todo en la (...)

El sentido estético del modernismo impregnó todas las artes, pero fue en la arquitectura y en las artes decorativas y gráficas donde destacó especialmente. La nueva burguesía, nacida con la pujanza de la industria y el comercio (en el caso de Novelda, basado principalmente en la piedra, la uva y (...)

Un cuidada selección del trabajo del artista procedente de su colección Kunsthalle Bremen centrada principalmente en Francia y Alemania desde el s.XIX hasta mediados del s.XX.

Il volume documenta uno spaccato della cultura figurativa perugina del XV secolo, attraverso l'analisi di una raccolta tanto insolita quanto preziosa, ovvero quella di una serie di cassoni o cofani nuziali in uso nelle dimore rinascimentali italiane. Questi manufatti, di cui solo pochi esemplari (...)

Napoléon, l'homme pressé, faisait aménager des berlines spéciales pour l'accompagner sur les champs de bataille. Dont un modèle révolutionnaire, commandé pour la campagne de Russie au carrossier Getting, qui permettait d'ouvrir la partie supérieure pour observer les alentours lors des opérations (...)

Il volume indaga il rapporto tra le culture artistiche di Brescia e Venezia nel corso del Cinquecento, alla luce delle novità introdotte dall'opera di Tiziano Vecellio.Partendo dalle sue due fondamentali imprese bresciane, ovvero il polittico realizzato per il vescovo Altobello Averoldi tra il 1520 (...)

Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440-1491) was a student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a favourite of Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico," his principal patron. Bertoldo was one of the first sculptors to create statuettes in bronze. With an overview of the artist's (...)

George Stubbs: 'all done from Nature' presents the first significant overview of Stubbs's work in Britain for more than 30 years and brings together 80 paintings, drawings and publications from the National Gallery's Whistlejacket to pieces never previously seen in public.Stubbs produced (...)

Catálogo de la exposición Historia de dos pintoras. Sofonisba Anguissola y Lavinia Fontana, celebrada en el Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, entre el 22 de octubre de 2019 y el 2 de febrero de 2020.Historia de dos pintoras: Sofonisba Anguissola y Lavinia Fontana es el primer libro donde se cotejan (...)