Libros

La collection d'orfèvrerie allemande du Musée national de la Renaissance à Ecouen, la plus importante en France avec celles du Louvre et des musées alsaciens, recèle de nombreux chefs-d'oeuvre encore à découvrir. Restées jusqu'ici injustement méconnues depuis le XIXe siècle, les oeuvres des grands (...)

A major reexamination of the father of the Hudson River School in relation to his European roots and travelsThomas Cole (1801 1848), arguably the greatest American landscape artist of his generation, is presented here in a new light: as an international figure, born in England, and in dialogue with (...)

What a shock it must have been for the Utrecht painters Hendrick ter Brugghen, Gerard van Honthorst and Dirck van Baburen when they first encountered the breathtaking and unconventional paintings of Caravaggio in Rome. This volume shows impressively how the young artists individually explored this (...)

David Lynch has always been in the spotlight as a filmmaker, directing some of the most iconic movies ever made, but as a visual artist, he is less widely known. Lynch delights in the physicality of painting and likes to stimulate all the senses in his work. This book brings together Lynch's (...)

George IV was arguably the most magnificent of British monarchs. By the time George ascended to the throne in 1820 after nine years as Prince Regent, he was already well-known for his extravagant lifestyle. Visual display played an important role in his public image, an image that he worked hard to (...)