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Expressionism Bassie, Ashley Sirrocco-Parkstone International, 2006

Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Emil Nolde, E.-L. Kirchner,Wörter : 46789

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Michelangelo (pageperfect Nook Book) Müntz, Eugène. Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Place of publication not identified, 2015

Michelangelo war, genau wie Leonardo, ein "universeller" K?nstler: Maler, Baumeister, Bildhauer und Dichter. Er war der Hauptmeister der italienischen Hochrenaissance und Wegbereiter des Manierismus. Seine Vorliebe galt der als Ausdruck der Leidenschaft angesehenen Skulptur. Nach Landschaften sucht man bei ihm vergeblich. Alles, was den Menschen ausmacht, seine Gef?hle, Leidenschaften, seinen Intellekt, wollte Michelangelo durch den nackten K?rper zum Ausdruck bringen, den er kaum einmal in einer Ruhestellung, ohne Bewegung zeigte. Die Malkunst war f?r ihn nur ein anderes, leichter zu handhabendes Mittel, um das in k?nstlerische Worte zu fassen, was seine Seele bewegte. So gestaltete er, der sich selbst in erster Linie als Bildhauer sah, ein Deckengem?lde, wie es lyrischer und epischer in der gesamten Geschichte der Malkunst nicht zu finden ist: die Decke der Sixtinischen Kapelle. ?ber die riesige Fl?che von 1000 m2 entfaltete er hier seine ganze Genialit?t. Als er die Arbeit im Auftrag von Papst Klemens VII. (1478 bis 1534) aufnahm, war er gerade mal 34 Jahre alt. In seinem letzten Gem?lde, dem J?ngsten Gericht an der Wand der Sixtinischen Kapelle, ließ er seinen eigenen Qualen freien Lauf. Was bedeuteten k?nstlerische Gesetze und Konventionen im Vergleich zu dem Schmerz, der in seinem Inneren tobte und ein Ventil brauchte? Kein Wunder, dass seine Zeitgenossen den Ausdruck terribilit? auf seinen Stil anwandten. Seine Figuren entf?hren uns in Gefilde der Phantasie, die weit ?ber das hinausgehen, was wir normalerweise mit ihrem Namen verbinden.

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The Art Of The Shoe (magnus Series) Marie-Josèphe Bossan Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, 2019

What is more common than a pair of shoes? In a world where shoes have become an object of mass consumption, these accessories are now rid of any significance. The industry has accomplished its duty: producing a large quantity at a low price. But there was a time when the shoe symbolised the strength of the Roman legion, the power of the Medieval lords or the oppression of the Chinese woman. Its history is both vast and enthralling, as revealed by the author Marie-Josèphe Bossan. Supporting her analysis with an outstanding iconography, the author gives these commonplace objects a universal quality that sheds light on the whole of civilisation and elevates them to the rank of a work of art.

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Homosexuality in Art : Temporis James Smalls Sirrocco-Parkstone International, New York, 2015

This book is not a panegyric of homosexuality. It is a scientific study led by Professor James Smalls who teaches art history in the prestigious University of Maryland, Baltimore. Abandoning all classical clichés and sociological approaches, the author highlights the sensibility particular to homosexuals. This book examines the process of creation and allows one to comprehend the contribution of homosexuality to the evolution of emotional perception. In a time when all barriers have been overcome, this analysis offers a new understanding of our civilisation’s masterpieces. Art,Subjects & Themes,Human Figure,History,General,Erotica

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Virgin Portraits (Mega Square) Carl, Klaus Sirrocco-Parkstone International, 2013

During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas, often rendering them more beautiful than they actually were. Over centuries in religious paintings, the Madonna has been presented as the clement and protective mother of God. However, with the passing of time, Mary gradually lost some of her spiritual characteristics and became more mortal and accessible to human sentiments. Virgin Portraits illuminates this evolution and contains impressive works by Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rubens, Fouquet, Dalí, and Kahlo.

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Jasper Johns (pageperfect Nook Book) Craft, Catherine; Johns, Jasper Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Temptis, 2012

At a time when the dominant mode of painting, Abstract Expressionism, emphasized expressive drama through bold brushwork and largely abstract compositions, Johns' paintings of the American flag, targets, numbers and the alphabet demonstrated a decided departure from convention. Despite being painted with obvious care, they seemed emotionally reticent, cool and quiet, far from the emotional fireworks then fashionable."It all began ... with my painting a picture of an American flag. Using this design took care of a great deal for me because I didn't have to design it. So I went on to similar things li. Read more...

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Salvador Dali (Great Painters Series) collaborative text: Heike Kruschinski, Victoria Charles, Jean-Paul Manzo Bournemouth, England: Parkstone Press, Great painters series, Bournemouth, England, England, 1999

Born in 1904 in Figueras, Spain, and died in 1984 in Torre-Galatea, Salvador Dali was the painter, set designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and filmmaker who became the most famous of the Surrealists. Bunuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on Dali's career. Dali's 1929 film The Dog of Andalusia, produced with Bunuel, marked his official entry into the tightly knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the wife of the poet Eluard and the woman who became his lifelong companion and inspiration. But his relationship with the Surrealists soon deteriorated, until his final rift with Andre Breton in 1939. Nevertheless, Dali's art remained surrealistic in its philosophy and expression and a prime example of its freshness, humor, and exploration of the subconscious mind. Throughout his long life, Dali was a genius at self promotion, constantly creating and maintaining his reputation as a mythical figure. He himself promoted the Dali Museum in Figueras. In 1964, the great Dali retrospective was held in Tokyo, followed by another at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Tate Gallery in London in 1974, and finally in Madrid and Barcelona in 1983.

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Natural Curiosities Charles, Victoria Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2011

Reflecting their owner's taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Displaying rare vegetable and animal species and fossils, these cabinets were always dedicated to science and knowledge. By collecting uncommon and beautiful objects in nature, rich noblemen were able to build a microcosm expressing the diversity of God's creation. Read more... Abstract: Reflecting their owner's taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th and 17th centuries. Displaying rare vegetable and animal species and fossils, these cabinets were always dedicated to science and knowledge. By collecting uncommon and beautiful objects in nature, rich noblemen were able to build a microcosm expressing the diversity of God's creation

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Art of India Smith, Vincent Arthur; Smith, Vincent Arthur Parkstone Press International, Temptis, [New ed.], 2012, 2011

If the 'Palace of Love', otherwise known as the Taj Mahal, is considered to be the emblem of Mughal Art, it is by no means the sole representative. Characterised by its elegance, splendor, and Persian and European influences, Mughal Art manifests itself equally well in architecture and painting as in decorative art. Abstract: If the 'Palace of Love', otherwise known as the Taj Mahal, is considered to be the emblem of Mughal Art, it is by no means the sole representative. Characterised by its elegance, splendor, and Persian and European influences, Mughal Art manifests itself equally well in architecture and painting as in decorative art

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Russian Painting : Temporis Leek, Peter. Sirrocco-Parkstone International, ruslib

From the 18th century to the 20th, this book gives a panorama of Russian painting not equalled anywhere else. Russian culture developed in contact with the wider European influence, but retained strong native intonations. It is a culture between East and West, and both influences in together. The book begins with Icons, and it is precisely Icon-painting which gave Russian artist their peculiar preoccupation with ethical questions and a certain kind of palette. It goes on the expound the duality of their art, and point out the originality of their contribution to world art. The illustrations cover all genres and styles of painting in astonishing variety. Such figures as Borovokovsky, Rokotov, Levitsky, Brullov, Fedatov, Repin, Shishkin and Levitan and many more are in these pages.

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Antoni Gaudí Jeremy Roe Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Temporis, Place of publication not identified, 2015

Rating: 4.18,Pages: 261,Spanish architect and designer, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was an important and influential figure in the history of contemporary Spanish art. His use of colour, application of a range of materials and the introduction of organic forms into his constructions were an innovation in the realm of architecture. In his journal, Gaudí freely expressed his own feelings on art, “the colours used in architecture have to be intense, logical and fertile.” His completed works (the Casa Batlló, 1905-1907 and the Casa Milà, 1905-1910) and his incomplete works (the restoration of the Poblet Monastery and the altarpiece of Alella in Barcelona) illustrate the importance of this philosophy. His furniture designs were conceived with the same philosophy, as shown, for example, in his own office (1878) or the lamps in the Plaza Real in Barcelona. The Sagrada Familia (1882-1926) was a monumental project which eventually took over his life (it was still incomplete at the time of his death).Bookfusion : NoGR : 4.18Pages : 261

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Art Nouveau (Art of Century) Jean Lahor Parkstone Press; Parkstone International, Art of century collection, New York, 2007

Art Nouveau designates a decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the industrial revolution and to the creative vacuum left behind in its wake, Art Nouveau was at the heart of a ""renaissance"" in the decorative arts. The primary objective of the movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of Nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. In order to achieve this, such artists as Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Antoni Gaudi, Jan Toorop, and William Morris favoured innovation in technique and novelty of forms.

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Paul Gauguin: Mysterious Affinities (Great Painters Series) Paul Gauguin; A. G. Barskai͡a; Asya Kantor-Gukovskaya; Marina Aleksandrovna Bessonova Parkstone ; Aurora, Bournemouth, St. Petersburg, cop.1995

173 p. : 33 cm Includes bibliographical references

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Bonnard Bonnard, Pierre Sirrocco, Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2005

Pierre Bonnard was the leader of a group of Post-Impressionist painters who called themselves the Nabis, from the Hebrew word meaning "prophet". Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel and Denis, the most distinguished of the Nabis, revolutionised decorative painting during one of the richest periods in the history of French painting. Bonnard's works are striking for their strong colours and candidness. This book comes in a convenient format and makes the perfect gift

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Vasily Kandinsky, 1866-1944 Mikhaïl Guerman Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2015

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter credited as being among the first to truly venture into abstract art. He persisted in expressing his internal world of abstraction despite negative criticism from his peers. He veered away from painting that could be viewed as representational in order to express his emotions, leading to his unique use of colour and form. Although his works received heavy censure at the time, in later years they would become greatly influential.

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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Brodskaïa, Nathalia; Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Essential, 2018

Impressionism is the most famous artistic movement. But what appears today as a charming and exquisite landscape painting, was actually one of the first avant-garde movements whose members had decided to fight the values of traditional art. The impressionist outdoor paintings shocked the public by the technique used, but also by their apparent banality. As Monet, Sisley, Pissarro and many others sought to capture the ephemeral nature of light, the next generation would reject naturalism. Indeed, post-impressionists such as Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Seurat favored the subjective rather than the objective and the eternal rather than the concrete. In doing so, they laid the formal foundations of 20th-century modern art. This book is a visual guide through the crucial moments in the history of art and the progression of the 19th-century to modernity.

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Post Impressionism Brodskaya, Nathalia Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Bilingual, 2014

While Impressionism marked the first steps toward modern painting by revolutionising an artistic medium stifled by academic conventions, Post-Impressionism, even more revolutionary, completely liberated colour and opened it to new, unknown horizons. Anchored in his epoch, relying on the new chromatic studies of Michel Eugène Chevreul, Georges Seurat transcribed the chemist's theory of colours into tiny points that created an entire image. With his heavy strokes, Van Gogh illustrated the midday sun, while Cézanne renounced perspective. Rich in its variety and in the singularity of its artists, Post-Impressionism was a passage taken by all the well-known figures of 20th century painting - it is here presented, for the great pleasure of the reader, by Nathalia Brodskaïa.

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Victoria Charles. Translated From The French By Ingrid Bengis. Ill. On Lining Papers.

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Edward Burne-Jones Burne-Jones, Edward Coley; Bade, Patrick; Burne-Jones, Edward Coley Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Perfect Square, London, Eng, 2007

Sir Edward Coley Burne Jones (1833-1898) was a master of drawing, painted glass and ceramic art. Initially impressed to the quick by Botticelli, Mantegna and Michelangelo, he later turned to Gabriel Rossetti and the early Pre-Raphaelites. Little concerned with the details of daily reality, he probed medieval literature for new themes and produced works that idolize Victorian values and the English woman. These ancient legends gave him a freedom of expression elsewhere denied in a society dominated by Queen Victoria, famous if not notorious for always dressing in black.

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Bonnard Brodskaya Nathalia. Sirrocco, Parkstone International, Mega Square

London: Sirrocco. 2014. — 256 p. — ISBN-978-1-78042-094-3 Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often characterized by a dreamlike quality. The intimate domestic scenes, for which he is perhaps best known, often include his wife Marthe de Meligny. Bonnard has been described as "the most thoroughly idiosyncratic of all the great twentieth- century painters", and the unusual vantage points of his compositions rely less on traditional modes of pictorial structure than voluptuous color, poetic allusions and visual wit.[2] Identified as a late practitioner of Impressionism in the early 20th century, Bonnard has since been recognized for his unique use of color and his complex imagery. The book is rich colored illustrated

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1000 Buddhas of Genius Thomas William Rhys Davids, Victoria Charles Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., [London], 2014

„All living beings are Buddhas and have wisdom and virtue within them. (Buddha) Buddha ranks among the most often depicted holy figures of the world perhaps appearing more than Christ, a subject widely treated by Western artists. Venerated in all the nations of Asia, and even beyond, his image took form along the Silk Road, the birthplace of many schools of Buddhism. Indeed, the Buddhist religion recognises many Buddhas representing various traditions: such as Buddhism of „the Ancient Teaching‰ (Theravada), of „the Great Vehicle‰ (Mahayana) and Tantric Buddhism (Varjrayana). A figure adored by all, Buddha has been depicted in every art form: sculpture, often of monumental size, like the now destroyed Buddhas of Bamyan, painting, and above all in countless cave murals, such as those of Ajanta in India or Dunhuang in China. Perfect for all those passionate about Asian art, from neophytes to Buddhists, this fascinating work invites the reader to discover or rediscover Buddha, his history, his codes, but also his innumerable faces through one thousand representations selected from among the most beautiful works held in the worldÊs greatest museums.

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Paul Gauguin and Artworks Jp. A. Calosse Parkstone International ; Confidential Concepts, Mega Square, New York, [New York, 2011

Paul Gauguin was first a sailor, then a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874 he began to paint at weekends as a Sunday painter. Nine years later, after a stock-market crash, he felt confident of his ability to earn a living for his family by painting and he resigned his position and took up the painter's brush full time. Following the lead of Cézanne, Gauguin painted still-lifes from the very beginning of his artistic career. He even owned a still-life by Cézanne, which is shown in Gauguin's painting Portrait of Marie Lagadu. The year 1891 was crucial for Gauguin. In that year he left France for Tahiti, where he stayed till 1893. This stay in Tahiti determined his future life and career, for in 1895, after a sojourn in France, he returned there for good. In Tahiti, Gauguin discovered primitive art, with its flat forms and violent colours, belonging to an untamed nature. With absolute sincerity, he transferred them onto his canvas. His paintings from then on reflected this style: a radical simplification of drawing; brilliant, pure, bright colours; an ornamental type composition; and a deliberate flatness of planes. Gauguin termed this style “synthetic symbolism”.

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1000 Erotic Works of Genius (Book Series) Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Joe A. Thomas & Victoria Charles Parkstone Press International, 2008

This collection offers a wide range of works from the Antiquity to the twentieth century. This title will deal specifically with erotic pieces. Here are the most sensual and provocative masterworks which captured the feeling of an era and those that signalled the beginning of a new one. Most of these works were not immediately recognized for their genius, and others that were at first met with great resistance. All have stood the test of time and in their own ways contribute to the dialectic on what makes a painting, sculpture or object erotic, how notions of eroticism have changed, to what degree erotic art reflects reality, and to what degree it alters it. Taken together these works illuminate the changing preoccupations and insights of our ancestors and this work enables the reader to rediscover the world heritage of erotic art.

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Frida Kahlo Kahlo, Frida; Souter, Gerry Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Perfect Square, New York, 2005?

Behind Frida Kahlos portraits, lies the story of her life - a body of work drawn from cries of anger and fury, blended into a potent, and artistically exceptional, combination. At six years of age, she suffered a bout of polio, and she was just 18 when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. Frida Kahlo managed to forge a place for herself in the macho society of Mexico, despite the double handicap of her crushed body and her sex. Frida Kahlos work plays an important part in the artistic heritage of Mexico, her native country, with both its novelty and its multi-cultural values. The story and the paintings that Frida created provide a rare and courageous account of a woman on a voyage of constant self-discovery

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Dalí Dalí, Salvador; Dalí, Salvador Parkstone Press International, Mega Square, 2004

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and his source of inspiration. But his relationship soon deteriorated until his final rift with André Breton in 1939. Nevertheless Dalí's art remained surrealist in its philosophy and expression and a prime example of his freshness, humour and exploration of the subconscious mind. Throughout his life, Dalí was a genius at self-promotion, creating and maintaining his reputation as a mythical figure.

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The Story of Lingerie (Temporis Collection) Shazia Boucher Muriel Barbier Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, 2012

What is the social merit or purpose of all those bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, ever since Antiquity, women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus, lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The result is a rigorous scientific rationale spiced with a zest of humour. And the tinier lingerie gets, the more scholarly attention it deserves.

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Bikini Story: A Cultural History (Temporis Series) Alac, Patrik; Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Temporis collection, 2015

It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to 'undress' women's bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed - albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, all of whom were featured in bikinis that accentuated their own curvaceous contours. More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution and to the changing relationship between men and women in general. This book investigates the history of the bikini and its effect on the evolution in the perception of women in society, as women regained responsibility for the way they look and laid claim once more to full sexual equality. A collection of images throughout this book illustrates this progression step-by-step over a period of more than 50 years.

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Art Nouveau (Art of Century) Jean Lahor Parkstone Press; Parkstone International, Art of century collection, New York, 2007

Art Nouveau designates a decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the industrial revolution and to the creative vacuum left behind in its wake, Art Nouveau was at the heart of a ""renaissance"" in the decorative arts. The primary objective of the movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of Nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. In order to achieve this, such artists as Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Antoni Gaudi, Jan Toorop, and William Morris favoured innovation in technique and novelty of forms.

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Fra Angelico (pageperfect Nook Book) fra Angelico;Beissel, Stephan Parkstone Press International, Temporis collection, New York, 2012

Guido di Petro was born in 1387 in Tuscany, near Fiesole. While still very young, he joined the Observant Dominican order, making the vow of absolute poverty and obedience. His talent soon proved useful as he began to paint miniatures for missals and other religious books. In 1436, along with several other friars, he moved to the convent of San Marco in Florence. There he painted frescos in the cloister and in the chapel. His move to Florence established a fundamental change for him, as he was plunged into the effervescence of a major artistic centre under the protection of Medici family - the.;Fra Angelico's Early Training and hisWork in Cortona and Perugia; Stay and Work in Fiesole; Fra Angelico's Stay in Florence, andhis Murals at the Convento di San Marco; Outside Influences; The Paintings of the Last Judgmentand their Relationship with Dante'sPoetry; The Virgin Mary in the Paintingsof Fra Angelico; Works in Rome and Orvieto; The Final Years and Death of Fra Angelico; Bibliography; Notes; List of Artists; List of Illustrations.

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La Peinture Hollandaise (pageperfect Nook Book) Brimacombe, Rebecca; Havard, Henry Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2011,2006

Le caractère unique de la peinture de paysage hollandaise, avec ses cours d’eau et son abondance de couleurs, ne se retrouve pas seulement dans les représentations de la nature mais aussi dans de fameux portraits et représentations de scènes de la société de cette époque. Ce livre rassemble les temps forts de la peinture hollandaise, compilant les plus célèbres artistes du XVe au XIXe siècle, notamment Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, ou Van Eyck. Trois détails caractéristiques de chaque œuvre sont mis en lumière à travers la mise en page innovante de ce livre, qui souligne l’amour des détails si symptomatique de l’art hollandais.

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Paul Gauguin and Artworks J. P. Calosse Parkstone International ; Confidential Concepts, Mega Square, 2004

Paul Gauguin was first a sailor, then a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874 he began to paint at weekends as a Sunday painter. Nine years later, after a stock-market crash, he felt confident of his ability to earn a living for his family by painting and he resigned his position and took up the painter's brush full time. Following the lead of Cézanne, Gauguin painted still-lifes from the very beginning of his artistic career. He even owned a still-life by Cézanne, which is shown in Gauguin's painting Portrait of Marie Lagadu. The year 1891 was crucial for Gauguin. In that year he left France for Tahiti, where he stayed till 1893. This stay in Tahiti determined his future life and career, for in 1895, after a sojourn in France, he returned there for good. In Tahiti, Gauguin discovered primitive art, with its flat forms and violent colours, belonging to an untamed nature. With absolute sincerity, he transferred them onto his canvas. His paintings from then on reflected this style: a radical simplification of drawing; brilliant, pure, bright colours; an ornamental type composition; and a deliberate flatness of planes. Gauguin termed this style “synthetic symbolism”.

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1000 Erotic Works of Genius (Book Series) Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Joe A. Thomas, Victoria Charles Parkstone Press International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., [N.p.], 2014

Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procreation within marriage, erotic art has always held an important place in society. Here, for the first time, 1,000 authentic images of erotic art have been brought together, spanning the centuries and civilisations to demonstrate the evolution of the genre. In an era such as ours when eroticism is abundant in advertising and the media, this book gives a refreshing insight into the background of erotic imagery, highlighting the artistic value of beautiful works of eroticism executed with skill.

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Art Nouveau (Art of Century) Jean Lahor Parkstone Press; Parkstone International, Art of century collection, New York, 2007

Для сайта:Мир книгМодерн (Арт Нуво)- Название:декоративных и архитектурных стилей, разработанных в 1880-х и 1890-х годах. Главной целью движения было создание новой эстетической природы через возвращение к изучению естественных предметов.

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The Art of the Shoe (Magnus Series) Marie-Josèphe Bossan Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Temporis, 2015

Abandoning a French look on the subject, Mrs. Bossan, the author, develops her study with a dichotomous vision: that of time that touches the history of mankind and that of geography and sociology, which lead to an almost ethnographic analysis. The author dissects the shoe and all that surrounds it: from its history to painting and literature. After this book, it will be difficult to publish a book with a more complete treatment of the subject. Illustrated with an iconography that is exceptional both for its aestheticism and the pieces chosen, this book is a reference for historians, sociologists and for the fashion victims and designers{u2026}

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Russian Painting : Temporis Leek, Peter Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Temporis collection, 2015

From the 18th century to the 20th, this book gives a panorama of Russian painting not equalled anywhere else. Russian culture developed in contact with the wider European influence, but retained strong native intonations. It is a culture between East and West, and both influences in together. The book begins with Icons, and it is precisely Icon-painting which gave Russian artist their peculiar preoccupation with ethical questions and a certain kind of palette. It goes on the expound the duality of their art, and point out the originality of their contribution to world art. The illustrations cover all genres and styles of painting in astonishing variety. Such figures as Borovokovsky, Rokotov, Levitsky, Brullov, Fedatov, Repin, Shishkin and Levitan and many more are in these pages.

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Shoes (mega Square) Klaus Carl Sirrocco - Parkstone International Ingram Publisher Services [distributor, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, USA, 2011

Mega Square Shoes focuses on the history of the shoe and elevates the shoe to the rank of a work of art. The author is a leading expert on the subject and curator of France‘s Shoe Museum, which holds the greatest shoe collection in the world, with 12,000 specimens.

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Leonardo da Vinci : artist, thinker, and man of science volume 1 da Vinci Leonardo; Müntz, Eugène; da Vinci Leonardo Parkstone Press Ltd, Temptis, 2006

Leonardo's early life was spent in Florence, his maturity in Milan, and the last three years of his life in France. Leonardo's teacher was Verrocchio. First he was a goldsmith, then a painter and sculptor: as a painter, representative of the very scientific school of draughtsmanship; more famous as a sculptor, being the creator of the Colleoni statue at Venice, Leonardo was a man of striking physical attractiveness, great charm of manner and conversation, and mental accomplishment. He was well grounded in the sciences and mathematics of the day, as well as a gifted musician. His skill in draughtsmanship was extraordinary; shown by his numerous drawings as well as by his comparatively few paintings. His skill of hand is at the service of most minute observation and analytical research into the character and structure of form. Leonardo is the first in date of the great men who had the desire to create in a picture a kind of mystic unity brought about by the fusion of matter and spirit. Now that the Primitives had concluded their experiments, ceaselessly pursued during two centuries, by the conquest of the methods of painting, he was able to pronounce the words which served as a password to all later artists worthy of the name: painting is a spiritual thing, cosa mentale. He completed Florentine draughtsmanship in applying to modelling by light and shade, a sharp subtlety which his predecessors had used only to give greater precision to their contours. This marvellous draughtsmanship, this modelling and chiaroscuro he used not solely to paint the exterior appearance of the body but, as no one before him had done, to cast over it a reflection of the mystery of the inner life. In the Mona Lisa and his other masterpieces he even used landscape not merely as a more or less picturesque decoration, but as a sort of echo of that interior life and an element of a perfect harmony. Relying on the still quite novel laws of perspective this doctor of scholastic wisdom, who was at the same time an initiator of modern thought, substituted for the discursive manner of the Primitives the principle of concentration which is the basis of classical art. The picture is no longer presented to us as an almost fortuitous aggregate of details and episodes. It is an organism in which all the elements, lines and colours, shadows and lights, compose a subtle tracery converging on a spiritual, a sensuous centre. It was not with the external significance of objects, but with their inward and spiritual significance, that Leonardo was occupied.

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Van Gogh Gogh, Vincent van Parkstone Press International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, USA, 2010

Beyond the sunflowers, irises and portrait of Doctor Gachet, there is the man Van Gogh, signified by his fragility and talent. From his birth in 1853 to his death in 1890, the Post-Impressionist Van Gogh shaped 19th-century concepts of painting over the course of several years with his creativity and technique. He became a forerunner of the Expressionists, the Fauves and modern art. Today, however, Van Gogh remains the symbol of a painter tortured by illness, by others and, especially, by himself. Come explore Post-Impressionism with a beautiful collection of paintings from this creative genius. Read more...

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Frida Kahlo: Beneath the Mirror (Temporis) Gerry Souter Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Special and Revised ed., 2015

Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he was an obsessive womanizer, the great painter Diego Rivera was by her side. She won him over with her charm, talent and intelligence, and Kahlo learnt to lean on the success of her companion in order to explore the world, thus creating her own legacy whilst finding herself surrounded by a close-knit group of friends. Her personal life was turbulent, as she frequently left her relationship with Diego to one side whilst she cultivated her own bisexual relationships. Despite this, Frida and Diego managed to save their frayed relationship. The story and the paintings that Frida left us display a courageous account of a woman constantly on a search of self discovery.

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Natural Curiousities (Mega Square) Alfred Russel Wallace; Parkstone Press New York: Parkstone International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, USA, 2011

Reflecting their owner's taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th an 17th centuries. Displaying rare vegetable and animal species and fossils, these cabinets were always dedicated to science and knowledge. By collecting uncommon and beautiful objects in nature, rich noblemen were able to build a microcosm expressing the diversity of God's creation.

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Bonnard Bonnard, Pierre; Bonnard, Pierre Sirrocco, Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2005

London: Sirrocco. 2014. — 256 p. — ISBN-978-1-78042-094-3Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often characterized by a dreamlike quality. The intimate domestic scenes, for which he is perhaps best known, often include his wife Marthe de Meligny.Bonnard has been described as "the most thoroughly idiosyncratic of all the great twentieth- century painters", and the unusual vantage points of his compositions rely less on traditional modes of pictorial structure than voluptuous color, poetic allusions and visual wit.[2] Identified as a late practitioner of Impressionism in the early 20th century, Bonnard has since been recognized for his unique use of color and his complex imagery.The book is rich colored illustrated

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lgli/F:\!upload\_books\Parkstone - Mega Square - Leonardo da Vinci (Parkstone International 2006).pdf

Leonardo Da Vinci (pageperfect Nook Book) Barling, Barbara J.; da Vinci Leonardo; da Vinci Leonardo; Séailles, Gabriel Sirrocco, Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2006

Leonardo's early life was spent in Florence, his maturity in Milan, and the last three years of his life in France. Leonardo's teacher was Verrocchio. First he was a goldsmith, then a painter and sculptor: as a painter, representative of the very scientific school of draughtsmanship; more famous as a sculptor, being the creator of the Colleoni statue at Venice, Leonardo was a man of striking physical attractiveness, great charm of manner and conversation, and mental accomplishment. He was well grounded in the sciences and mathematics of the day, as well as a gifted musician. His skill in draughtsmanship was extraordinary; shown by his numerous drawings as well as by his comparatively few paintings. His skill of hand is at the service of most minute observation and analytical research into the character and structure of form. Leonardo is the first in date of the great men who had the desire to create in a picture a kind of mystic unity brought about by the fusion of matter and spirit. Now that the Primitives had concluded their experiments, ceaselessly pursued during two centuries, by the conquest of the methods of painting, he was able to pronounce the words which served as a password to all later artists worthy of the name: painting is a spiritual thing, cosa mentale. He completed Florentine draughtsmanship in applying to modelling by light and shade, a sharp subtlety which his predecessors had used only to give greater precision to their contours. This marvellous draughtsmanship, this modelling and chiaroscuro he used not solely to paint the exterior appearance of the body but, as no one before him had done, to cast over it a reflection of the mystery of the inner life. In the Mona Lisa and his other masterpieces he even used landscape not merely as a more or less picturesque decoration, but as a sort of echo of that interior life and an element of a perfect harmony. Relying on the still quite novel laws of perspective this doctor of scholastic wisdom, who was at the same time an initiator of modern thought, substituted for the discursive manner of the Primitives the principle of concentration which is the basis of classical art. The picture is no longer presented to us as an almost fortuitous aggregate of details and episodes. It is an organism in which all the elements, lines and colours, shadows and lights, compose a subtle tracery converging on a spiritual, a sensuous centre. It was not with the external significance of objects, but with their inward and spiritual significance, that Leonardo was occupied.

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Natural curiosities Wallace, Alfred Russel Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Mega Square, 2011

Reflecting their owner's taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th an 17th centuries. Displaying rare vegetable and animal species and fossils, these cabinets were always dedicated to science and knowledge. By collecting uncommon and beautiful objects in nature, rich noblemen were able to build a microcosm expressing the diversity of God's creation.

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The Russian Impressionists and Postimpressionists (Schools & Movements) Mickhail Guerman ;translated into English by Chandra Troescher Parkstone Press; Parkstone, Schools and movements, Bournemouth, England, ©1998

Mikhail Guerman traces the converging lines between Russian and French art in this immensely fertile period. 1863 was the year in which Manet's "Dejeuner sur l'herbe" caused a scandal at the Salon d'Automne, and in which the Itinerants group was formed in Russia, to take art to the people and paint the outdoors. 1874 saw the Independent's exhibition at Nadar's art gallery in Paris, and was the year in which Payel Tretiakov built his art gallery.In 1907 Fauves and Nabis were exhibited in Russia for the first time, whilst Kuznetsov, Larionov and Goncharova radicalised painting and graphics. In the period from 1910 to 1914 there is a second transferral of ideas from French Cubism and Italian Futurism to the Blue Rose movement, which, in its turn, influences the forward movements in the West.

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lgli/Z:\Bibliotik_\A Library\Photography\Erotic Photography\Erotic Photography - Dupouy, Alexandre_253B Carl, Klaus _253B.epub

Erotic Photography 120 illustrations Dupouy, Alexandre Sirrocco-Parkstone International, 2013

Erotic photo art has lost much of its exquisite soul since Playboy and other girlie monthlies repackaged the human body for mass-market consumption. Like much painting, sculpture and engraving, since its beginning photography has also been at the service of eroticism. This collection presents erotic photographs from the beginning of photography until the years just before World War II. It explores the evolution of the genre and its origins in France, and its journey from public distrust to the large audience it enjoys today.

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Beckmann Bassie, Ashley Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Dover, 2014

Dem Grafiker, Maler, Bildhauer und Lehrer Max Beckmann (1884-1950) gelang mit seinem Lebenswerk etwas, um dass sich viele Knstler vor und nach ihm vergeblich bemht haben: Ein AEuvre zu schaffen, das den groen Kunsttraditionen huldigt ohne dabei nachahmerisch zu wirken, das expressionistisch ist ohne dabei die Realitnt ins Unkenntliche oder Lncherliche zu abstrahieren, das modern und wegweisend ist ohne der Selbstgefnlligkeit eines avantgardistischen Denkens zu verfallen. Beckmanns Kunst lehnt sich gegen jederlei Zuordnung auf und bleibt dabei doch konkret und erfassbar. Vor dem Hintergrund von Max Beckmanns turbulentem Leben, seinem Dienst im Ersten Weltkrieg, der Ungewissenheit der Weimarer Republik und der Flucht aus Nazi-Deutschland, beleuchtet Ashley Bassie in diesem Bildband Beckmanns Schaffen und dessen Beziehung zum Expressionismus seiner Zeit."

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upload/duxiu_main2/【大学堂图书馆】/【大学堂40T教程】等多个文件/【02】epubee全站/【21】/cd/Mucha.epub

Mucha Bade, Patrick Sirrocco-Parkstone International, 1. Auflage, New York, 2011

Born in 1860 in a small Czech town, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was an artist on the forefront of Art Nouveau, the modernist movement that swept Paris in the 1910s, marking a return to the simplicity of natural forms, and changing the world of art and design forever. In fact, Art Nouveau was known to insiders as the ?Mucha style? for the legions of imitators who adapted the master{u2019}s celebrated tableaux. Today, his distinctive depictions of lithe young women in classical dress have become a pop cultural touchstone, inspiring album covers, comic books, and everything in between. Patrick Bade and Victoria Charles offer readers an inspiring survey of Mucha{u2019}s career, illustrated with over one hundred lustrous images, from early Parisian advertisements and posters for Sandra Bernhardt, to the famous historical murals painted just before his death, at the age of 78, in 1939

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lgli/N:\!genesis_files_for_add\_add\_books\Parkstone - Perfect Square - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Parkstone International 2007 FR).pdf

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Silvestre, Theuophile Parkstone International : Made available through hoopla, 2014

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban, 1780 OCo Paris, 1867)Ingres sembla d'abord destin(r) a reprendre le flambeau de son ma-tre David, dans l'art a la fois du portrait et de la peinture historique. Il gagna le Prix de Rome en 1801, o il ne se renditque 6 ans plus tard a cause de la situation (r)conomique fran aise. Mais Ingres s'(r)mancipa tr s vite. Il n'avait que 25 ans lorsqu'il peignit les portraits de la famille Rivi re. Ils r(r)v lent un talent original et un got pour la composition non d(r)pourvu d'un certain mani(r)risme, mais celui-ci est plein de charme, et le raffinement des lignes ondulantes est aussi (r)loign(r) que possible du r(r)alisme simple et l(r)g rement brutal qui fait la force des portraits de David. Ses rivaux ne se laiss rent pas abuser: ils tourn rent en d(r)rision son style archa-que et singulier en le surnommant 1/2Le Gothique ou 1/2Le Chinois . Cependant, durant le Salon de 1824 qui suivit son retour d'Italie, Ingres fut promu chef de file du style acad(r)mique, par opposition au nouveau courant romantique men(r) par Delacroix. En 1834, il fut nomm(r) directeur de l'Ecole fran aise de Rome, o il demeura 7 ans. Puis, a peine rentr(r) au pays, il fut a nouveau acclam(r) comme le ma-tre des valeurs traditionnelles, et s'en alla finir ses jours dans sa ville natale du Sud de la France. La plus grande contradiction dans la carri re d'Ingres est son titre degardien des r gles et des pr(r)ceptes classiques, alors qu'une certaine excentricit(r) est bien perceptible dans les plus belles de ses oeuvres.Un cuistre, observant le dos de la Grande Odalisque et diverses exag(r)rations de forme dans Le Bain turc, fit remarquer les indignes erreurs commises par le dessinateur. Mais ne sont-elles pas simplement le moyen par lequel un grand artiste, dot(r) d'une sensibilit(r) extr-me, interpr te sa passion pour le corps magnifique de la femme ? Lorsqu'il voulut r(r)unir un grand nombre de personnages dans une oeuvre monumentale telle que L'Apoth(r)ose d'Hom re, Ingres n'atteignit jamais l'aisance, la souplesse, la vie ni l'unit(r) que nous admirons dans les magnifiques compositions de Delacroix. Il proc de par accumulation et juxtaposition. Pourtant, il sait faire preuve d'une grande assurance, d'un got original et d'une imagination fertile lorsqu'il s'agit de tableaux n'impliquant que deux ou trois personnages, et mieux encore dans ceux o il glorifie un corps f(r)minin, debout ou allong(r), qui fut l'enchantement et le doux tourment de toute sa vi

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Faces of Ecstasy (Temptation) (Temptation) Hans-Jürgen Döpp Sirrocco-Parkstone International, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, USA, 2019

The climax to the act of love casts an indefinable expression on the face – an expression of urgent intensity. A woman, a man, in that moment experiences an ecstasy that for an instant is visible in the eyes and on the lips. A wave of pleasure runs through the body, marking the transition between desire and orgasm. For this fleeting second, when just how violent the senses can be is laid bare, the person involved is not the same as the person immediately before or the person immediately after. With the help of prints and etchings from former centuries, author Hans-Jürgen Döpp looks for an explanation of this very personal mystery that leads to fulfilment.

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Pop Art (Art of Century) Shanes, Eric Sirrocco - Parkstone International, Ingram Publisher Services [distributor, Confidential Concepts, Inc., New York, USA, 2009

This book offers a radically new perspective on the so-called ‘Pop Art'creative dynamic that has been around since the 1950s. It does so by enhancing the term ‘Pop Art', which has always been recognised as a misnomer, for it obscures far more than it clarifies. Instead, the book connects all the art in question to mass-culture, which has always provided its core inspiration. Above all, the book suggests that this mass-culture art created a new modernist tradition that is still flourishing. The book traces that tradition through the forty or more years since Pop/Mass-Culture Art first came into being in the 1950s, and places it in a larger historical context. Naturally, the book discusses the major contributors to the Pop/Mass-Culture Art tradition from the beginning of the movement to the present. It includes a number of artists who have never previously been connected with so-called ‘Pop Art'but have always been primarily interested in mass-culture, and who are therefore partially or totally connected with Pop/Mass-Culture Art. The book discusses in detail over 100 colour reproductions of the key works of the Pop/Mass-Culture Art tradition. Often this involves the close reading of images whose meaning has largely escaped understanding previously. The result is a book that qualitatively is fully on a level with Eric Shanes's other best-selling and award-winning works.

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