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Examines the way Watteau consistently subverted high art …

Introduction; 1.Watteau's Departure of the Italian Comedians in 1697 and the battle of the theater; 2. Watteau's military paintings: conflicts and confluences; 3. The Fete Galante and the cult of …

geschrieben von Julie Anne Plax (Autor)

Alexander Nemerov is Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University …

Between 1812 and 1824, Raphaelle Peale painted still lifes--depicting berries, meats, other fruits, and vegetables--that Nemerov describes as uncanny because they suggest the artist's own body. …

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Windows on the Object PART ONE: Before 1. Blackberries and The Solitary Imagination 2. Blackberries and Embodiment 3. Blackberries and Focused …

geschrieben von Alexander Nemerov (Autor)

Paul Flora, geboren 1922 in Glurns im Vinschgau (Südtirol), lebt in Innsbruck. Nach einem sehr sporadischen Studium an der Kunstakademie München wurde Flora 1944 eingezogen und geriet …

Paul Flora ist nicht nur ein großer Zeichner, sondern auch ein großer Erzähler. Das ist wohl das Geheimnis seiner Kunst - aus scheinbar flüchtig hingeworfenen Strichen entstehen …

geschrieben von Paul Flora (Autor)

Whether sculpted in steel, scrawled on walls or executed as Sketches graffiti is a huge and growing phenomenon. Represented in this book are not so much the finished pieces of art that ultimately make …

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The Education of the Eye
examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic …

geschrieben von Peter de Bolla (Autor) und Peter Bolla (Autor) und Peter De Bolla (Autor)

1747, im Alter von 26 Jahren, wurde der venezianische Maler Canaletto von August III. nach Dresden berufen, wo er seine berühmt gewordenen Stadtansichten malte. Diese zeichnen sich, ebenso wie …

geschrieben von Angelo Walther (Autor)

Joel Greene, who was raised in Northern New Mexico, has been called one of the most elegant of abstractionists. His work includes landscapes, still lifes, and figures.

Greene says he paints …

Joel Greene, Pragmatism and Passion; Explorations in the Modern Realm; The Landscape: A Vocabulary of Forms; Evolution of the Tree; Stormy Weather; Still Life with Fun; Tuscany: A Transforming Vision; …

geschrieben von Gussie Fauntleroy (Autor)

Neither a charlatan nor a pornographer, Martin Eder's visual language must be approached with caution. Blurring the boundaries between personal and media experience, horror and the erotic, his oeuvre …

geschrieben von Thomas Girst (Autor) und Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle (Herausgeber) und Martin Eder (Herausgeber) und Allison Plath-Moseley (Übersetzung) und Horst-Dieter Christopeit (Übersetzung)

A renowned sand sculptor puts a permanent end to less-than-perfect beach creations as she provides the ultimate step-by-step guide to building impressive sandcastles. Wierenga shows that with a few …

geschrieben von Lucinda Wierenga (Autor) und Jamey Fountain (Fotograf)

Through the vibrant watercolors and simple but highly evocative sketches of Fu Ji Tsang, discover an authentic China expressed with emotion and sensitivity. In My Chinese Sketchbook, East meets West …

geschrieben von Fu Ji Tsang (Autor)