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English
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One of the world's best-known historians, in this fun, engaging and informative book, guides readers through a brief series of masterpieces of Western art, which can be used to understand the thousands of other, related objects they might encounter in the future.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Equipped with a fan's admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuries-each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time. When Prince's 1987 record Sign o' the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that...
Author
Publisher
The Ivy Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Look At This If You Love Great Art is a must read for anyone with a passion for exceptional art. Featuring 100 of the best artworks ever produced, inside is a collection of insightful summaries on just what it is that makes each one so vital. Art writer Chloë Ashby talks you through the pieces that resonate with her, revealing the fascinating stories behind them and offering her considered take on why each work should be regarded as a pinnacle of...
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages : color illustrations, portraits (chiefly color), charts ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This original, graphics-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical...
Author
Publisher
Ludion
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
407 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"'How to read Impressionism' is a new, original exploration of the 19th-century movement that changed art forever, and made household names of such painters as Monet, Renoir, Degas, Seurat, Cassatt and others. James Rubin organizes this book by subject matter, rather than by artist or chronologically, looking at urban views and city life, interiors and still life, family and friends, and other common themes. In discussing Impressionism in this manner,...
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Publisher
Walter Foster Pub
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, maps
Language
English
Description
In today's fast-paced world, creative people are as eager as ever to pursue their artistic passions, but many of them simply don't have enough time. Catering to this modern dilemma, we've concocted the perfect remedy for over-burdened artists. The Daily Book of Art includes a year's worth of brief daily readings and lessons about the visual arts that entertain as they inform. Ten exciting categories of discussion rotate throughout the course of a...
Author
Language
English
Description
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....
16) Annotated art
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
104 pages : color illustrations ; 37 cm
Language
English
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