CALIFORNIA ART: 450 YEARS OF PAINTING AND OTHER MEDIA.
Author: Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
Country: California
Language:
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 560
Illustrations: 475 Color Illustrations. 45 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Size: 12”x 9”
Weight: 7.00
ISBN: 961462248
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bios. Bibl.
Code: 5362
Price: $55.00
This is the first survey history of California art from the maps made by European explorers ca. 1550 to the multicultural message art of 2000. Focusing on painting and written in easy to understand terms, it takes the reader through the historic records and dramatic scenes of California's Sierra Nevada produced in the nineteenth century as well as movements like Tonalism, Impressionism, Regionalism, and modernism of the early twentieth century. Since 1945 California has challenged New York with its forward thinking and unique materials as in LA's 1960 glass and plastics movement, her light and space movement, the Bay Area's innovations in ceramic sculpture, and the statewide artistic advances made by feminists and peoples of different races. Today much of the world is following California's lead, particularly in conveying ideas with images derived from popular culture, in performance, computer art, and digital photography. Comprehensive. Intelligent. Each of California's many styles are discussed in its own chapter, chronologically. The book appeals to art lovers, history buffs and students with its easy-to-understand history, allows contemporary artists to see what styles preceded theirs, and teaches collectors what movements art historians consider important and what qualities to look for when purchasing California art. Winner special mention (3rd place out of 200 entries), 20th Annual George Wittenborn Memorial Book Awards, ARLIS/NA, the Art Libraries Society of North America. Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated. Includes time-line.
CENTRAL ITALIAN DRAWINGS. Schools of Florence, Siena, the Marches and Umbria
Author: Fischer, Chris
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2001
No. of pages: 358
Illustrations: 18 Color Illustrations. 215 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound w/Jacket
Size: 12 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 5.00
ISBN: 8790096401
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Cat. of exh. Index.
Code: 4860
Price: $135.00
This impressive catalogue raisonné presents 237 works from perhaps the least well-known part of Royal Museum of Fine Art collection. However, almost all the protagonists of the Florentine art scene from the 1570s to the end of the 1600s are represented , and the quality of the drawings is remarkable. Highlights include work by Fra Bartolommeo, Giorgio Vasari, Stefano della Bella, and Cecco Bravo, amongst many others, in addition to detailed indices of catalogue numbers and former dealers and owners.
CHESSPLAYERS, THE/ SAKINPELAAJAT. Italian Paintings from the Collections of the Muzeum Norodowe in Poznan/ Italialasisia Maalauksia Poznanin Kansallismuseon Kokoelmista Puolasta
Author: Huhtamäki, Ulla, Konstanty Kalinowski, Piotr Michalowski, et al
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish/ English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 84
Illustrations: 26 Color Illustrations. 3 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 9”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9515319722
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 5130
Price: $29.50
A collection of masters of the Italian Renaissance from a foreign source, Poland. This exhibition contains gems of Italian paintings from many periods, spanning from the early 1300s to the late 1700s. The title of the exhibition- “The Chessplayers”- was isnpired by Sophisba Anguissola’s work painted in 1555, showing the female artist’s sisters gathering around a game of chess, an image of the new Renaissance woman who was conscious of her social status and erudition.
CHRISTIAN IV AND EUROPE. The 19th Art Exhibition of the Council of Europe
Author: Steffen Heiberg
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1988
No. of pages: 607
Illustrations: 63 Color Illustrations. 347 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/4”x8 1/4”
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 8798284320
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 0440
Price: $75.00
A few among many essays: Frederiksborg: Christian IV - the Fortunes and Fate of a King; Kronborg-Christian IV - Patron of the Arts: The Visual and Performing Arts at the Danish Court 1588-1648, Tapestries, Music and Drama; Rosenborg: Treasures of Chr. IV; The Royal Collection of Etchings: Rubens; Cantoor - Art Centres and Artists in Northern Europe; Koldinghus: Chr. IV: and his Architecture, etc.
CLAUDE LORRAIN SKETCHBOOK.
Author: Per Bjurström, intro
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 1984
No. of pages: 87
Illustrations: 63 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9171002537
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 0495
Price: $59.50
Presenting the sketchbook of French artist Claude Lorrain, known mostly for his captivating landscape paintings. Done mostly in pen and brown ink, this sketchbook contains examples of almost every aspect of his art, techniques as well as themes. Subjects include tree studies, buildings, and landscapes as well as studies of figures and animals. These sketches truly reveal the artist as a virtuoso of the wash, with his remarkable ability in creating atmosphere and a powerful sense of mood in his sheets and paintings. This book includes a leaf-by-leaf examination of this intact sketchbook that offers outstanding insight into the work of this renowned artist.