Find tips, reviews, and features on Camondo Legacy sold for 206.92 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The Musee Nissim de Camondo built by Rene Sargent and modelled after the Petit Trianon at Versailles is one of Pariss finest early 20thcentury mansions Now part of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs it is the setting for a remarkable collection of 18thcentury furniture and objets dart amassed by the buildings original owner Comte Moise de Camondo These treasures appear on the pages of this lavish volume in hundreds of colour photographs by acclaimed photographer JeanMarie del Moral forming a virtual museum tour and acting as a unique testament to an extraordinary and ultimately tragic family history
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William Morris 183496 regarded beauty as a basic human birthright In this fascinating book which accompanies a major exhibition Morris biographer Fiona MacCarthy looks at how his highly original and generous vision of a new form of society in which art could flourish has reverberated through the decades In 1860 Morris moved into the now famous Red House at Bexleyheath in Kent Here his ideas found practical expression in its decoration undertaken with the help of his artist craftsman friends Edward BurneJones Ford Madox Brown and Dante Gabriel Rossetti who envisaged the project as the first stage in a campaign against the debased artistic standards of the midVictorian age From these beginnings MacCarthy charts the development of a revolution the settingup of Morriss shop later Morris amp Co his embracing of radical ideas of sexual freedom and libertarianism and the publication of his visionary novel News from Nowhere 1890 in which he advanced his hopes for a dismantling of the stultifying structures of society and their replacement by a more equable and fluid way of life Later chapters explore how Morris ideas came to influence the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain Europe and the USA the Garden City movement and numerous artists and craftspeople who sought to negotiate a viable place within the modern world in the troubled years that followed the First World War Finally MacCarthy explains the continuing relevance of Morris ideals as expressed in the planning and execution of the Festival of Britain in 1951 a regenerative project of the postwar Labour government that inspired a number of young designers such as Terence Conran with a direct sense of mission to bring the highest design standards within the reach of everyone
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Albrecht Durer and His Legacy sold for 75.43 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Albrecht Dürer is the most significant and admired artist of the northern Renaissance Tracing his work and influence from his earliest career to his powerful posthumous role within German culture this richly illustrated book surveys all of the artists bestknown prints as well as numerous drawings and watercolors The catalogue of a greatly anticipated exhibition of Dürers work in Englandincluding loans of many precious works rarely seen by the publicthe volume features 85 color and 267 blackandwhite illustrations It follows Dürers career from his first work in the medieval tradition of Martin Schongauer through his Italian education in the classical tradition to his sophisticated development of the woodcut and engraving techniques that changed the history of printmaking The book examines Dürers longlived influence from the obsession of artists and collectors with his work during the late sixteenth century to the iconic status he acquired amid the rise of German nationalism in the nineteenth It considers how the popularity of his images migrated into a range of materials as diverse as porcelain and banknotes This assessment of his art and legacy concludes with a contemplation of Dürers famous print Melancholia written by the Nobel Prizewinning German novelist Günter Grass himself a printmaker Offering a muchneeded fresh look at the work of a major Renaissance artist this handsome book is certain to deepen the broad international appreciation that Dürers work already enjoys EXHIBITION SCHEDULE The British Museum December 5 2002 March 23 2003
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Lure of the East sold at 107.32 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
In Britian today there is widespread interest in the Islamic world coupled with a desire made urgent by recent events to better understand the history and legacy of past relations between Western and Islamic nations While there have been numerous other studies of Orientalist art this timely book will be the first to concentrate specifically on the ways in which British artists have engaged with the Islamic world stretching from Spain and Morocco in the west to Afghanistan in the east It will also reveal the many ways in which the art architecture design dress and topography of Islamic lands have impacted upon British art and culture As well as providing a visual feast of works both wellknown and previously unpublished from a period ranging from the late eighteenth century to the 1920s the book will examine other factors that have shaped the relationship between the Christian and Muslim civilizations Beyond the straightforward desire for imperial gain these have included the rise of tourism and the expansion of the Grand Tour into the countries of the Middle East the development of illustrated travel literature a religious fascination in the landscapes of the Bible and the search by archaeological expeditions for ancient Greek Roman and Egyptian remains The authors will particularly explore the ways in which western myths about the Islamic world stood up to actual experience when artists travelled to the Middle East With paintings drawings and engravings by artists including Richard Dadd William Holman Hunt Edward Lear Frederic Lord Leighton David Roberts and Stanley Spencer this fascinating book will demonstrate that the issues we encounter between Britain and the Islamic world remain as potent today as they were two and a half centuries ago
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Legacy of Doc Watson sold for 21,62 $ , available in the Partitions musicales pour guitare et instruments à frettes category; this product is sold by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. and made by .
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