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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Städel Museum one of Europes oldest and most eminent art institutions this book highlights 250 of the finest examples from the museums collection including paintings sculptures and graphic art The holdings of the Städel Museum now entering its third century include magnificent works dating from the early 14th century to the present This exquisitely produced volume focuses on the collections highlights offering readers an indepth insight into the Städels treasures as well as a survey of the development of European art Included here are Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli and Bellini paintings by Vermeer Monet and Richter works by Modernists and postModernists sculpture by Calder photography by Tillmans and much more This volume not only presents an impressive array of the finest art from more than seven centuries it also reflects the museums commitment to recognizing and preserving art of all kinds for centuries to come
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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Städel Museum one of Europes oldest and most eminent art institutions this book highlights 250 of the finest examples from the museums collection including paintings sculptures and graphic art The holdings of the Städel Museum now entering its third century include magnificent works dating from the early 14th century to the present This exquisitely produced volume focuses on the collections highlights offering readers an indepth insight into the Städels treasures as well as a survey of the development of European art Included here are Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli and Bellini paintings by Vermeer Monet and Richter works by Modernists and postModernists sculpture by Calder photography by Tillmans and much more This volume not only presents an impressive array of the finest art from more than seven centuries it also reflects the museums commitment to recognizing and preserving art of all kinds for centuries to come
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An art calendar inspired by The Met collection Enjoy The Met every week of the year with this inspiring engagement calendar featuring over 50 vividly reproduced masterpieces from New York Citys biggest art museum Selections from The Met collection include paintings drawings sculpture musical instruments photography arms and armor decorative arts jewelry and costumes by such renowned artists as Claude Monet French 18401926 Vincent van Gogh Dutch 18531890 Georgia OKeeffe American 18871986 and Mary Cassatt American 18441926
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Raphael is among the defining artists of history From magnificent portraits of the Virgin Mary to the enormous frescoes that dazzle visitors to the Vatican Raphaels prominence is undeniable and his works together with those of Michelangelo Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci epitomize the formal harmony and balance that characterized the High Renaissance ideal Drawing on the remarkable collection of Raphaels works in the collection of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt as well as a number of important works on loan Raphael Drawings provides insight into this Italian master and his impressive technical versatility Among the most able draftsmen of his time Raphael made extensive use of drawings in preparation for his many largescale works and over four hundred such studies and sketches survive today For their painstaking precision and attention to detail these drawings often stand as works of art in their own right Highlighting the clarity and careful composition of the drawings the book sheds light on how Raphael developed and refined some of his bestknown works Sketches of the papal portraits and the Vaticans Raphael Rooms for instance are shown alongside illustrations and closeups of the completed work Through a focus on his drawings and how they informed some of the worlds most identifiable works this book offers a fascinating new look at this enormously productive master of Renaissance art
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By Kathryn Calley Galitz Foreword by Thomas P Campbell This monumental book celebrates the greatest and most iconic paintings in The Met collection Its broad sweep of material makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the beloved masterworks of this worldrenowned institution Lavish color illustrations and details of 500 masterpieces created over 5000 years by cultures across the globe are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization to the present These works represent a grand tour of painting from ancient Egypt and classical antiquity to prized Byzantine and medieval altarpieces from works from Asia India Africa and the Americas to the greatest European and North American masters This unprecedented book includes an introduction and illuminating texts about each artwork European and American artists include Duccio El Greco Raphael Titian Botticelli Bronzino Caravaggio Turner Velázquez Goya Rubens Rembrandt Brueghel Vermeer David Renoir Monet Van Gogh Gauguin Cézanne Degas Sargent Homer Matisse Picasso Pollock and Warhol For those wishing to experience the unparalleled collection of The Met or to study masterpieces of painting from throughout history this important volume is sure to become a classic work cherished by art lovers
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The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and PostImpressionist paintings watercolors and drawings constitutes one of the most remarkable groupings of avantgarde works of art from the mid19th to the early 20th century ever given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art A revised andnbspexpanded edition of the 1989 publication Masterpieces of Impressionism and PostImpressionism The Annenberg Collection thisnbsphandsome volume presents more than fifty masterworks by such luminaries as Manet Degas Morisot Renoir Monet Cézanne Gauguin Van Gogh Picasso and Matisse accompanied by elucidating texts and a wealth of comparative illustrations
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Despite the vast number of Americans who claim German ancestry there is neither a single major collection of 19th century German painting in the US nor have their been any exhibitions focusing on this subject in such detail This volume redresses the balance Although many will not be familiar with the great artists included in the volume Caspar David Friedrich Lovis Corinth and Max Klinger are wellknown names whose work forms the core of the permenant collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig Germany The 84 paintings reproduced in this sumptuously illustrated volume provide a rare opportunity to learn about these masters and their influence especially between 1840 and 1880 when Germany had a profound impact on artistic life in America
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Masterpieces of Painting J Paul sold at 23.24 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
I am convinced that the true collector does not acquire objects of art for himself alone His is no selfish drive or desire to have and hold a painting a sculpture or a fine example of antique furniture so that only he may see and enjoy it Appreciating the beauty of the object he is willing and even eager to have others share his pleasure J Paul Getty The Joys of Collecting 1965 nbsp Rooted in a passion for the Italian Renaissance as well as Dutch and Flemish Baroque works the original collection of J Paul Getty 18921976 has been transformed over four decades to include seminal pieces by celebrated masters such as Masaccio Titian Parmigianino Cranach El Greco Rubens van Dyck Rembrandt Poussin Canaletto Fragonard Turner Manet Degas Renoir Monet van Gogh Cézanne and Ensor Masterpieces of Painting J Paul Getty Museum surveys more than one hundred of the most exquisite and significant paintings displayed in the museums famed daylight suffused galleries Vibrant fullcolor illustrations and engaging descriptions of these masterworks reveal their fascinating histories and cultural social and religious meanings Sure to enchant and edify all art lovers this book is a spellbinding tour through the history of Western painting nbsp nbsp
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In the Getty Museums collection are nearly two thousand daguerreotypes including such notable examples as John Plumbes The United States Capitol one of the earliest known photographs of the building an 1849 image of Edgar Allan Poe and the documentation of the first public demonstration of ether for surgery This beautiful books drologue based on document and letters traces Daguerres search for a way to produce a permanent and exact image of the natural world through a camera lens A series of six essays discloses the tremendous impact of the daguerreotype on the worlds of science and art and includes discussion of individual daguerreotypes that amplify the essays theme
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Featuring over 140 masterpieces this new book draws on the unsurpassed Schiele collection of Viennas Leopold MuseumThis volume gathers some 140 paintings watercolors and drawings by Egon Schiele from the Leopold Museum in Vienna which famously possesses the worlds most comprehensive and eminent collection of works by this most beloved of modern artists It covers all periods of Schieles oeuvre with examples of his earliest creations his renowned Expressionist period and the work created shortly before his untimely deathAmong the classic Schiele paintings housed in the collection are the Seated Male Nude a selfportrait of 1910 and The Hermits of 1912 probably depicting Schiele with Gustav Klimt Cityscapes constitute another emphasis in Schieles oeuvre as well as landscapes including Houses by the SeaThroughout the book numerous fullpage illustrations afford exceptional insight into Schieles genius for line and color Essays by Elisabeth Leopold Rudolf Leopold Franz Smola and Birgit Summerauer outline the milieu and career of this provocative artist but also highlight Schieles place among the great masters of the 20th centuryThe epitome of Viennese modernism Egon Schiele 18901918 developed an antiacademic style of rendering figures which are only rarely shown headon or in full length appearing contorted by their compositional arrangement After brief service in the army during World War 1 Schiele died of a pandemic influenza on 31 October 1918
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on America s Art Masterpieces from sold at 55.77 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
After being closed for several years on July 4 2006 The Smithsonian American Art Museum will celebrate the grand reopening of its newly restored building home to the worlds premier collection of American art Those who cannot attend can console themselves with this magnificent volume which puts the museums galleries at their fingertips Edward Hopper Georgia OKeeffe and Nam June Paik are just a few of the artists represented in a book that spans all of American history and features gorgeous reproductions of works in a dazzling variety of styles and mediums including paintings sculpture photography and folk art With text that illuminates the nations history through examples of its artincluding many rarely displayed pieces from the collectionthis is one art book that belongs on every American coffee table
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These lavish volumes feature highlights of five of the collections in the J Paul Getty Museum Each volume contains between seventyfive and one hundred objects handsomely reproduced in full color and described by members of the curatorial staff Included are many objects that have never before been reproduced as well as all of the Museums spectacular new acquisitionsamong them Fra Bartolommeos Rest on the Flight into Egypt and Cézannes Still Life with Apples van der Schardts small bronze statue Mercury sculpted in the sixteenth century Michelangelos sublime drawing The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Boccaccios Fates of Illustrious Men and Women a manuscript magnificently illuminated in France in the fifteenth century In addition to English each volume is available in French German Italian Japanese and Spanish Two additional titles on photographs and sculpture will appear next year
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Eye of The Beholder Masterpieces sold at 50.45 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The official companion book to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museums hundredth anniversary celebrationDuring her lifetime 18401924 Isabella Stewart Gardner was at the heart of Victorian Bostons liveliest salon Henry and William James Henry Adams Oliver Wendell Holmes John LaFarge James McNeill Whistler Bernard Berenson and John Singer Sargent all gathered at Fenway Court in the company of works by Giotto Fra Angelico Titian Raphael Rubens and RembrandtOne hundred years after its completion the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum remains as intrepid and idiosyncratic as its creator The embodiment of one womans vision the Venetian palazzo turned inside out and its wildly eclectic collection of twentyfour centuries of paintings sculpture furnishings and books nonetheless speak very personally to all who enter At once grand and intimate the garden courtyard and the terrazzo galleries invite discovery every visitor and there have been literally hundreds of thousands it seems has a secret corner of the GardnerIn celebration of its centenary the Gardner Museum has asked artists and thinkers of our own time to go public with their private visions of the Gardner In this book filled with 120 color plates their voices are joined and juxtaposed with those of Mrs Gardners contemporaries allowing readers to see the Gardners most beloved works through the eyes of such nineteenth and twentiethcentury thinkers as William James and Bill T Jones T S Eliot and Henry Louis Gates Jr Julia Ward Howe and Sister Wendy Robert Campbell takes as his subject the museums architecture while Wayne Koestenbaum offers a homoerotic reading of works in the collection Beautifully designed and extravagantly illustrated Eye of the Beholder offers a richly textured exploration of one of the worlds great art collections
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This striking publication examines two masterful armors for man and horse recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art Among the earliest complete European examples in existence these German works demonstrate the superior design and craftsmanship of princely armor in the early 16th century The celebrated master Wilhelm von Worms the Elder d 1538 of Nuremberg made the luxurious exquisitely decorated steel horse armor for Duke Ulrich of Württemberg 14871550 The man armor was crafted by Matthes Deutsch last documented c 1505 of Landshut another distinguished armorer patronized by German princes it is his latest and most sumptuous worknbsp Princely Armor in the Age of Dürer discusses the function design decoration and manufacture of these masterpieces and situates them within German art culture and politics and within the development of European armor in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance
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This expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands Turkey Iran Central Asia and later South Asia Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museums Islamic Art Department it presents nearly three hundred masterpieces from one of the finest collections in the world The works range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the seventh century through the nineteenth century and geographically from as far west as Spain and Morocco to as far east asnbspIndia Outstanding miniature paintings and illuminated manuscripts ceramics textiles carpets glass and metalwork reflect the mutual influence of artistic practice in the sacred and secular realms Many of these beautiful objects display the rich traditions of calligraphy vegetal ornament the arabesque and geometric patterning that distinguish the arts of the Islamic worldnbsp With seven informative essays and almost three hundred catalogue entriessupplemented by introductory essays on the collection and its displaythis handsome and comprehensive overview will enlightennbspthe specialist and the general reader alike
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This beautifully illustrated book showcases the newly reopened Egyptian Museum and Papyrus collections of the Neues Museum Berlin The hundred selected masterpieces are all presented in photographs from multiple angles but rather than each being accompanied by a short description they are instead used to illustrate a thematic narrative which follows the same themes as the rooms of the new museum layout
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