Find tips, reviews, and features on Peinture orientaliste Orientalist painting sold for 22.9 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
287 x 245 cm 4 143 Seiten mit zahlreichen meist farbigen Abbildungen OrigLeinenband OrigUmschlag P V Berko Text in Englisch und Französisch Kopfschnitt ist angestaubt und wasserfleckig Umschlag mit Einrissen und teils wasserwellig Ein Wasserfleck auf dem hinteren Einbanddeckel Customers from outside the EU ask please for real DHL shipping costs Ask for more pics 1200 gr
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Of all the customs and traditions concerning Oriental women the harem is certainly the most familiar and misunderstood Travelling painters writers and poets from the West have all given free reign to their imagination and fantasies on the subject To such an extent that in all the paintings from the beginning of the 18th century right up until the 1940s reality is inseparably linked to the artists imagination Besides the theme of odaliscs and almahs this book also focuses on daily life in the harem Over 150 prestigious Orientalist painters are listed in individual monographs
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Discover information, advice, and prices for The Orientalists Painter Travellers, priced at 501.56 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
At the end of the 19th century numerous painters succumbed to the charms of the Orient Travel to distant lands was easier and artists brought back voluptuous images filled with sun and colour The noted specialist Lynne Thornton has studied almost 150 painters from Delacroix to Ziem Her fine book The Orientalists PainterTravellers features numerous lesser known masters and is an essential reference work for collectors It is also a marvellous invitation to travel
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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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Russias Unknown Orient tells the story of Russias artistic and historical ties with its southern neighbors Uzbekistan former Turkistan the countries of the Caucasus Georgia and Armenia and the Crimea The bond between Russia and these culturally distinct lands was marked by a deep fascination with Oriental traditions and a succession of wars and imperialist maneuvers themes which found their way into the art of the nineteenth century Perhaps the most important artist in this context was Vasily Vereshchagin 18421904 who traveled with the Russian army on campaigns to the south and served as the painterly equivalent of a war photographer depicting both the cruel reality of war and the riches of the Oriental cultures The works of such artists are presented here alongside the output of indigenous contemporary artists from these Central Asian landspractitioners who offered personal interpretations of the rich traditions of their homelands that continued to develop even under Russian dominion The historical and arthistorical context of this diverse group of artists is taken up by a range of authors in this lush generously illustrated volume which includes more than 130 works by Vereshchagin Martiros Saryan Vasily Polenov Niko Pirosmanishvili Pavel Kuznetsov Evgeny Lanseray and others
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With its unprecedented focus on the history of Orientalism in British art this handsome book places the British within the story of how the genre was established in the 19th centurya story heretofore dominated by the French Featuring both wellknown and rarely seen paintings together with sketches and photographs this volume examines the work of British artists who engaged with Middle Eastern themes over three centuries from the 1620s to the eclipse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 Included are works by Joshua Reynolds J F Lewis W H Hunt David Wilkie John Singer Sargent William Holman Hunt JMW Turner Roger Fenton Andrew Geddes and Edward Lear Many of their images are or purport to be the result of direct observation of actual places in the Middle East The book spotlights numerous topics of timely cultural interest including the crosspollination of British and Islamic artistic traditions as well as Western myths about the Islamic world in relation to artists actual experiences
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Brings together more than 150 artists who depicted the lives of Oriental women
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With its unprecedented focus on the history of Orientalism in British art this handsome book places the British within the story of how the genre was established in the 19th centurya story heretofore dominated by the French Featuring both wellknown and rarely seen paintings together with sketches and photographs this volume examines the work of British artists who engaged with Middle Eastern themes over three centuries from the 1620s to the eclipse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 Included are works by Joshua Reynolds J F Lewis W H Hunt David Wilkie John Singer Sargent William Holman Hunt JMW Turner Roger Fenton Andrew Geddes and Edward Lear Many of their images are or purport to be the result of direct observation of actual places in the Middle East The book spotlights numerous topics of timely cultural interest including the crosspollination of British and Islamic artistic traditions as well as Western myths about the Islamic world in relation to artists actual experiences
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Bilingual book english and french Four years after publishing his first monograph entitled Vladimir Horik the Alchemist of Colours his son and agent comes back with this new book which will be gladly welcomed by art lovers who appreciate the warm and colourful works of this internationally known Canadian artist as well as by people who enjoy the Charlevoix region and its magnificent landscapes This book includes 91 colour reproductions of recent works portraying the Charlevoix region and a few neighbouring areas complete with commentaries and anecdotes provided by the artist himself In this book he depicts his adoptive land adorned with his rich and bright colours Quatre ans après la publication de sa première monographie intitulée Lalchimiste des couleurs Vladimir Horik voici que son fils et agent récidive avec ce nouvel ouvrage qui fera le bonheur des amateurs de lart expressif et chaleureux de cet artiste canadien de renommée internationale ainsi que celui des fervents de la région de Charlevoix et de ses superbes paysages Ce volume contient 91 reproductions en couleurs dœuvres récentes consacrées presque entièrement à la région de Charlevoix accompagnées de commentaires et danecdotes de lartiste luimême ainsi que de quelques textes informatifs Il nous présente ici sa terre dadoption parée de toute la richesse et de tout léclat de ses couleurs
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Auguste Chabaud 1882 1955 Gemalde sold for 137.38 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Auguste Chabaud 18821955 Gemalde Aquarelle Zeichnungenpaintings WaterColours Drawings Peintures Aquarelles Dessins Luxueux catalogue trilingue français anglais allemand de lexposition tenue à la Fondation de lHermitage Lausanne Suisse du 25 février au 28 mai 2000 Exposition itinérante tenue également à Maastricht Dessau Wiebaden Koblenz Nannen Reithalle Paderborn Complet avec le supplément au catalogue Ce catalogue constitue la meilleure documentation disponible sur ce grand artiste fauve Cette rare publication comporte en outre le supplément au catalogue de lexposition tenue à la Fondation de lHemitage à Lausanne en 2000 avec reproductions en couleurs de 16 oeuvres ne figurant pas dans le catalogue Neuf sous emballage plastique dorigine
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The ideal present for art lovers Nudity sensuality and sexuality in the Louvre paintings translated into a fantastic and surprising photographic conceptVolume 1 of the Le Louvre NuThe Louvre Nude series dealing with the naked body in paintings Winner of the Golden Pixel Award the prestigious Austrian award for groundbreaking print products in the category coffeetable booksThe idea for this book was born in the course of a visit through the Louvre when Catherine Belanger ventured to call the Louvre the biggest brothel in the world Jointly with author Jean Galard and photographer Lois Lammerhuber she selected key paintings spanning five centuries to illustrate the fascinating art of depicting nudity and the artists struggle for acceptance of the nude in art and society Lois Lammerhuber detaches the nudity sensuality and sexuality of the paintings from the context of their artistic intention conceiving them as material in a fictional photography studio and recreating them in his photographs He resorts to these models to translate them into the language of fashion nude and advertising photography reading their body language and interaction in a way reminiscent of artists like Richard Avedon Helmut Newton Horst P Horst or Herb Ritts sensual and unexpected
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The book by Martina Haja and Guenther Wimmer comes to fill a vacuum and for the first time offers an overall view of the complex manysided world of nineteenthcentury German and Austrian Orientalist painting This book bearing on over 70 German AustroHungarian and Swiss travellerpainters gives us an idea of the richness the singularities and the multiple contradictions of the Orientalist painting of Germanspeaking countries
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Western Digital Orientalist Lives, priced at 27.28 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by Western Digital.
In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrimages in history the nineteenth century saw scores of Western artists heading to the Middle East Inspired by the allure of the exotic Orient they went in search of subjects for their paintings Orientalist Lives looks at what led this surprisingly diverse and idiosyncratic group of menand some womento often remote and potentially dangerous locations from Morocco to Egypt the Levant and Turkey There they lived worked and traveled for weeks or months on end gathering material with which to create art for their clients back in the drawing rooms of Boston London and Paris Based on his research in museums libraries archives galleries and private collections across the world James Parry traces these journeys of cultural and artistic discovery From the early pioneer David Roberts through the heyday of leading stars such as JeanLéon Gérôme and Frederick Arthur Bridgman to Orientalisms post1900 decline he describes how these traveling artists prepared for their expeditions coped with working in unfamiliar and challenging surroundings engaged with local people and then took home to their studios the memories sketches and collections of artifacts necessary to create the works for which their audiences clamored Excerpts from letters and diaries including littleknown accounts and previously unpublished material as well as photographs sketches and other original illustrations bring alive the impressions experiences and careers of the Orientalists and shed light on how they created what are now once again recognized as masterpieces of art
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Les Orientalistes De L Ecole sold for 201.51 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The book by Martina Haja and Guenther Wimmer comes to fill a vacuum and for the first time offers an overall view of the complex manysided world of nineteenthcentury German and Austrian Orientalist painting This book bearing on over 70 German AustroHungarian and Swiss travellerpainters gives us an idea of the richness the singularities and the multiple contradictions of the Orientalist painting of Germanspeaking countries
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Over 150 artists from the Italian School of Orientalists are illustrated with listings of their exhibitions and individual bibliographical indexes Their works for the most part watercolours demonstrate the fertile imagination of these painters Some of them did travel to North Africa and the Middle East but most worked in studios at home This book sheds light on the different aspects of this Italian art which drew its sources from the Renaissance
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Shafik Gabr started his collection of Orientalist art in 1993 by acquiring a painting by Ludwig Deutsch entitled Egyptian Priest Entering a Temple His collection is today amongst the very few in the world to count such a large number of works by the famed Austrian artist as well as some of the finest examples of the greatest masters of Orientalism such as JeanLéon Gérôme Frederick Arthur Bridgman Gustav Bauernfeind and many othersImportant for both scholars and art lovers the Shafik Gabr Collection impresses us with its richness and variety It includes masterpieces by some of the major nineteenth and twentieth century Orientalists found in private hands today and demonstrates the owners appreciation of differences as well as similarities in European visions of the versatile and diverse Orient The selection of paintings in this collection illustrates the owners evolving taste his relationship with the world of Orientalism and his interest in its European expressionThis Orientalist collection is a harmonious kaleidoscope of genres presenting the Orient through a variety of forms styles and techniques and revealing to the European viewer the mysterious East with its bright colors its exotic and leisurely lifestyle Over the years it has become one of the most complete and magnificent tributes dedicated to the world of Orientalism and as such some of the most renowned experts in this field have contributed to this book in order to mark its importance in the art world
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Between 1843 and 1922 American artists travelled to the Near East and North Africa painting all that they discovered Edwin Lord Weeks and Frederick Bridgman are amongst the most famous but there was also Francis Bacon Samuel Colman Swain Gifford and many others who specialised in Oriental compositions Through their biographies activities and travels the author has endeavoured to let the artists speak for themselves narrating their adventures and explaining their objectives aided by correspondence travel journals and various articles and books
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Between 1843 and 1922 American artists travelled to the Near East and North Africa painting all that they discovered Edwin Lord Weeks and Frederick Bridgman are amongst the most famous but there was also Francis Bacon Samuel Colman Swain Gifford and many others who specialised in Oriental compositions Through their biographies activities and travels the author has endeavoured to let the artists speak for themselves narrating their adventures and explaining their objectives aided by correspondence travel journals and various articles and books
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In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrimages in history the nineteenth century saw scores of Western artists heading to the Middle East Inspired by the allure of the exotic Orient they went in search of subjects for their paintings Orientalist Lives looks at what led this surprisingly diverse and idiosyncratic group of menand some womento often remote and potentially dangerous locations from Morocco to Egypt the Levant and Turkey There they lived worked and traveled for weeks or months on end gathering material with which to create art for their clients back in the drawing rooms of Boston London and Paris Based on his research in museums libraries archives galleries and private collections across the world James Parry traces these journeys of cultural and artistic discovery From the early pioneer David Roberts through the heyday of leading stars such as JeanLéon Gérôme and Frederick Arthur Bridgman to Orientalisms post1900 decline he describes how these traveling artists prepared for their expeditions coped with working in unfamiliar and challenging surroundings engaged with local people and then took home to their studios the memories sketches and collections of artifacts necessary to create the works for which their audiences clamored Excerpts from letters and diaries including littleknown accounts and previously unpublished material as well as photographs sketches and other original illustrations bring alive the impressions experiences and careers of the Orientalists and shed light on how they created what are now once again recognized as masterpieces of art
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The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture French Academy of Painting and Sculptureperhaps the single most influential art institution in historygoverned the arts in France for more than 150 years from its founding in 1648 until its abolition in 1793 Christian Michels sweeping study presents an authoritative indepth analysis of the Académies history and legacynbsp The Académie Royale assembled nearly all of the important French artists working at the time maintained a virtual monopoly on teaching and exhibitions enjoyed a priority in obtaining royal commissions and deeply influenced the artistic landscape in France Yet the institution remains little understood today all commentary on it during its existence and since its abolition is based on prejudices both favorable and critical that have shaped the way the institution has been appraised This book takes a different approach Rather than judging the Académie Royale Michel unravels existing critical discourse to consider the nuances and complexities of the academys history reexamining its goals the shifting power dynamics both within the institution and in the larger political landscape and its relationship with other French academies and guildsnbsp nbsp
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