National Galleries Of History And Art

Author : Philip Kopper
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art museums
ISBN : UOM:39015021499333

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America's National Gallery of Art by Philip Kopper Pdf

This handsome tribute to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. traces the history of the museum from conception to construction on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Opened with great fanfare, the National Gallery was "the richest single gift from any individual to any nation ever." That individual was financier Andrew Mellon. Kopper's succinct biography covers Mellon's personal and political life as well as his passion for collecting the paintings of old masters. Mellon's bequest stipulated the museum's name, location, and details of governance, ensuring continued high standards and a vital future. Kopper includes profiles of the architect and various museum directors, including Mellon's son Paul, as well as illustrations that document some of the collection's highlights. ISBN 0-8109-3658-5: $60.00 (For use only in the library)

Author : Alice Strang
Publisher : Gallery of Scotland Editions
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art, Scottish
ISBN : UCBK:C115862650

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Modern Scottish Women by Alice Strang Pdf

This revelatory book concentrates on Scottish women painters and sculptors from 1885, when Fra Newbery became Director of the Glasgow School of Art, until 1965, the year of Anne Redpath's death. It explores the experience and context of the artists and their place in Scottish art history, in terms of training, professional opportunities and personal links within the Scottish art world. Celebrated painters including Joan Eardley, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Phoebe Anna Traquair are examined alongside lesser-known figures such as Phyllis Bone, Dorothy Johnstone and Norah Neilson Gray, in order to look afresh at the achievements of Scottish women artists of the modern period.The book accompanies a show which will be held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two in Edinburgh from 7 November 2015 to 26 June 2016.

Author : Alice Strang
Publisher : Gallery of Scotland
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : UIUC:30112123034677

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A New Era by Alice Strang Pdf

- This book accompanies an exhibition to be held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh from 2 December 2017 to 10 June 2018Revealing an alternative story of modern Scottish art, A New Era examines the most experimental work of Scottish artists during the first half of the 20th century. It challenges the accepted view of the dominance of the Scottish Colorists and uncovers the hitherto little-known progressive Scottish art world. Through these works, we can see the commitment of Scottish artists to the progress of art through their engagement and interpretation of the great movements of European modern art, from Fauvism and Expressionism, to Cubism, Art Deco, abstraction and Surrealism, among others. Looking at the most advanced work of high-profile artists such as William Gillies and Stanley Cursiter, and lesser-known talents, like Tom Pow and Edwin G. Lucas, A New Era takes its name from the group established in Edinburgh in 1939 to show surreal and abstract work by its members. An exhibition is to be held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh from 2 December 2017 to 10 June 2018.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:963484705

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National Gallery of Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lachlan Goudie
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500239612

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The Story of Scottish Art by Lachlan Goudie Pdf

A landmark publication celebrating over 5,000 years of creativity, The Story of Scottish Art explores Scotland’s cultural identity and artistic output through the ages. This is the fascinating story of how Scotland has defined itself through its art over the past 5,000 years, from the earliest enigmatic Neolithic symbols etched onto the landscape of Kilmartin Glen to Glasgow’s position as a center of artistic innovation today. BBC TV broadcaster and artist Lachlan Goudie passionately narrates the joys and struggles of artists striving to fulfill their vision and the dramatic transformations of Scottish society reflected in their art. The Story of Scottish Art is beautifully illustrated with diverse works from Scotland’s long tradition of bold creativity: Pictish carved stones and Celtic metalwork, Renaissance palaces and chapels, paintings of Scottish life and landscapes by Horatio McCulloch, David Wilkie, the Glasgow Boys, and Joan Eardley; designs by master architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh; and collage and sculpture by pop art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi. Through Scotland’s remarkable artistic history, Goudie tells the story of a small country with an extraordinary creative output that influenced significant global movements, such as art nouveau and pop art, while constantly redefining its own practices.

Author : Neil Harris
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226067841

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Capital Culture by Neil Harris Pdf

American art museums flourished in the late twentieth century, and the impresario leading much of this growth was J. Carter Brown, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from 1969 to 1992. Along with S. Dillon Ripley, who served as Smithsonian secretary for much of this time, Brown reinvented the museum experience in ways that had important consequences for the cultural life of Washington and its visitors as well as for American museums in general. In Capital Culture, distinguished historian Neil Harris provides a wide-ranging look at Brown’s achievement and the growth of museum culture during this crucial period. Harris combines his in-depth knowledge of American history and culture with extensive archival research, and he has interviewed dozens of key players to reveal how Brown’s showmanship transformed the National Gallery. At the time of the Cold War, Washington itself was growing into a global destination, with Brown as its devoted booster. Harris describes Brown’s major role in the birth of blockbuster exhibitions, such as the King Tut show of the late 1970s and the National Gallery’s immensely successful Treasure Houses of Britain, which helped inspire similarly popular exhibitions around the country. He recounts Brown’s role in creating the award-winning East Building by architect I. M. Pei and the subsequent renovation of the West building. Harris also explores the politics of exhibition planning, describing Brown's courtship of corporate leaders, politicians, and international dignitaries. In this monumental book Harris brings to life this dynamic era and exposes the creation of Brown's impressive but costly legacy, one that changed the face of American museums forever.

Author : Franklin Webster Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Art museums
ISBN : HARVARD:FL38YA

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National Galleries of History and Art by Franklin Webster Smith Pdf

Author : Franklin Webster Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Art museum architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015082354484

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A Design and Prospectus for a National Gallery of History and Art at Washington by Franklin Webster Smith Pdf

Author : John Leighton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 1906270015

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100 Masterpieces by John Leighton Pdf

** Australian tour at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, October 2015 - February 2016 *** The National Galleries of Scotland is widely regarded as one of the finest small galleries in the world. Its collection includes many of the greatest names in Western art, encompassing artists as diverse as Titian and Francis Bacon, and Canova and Pablo Picasso. This lavishly illustrated book contains more than two hundred of the National Galleries of Scotland's greatest and best-loved treasures, each accompanied by an informative text written by the Galleries' curators. Not only does this book provide a fascinating introduction to the national collection but it is also an accessible and informative introduction to the history of art. AUTHOR: Sir John Leighton was Director of the Van Gogh Museum from 1997 until his appointment as Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland in March 2006. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including Caspar David Friedrich's Winter Landscapes(1990), Art in the Making: Impressionism (1990), Seurat's Bathers (1997) Signac (2001) and Manet and the Sea (2004). He has contributed to the catalogues for the above exhibitions and published and lectured on various aspects of 19th- and 20th-century art. 212 colour illustrations

Author : Katerina Atanassova,Christa Broeckx,Tobi Bruce,Anna Hudson,Adam Gopnik,Laurier Lacroix,Loren Lerner,Tracey Lock,Gerta Moray,Julie Nash,Sandra Paikowsky
Publisher : Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3897905477

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Canada and Impressionism by Katerina Atanassova,Christa Broeckx,Tobi Bruce,Anna Hudson,Adam Gopnik,Laurier Lacroix,Loren Lerner,Tracey Lock,Gerta Moray,Julie Nash,Sandra Paikowsky Pdf

- Approximately 125 masterworks by some 35 artists situate Canadian art within the global phenomenon of Impressionism- A detailed chronology explores the multifaceted ways in which Canadians contributed to the evolution of ImpressionismFollow these Canadian artists as they travel abroad and return home again, over a series of journeys taking place during the last decades of the nineteenth century to the turn of the twentieth. Approximately 125 masterworks by some 35 artists situate Canadian art within the global phenomenon of Impressionism and present a fresh perspective on its reception in the arts of Canada. Adopting a thematic approach, comprehensive essays demonstrate the commitment of these pioneering artists to an innovative interpretation of foreign and familiar surroundings, imbued with an Impressionist vocabulary. A detailed chronology explores the multifaceted ways in which Canadians contributed to the evolution of Impressionism and to the advent of modernity in their homeland. This book accompanies exhibitions at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (DE), July - November 2019; Fondation de l Hermitage, Lausanne (CH), January - May 2020; Musée Fabre, Montpellier (FR), June - September 2020; and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (CA), November 2020 - April 2021.

Author : Andrä Breton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803261357

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Communicating Vessels by Andrä Breton Pdf

What Freud did for dreams, André Breton (1896–1966) does for despair: in its distortions he finds the marvelous, and through the marvelous the redemptive force of imagination. Originally published in 1932 in France, Les Vases communicants is an effort to show how the discoveries and techniques of surrealism could lead to recovery from despondency. This English translation makes available "the theories upon which the whole edifice of surrealism, as Breton conceived it, is based." In Communicating Vessels Breton lays out the problems of everyday experience and of intellect. His involvement with political thought and action led him to write about the relations between nations and individuals in a mode that moves from the quotidian to the lyrical. His dreams triggered a curious correspondence with Freud, available only in this book. As Caws writes, "The whole history of surrealism is here, in these pages."

Author : Simon Knell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317432425

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National Galleries by Simon Knell Pdf

Are national galleries different from other kinds of art gallery or museum? What value is there for the nation in a collection of international masterpieces? How are national galleries involved in the construction national art? National Galleries is the first book to undertake a panoramic view of a type of national institution – which are sometimes called national museums of fine art – that is now found in almost every nation on earth. Adopting a richly illustrated, globally inclusive, comparative view, Simon Knell argues that national galleries should not be understood as ‘great galleries’ but as peculiar sites where art is made to perform in acts of nation building. A book that fundamentally rewrites the history of these institutions and encourages the reader to dispense with elitist views of their worth, Knell reveals an unseen geography and a rich complexity of performance. He considers the ways the national galleries entangle art and nation, and the differing trajectories and purposes of international and national art. Exploring galleries, artists and artworks from around the world, National Galleries is an argument about how we think about and study these institutions. Privileging the situatedness of each national gallery performance, and valuing localism over universalism, Knell looks particularly at how national art is constructed and represented. He ends with examples that show the mutability of national art and by questioning the necessity of art nationalism.

Author : Anne Dymond
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780773557833

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Diversity Counts by Anne Dymond Pdf

Despite the common belief that art galleries will naturally become more gender equitable over time, the fact is that many art institutions in Canada have become even less so over the last decade, with female artists making up less than 25 per cent of the contemporary exhibitions of several major galleries. In the first large-scale overview of gender diversity in Canadian art exhibitions, Anne Dymond makes a persuasive plea for more consciously equitable curating. Drawing on data from nearly one hundred institutions, Diversity Counts reveals that while some galleries are relatively equitable, many continue to marginalize female and racialized artists. The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, considering the art world's resistance to numeric data, discourses on representation and identity, changing conceptualizations of institutional responsibility over time, and different ways particular institutions manage inclusion and exclusion. A thoughtful examination of the duty of public galleries to represent underserved communities, Dymond's study bravely navigates the unspoken criteria for acceptance in the curatorial world. Demonstrating how important hard data is for inclusivity, Diversity Counts is a timely analysis that brings the art world up to date on progressive movements for social transformation.

Author : Douglas Ord
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0773525092

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The National Gallery of Canada by Douglas Ord Pdf

"The National Gallery of Canada: Ideas, Art, and Architecture examines the National Gallery as an institution, a collection, and a series of sites for the display of the nation's art. Douglas Ord explores how, throughout the gallery's development, art has consistently been linked to notions of religious truth, national spirit, and hallowed atmosphere, culminating in Moshe Safdie's design for the institution's current building. Integrating accounts of political intrigue and public controversy with philosophy, art theory, and architectural analysis, Ord provides vivid accounts of successive directors' struggles to obtain a permanent home for the nation's art and sheds light on the place and the role of art in Canada."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Veljko Vujačić
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107074088

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Nationalism, Myth, and the State in Russia and Serbia by Veljko Vujačić Pdf

This book examines the role of Russian and Serbian nationalism in dissolution of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in 1991.