Oxford Sketchbook

Author : Anthony Bailey
Publisher : Tate Enterprises Ltd
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849763004

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J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun by Anthony Bailey Pdf

Joseph Mallord William Turner is arguably Britain's greatest and most mysterious painter, whose range of work encompasses seascape and landscape, immensely powerful oil paintings and intimate watercolours. His friend and colleague C.R. Leslie remembered him thus: 'Turner was short and stout, and had a sturdy, sailor-like walk. He might be taken for the captain of a river steamboat at first glance; but a second would find more in his face than belongs in any ordinary mind. There was that peculiar keenness of expression in his eye that is only seen in men of constant habits of observation'. The son of a Covent garden barber and a woman who died in Bethlehem Hospital, Turner achieved fame and fortune during his lifetime. Although he possessed a wide-ranging imagination, he was an often incoherent speaker and writer, and his muddled will produced much discord - it is a wonder that, despite avaricious relatives and incompetent lawyers, so many of his works are now in the hands of the nation, and publicly proclaim his genius. In this previously unavailable biography, Anthony Bailey has drawn upon archival material, scholarly literature and research, as well as studying many of Turner's sketchbooks, paintings and watercolours. Uncovering fresh material, as well as pulling together previously known facts, Bailey sheds new light on this complicated and secretive artistic figure.

Author : Sally Crawford,Katharina Ulmschneider,Jas' Elsner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191088018

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Ark of Civilization by Sally Crawford,Katharina Ulmschneider,Jas' Elsner Pdf

In the opening decades of the twentieth century, Germany was at the cutting edge of arts and humanities scholarship across Europe. However, when many of its key thinkers - leaders in their fields in classics, philosophy, archaeology, art history, and oriental studies - were forced to flee to England following the rise of the Nazi regime, Germany's loss became Oxford's gain. From the mid-1930s onwards, Oxford could accurately be described as an 'ark of knowledge' of western civilization: a place where ideas about art, culture, and history could be rescued, developed, and disseminated freely. The city's history as a place of refuge for scientists who were victims of Nazi oppression is by now familiar, but the story of its role as a sanctuary for cultural heritage, though no less important, has received much less attention. In this volume, the impact of Oxford as a shelter, a meeting point, and a centre of thought in the arts and humanities specifically is addressed, by looking both at those who sought refuge there and stayed, and those whose lives intersected with Oxford at crucial moments before and during the war. Although not every great refugee can be discussed in detail in this volume, this study offers an introduction to the unique conjunction of place, people, and time that shaped Western intellectual history, exploring how the meeting of minds enabled by libraries, publishing houses, and the University allowed Oxford's refugee scholars to have a profound and lasting impact on the development of British culture. Drawing on oral histories, previously unpublished letters, and archives, it illuminates and interweaves both personal and global histories to demonstrate how, for a short period during the war, Oxford brought together some of the greatest minds of the age to become the custodians of a great European civilization.

Author : Graham Byfield,Roger White
Publisher : Didier Millet,Csi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9814155055

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Oxford Sketchbook by Graham Byfield,Roger White Pdf

Many facets of Oxford are recorded here, as Graham Byfield strolls with his sketchpad through college gateways, courtyards and gardens, along broad streets and narrow alleyways, into great ceremonial buildings and cosy medieval pubs.

Author : Angela Bartram,Nader El-Bizri,Douglas Gittens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317070009

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Recto Verso: Redefining the Sketchbook by Angela Bartram,Nader El-Bizri,Douglas Gittens Pdf

Bringing together a broad range of contributors including art, architecture, and design academic theorists and historians, in addition to practicing artists, architects, and designers, this volume explores the place of the sketchbook in contemporary art and architecture. Drawing upon a diverse range of theories, practices, and reflections common to the contemporary conceptualisation of the sketchbook and its associated environments, it offers a dialogue in which the sketchbook can be understood as a pivotal working tool that contributes to the creative process and the formulation and production of visual ideas. Along with exploring the theoretical, philosophical, psychological, and curatorial implications of the sketchbook, the book addresses emergent digital practices by way of examining contemporary developments in sketchbook productions and pedagogical applications. Consequently, these more recent developments question the validity of the sketchbook as both an instrument of practice and creativity, and as an educational device. International in scope, it not only explores European intellectual and artistic traditions, but also intercultural and cross-cultural perspectives, including reviews of practices in Chinese artworks or Islamic calligraphy, and situational contexts that deal with historical examples, such as Roman art, or modern practices in geographical-cultural regions like Pakistan.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789814385817

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London Notebook by Anonim Pdf

London Notebook features drawings and watercolours by artist Graham Byfield, who turns his keen eye and delicate brush to recording the enchanting architecture and landscapes of this iconic city. The perfect gift for stationery lovers and art enthusiasts alike.

Author : Fabrice Moireau
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789814385800

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New York Notebook by Fabrice Moireau Pdf

New York City Notebook features over 50 drawings and watercolours by artist Fabrice Moireau, who turns his keen eye and delicate brush to recording the enchanting architecture of this fascinating city. The perfect gift for stationery lovers and art enthusiasts alike.

Author : Daniel Defoe,Anthony J. Coulson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300049803

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A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe,Anthony J. Coulson Pdf

Observations on the principal cities, ports and geographical features, customs, manners, and inhabitants of early eighteenth-century Britain

Author : Catherine Phillips
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191528194

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Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Victorian Visual World by Catherine Phillips Pdf

Gerard Manley Hopkins initially planned to become a poet-artist. For five years he trained his eye, learned about contemporary art and architecture, and made friends in the Pre-Raphaelite circle. In her fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Catherine Phillips, whose knowledge of Hopkins's poems is expert, uses letters, new archival material, and contemporary publications to reconstruct the visual world Hopkins knew between 1862 and 1889, and especially in the 1860s, with its illustrated journals, art exhibitions, Gothic architecture, photographic shows, and changing art criticism. Phillips identifies three artistic contexts for the Hopkins's life: his childhood circle of artistic relatives who were important in shaping his early vision; his friends at university and the criticism he absorbed while there that inflected his view as a young man; and the mature religious beliefs which came to govern his understanding of a visual world interconnected with an eternal one. With chapters devoted to Hopkins own drawings, and to visual theories of the time, Phillips is able to suggests fresh links between this visual world and the startling originality of Hopkins's mature writing that will alter radically our understanding of Hopkins's practice as a poet.

Author : Fred Richards
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408115558

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Oxford by Fred Richards Pdf

A charming collection of sketches depicting Oxford as it was in 1913.

Author : Pinacoteca di Brera,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588391438

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From Filippo Lippi to Piero Della Francesca by Pinacoteca di Brera,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

In doing so, it examines the art of Florence in the 1440s and the work of, among others, Fra Filippo Lippi, Domenico Veneziano, Luca della Robbia, and Michelozzo."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Franny Moyle
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780241964552

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Turner by Franny Moyle Pdf

The man behind the paintings: the extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself and the events of his life: the tragic committal of his mother to a lunatic asylum, the personal sacrifices he made to effect his stratospheric rise, and the bizarre double life he chose to lead in the last years of his life. A near mythical figure in his own lifetime, Franny Moyle tells the story of the man who was considered visionary at best and ludicrous at worst. A resolute adventurer, he found new ways of revealing Britain to the British, astounding his audience with his invention and intelligence. Set against the backdrop of the finest homes in Britain, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, this is an astonishing portrait of one of the most important figures in Western art and a vivid evocation of Britain and Europe in flux.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Artaria 195; Beethoven's Sketchbook for the Missa solemnis and the Piano Sonata in E Major, Opus 109 (3 vols.) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carmen C. Bambach,Claire Barry,Francesco Caglioti,Caroline Elam,Marcella Marongiu,Mauro Mussolin
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396372

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Michelangelo by Carmen C. Bambach,Claire Barry,Francesco Caglioti,Caroline Elam,Marcella Marongiu,Mauro Mussolin Pdf

Consummate painter, draftsman, sculptor, and architect, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual design, which was considered in the Renaissance to be the foundation of all artistic disciplines. To his contemporary Giorgio Vasari, Michelangelo was “the divine draftsman and designer” whose work embodied the unity of the arts. Beautifully illustrated with more than 350 drawings, paintings, sculptures, and architectural views, this book establishes the centrality of disegno to Michelangelo’s work. Carmen C. Bambach presents a comprehensive and engaging narrative of the artist’s long career in Florence and Rome, beginning with his training under the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio and the sculptor Bertoldo and ending with his seventeen-year appointment as chief architect of Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. The chapters relate Michelangelo’s compositional drawings, sketches, life studies, and full-scale cartoons to his major commissions—such as the ceiling frescoes and the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, the church of San Lorenzo and its New Sacristy (Medici Chapel) in Florence, and Saint Peter’s—offering fresh insights into his creative process. Also explored are Michelangelo’s influential role as a master and teacher of disegno, his literary and spiritual interests, and the virtuoso drawings he made as gifts for intimate friends, such as the nobleman Tommaso de’ Cavalieri and Vittoria Colonna, the marchesa of Pescara. Complementing Bambach’s text are thematic essays by leading authorities on the art of Michelangelo. Meticulously researched, compellingly argued, and richly illustrated, this book is a major contribution to our understanding of this timeless artist.

Author : Hugo Chapman,Michelangelo (Buonarroti),Michelangelo Buonarroti
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300111479

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Michelangelo Drawings by Hugo Chapman,Michelangelo (Buonarroti),Michelangelo Buonarroti Pdf

Presents a catalog to accompany an exhibition of drawings by Michelangelo.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Country life
ISBN : UVA:X001788548

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Country Life by Anonim Pdf