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Author : Carole Maso
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811216292
While her father and best friend are dying, a young American woman tries to find the limits of love and the power of art in the face of the inevitable.
Author : Anton Gill
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780060956813
Peggy Guggenheim -- millionairess, legendary lover, sadomasochist, appalling parent, selective miser -- was one of the greatest and most notorious art patrons of the twentieth century. After her father, Benjamin Guggenheim, went down with the Titanic, the young heiress came into a small fortune and left for Europe. She married the writer Laurence Vail and joined the American expatriate bohemian set. Though her many lovers included such lions of art and literature as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst (whom she later married), Yves Tanguy, and Roland Penrose, real love always seemed to elude her. In the late 1930s, Peggy set up one of the first galleries of modern art in London, quickly acquiring a magnificent selection of works, buying great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America after the Nazi invasion of France. Escaping from Vichy, she moved back to New York, where she was a vital part of the new American abstract expressionist movement. Meticulously researched, filled with colorful incident, and boasting a distinguished cast, Anton Gill's biography reveals the inner drives of a remarkable woman and indefatigable patron of the arts.
Author : Philippe Daverio
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780847843114
Philippe Daverio is one of Italy’s most important contemporary art historians, whose discerning comments about art are voraciously consumed by the public through his writing as editor of the famed magazine Art e Dossier and his platform on a leading Italian television program Passepartout. Now, in his first full-length work of narrative nonfiction, Daverio uses the conceit of creating his own perfect museum gallery and in the process reexamines major artistic masterpieces of Western art. Daverio turns his critical eye on the place of Western art in contemporary twenty-first-century culture and how we relate to art generally. According to Daverio, we relate to the history of art based on views that crystallized in the nineteenth century, and so we look to the past to understand the present, though the present is what truly matters to everyone. Daverio means to challenge this perspective, and guided by his curiosity and personal taste, he examines key masterworks to rediscover the true meaning and power they had before they became commoditized and clichéd. Some distinctive features of this illustrated eBook are: • 800+ full size and detailed images of paintings and drawings. • 280+ artworks with pop-up ability. • 160 thumbnails with links showing the setting of the work and location in its home museum, with informational text. • 92 links to museum websites that house the real works. The Italian-language edition of The Ideal Museum ebook has been awarded the QED Seal (Quality, Excellence, Design)—the premier award for ebooks and book apps—by the council of the Publishing Innovation Awards. This award recognizes the title’s portability and readability, providing the best reading experience possible.
Author : Veronica Kavass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781599621135
"What is the relationship between life, love, and art? This gorgeously illustrated book goes into both the art and love of artists couples from the 20th and 21st centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Judith Testa
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781501756740
No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time. The sheer number and proximity of works of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Florence can be so overwhelming that Florentine hospitals treat hundreds of visitors each year for symptoms brought on by trying to see them all, an illness famously identified with the French author Stendhal. While most guidebooks offer only brief descriptions of a large number of works, with little discussion of the historical background, Judith Testa gives a fresh perspective on the rich and brilliant art of the Florentine Renaissance in An Art Lover's Guide to Florence. Concentrating on a number of the greatest works, by such masters as Botticelli and Michelangelo, Testa explains each piece in terms of what it meant to the people who produced it and for whom they made it, deftly treating the complex interplay of politics, sex, and religion that were involved in the creation of those works. With Testa as a guide, armchair travelers and tourists alike will delight in the fascinating world of Florentine art and history.
Author : Ruby Boukabou
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781526779984
Discover the architectural history behind Paris’s iconic building, famous landmarks, and charming neighborhoods with this handy visual guidebook. As you stroll the streets of Paris, this informative volume will help you unlock the secrets of the city’s beguiling beauty. Covering the major landmarks as well as dozens of lesser-known architectural gems, The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Paris puts essential history and fascinating details at your fingertips. Whether you are a Paris regular or visiting for the first time, this guide will help you understand how the city acquired its unique design palette. It also offers self-guided walking tours and suggestions of some of the best hotels, restaurants, cafés, churches, parks and more. You’ll discover ancient Roman baths, 17th century mansions, Art Deco theaters, and contemporary cultural complexes. You’ll also find out where to kick back, cocktail or mock-tail in hand, with a panoramic view over the capital. Written by Ruby Boukabou, author of The Art Lover’s Guide to Paris, this book is the perfect companion for anybody intrigued by the City of Light.
Author : GEORGIEVSKA-SHI..
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1848224893
Vermeer and the Art of Love is about the emotions evoked in those elegant interiors in which a young woman may be writing a letter to her absent beloved or playing a virginal in the presence of an admirer. But it is also about the love we sense in the painter's attentiveness to every detail within those rooms, which lends even the most mundane of objects the quality of something extraordinary. In this engaging and beautifully illustrated book, Georgievska-Shine uncovers the ways in which Vermeer challenges the dichotomies between 'good' and 'bad' love, the sensual and the spiritual, placing him within the context of his contemporaries to give the reader a fascinating insight into his unique understanding and interpretation of the subject.
Author : Paul Crenshaw
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076002843147
Discover the secret symbols and meaning behind 62 featured paintings in this unique volume. Ranging from Giotto’s 14th-century painting of the Last Judgment to the 19th-century symbolist Gustave Moreau’s depiction of Jupiter and Semele, each work has been selected for its own symbolic enigma. This book’s innovative design pairs each painting with a page of die-cut windows that help the reader focus on specific aspects of each painting and features captions that highlight the most important symbols. Other works in this unique and fascinating book include Renaissance masterpieces such as Botticelli’s Primavera and The Birth of Venus, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment.
Author : Ovid,Publius Ovidius Naso
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0521813700
This is a full-scale commentary devoted to the third book of Ovid's Ars Amatoria. It includes an Introduction, a revision of E. J. Kenney's Oxford text of the book, and detailed line-by-line and section-by-section commentary on the language and ideas of the text. Combining traditional philological scholarship with some of the concerns of more recent critics, both Introduction and commentary place particular emphasis on: the language of the text; the relationship of the book to the didactic, 'erotodidactic' and elegiac traditions; Ovid's usurpation of the lena's traditional role of erotic instructor of women; the poet's handling of the controversial subjects of cosmetics and personal adornment; and the literary and political significances of Ovid's unexpected emphasis in the text of Ars III on restraint and 'moderation'. The book will be of interest to all postgraduates and scholars working on Augustan poetry.
Author : Hailey Lind
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781564747402
Former art forger Annie Kincaid has reinvented her life and now operates a legitimate decorative painting business, but memories are long in the art world. Here, with the blessing of the FBI Art Squad, Annie uses her underworld connections to boost her new art investigation business, where she’s partnered with her ex-art thief/love interest Michael X. Johnson. At first it’s strictly business, but she stumbles across a body in an exclusive Nob Hill men’s club. Then an insurance adjuster asks her to find a stolen -- and forged -- erotic painting. Then her Uncle Anton is attacked and Annie’s on the trail of more than just art. Moving easily between high and low circles, she makes the rounds of Nob Hill and Chinatown, a sex club, and the artists’ studios to find justice.
Author : Rebecca Tucker,Paul Crenshaw
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780789322685
This fine art book with a design twist identifies, decodes, and explains symbols hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's works, using die-cut windows to enhance the experience of truly appreciating each masterpiece. Discover the secret symbols and meanings behind seventy-five featured drawings and paintings in this unique volume celebrating Leonardo da Vinci. This book's innovative design pairs each painting with a page of die-cut windows that help the reader focus on specific aspects of each piece of art, and it features captions that highlight the most important symbols. Also included are carefully selected comparative works from da Vinci's contemporaries to offer contextual perspective. Learn the secrets behind such famous paintings as Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, as well as Adoration of the Magi, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, and many more. Each work featured in Discovering Leonardo: The Art Lover's Guide to Understanding Da Vinci's Masterpieces tells a story that becomes more fascinating as layer upon layer of symbolic meaning is revealed.
Author : Sophie Richard
Publisher : Modern Art Press, Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1916347436
Japan is a country of museums. A wealth of public galleries and private museums will captivate those who know where to find them. This vibrant and beautifully illustrated book introduces readers to a selection of tantalising art museums that highlight the magnificent range of Japan's heritage and contemporary creativity. Detailed entries guide visitors to must-see museums and little-known treasure houses scattered the length of the Japanese archipelago. The information given for each venue includes the story behind their creation, the span of the collection, the rotation of works and the building itself. Pointers to further galleries and special places to visit nearby complete each entry. From splendid traditional arts to captivating artists' houses, sleek contemporary galleries to idiosyncratic collections, museums are the ideal gateway to discover Japan's culture both past and present. Book jacket.
Author : Andromeda Romano-Lax
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743362150
A wild ride that sets quirky and lively humanity against the grinding, impersonal forces of war, history and power.' Library Journal. A thrilling tale of art, beauty and love on the eve of war. In 1938 the Sonderprojekte is established under the watchful eye of Adolf Hitler, aka The Collector — and Germany begins to 'acquire' the great artworks of Europe. Twenty-six-year-old Ernst Vogler is sent to Rome to collect a famous marble statue, The Discus Thrower, and return with it to Berlin in three days. Those few days will change his life forever.
Author : C E Pickhardt
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595401741
Set in the world of fine art and led by three generations of strong women, The Art Lover tells the story of three couples and how they each finally find love. Foremost to this tale is the childhood attachment, adolescent estrangement, and adult reconciliation between artistically-gifted Kate Germaine and her mother, Joanne. But it is also about the passion that museum director Phillip Gambrell and art teacher Janovar Savocek come to share, and the arduous and ultimately triumphant courtship of the art collector Countess Elena D'Allessandro Ricci by her confidential agent, Eduard LaValle. From the home of a portrait painter and his wife to the galleries of a great museum, and from the classroom of a brutally brilliant art teacher to the isolated retreat of Riablo, the legendary modern artist, the love of art and the art of love beautifully merge in this epic tale of discovery.
Author : Henry P. Traverso, PhD
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781475990881
"Featuring diverse artists such as Joseph Albers, Picasso, Monet, Francisco de Zurbaran, and a host of others, this comprehensive handbook provides essential biographical information and historical context for more than 250 visual artists. It follows with an orderly list of each artist's works and where those works are located throughout the world, including museums, galleries, churches, monasteries, athanaeums, universities, parks, and libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe." --Page [4] of cover.
