Caravaggio • Félix Witting & M. L. Patrizi

Hokusai • After Edmond de Goncourt

Painting in the Dutch Golden Age - A Profile of the Seventeenth Century

 

Portrais By Ingres • The Metropolitan Museum Of Art New York

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, más conocido como Dominique Ingres, (Montauban, 29 de agosto de 1780 – París; 14 de enero de 1867), fue un pintor francés.

Ingres no es, en sentido estricto, neoclásico ni académico, sino un ferviente defensor del dibujo. Resulta a la vez clásico, romántico y realista. Ingres constituye un claro exponente del romanticismo en cuanto a los temas, el trazo abstracto y las tintas planas de intenso colorido. Algunas de sus obras se enmarcan en el llamado «Estilo trovador», inspirándose en el ideal estético griego y gótico, además de en las miniaturas de los libros de horas de Fouquet. Igualmente, es ejemplo de orientalismo, pues muchos de sus cuadros, especialmente desnudos femeninos, están dominados por un sentido irreal del exotismo propio del siglo XVIII. Bio completa en wiki

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French: [ʒɑnoɡyst dominik ɛ̃ɡʁ]; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy.

A man profoundly respectful of the past, he assumed the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix. His exemplars, he once explained, were "the great masters which flourished in that century of glorious memory when Raphael set the eternal and incontestable bounds of the sublime in art ... I am thus a conservator of good doctrine, and not an innovator."[1] Nevertheless, modern opinion has tended to regard Ingres and the other Neoclassicists of his era as embodying the Romantic spirit of his time,[2] while his expressive distortions of form and space make him an important precursor of modern art.

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Toulouse Lautrec in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum has in its collection an exceptional body of art in a range of media by the late-nineteenth-century French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. In exhibiting a large portion of these works, the Metropolitan once again invites the visitor—and the reader of this accompanying catalogue—to examine the product of a single fertile, inventive, and tireless mind through the rich veins of material housed at the Museum. The exhibition also gives us the chance to reassess the body of work in terms of recent scholarship. Additionally, since much of Toulouse-Lautrec's work is on paper and can be exhibited for only intermittent and limited periods of time, this show has given us an opportunity to examine these works from the point of view of conservation. Indeed, as it turned out, a number of the works on paper underwent extensive treatment before going on view.

The Museum's collection of art by Toulouse-Lautrec, the result largely of generous donations from private collectors, includes paintings, drawings, and examples of his finest and most important prints. The artist excelled in lithography; a hundred years ago his bold, persistent experimenting gave this medium an entirely new appearance just when the centennial of its invention was being marked in Europe. In fact, with the wealth of examples at the Metropolitan Museum, we now can celebrate the bicentennial of lithography through the works of Toulouse-Lautrec, the artist who virtually reinvented this medium.

American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983. Softcover. This is the entire Corcoran collection of American works on paper: 1784 works by 645 artists acquired from 1869 to 1982. Includes watercolor, gouache, pastel, acrylic, collage, pencil, ink, charcoal and crayon. Many are sketches or preparatory studies for oil paintings, murals, or sculpture. The catalogue is arranged chronologically and has an index of artists and an index of donors.

Delphi Complete Works of Michelangelo

 

The ‘Divine’ sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer, Michelangelo Buonarroti exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art, producing masterpieces that rank among the most famous in existence. Delphi’s groundbreaking ‘Masters of Art Series’ presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents the complete works of Michelangelo, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* The complete paintings of Michelangelo — over 400 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
* Includes reproductions of rare works
* The complete ceiling and wall frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, fully indexed
* Insightful introductions, giving valuable contextual information on all the paintings and sculptures
* Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Michelangelo’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
* Hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
* Rare attributed works
* Also includes Michelangelo's architectural, poetical and drawing works
* Easily locate the works you want to view
* Features three bonus biographies, including Vasari’s legendary work - discover Michelangelo's artistic and personal life
* Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Paintings
THE TORMENT OF ST. ANTHONY
MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ST. JOHN AND ANGELS
THE ENTOMBMENT
DONI TONDO: THE HOLY FAMILY
THE BATTLE OF CASCINA
SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING ‘DETAIL’ IMAGES
THE LAST JUDGMENT
LEDA AND THE SWAN
THE CONVERSION OF SAUL
THE CRUCIFIXION OF ST. PETER

The Sculptures
MADONNA OF THE STAIRS
BATTLE OF THE CENTAURS
CRUCIFIXES
STATUES FOR THE ‘ARCA DI SAN DOMENICO’
BACCHUS
PIETÀ
DAVID
MADONNA OF BRUGES
PICCOLOMINI ALTARPIECE
TONDO PITTI
TADDEI TONDO
ST. MATTHEW
TOMB OF POPE JULIUS II
REBELLIOUS SLAVE
DYING SLAVE
OTHER SLAVE STATUES
THE GENIUS OF VICTORY
TOMB OF GIULIANO DE’ MEDICI
TOMB OF LORENZO DE’ MEDICI
APOLLO-DAVID
CROUCHING BOY
CRISTO DELLA MINERVA
BRUTUS
FLORENTINE PIETÀ
RONDANINI PIETÀ
ATTRIBUTED SCULPTURES

The Architecture
LIST OF ARCHITECTURAL WORKS

The Drawings
LIST OF DRAWINGS

The Poetry
ESSAY ON THE POETRY OF MICHELANGELO by Walter Pater
THE SONNETS OF MICHAELANGELO BUONARROTI

The Biographies
LIFE OF MICHELAGNOLO BUONARROTI by Giorgio Vasari
MICHELANGELO by Romain Rolland
THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI by John Addington Symonds

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Through the Eyes of Vincent Van Gogh • Barrington Barber

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View the world as seen through the eyes of the legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh in this follow-up to the wildly successful Through the Eyes of Leonardo da Vinci. Beautiful color illustrations by Van Gogh are accompanied by informative and captivating text. Learn about the themes, motives, and meanings behind the drawings and paintings of one of the most fascinating artists of the nineteenth century. All of Van Gogh's major works are here, from portraits such as that of postman Joseph-Etienne Roulin to the best-known landscape "Starry Night."

Art For The Nation • National Gallery Of Art

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The Robert Lehman Collection Vol 11 Glass

Among the exquisite pieces of glass in Robert Lehman's collection are many that exhibit the consummate skill of Venetian glassmakers and explain why Venetian glass was so coveted in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The factories in northern Europe that produced glass a la façon de Venise are represented as well. Robert Lehman also acquired perhaps the richest American collection of eighteenth-century lampworked glass figurines, which are usually attributed to Nevers, France. Smaller groups of reverse-painted panels and ancient Roman and early Islamic glass round out the 136 objects catalogued in this volume.

This is the sixth to be published in a projected series of fifteen volumes that will catalogue the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Entre las exquisitas piezas de vidrio de la colección de Robert Lehman hay muchas que exhiben la habilidad consumada de los fabricantes de vidrio venecianos y explican por qué el vidrio veneciano fue tan codiciado en Europa en los siglos XVI y XVII. También están representadas las fábricas en el norte de Europa que produjeron vidrio a la façon de Venise. Robert Lehman también adquirió quizás la colección estadounidense más rica de estatuillas de vidrio del siglo XVIII que se atribuyen a Nevers, Francia. Grupos más pequeños de paneles pintados al revés y vidrio romano antiguo e islámico temprano completan los 136 objetos catalogados en este volumen.

Este es el sexto que se publicará en una serie proyectada de quince volúmenes que catalogará la Colección Robert Lehman en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte.

Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall An Artists Country Estate

Art Deco Architecture Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties

 

Art Deco's sheer exuberance ensured its success across the globe and it adapted to the most diverse situations, as shown by examples ranging from offices in Europe and gas stations in America to maharajahs' palaces in India and imperial dwellings in Japan. Public buildings of all kinds-whether fountain or state capitol, skyscraper or bus terminal-bear witness to its decades of popularity. Sumptuously illustrated, this unrivaled study provides a comprehensive guide to the best loved of all 20th-century architectural styles. 376 illustrations, 146 in color

 

Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg 1300-1550

The Life and Masterworks of Salvador Dalí

 

 

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and his source of inspiration. But his relationship soon deteriorated until his final rift with André Breton in 1939. Nevertheless Dalí's art remained surrealist in its philosophy and expression and a prime example of his freshness, humour and exploration of the subconscious mind. Throughout his life, Dalí was a genius at self-promotion, creating and maintaining his reputation as a mythical figure.

 

Hosios Loukas׃ Byzantine Art in Greece • Manolis Chatzidakis

The monastery of Osios Loukas was built in the early 11th century to house the relics of the monk, Blessed Luke who was by then a famous local saint. It soon became one of the most important pilgrimage sites in all Greece. Abbots from the ranks of the aristocracy ensured that the construction and decoration of the "katholikin" (main church), befitted the prestige of the community's founder. The grandeur of the building and its sumptuous decoration indicate the patron's wealth and social standing: the sophistication of the iconographic program indicates their profound theological background.

  

Prints and People A Social History of Printed Pictures

 

 

Why were prints made? Who bought them? How did print publishers attract new publics? What printmakers discovered new ways of seeing? In this book such questions and some of their answers begin almost with the invention of paper in China and extend across time to a consideration of the possibilities in printmaking today, this side of expressionism and abstraction. Besides evaluating more than 700 prints as works of art, A. Hyatt Mayor's far from conventional account of the medium points out precise effects of prints on literacy, commerce, science, fashions, religion, and political power―in short, it deals with prints' effects upon people, placing the art itself in the stream of life. In this it differs from earlier histories that concentrate on artistic merit and bibliographic data but seem little aware of the significance of the exactly repeated image as a communications device.
In the wealth of illustrations, a number the author has chosen, the creations of obscure artists, are bound to astonish, no matter how wide the reader’s familiarity with prints may be. This is because the book is concerned above all with the work of innovators, not later refinings of their innovations by more celebrated hands.
Replete with information so precisely, even wittily, put that it will delight anyone, Prints and People is offered as the writing down of a professional lifetime of thought and experience―the author, now Curator Emeritus, having joined the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Prints in 1932. 

 

 

Masterworks from the Musee des Beaux Arts Lille • MET

 

The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille is home to one of the most impressive art collections in France, aside from the museums of Paris, but it is little known, and its treasures have remained largely unstudied. Originally part of a network of regional museums established in 1801 by Napoleon, through a fortuitous combination of historical circumstances, its geographical location, and the intercession of a handful of devoted patrons and gifted curators over the next century, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has evolved into one of the leading French art museums. Its splendid late-nineteenth-century building is currently undergoing renovation—an event that has provided The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a unique opportunity to borrow a selection of Lille's most important paintings and drawings and to present them to the American public. This volume, which complements that exhibition, is the first scholarly publication in decades to be devoted to the history of the Lille museum and to its collections.

The nearly one hundred works of art included highlight over forty of the museum's celebrated paintings and about fifty examples from its remarkable drawings cabinet. Peter Paul Rubens and other Flemish painters are well represented because Lille was a Flemish city until 1667, when it was recaptured by France—Ruben's great Descent from the Cross was ordered by the Capuchin convent in Lille in 1617. Major French and Spanish paintings were acquired first under Napoleon and then by such outstanding curators as Édouard Reynart, who was Director of the Museum from 1841 to 1879. It was Reynart who encouraged the purchase of Delacroix's newly completed Medea About to Murder Her Children, Jacques-Louis David's Belisarius Begging Alms, and the pair of large canvases by Goya contrasting youth and old age (a detail of one of these, Time, is reproduced on the cover). There is also a special section of local Lille artists, and five sculptural reliefs, one of which is by Donatello. Many of the spectacular drawings in the Musée des Beaux-Arts were assembled by the Lille painter Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar, a pupil of David and Napoleon's agent in Florence, and left to the city in 1834. Not only is the collection rich in examples by Raphael, Pontormo, and other Italian masters, but among the drawings by French artists are six preparatory studies, as well as the oil sketch, for Delacroix's Medea.

Each of the works is discussed in an entry by a specialist at the Metropolitan Museum or the Musée des Beaux-Arts. Every text is accompanied by a full-color reproduction and often by color details or by black-and-white illustrations of comparative objects; many are shown in color for the first time. The book is introduced by a panoramic survey of the evolution of the modern museum by the eminent French cultural historian Marc Fumaroli. This is followed by an essay by Arnauld Brejon de Lavergne, Chief Curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, which explores key developments in the history and formation of its collections. Walter Liedtke, Curator in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum and author of most of the entries on the Dutch, Flemish, and seventeenth-century French paintings, provides a comprehensive overview of all of the European paintings in the Lille museum. William M. Griswold, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum and author of the majority of the drawings entries, presents the reader with the full scope of the drawings collection in Lille. Full details of provenance, footnotes, exhibition history, and literature round out each catalogue entry, and, in addition, a List of Exhibitions, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index are included. Although addressed to an educated lay audience, this handsome volume will serve as a standard reference work for art historians and scholars alike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art