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The first biography of Monet written especially for young readers. This highly readable text traces Monet's life as a young boy in Le Havre, his studies in Paris, and his eventual achievement of international renown in his forties. 53 illustrations, 33 in full color.

Sets out to assess the achievements of the USA's most popular artist, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), placing his work in the context of American life. Marling discusses Rockwell's discovery of narrative power; his anxiety over his artistic identity; and his ambition to change the world.

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is one of the most enduringly popular American artists - and one of the most compelling. Her monumental depictions of flowers and dramatic landscapes of the deserts and cliffs of New Mexico are instantly recognizable as hers by a vast general audience.

Offers a brief profile of the nineteenth century American artist, looks at his major paintings, watercolors, and etchings, and discusses influences on his work.

Originating in the early seventies, Chicano art long remained unrecognized by the art and gallery world. This text features the work of 26 Chicano artists and marks the transition of this unique and exciting movement into the critical fold of contemporary art.

A presentation of biographical material, an analysis of idiosyncratic elements of the style, and full-color reproductions of the paintings of Monet.

Discover a refreshingly new approach to exploring the lives of 50 major painters in Great Artists. Using detailed annotation of key works as well as other contemporary images, Great Artists provides intriguing insights into the creative genius of artists from Michelangelo to Matisse, Canaletto to Klee and Hogarth to Hopper. The unique, visual approach of Great Artists is complemented by authoritative text that highlights important events in each artist's life, explains their techniques and stylistic trademarks, and outlines their personal development and intentions. The book's generous size and superb reproduction enable you to appreciate the fascinating detail of each work, while the detailed annotation highlights the particular features - such as hidden symbolism or distinctive brushwork - that distinguish each artist's work. Arranged chronologically, Great Artists looks at how the artistic development of individual artists led to the creation of distinct schools and movements, such as Cezanne and Post-Impressionism, and Picasso and Cubism. Images and influences that were inspirational to the artist are featured, providing a clearer understanding of what helped to shape each work. Great Artists is an accessible and stimulating guide that provides a powerful insight into the creative world of the artist.

One of the most exciting and eclectic celebrations of African American art ever published, Narratives of African American Art and Identity showcases one hundred paintings, etchings, sculptures, and photographs from the collection of David C. Driskell. A true Renaissance man, Driskell himself is an esteemed artist, educator, curator, and philanthropist. His fifty-year career has been committed to promoting African American art.Included are works by John Biggers, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, Keith Morrison, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Alma Thomas, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Augusta Savage, and James VanDerZee -- to name just a few. Each artwork is accompanied by information about the artist and the particular work.This book is the catalog for the exhibition of the same title, which travelled to various American museums through February 2001.

A history that gives information with pictures of famous women artists from the Renaissance to the present.

Containing 1,340 illustrated articles, A Biographical Dictionary of Artists provides an unparalleled guide to the figures who have dominated the visual art throughout the ages. International in scope and coverage, the book contains authoritative entries on non-Western artists as well as more familiar figures. Each article summarizes the development of an artists's style and important works against a background of relevant biographical information and assesses his or her lasting contribution to the arts.

A brief biography of the artist accompanies color reproductions and analyses of fifteen of his works.

-- Learn about the styles, techniques, and subjects of painters and sculptors from prehistoric to modern times. -- Each book highlights important words and describes breakthrough innovations. -- Ideal for world history classes. Explore are in the context of events of the time.

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From its origins in early eighteenth century slave communities to the end of the twentieth century, African-American art has made a vital contribution to the art of the United States. African-American Art provides a major reassessment of the subject, setting the art in the context of the African-American experience. Here, Patton discusses folk and decorative arts such as ceramics, furniture, and quilts alongside fine art, sculptures, paintings, and photography during the 1800s. She also examines the New Negro Movement of the 1920s, the era of Civil Rights and Black Nationalism during the 1960s and 70s, and the emergence of new black artists and theorists in the 1980s and 90s. New evidence suggests different ways of looking at African-American art, confirming that it represents the culture and society from which it emerges. Here, Patton explores significant issues such as the relationship of art and politics, the influence of galleries and museums, the growth of black universities, critical theory, the impact of artists collectives, and the assortment of art practices since the 1960s. African-American Art shows that in its cultural diversity and synthesis of cultures it mirrors those in American society as a whole.

The paintings, pastels and prints in the book present daylight and nocturnal views of cities and suburbs, factories and farmland, harbours and rivers in the US and abroad.

This lavish volume reproduces 138 tempera, drybrush & watercolor paintings & pencil studies by Andrew Wyeth. The most comprehensive retrospective of the artist's work ever produces.

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Leonardo da Vinci has become the definition of the "Rennaissance man." His accomplishments in painting and sculpture, music and mathematics, and engineering and architecture have endured for centuries. The Renaissance was a watershed for European artisitc and scientific accomplishment and da Vinci led the way. He exemplified a new perspective, seeking to explore and control the forces of nature, and to extend the frontiers of human knowledge.

Though some biographical information is included, this is essentially an examination of Manet's works.

A book on post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), written especially for young readers. The author tells the story of Gauguin's life and work in a style which should appeal to those encountering the artist for the first time. The reader learns how Gauguin, a successful Paris stockbroker, left his family to sail off to Tahiti on an artistic quest that produced some of the late 19th century's most beautiful and original paintings. Greenfeld conveys a strong sense of Gauguin's personality and leaves the reader with an understanding of his struggle to become an artist of significance.

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While the Civil War raged in America, another revolution took shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris: The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amidst scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic movement has ever been quite so controversial. The drama of its birth, played out on canvas and against the backdrop of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune, would at times resemble a battlefield; and as Ross King reveals, it would reorder both history and culture, and resonate around the world.

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Alex Haley's Roots awakened many Americans to the cruelty of slavery. The Middle Passage focuses attention on the torturous journey which brought slaves from Africa to the Americas, allowing readers to bear witness to the sufferings of an entire people.

A study of the innovative pop artist Andy Warhol by his close friend and confidant, David Bourdon. Prepared during the artist's lifetime and with his co-operation, it is described as an intimate look at the man behind the silkscreened image.

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The vibrance and passion of contemporary Latino artists in the United States are celebrated in this book from award-winning writer James D. Cockcroft. Discover the context--political and social--in which their work has been created.

Since its beginnings in the early part of the 20th century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged and bewildered. Anna Moszynska shows here how abstract art originated and evolved, placing it in its broad historical and cultural context. She traces the paths to abstraction forged by artists such as Balla, Kupka and Delaunay, and examines the pioneering work of Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian. She discusses the Russian Constructivists, the De Stijl group and the Bauhaus artists, and contrasts the geometric tendencies of the 1930s and 1940s with the post-War emphasis on personal expression that culminated in Abstract Expressionism in the United States. Finally, she considers the work of "Post-Painterly," Op, Kinetic and Minimal artists and examines the revived abstraction practised by NeoGeo and other artists of the 1980s. Book jacket.

In addition to text on the impressionists, this volume is illustrated with examples from The Art Institute of Chicago.

By using many color reproductions from the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, the world of such artists as Cezanne, Manet, and Gauguin is explored.

Provides a history of Impressionism and includes color reproductions by such artists as Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Camille Pissarro.

"...highly engaging...This vivid introduction to the use of illusion in art makes often complex visual effects understandable and fun. Chapters on trompe l'oeil, surrealism, perspective, anamorphosis, reversible images and op art explain the concepts with remarkable clarity; handsome reproductions, including works by artists as diverse as Raphael and Magritte, Holbein and Dali, are riveting. Seurat, Escher and the vegetable' artist Arcimboldo have their own well-deserved sections, which, like the others, include numerous exercises in looking at the images and even creating one's own optical illusions."--Publishers Weekly. "...encourages young readers to analyze and discover ways the artist has worked."--Arts & Activities. A Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers' Choice 1997.

Bearden was a diverse artist who worked in many mediums. This book, which accompanies a major retrospective at the National Gallery of Art, is the last word on this important figure. 300 illustrations.

M.C. Escher's artworks created a realm of enchantment and illusion. Interweaving well-known prints with numerous unpublished drawings, this fresh presentation, which includes 10 dynamic full-color gatefolds, reveals Escher's tireless quest for new visual concepts.

Developed especially for older middle-grade and young teen readers, these exciting biographies bring to life the world's great artists.

Picasso's unconventional life, his politics, and many loves, as well as his work, are all detailed in this fine introduction.

Vincent & Theo van Gogh: A Dual Biography is the first English biography to chronicle the life not only of Vincent, but also of his younger brother Theo, the Paris art dealer who made Vincent's work as an artist possible. Little has ever been published about Theo, & yet, as his grandson Johan van Gogh explains in the Preface, "Without the moral & financial support of Theo, Vincent could not have produced his vast oeuvre." The monthly allowance that Theo sent his brother was, for almost ten years, Vincent's only source of income. In a letter discovered in Vincent's pocket after his death, he wrote, "My dear brother,...I tell you again that I shall always consider you to be something else than a simple dealer in Corots, that through mediation you have your part in the actual production of certain canvases, which will retain their calm even in catastrophe." Art historian Jan Hulsker has published numerous books on Van Gogh, including The Complete Van Gogh, considered to be the authoritative catalogue of Vincent van Gogh's works. In 1989 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences awarded him the distinguished silver medal for his contribution to Dutch art & literature.

"Come with David Hockney on a journey as he rewrites the story of how the masterpieces of Western art were created." "It was after a chance observation in London's National Gallery that Hockney became gripped by a desire to find out how the artists of the past managed to depict the world so accurately and vividly. As a painter constantly faced with similar technical problems, he asked himself: "How did they do this?" He set aside his brushes, stopped painting and, for the next two years, sacrificed his own time as an artist to follow this mystery trail, obsessively tracking down the hidden secrets of the Old Masters." "Now, Hockney recounts the story of his quest as it unfolded. He explains how he uncovered piece after piece of scientific and visual evidence, each one yielding further revelations about the past." "Hundreds of paintings and drawings - among them the best known and best loved works in the history of Western art - are reproduced and accompanied by Hockney's close, passionate and accessible decriptions. His own photographs and drawing illustrate the various methods used by past artists to capture accurate likenesses and present the results they would have achieved. In addition, extracts from the many historical and modern documents that he uncovered offer further intriguing evidence while correspondence between him and an array of international experts provides an exciting account of the remarkable story as it happened."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The authors introduce young readers to an appreciation of the magic of art through conversations with the artists themselves, while providing them with the necessary tools to begin a lifetime appreciation of paintings. "Beautifully designed, organized, reasoned, and presented, an outstanding, mind-expanding book."--Kirkus Reviews, pointered review. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, A Child Study Children's Book Committee: Children's Book of the Year, New York Public Library--Books for the Teen Age.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Dec. 1989-Apr. 1990. The last great private collection of the art of the School of Paris 81 paintings drawings, and bronzes by Bonnard, Braque, Dali, Dubuffet, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, and Giacometti, among oth

This large and lavish book, filled with full-color reproductions, surveys roughly two centuries of European painting, from the period following the close of the Italian Renaissance to the dawn of the modern era. Masterpieces by 100 of Europe's most important seventeenth- and eighteenth-century painters are shown and described in these pages. Artists include Caravaggio, Tiepolo, and Canaletto from Italy; Breugel, Hals, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer from among the Dutch and Flemish masters; El Greco and Velasquez from Spain; Reynolds, Hogarth, and Gainsborough from England; Watteau and Fragonard from France, and many more. Illustrations show faithful reproductions of paintings from museums around the world, representing the entire spectrum of European Baroque painting. Here is a wonderful volume for holiday gift giving, and a fine addition to every art lover's home library. 500 full-color reproductions of major artworks.

A thorough and comprehensive treatment of graffiti as an art form, this book contains an historical account of the medium, profiles of and interviews with prominent artists, analysis of different styles and trends, and more.

Major Trends in Eighteenth-Century Painting. 'Continuously brilliant and enjoyable' - Sir Lawrence Gowing, The Observer. 'As an introduction to the eighteenth-century painters this book seems to me unequalled'- Raymond Mortimer, The Sunday Times. 'Brilliant survey of the period ... brings freshly into view both the elegance and the wide range of the century in painting'- William Gaunt, The Times. 'A continuous pleasure. And, as one reads on, pleasure is joined by respect' - Edward Lucie-Smith, Studio International. 'Always knowledgeable, sometimes witty, often genuinely eloquent ... it is a real pleasure to read. And keep' - Arts Review. Sir Michael Levey became deputy keeper of the National Gallery in 1966, keeper in 1968, and finally director in 1973. He was appointed LVO in 1965 and knighted in 1981. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in December 2008.

Here is the story of western art, told clearly and simply, and illustrated with over two hundred of the world's greatest works of art. This fascinating book covers it all - from ancient Egyptian tomb decorations to the great masters of European painting, right up to the latest controversies over contemporary art. Throughout the book, there are Internet links to recommended websites where you can view thousands more artworks, find out more about the artists and play art games.