This is a stunningly illustrated survey of Leonardo (1452-1519) as artist, scientist, and inventor. This engrossing study of the man who painted the "Mona Lisa", was a student of anatomy, and inventor of machines of war, cannot fail to...
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An entirely new publication, the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts is the most comprehensive single-volume encyclopedia of the arts available. It is the ideal reference book for anyone wanting ready answers to questions about...
Автор: Brodskaia Nathalia
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2010
Статус: Закончена
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While Impressionism marked the first steps toward modern painting by revolutionising an artistic medium stifled by academic conventions, Post-Impressionism, even more revolutionary, completely liberated colour and opened it to new, unknown horizons....
Автор: Charles Victoria
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2007
Статус: Закончена
The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th century in Italy and by the second half of the 16th century has extended across the whole of Europe. The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of...
Автор: Charles Victoria , Carl Klaus
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2010
Статус: Закончена
Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term Rococo. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, it rapidly spread to the whole of Europe....
Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship is the first international loan exhibition devoted to the artists’ collaborative works and an investigation of their working methods. Assembled here are some of the most important...
Russia is often viewed as the outsider of the art world, with creative genius frequently being hidden behind the representation of icons such as Rublov. However, with the succession of Pierre Le Grand, it was Europe which brought light...
Mega Square Sculpture spans over 23, 000 years and over 120 examples of the most beautiful sculptures in the world: from prehistoric art and Egyptian statues to the works of Michelangelo, Henry Moore and Niki de Saint-Phalle. It illuminates the...
Автор: Brodskaia Nathalia
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2009
Статус: Закончена
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The Dada movement and then the Surrealists appeared in the First World War aftermath with a bang: revolution of thought, creativity, and the wish to break away from the past and all that was left in ruins. This refusal to integrate into the...
Автор: Brodskaia Nathalia
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2011
Статус: Закончена
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Born at the dawn of the 20th century, Fauvism burst in 1905 Salon d'Automne with a resounding scandal. It was like throwing colors at the face of the academic art entangled in its ancestral conventions. Then several artists, like Matisse, Derain...