Artist Charles Willson Peale was making detailed drawings of fossilized bones when a relative’s off-hand comment sparked an idea in his mind—why not turn his art gallery into a museum of the natural world? People would come. People might even pay! Hi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, ISBN-13: 9781913107529)
The macabre, interwoven histories of art and punishment in eighteenth-century London Over the course of the eighteenth century, the visual arts in Britain flourished as never before. The nation’s first art academies were founded; its...Loe edasi...
This book provides an innovative martial history of British culture during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It privileges the representation of Scots from the officer class and the contributions of the Highland Regiments, particularly the 42nd...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691271675)
A richly illustrated investigation of how the adoption of canvas revolutionized Venetian Renaissance painting, from the Bellini and Titian to Veronese and TintorettoBetween the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries, European pai...Loe edasi...
This book offers a distinctive and compelling examination of artworks as vital historical documents, utilizing a multifaceted lens to delve into the cultural and artistic landscape of a particular era. By analyzing Papal commissions in Rome from the...Loe edasi...
Rembrandt was revered as a genius during his lifetime and has fascinated generations of artists and connoisseurs ever since. Rembrandts trademark – rough, impasto brushwork, his unique lighting and sensitivity – pointed the way forward, not only...Loe edasi...
Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Benito Navarrete, Imogen Tedbury, Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, Rebecca J Long, Ignacio Cano, Charlotte Chastel-Rousseau, Peter Cherry, Odile Delenda, Akemi Herráez Vossbrink...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Gallery Company Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781857097399)
Dedicated to Francisco de Zurbarán, one of the greatest painters of seventeenth-century Spain, this publication celebrates the drama and power of his distinctive body of work Francisco de Zurbarán is, alongside Diego Velázquez and Bartolo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300276213)
The first full history of an extraordinary eighteenth-century British entertainment Glittering masquerades, held at the most fashionable London venues, dominated the calendars of the Georgian elite. A thrilling opportunity to gather,...Loe edasi...
Poussins Confirmation is the first volume in a major new series commissioned by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi, presenting individual masterpieces acquired and now resident in the Emirate....Loe edasi...
An illustrated study of the grand baroque staircase at Paleis Het Loo, from its 17th-century creation to its 20th-century royal restoration. Accompanies the The Grand Staircase: if walls could talk exhibition at Paleis Het Loo, Netherlands from 1...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780271100418)
For centuries, both the Aztec and the Spanish sought to control catastrophic flooding in Tenochtitlan and later Mexico City, but their responses were about more than just engineering. What might seem like straightforward hydraulic projects emerge, u...Loe edasi...
A highly illustrated examination of the history of colour through its interrelation with dress in Europe in the period from 1400 to 1800....Loe edasi...
This exhibition catalogue presents a unique overview of the oeuvre of Anthony Van Dyck (15991641), the son of an Antwerp merchant and a pupil of Rubens. A rich selection of portraits and history paintings ranging from altarpieces to mythological wo...Loe edasi...
Active in Brussels in the middle of the 17th century, Michaelina Wautier is now regarded as one of the foremost female artists of her time, although for many years her work was misattributed to her male contemporaries. Continually pushing boundaries...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: D Giles Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781917273138)
New volume in the Frick Diptych series features an illuminating essay by Frick chief curator Aimee Ng paired with a contribution by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.Innumerable pearls line the blue satin dress of the Honorable Frances...Loe edasi...
Anne Vallayer-Coster (17441818) was one of just four female academicians admitted to the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in the late 18th century. She made her debut at the Paris Salon only a year after joining the academy with her ou...Loe edasi...
The Cultural Work of the Early Modern Dutch Portrait examines how portraits of Amalia van Solms, Princess of Orange (1602–1675), functioned as active cultural agents that connected people across time and space, participating in domes...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300284423)
An unprecedented investigation of painting on stone in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy that considers the ecological and artistic forces that made the genre transformative In 1530 the Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (...Loe edasi...
