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"From one of our most astute art critics, an impassioned and elegant book that questions the demand for art's political relevance or its need to deliver a message, and insists on its power to take us out of the everyday world, and its most important role: to excite, disturb, inspire or unsettle us. As more and more critics and enthusiasts insist that art needs to promote a particular idea or message, be it political or social, as a brand, a means...
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Language
English
Description
In this honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation.
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers, an imprint of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From Chagall to Renoir and from Boston to Paris, kids search famous paintings to complete a checklist of things to find in each. The book also invites children to see what they can discover when they look at art very closely. Following each close-up is an accompanying spread full of fun facts and activities, including write-in and draw-in projects related to the painting and the story it tells.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Secrets of Art offers a fresh encounter with familiar works of art, revealing untold stories, hidden meanings and surprising revelations hidden beneath the surface. Discover the secrets, mysteries, hidden meanings and stories behind famous works of art. A book full of surprises, discoveries, forgotten treasures and lost tales, The Secrets of Art takes us on a journey through the art world's mysteries to reveal that works of art are not always...
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
While Gustav Klimt is largely revered for his opulent, symbol-laden portraits of the Viennese bourgeoisie, these works were just one aspect of his artistic expression. His landscapes represent an important facet of his career and are a valuable contribution to the school of European nature painting. For many years the artist travelled to the Austrian and Italian countryside during the summer, where he took advantage of the extraordinary light and...
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Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
The brilliance of John W.Waterhouse's technique, and the haunting beauty of his wistful female models, has ensured his lasting popularity. During his lifetime Waterhouse was acclaimed as one of England's finest artists, and his paintings of Ophelia, the Lady of Shalott and Pandora remain archetypal Victorian images. Anthony Hobson, a practising painter and teacher, gives an artist's appreciation of this master of Romantic Classicism.
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Publisher
Apollo Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth century art, painter, filmmaker, and designer Salvador Dalí set Europe and the United States ablaze with his uncompromising genius, sexual sadism, and flirtations with megalomania. His shocking behavior and work frequently alienated critics; his views were so outrageous, even prominent Surrealists tried to ostracize him. Still, every morning he experienced "an exquisite joy--the joy of being Salvador Dalí,"...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"What can be gained from considering a painting not only as an image but also a material object? How does the painter's own expreience of the process of making matter for our understanding of both the painting and its maker? The Painter's touch addresses these questions to offer a radical reinterpretation of three paradigmatic French painters of the eighteenth century. Ewa Lajer-Burcharth provides close readings of the works of François Boucher,...
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Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Independent curator and writer Zaria Ware celebrates the evolution and lives of black and brown figures in Western art, from the earliest models to a small group of black artists who took the paintbrush into their own hands, and all of the rich, beautiful culturl legacies in between.
Publisher
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This is the first study of the portraits Barack Obama (2018) and Michelle Obama (2018), their reception, and their significance. The book includes essays by historians examining the influence of the paintings and what they reveal about contemporary portraiture, particularly in relation to American and African American history and culture. The book also features interviews with the artists, transcripts of the remarks made by the Obamas at the unveiling,...
12) Art as therapy
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Describes a new way of looking at familiar masterpieces, suggesting that the works of art can be useful, relevant--and even therapeutic.
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