Caravaggio in Context: Learned Naturalism and Renaissance Humanism
ISBN: 9780786419593 / Angielski / Miękka / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Italian painter Caravaggio was recognized by his contemporaries as a dedicated practitioner of il naturalismo and a learned painter. His use of the chiaroscuro technique was skilled and his subject matter, still lifes and genre paintings, was unique. Through detailed analysis of works from Caravaggio's early Roman period, 1594-1602, this study places his art in a humanistic context, making it an expression of learned naturalism, a procedure committed to a close study of the phenomenal world and corresponding to contemporary ventures into empirical science. The work grounds Caravaggio's...
Italian painter Caravaggio was recognized by his contemporaries as a dedicated practitioner of il naturalismo and a learned painter. His use of the ch...
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310,29 zł |
American Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800 to 1989
ISBN: 9780810822498 / Angielski / Twarda / 844 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lists 5,100 artists, with nearly 10,000 signature examples with biographical, bibliographical, and auction sources.
Lists 5,100 artists, with nearly 10,000 signature examples with biographical, bibliographical, and auction sources.
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2045,04 zł |
European Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800-1990, Including Selected Artists from Other Parts of the World
ISBN: 9780810823136 / Angielski / Twarda / 916 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lists more than 4,800 European and 400 Australian, South African, and Japanese artists who worked from 1800 to 1990, and offers 9,000 signature examples.
Lists more than 4,800 European and 400 Australian, South African, and Japanese artists who worked from 1800 to 1990, and offers 9,000 signature exampl...
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Artists' Monograms and Indiscernible Signatures: An International Directory, 1800-1991
ISBN: 9780810824157 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes 5,200 signatures of 3,700 artists worldwide, listing nationality, birth and death dates, and reference sources.
Includes 5,200 signatures of 3,700 artists worldwide, listing nationality, birth and death dates, and reference sources.
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North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780815325840 / Angielski / Miękka / 732 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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432,96 zł |
Shows of Force: Power, Politics, and Ideology in Art Exhibitions
ISBN: 9780822311232 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It has long been considered a mark of naivete to ask of a work of art: What does it "say?" But as Timothy W. Luke demonstrates in "Shows of Force," artwork is capable of saying plenty, and much of the message resides in the way it is exhibited. By critically examining the exhibition of art in contemporary American museums, Luke identifies how art showings are elaborate works of theater that reveal underlying political, social, and economic agendas.
The first section, "Envisioning a Past, Imagining the West," looks at art exhibitions devoted to artworks about or from the American West. Luke... It has long been considered a mark of naivete to ask of a work of art: What does it "say?" But as Timothy W. Luke demonstrates in "Shows of Force," ar...
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114,72 zł |
A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts
ISBN: 9780833030276 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work looks at the process by which individuals become involved in the arts and attempts to identify ways in which arts institutions can most effectively influence this process.
This work looks at the process by which individuals become involved in the arts and attempts to identify ways in which arts institutions can most effe...
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109,55 zł |
Kachinas, A Selected Bibliography
ISBN: 9780865340312 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kachinas are supernatural beings from Indian religion and this selected bibliography lists over 100 references to magazine articles and books with information about them. Kachinas are often represented in carved and painted Indian dolls. The book contains an essay that explains the various aspects and meanings of the Kachina in Indian life and gives historical and philosophical background information. Eight full-page black and white drawings by New Mexico artist Glen Strock illustrate the text. Collectors will find this book invaluable and for the general reader it offers an introduction to a...
Kachinas are supernatural beings from Indian religion and this selected bibliography lists over 100 references to magazine articles and books with inf...
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56,29 zł |
Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9780892363988 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first volume of the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series presents a comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture. Designed for students of art history as well as conservation, the book consists of 46 texts, many originally published in obscure or foreign journals. The 30 art historians and scholars represented raise questions such as when to restore, what to preserve and how to maintain aesthetic character. Excerpts have been selected from the following books and essays: John Ruskin The Seven Lamps of Architecture; Bernard...
This first volume of the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series presents a comprehensive collection of texts on the conservati...
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247,12 zł |
Solvent Gels for the Cleaning of Works of Art - The Residue Question
ISBN: 9780892367597 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In art conservation, the cleaning of a work of art often involves removing not only dirt and grime but also unwanted layers of varnish, gilding, and paint from the work's surface. The challenge for conservators lies in finding a cleaning agent that will act on one layer without affecting the layer being preserved and without leaving any harmful residues on the cleaned work. This book, which examines gel cleaning as it applies to the treatment of paintings and painted works of art, presents the methodologies, data, and results of a collaborative project of the Getty Conservation Institute and...
In art conservation, the cleaning of a work of art often involves removing not only dirt and grime but also unwanted layers of varnish, gilding, and p...
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192,20 zł |
Nature and Its Symbols
ISBN: 9780892367726 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nature and Its Symbols is the fifth volume in the series A Guide to Imagery, reference guides whose goal is to explain the symbols used in art. This volume includes chapters on plants, flowers, fruits, and animals of the earth, air, and water, as well as fantastical creatures such as centaurs, griffons, and dragons. The vivid illustrations, which include paintings and tapestries from some of the world's premier museums, are accompanied by texts that offer a careful analysis of the artists' depictions of the natural world. fruit, or animal portrayed, its mythic or literary origins, and the...
Nature and Its Symbols is the fifth volume in the series A Guide to Imagery, reference guides whose goal is to explain the symbols used in art. This v...
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120,76 zł |
International Handbook of Research in Arts Education
ISBN: 9781402029981 / Angielski / Twarda / 1629 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing a distillation of knowledge in the various disciplines of arts education (dance, drama, music, literature and poetry and visual arts), the Handbook synthesizes existing research literature, helps define the past, and contributes to shaping the substantive and methodological future of the respective and integrated disciplines of arts education. While research can at times seem distant from practice, the Handbook aims to maintain connection with the lived practice of art and of education, capturing the vibrancy and best thinking in the field of theory and practice. The Handbook... Providing a distillation of knowledge in the various disciplines of arts education (dance, drama, music, literature and poetry and visual arts), th... |
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1954,53 zł |
Financial Assistance for Artists
ISBN: 9781411673441 / Angielski / Miękka / 89 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Financial Assistance for Artists' includes indepth information on grants, fellowships, publishers, galleries, and basic business practices for all artists. A relatively unknown source of funding to artists today is available via private foundations and organizations that provide monetary support only to individual artists. Making this assistance and these opportunities and ideas available to artisans world-wide will not only allow artists to focus on their craft more intensly, but will also benefit the art conosseur seeking new, innovative, and unique art from an artist focused on and...
'Financial Assistance for Artists' includes indepth information on grants, fellowships, publishers, galleries, and basic business practices for all ar...
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66,99 zł |
Ireland's Belleek: A Collector's Reference Guide
ISBN: 9781412044516 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Horace Manning Mann famous collection of rare and unique Irish Belleek is known throughout the world and is depicted as one of the most prestigious collections ever assembled.
The Horace Manning Mann famous collection of rare and unique Irish Belleek is known throughout the world and is depicted as one of the most prestigiou...
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143,23 zł |
Successful Fundraising for Arts and Cultural Organizations: Second Edition
ISBN: 9781573560290 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fundraising experts Karen Brooks Hopkins of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Carolyn Stolper Friedman of the Contemporary Museum of Art in Chicago offer important insights into today's best fundraising strategies for arts and cultural organizations of all sizes. New to this edition is an in-depth examination of corporate sponsorships, as well as a detailed chapter on endowment campaigns. All statistics, appendixes, and examples have been updated, and many helpful examples, including pledge forms, campaign statements, and sponsorship contracts, are also included.
Fundraising experts Karen Brooks Hopkins of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Carolyn Stolper Friedman of the Contemporary Museum of Art in Chicago... |
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Art Information and the Internet
ISBN: 9781573561624 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sponsored by ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)Lois Swan Jones has updated and expanded the methodology of her 1990 work, DEGREESLArt Information," to reflect the recent explosive growth in electronic resources. In this new work, Jones shows researchers how to locate art information online and how to supplement it with information in other formats to produce the best possible research results. This work describes the methodology and resources that art researchers need to find and use information on the Internet.
Sponsored by ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)Lois Swan Jones has updated and expanded the methodology of her 1990 work, DEGREESLAr... |
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329,44 zł |
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art
ISBN: 9781579580094 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature and popular culture in works of art through various periods, cultures and genres. Art historians tend to study narrative themes depicted in relation to such subjects as gender and sexuality, politics and power, ownership and possession, ceremony and ritual, legitimacy and authority. This text reflects these approaches by ordering the themes of various iconographic sources, in particular biblical, mythological and literary texts, according to these emphases. Each illustrated entry discusses...
Compares the uses of iconographic themes from mythology, the Bible and other sacred texts, literature and popular culture in works of art through vari...
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2217,19 zł |
Dictionary of Artists' Models
ISBN: 9781579582333 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Dictionary of Artists' Models aims to be an extensive reference work to identify and contextualize the lives and art history of individual artist's models. Another aim is to provide a much-needed body of research that can serve both as a reference tool and also as a springboard for further investigation of this frequently neglected subject.
The Dictionary of Artists' Models aims to be an extensive reference work to identify and contextualize the lives and art history of individual artist'...
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1095,56 zł |
Concise Dictionary of Women Artists
ISBN: 9781579583354 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Concise Dictionary of Women Artists includes some 200 complete entries on individuals from the award-winning main dictionary. The best-known artists from the Middle Ages to the present are featured, as well as less well-known artists.
The Concise Dictionary of Women Artists includes some 200 complete entries on individuals from the award-winning main dictionary. The best-known artis...
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1095,56 zł |
The Art of Perspective: The Ultimate Guide for Artists in Every Medium
ISBN: 9781581808551 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everything you need to know to put your drawings and paintings into perspective If the concept of perspective makes you think of confusing angles, fancy measuring gadgets and complicated theories, get ready for a very pleasant surprise. In this comprehensive guide, Phil Metzger demystifies perspective, presenting it simply as a matter of mimicking the way we see--like the way a distant mountain appears blue, or a road seems to narrow in the distance. The Art of Perspective offers simple but powerful techniques for achieving a convincing illusion of depth... Everything you need to know to put your drawings and paintings into perspective If the concept of perspective makes you think of conf... |
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112,98 zł |