Caroline Bugler
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué convierte a algo en una obra de arte? ¿Cómo dieron forma los antiguos griegos a la belleza ideal? ¿Ejerce el color una influencia directa en el alma? Este libro analiza estas y otras muchas cuestiones revisando los movimientos, estilos y temas artísticos claves a través de más de 200 obras de muy diversos géneros. Con un lenguaje claro, El libro del arte desbroza la jerga de la historia y la teoría del arte y ofrece imágenes...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The cat's place in society has been reflected in art through the ages. Cats were deified by the ancient Egyptians, vilified by the medieval Church and then gradually rehabilitated during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Although cats do not always occupy center stage in paintings, they always add an extra symbolic dimension to a picture. This book examines the relationship between cats and humans from ancient times to the present, offering insight...
4) The art book
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Explores the ideas behind one hundred iconic works of art while examining their historical context.
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Updated edition, American edition.
Language
English
Description
Timelines of Art provides detailed analysis of the works of key artists, showing details of their technique--such as Leonardo's use of light and shade. It tells the story of avant-garde works like Manet's Le Daejeuner sur l'herbe (Lunch on the Grass), which scandalized society, and it traces how certain artists, genres or movements informed the works of others--showing how the Impressionists were inspired by Gustave Courbet, for example, or how Van...
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