Vasari famously wrote that Giotto "recovered the true method ofpainting, which been lost for many years before him," and indeed heis traditionally considered a founder of the Italian Renaissance.Producing a series of commissioned works for the church and upperclasses in his native Tuscany and surrounding regions, Giottochanged the course of European art by breaking away from the rigid,stereotyped figures of the Byzantine and Giotto medievaltraditions. His innovation was to give his characters naturalmovement and expression. His great fresco cycles, such as the livesof the Virgin and Christ in the Scrovegni (or Arena) Chapel, Padua,are populated with realistic depictions of three-dimensionalfigures; secondary characters, both comic and tragic, display therange of the painter's wit and invention. And Giotto's treatment ofperspective was just as revolutionary as his approach to the humanform. The dramatic power of his scenes is heightened by theconvincing illusionistic spaces in which he places them. In thisaut

In 1931, Diego Rivera was the subject of The Museum of ModernArt s second monographic exhibition, which set new attendancerecords in its five-week run. The Museum brought Rivera to New Yorksix weeks before the show s opening and gave him on-site studiospace. There he produced five "portable murals" --large blocks offrescoed plaster, slaked lime and wood that feature bold imagesdrawn from Mexican subject matter and address themes of revolutionand class inequity. After the opening, to great publicity, Riveraadded three more murals, now taking on New York subjects throughmonumental images of the urban working class and the city duringthe Great Depression. Published in conjunction with an exhibitionthat brings together key works made for Rivera s 1931 show, thiscatalogue casts the artist as a highly cosmopolitan figure whotraveled between Russia, Mexico and the United States and examinesthe intersection of artmaking and radical politics in the 1930s.Illustrated with reproductions of each panel as well as r

对于提琴制作的业内人士来说，本书可以说是书。读了本书，才会知道斯特拉蒂瓦里这个人以及他的琴是怎么回事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》对所有知名的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，它的出处，流传，以及它的特点都有描述。一些重要的琴都有尺寸。书后有索引，可以找到你要查的琴。对于拉琴的人来说，你应当了解你拉的琴是怎么回事。小提琴绝非只是一件乐器那么简单。它有深刻的文化内涵，有许多讲究，有许多故事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》就是好的入门。对音乐爱好者来说，看《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》可以知道许多关于琴的知识。小提琴是一种艺术品，她诞生于文艺复兴时期，成为乐器之王，为什么她会迷倒那么多人，为什么一把斯特拉蒂瓦里的琴现在动辄几百万

《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele produced a prolific bodyof work before his early death at the age of twenty-eight in 1918.The oeuvre is comprised of a few hundred oil paintings andthousands of drawings and watercolors. Schiele's oils have often been reproduced and are wellrecognized. However, limited access to the fragile works on paperand dispersion among several collections have made for anunbalanced representation of his work as a draftsman. This book assembles drawings and watercolors from public andprivate collections and reproduces work from every year of theartist's career, beginning with the juvenilia and early academicstudies. The focus means that work that is rarely reproduced isrepresented extensively, providing a unique opportunity to studythe rapid artistic development of Schiele over the course of hisbrief twelve-year career. The book is organized chronologically and divided intoyear-by-year sections. Each section includes a text that discussesthe major events in Sch

If the opera world is full of " intrigue, double meanings, anddevious dramatics, " then no place exemplifies this more than theworld-famous Metropolitan Opera, where politics, ambition, andoversized egos have traditionally taken center stage along withsome of the world' s richest music. Drawing on her fifteen years asits press representative, Johanna Fiedler explodes the traditionalsecrecy that surrounds the Met in this wonderfully entertainingaccount of its tumuluous history. Fiedler chronicles the Met' searly days as a home for legends like Toscanini, Mahler, andCaruso, and gives a fascinating account of the middle years whenhaughty blue-bloods battled stubborn adminstrators for control of acompany that would emerge as America' s premiere opera house. Shetakes us behind the grand gold-curtain stage in more recent yearsas well, showing how musical superstars like Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Kathleen Battle have electrified performances andscandalized the public. But most revelatory are Fiedler'

A frequent commentator on NPR's All Things Considered, JulieZickefoose has painted nature virtually all her life. At the age ofseven she knew that she wanted to paint birds for a living, and herlifelong dedication shows in her paintings, which are meticulouslyaccurate as well as beautiful. The paintings used here, of scenesfrom her beloved home in southern Ohio, illuminate well-craftedessays based on her daily walks and observations. Wild turkeys,coyotes, box turtles, and a bird-eating bullfrog flap, lope, andleap through her prose. She excels at describing and exploringinteractions between people and animals, bringing her subjects tolife in just a few lines. Her husband and young children makeappearances, presenting their own challenges and pleasures. Theessays are arranged by season, starting with winter, providing asense of movement through the year.

《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》内容简介：沉香以其浓郁的香味、独特的药用价值历来为人们所钟爱，沉香工艺品的收藏古已有之。《历代文物装饰文字图鉴》由沉香研究专家任刚先生主编，对沉香的分类、沉香的功用、沉香的收藏史，以及沉香摆件的制作工艺进行了深入浅出的叙述，对初涉沉香的收藏爱好者大有裨益。

The development of Soviet realist painting over fifty years through a selection of works from Russias leading museums. Socialist Realism was and remains an exceptional phenomenon in twentieth century art. It bore the challenge of promoting realist figuration on a scale without parallel in the rest of the world, employing the talents of thousands of artists over decades and spreading over an immense and varied empire. By glorifying the social role of art, affirming the primary value of content as opposed to form and restoring the central role of traditional practices, socialist Realism was the declared opponent of the modern movement, and in fact represented the only completely alternative artistic system. Created by the great Russian artists (Deineka, Malevic, Adlivankin, Laktionov, Plastov, Brodskij, Korzhev) the works present a multiplicity of questions, themes and formal approaches to art spanning from the last phases of the civil war to the beginnings of the Brezhnev era, stopping at the early 1970

The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, itsgreat heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Danteand Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thoughtis credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern andproducing the most astonishing outpouring of artistic creation theworld has ever known. But what was it? In this masterly work, theincomparable Paul Johnson tells us. He explains the economic,technological, and social developments that provide a backdrop tothe age’s achievements and focuses closely on the lives and worksof its most important figures. A commanding short narrative of thisvital period, The Renaissance is also a universally profoundmeditation on the wellsprings of innovation.

Pattern is back, and what better way to celebrate its revival than with a cool compendium of the best pattern design from around the globe? This exciting book showcases some of the most innovative pattern designs around, including graphics, textiles, fashion, furnishings, ceramics, tiles, wallpaper, and stationery. Designers include Hanna Werning, Skuirtgun, Delaware, Timorous Beasties, Jessie Whipple, and Lena Corwin.

An extensive study on Hopper, which accompanies a majortravelling exhibition and illuminates the life and work of one ofAmerica’s most celebrated artists. Illustrated with over 150 oils,watercolors, etchings and drawings with comments on their formaland technical characteristics, this exhibition’s catalog offers anupdated critical interpretation of Edward Hopper’s work and analternative view to the extensive literature that already exists onthis artist. Among the artworks included are Cape Cod Sunset,Second Story Sunlight, and some interesting self-portraits from theWhitney Museum of American Art; the famous Morning Sun from theColumbus Museum of Art, Ohio, and a number of lesser-knownwatercolors and oils from Hopper’s journeys to Paris. Also includedare essays by several noted scholars, and an extensive chronologyand bibliography. Perfect for casual perusing or serious study,this lavish exploration of Edward Hopper’s work is certain to finda wide audience.

Public monuments to significant individuals or to politicalconcepts are all too familiar. But the notions underlying them arenot so obvious. Sergiusz Michalski traces the history of the publicmonument from the 1870s, when erecting them became an artistic,political and social pre-occupation, to today when the distinctionbetween public monuments and public sculpture is increasinglyblurred. The author shows how, in its golden age – up until 1914 –the public monument served the purpose of both education andlegitimization. The French Third Republic, for example, envisagedthe monument as a symbol of bourgeois meritocracy. In more recentdecades, the public monument has been charged with the task ofcommemorating and symbolizing one of humankind's most terriblecatastrophes - the Holocaust. Today, although the artistic failureof countless European war memorials has signaled the beginning ofthe demise of the public monument in the West, it continues toflourish elsewhere, commemorating despotic leaders from Ki

对于提琴制作的业内人士来说，本书可以说是书。读了本书，才会知道斯特拉蒂瓦里这个人以及他的琴是怎么回事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》对所有知名的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，它的出处，流传，以及它的特点都有描述。一些重要的琴都有尺寸。书后有索引，可以找到你要查的琴。对于拉琴的人来说，你应当了解你拉的琴是怎么回事。小提琴绝非只是一件乐器那么简单。它有深刻的文化内涵，有许多讲究，有许多故事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》就是好的入门。对音乐爱好者来说，看《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》可以知道许多关于琴的知识。小提琴是一种艺术品，她诞生于文艺复兴时期，成为乐器之王，为什么她会迷倒那么多人，为什么一把斯特拉蒂瓦里的琴现在动辄几百万

A spotlight on French landscape painters of the first half of the 20th century which is a true hymn to nature Eight French painters born after 1870 are brought together for the first time in an exhibition that highlights their mutual affinities and charts their respective influences and evolutions. Aside from Gaston Balande (1880-1971), who is well known for his art deco wall murals designed for transatlantic ships, and Paul Deltombe (1878-1971), who benefited from a retrospective exhibition in 1970, the work of the other painters collected here has remained uncelebrated for far too long. The present exhibition and its catalogue aim to repair this oversight, as well as to reignite the study of this generation of French painters who, without turning their back on the avant-gardists, concentrated primarily on the traditional genre of landscape, and to a lesser degree on still-lifes. The 80 works of art, mainly painted between the wars, are at the crossroads of the many influences of this creative period,

Get the completely revised edition to mastering the visuallanguage of architecture. In his distinctive graphic style, world-renowned author andarchitecture educator Francis D.K. Ching takes us on anotherexciting journey through the process of creation. In DesignDrawing, Second Edition, he unmasks the basic cognitive processesthat drive visual perception and expression, incorporatingobservation, memory, and rendering into a creative whole. Thisedition unites imaginative vision with fundamental architecturalprinciples to cover the traditional basics of drawing, includingline, shape, tone, and space. Guiding the reader step-by-stepthrough the entire drawing process, Design Drawing also examinesdifferent types of drawing techniques such as multiview, paraline,and perspective drawings -- and how they can be applied to achievestunning results. In addition, this edition: Goes beyond basic drawing books—Ching not only covers theprinciples, media, and techniques of drawing, but also places thesewi

Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (16151868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). At any given time scores of publishers competed for the services of the leading artists of the day. Publishers and artists displayed tremendous ingenuity in finding ways to sustain demand for prints and to to circumvent the restrictions placed upon them by government censorship. Japanese woodblock prints have long been appreciated in the West for their graphic qualities but their content has not always been fully understood. In recent years, publications by scholars in Japan, Europe and the United States have made possible a more subtle appreciation of the imagery encountered in them. This book draws upon this recent scholarship to explain how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Through stunning new photography of both well-known and rarely published work