从新的证据(援引罗马的别墅存在书籍)开始,以现代收藏的变迁为结尾,这插图丰富的书全面介绍了英国和爱尔兰的乡间别墅图书馆。书中充满了关于图书馆主人和图书管理员的趣闻轶事,包含乐关于近乎痴迷的购置,图书馆建筑设计过程以及对馆藏的关心(和疏忽)的有趣信息。作者还对这些图书馆仅用于展示的观点提出异议,认为它们中的许多都是博大精深的学术研究,经过精心的组合,经常用于智力追求。对于那些喜欢书籍以及收集和存储书籍的图书馆的人来说,《乡间别墅图书馆》是必不可少的本。Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners and librarians, the book features fascinating informat
瓦伦西亚大师索拉的印象派绘画描绘了西班牙美丽的花园和建筑。 就像克劳德 莫奈(Claude Monet)在吉维尼(Giverny)著名的《普林空中风景》(plein air风景画)一样,这本书中收集的系列作品收集了华金 索洛拉(Joaquin Sorolla, 1863-1923)闻名于世的作品,也是去探索这位西班牙画家捕捉花园本质的一扇窗户。莫奈将索洛拉描述为 光之大师 ,他的风景画、正式肖像画和历史主题油画与当代美国画家约翰 辛格 萨金特(John Singer Sargent)相提并论。当索洛拉开始他的一系列个人园艺作品时,他以描绘大西洋两岸以西班牙生活的壮丽景色而闻名,本书将完整呈现这些作品。 Valencian master Sorolla's Impressionist paintings depict the most beautiful gardens and architecture in Spain. Like Claude Monet's celebrated plein air landscapes at Giverny, the series collected in this book represents among the best-loved examples of Joaqu n Sorolla'
Published on the occasion of a major retrospective, this gorgeous new survey focuses on the paintings related to the years Joaqu n Sorolla spent in Paris. A native of Valencia, Spanish Impressionist Joaqu n Sorolla (1863 1923) first went to Paris in 1885 as a young artist at the age of twenty-three. He exhibited at the international salons, winning the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle in 1900, and in 1906, he exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Georges Petit, one of the principal galleries of the Impressionists. The exhibition was a resounding success and helped establish Sorolla s international reputation. Known for his vigorous compositions, unusual color palette, and loose, radiant brush strokes, Sorolla s sun-drenched landscapes, beach scenes, and luminous portraits even impressed such contemporaries as Claude Monet. Richly illustrated and with newly researched essays by noted scholars, this important book reveals much new information about Sorolla s activities and relationships with othe