An ideal introduction to the painter s work, Sargent: The Masterworks features 100 of his most beloved paintings. Illustrating all aspects of his diverse oeuvre portraits, landscapes, mural commissions in oil and watercolour, this handsome new book includes works from both private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art s infamous Madame X. Author Stephanie L. Herdrich draws on a wealth of new research to provide both an essential overview and a more nuanced understanding of the great American painter. Richly illustrated, the book s three chapters cover the artist s career from his childhood and early years in Paris, to his mid-career portraits made in England and United States, and his later years painting out of doors. An illustrated chronology contains fascinating details and archival imagery about the artist s life. Sargent s cosmopolitan upbringing and education made him perfectly suited to capture the upwardly mobile bourgeoisie and aristocrats of his era
塞尚自己也没有真正区分素描和水彩,本书涵盖了塞尚的全部作品,包括印象派的作品,对肖像画的探索,景观类和静物,让人们更深入理解艺术的魅力。 Drawing was central to C zanne s indefatigable search for solutions to the problems posed by the depiction of reality. Many of his watercolours are equal to his paintings, and he himself made no real distinction between painting and drawing. This book s six chapters are arranged thematically, covering the whole range of C zanne s uvre: works after the Old Masters such as Michelangelo and Rubens; his period as one of the Impressionists; his exploration of both portraiture and the human figure, including the magnificent bathers; his interaction with landscape, particularly in his native Provence and the dominating form of Mont Sainte-Victoire; and finally the magisterial still lifes. In the Introduction, as well as throughout the book, Lloyd sets the drawings and watercolours in the context of C zanne
如今,在摄影被艺术世界和数字操纵吸收的情况下,萨尔加多的摄影作品具有一种《圣经》般的特质并投射出一种即时性,这些让他的作品具有生动的当代感。塞拉佩拉达(Serra Pelada)的矿山早已关闭,但紧张的淘金热大戏却从这些图像中跳了出来。 本书收集了萨尔加多拍摄的关于塞拉佩拉达的所有作品,这些作品用博物馆级的品质被复制出来,并附有萨尔加多撰写的一篇前言和艾伦 里丁(Alan Riding)的的一篇随笔。本书还出了签名的限量收藏版和艺术版。 What is it about a dull yellow metal that drives men to abandon their homes, sell their belongings and cross a continent in order to risk life, limbs and sanity for a dream? Sebasti o Salgado When Sebasti o Salgado was finally authorized to visit Serra Pelada in September 1986, having been blocked for six years by Brazil s military authorities, he was ill-prepared to take in the e