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This selection of more than one hundred sculptor's drawings covering six hundred years is designed toward exploration. This gathering is meant to be open-ended rather than definitive; provocative, not conclusive. How do drawings contribute to the sculptor's training, working methods, image and self-image? Can working after sculpture teach the painter how to draw and see form? Are there many different ways in which the sculptor's drawing functions within his oeuvre?
Including many of the paintings acquired by Catherine the Great as well as others added more recently, this book features paintings from 18th- and 19th-century France, works of the Italian Renaissance, Spanish paintings and paintings from England, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium and the USA.
The twenty essays in this collection examine critical issues in Renaissance art. Written by students of Colin Eisler (Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), they serve as both a tribute to an exceptional scholar and a reflection of his engagement with technical studies, connoisseurship, cultural exchanges between Italy and northern Europe, and the intersection between art and its religious and cultural contexts. Collectively, they highlight the ways in which Colin Eisler?s scholarly achievements have inspired and will continue to inspire innovative research into the art of western Europe and beyond.
Early Netherlandish Painting will be equally welcome to the art lover , the museum and the reference library, giving access to the last major collection early Netherlandish painting to remain in private posession. It includes over forty masterpieces by Robert Campin, Petrus Chritus, Jacques Daret, Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling and Rogier van der Weyden. The collection is also rich in works by the painters of the new generation of the early 16th century. An extensive introduction to the period precedes the catalogue of 43 paintings by masters including Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin and Hans Memling. A very substantial introduction by Colin Eisler illuminates the background to early Netherlandish art and traces its development through the paintings. The extensively illustrated catalogue was prepared with the collaboration of graduate students at the Intsitute of Fine Arts, New York. Dr Emil Bosshardt, Conservator at the Villa Favorita, and Elizabeth Ardrery contribute to the paintings' technical examination. Infra-red reflectography has been used to examine each work and the results are published alongside the finished painting.
In a guided tour through the works of Durer (1471-1528), the greatest Renaissance artist of northern Europe, Eisler reveals the mystic, religious, and social meanings behind Durer's bestiary, accompanied by some 600 illustrations (including 36 color plates) taken from drawings, illuminated manuscripts, painting, etchings, engravings, woodcuts, and pageants Durer created for the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian. A lovely production. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
This work looks at important paintings from nine museums all over Berlin. Eisler uses a chronological and geographical organization to bring together over 700 works of world importance, stretching from the first half of the 12th century to 1914 and covering artists as diverse as Giotto, Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian, Tintoretto, Breughel, Van Eyck and Durer.
Trained as an artist, Irving Penn began photographing for "Vogue" in the 1940s--and went on to become one of the most versatile and accomplished image-makers of the last 50 years. His photographs have become documents of the century, from his portraits of native peoples to his gravity defying still lifes of Clinque cosmetics. This landmark retrospective showcases 90 of Penn's standout images.
A selection of psalms, retold, chosen because they reflect David's life and faith.