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Chanel
Chronicles the life and career of the French fashion designer, along with a discussion of the influences that inspired her and photographs of her clothes.
Chanel
Chanel presents the world of Coco Chanel beyond the realm of fashion, where her monumental influence has already been thoroughly documented, with evidence of Chanel in all her relations with the most prolific artists of the first half of the 20th century. 220 illustrations, 100 in color.
Fauves and Fauvism
"Excited handling of pure colors and drastic simplification of line: such was Fauvism, the first art revolution of the twentieth century ... This comprehensive study illustrates the work of some twenty artists, French, German, Dutch and Russian, and fills in the essential background of pre-Fauvism going back to Monet, Gaugain and Van Gogh."--Back cover.
Eternal Chanel
The ultimate Chanel book, Jean Leymarie's classic monograph on Coco Chanel is back in print once more. Completely revised and updated since its publication in 1989, this book provides a general overview of Chanel's creative history, from her early days, when she mingled with Jean Cocteau, Igor Stravinsky and Luchino Visconti, to the development of her legacy after her death by Karl Lagerfeld.
The Jerusalem Windows
Marc Chagall's magnificent stained-glass windows installed in the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew Medical Center in Jerusalem are no doubt among the most inspiring and beautiful pieces of twentieth-century art."
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Corot
Published to accompany a major exhibition of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's paintings held in Paris and Ottawa during 1996, and forthcoming to New York. From nearly 3,000 paintings by this poetic 19th-century artist, the curators chose 163 works, which are reproduced here along with full art-historical discussions of each. Three major essays chronicle Corot's life and the development of his art; additional essays elucidate the subject of forgeries and describe the collecting of his works. Much original new scholarship is included along with a review of the scholarly literature, a concordance, and a chronology. 9.5x12.5"Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Paintings
Robert Lehman (1891-1969), one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced the work of both traditional and modern masters. This volume catalogues 130 nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings that are now part of the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The majority of the works are by artists based in France, but there are also examples from the United States, Latin America, and India, reflecting Lehman's global interests. The catalogue opens with outstanding paintings by Ingres, Théodore Rousseau, and Corot, among other early nineteenth-century artists. They are joined by an exemplary selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by Degas...
The Spirit of the Letter in Painting
This book brings together thirty masterpieces of painting from masters like Rembrant and Renoir, ranging from the 17th century to the 20th century, in which a letter was the key element of the composition.
