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Charles Webster Hawthorne
This is the first life comprehensive book on the life and work of the most outstanding American realists of the early 20th century. It celebrates Charles Webster Hawthorne's achievements as an artist, an unacknowledged master of American realism, whose thoroughly modern idiom blends the Impressionist sensibility with the Ashcan School aesthetic. Hawthorne is best known for his masterful use of colors, and the way they capture the human essence and reveal stunning beauty in the commonplace. Influenced by the Old Masters -- especially Titian and Frans Hals -- Hawthorne admired the rich tonality of color, the monumentality and beauty of representation, and the nobility of subjects depicted, and imported them into his paintings of ordinary people for whom he felt sympathy or admiration: Portuguese fishermen, the selectmen and selectwomen of Provincetown, the fishmonger, the captain's wife, mothers and children.
The Christmas Story
Records the Christmas story of the Nativity, as interpreted by painters who lived during the Renaissance period; accompanying text describing each tableau is taken from the King James Version of the Bible and a commentary on each picture provides background on the paintings themselves and their artists.
Impressionism
Defining an artistic era or movement is often a difficult task, as one tries to group individualistic expressions and artwork under one broad brush. Such is the case with impressionism, which culls together the art of a multitude of painters in the mid-19th century, including Monet, Cézanne, Renoir, Degas, and van Gogh. Basically, impressionism involved the shedding of traditional painting methods. The subjects of art were taken from everyday life, as opposed to the pages of mythology and history. In addition, each artist painted to express feelings of the moment instead of hewing to time-honoured standards. This description of impressionism, obviously, is quite broad and can apply to a wid...
Unseen Renoir
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was world-famous in his own lifetime, and to this day is the most beloved of the French Impressionists. He was first celebrated for youthful scenes of his happy-go-lucky friends, landscapes of the countryside along the River Seine, views of Paris streets, still-life painting overflowing with flowers, and revealing portraits of actors, children, stylish hostesses and their handsome husbands. No less memorable are later canvases that glimpse the intimacy of his comfortable domestic life and betray his sensual delight in painting monumental nudes. While other Impressionists looked for "modern life" to paint, Renoir sought beauty -- the beauty of museums, not na...
What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?
Grade level: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, e, i, s.
What Makes a Degas a Degas?
Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Degas.
What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh?
Masterpieces by Vincent Van Gogh are studied in this title of the bestselling "What Makes a . . ." series, now available in a handsome hardcover edition. The composition, line, color, and subject matter of 12 of Van Gogh's paintings are analyzed, while the world he lived and worked in is also explored. Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005
The present volume, Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964-2005, is a successor to a volume published by the Museum in 1965 entitled Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1870-1964. These two bibliographic volumes endeavor to list all the known books, pamphlets, and serial publications bearing the Museum's imprint, and issued by the institution during the first 135 years of its existence (through June 2005). The first volume was compiled by Albert TenEyck Gardner, at the time an Associate Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and the present volume has been compiled from the Annual Reports issued by the Museum during the relevant years. Together the two volumes...
What Makes a Picasso a Picasso?
Explores the distinguishing qualities of Picasso's work.
