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Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance - A Contribution to the History of Collecting
Julius Von Schlosser, Thomas Dacosta Kaufmann, Jonathan Blower
- Getty trust publications
- 12 Janvier 2021
- 9781606066652
Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cabinets of wonder as precursors to the modern museum, situating them within a history of collecting going back to Gre...
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Visualizing Empire - Africa, Europe, and the Politics of Representation
Rebecca Peabody, Stephen Nelson, Dominic Thomas
- Getty trust publications
- 12 Janvier 2021
- 9781606066683
An exploration of how an official French visual culture normalized France's colonial project and exposed citizens and subjects to racialized ideas of life in the empire....
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Samuel van Hoogstraten's Introduction to the Academy of Painting; or, The Visible World
Samuel Van Hoogstraten, Celeste Brusati, Jaap Jacobs
- Getty trust publications
- 12 Janvier 2021
- 9781606066676
A unique seventeenth-century account of painting as it was practiced, taught, and discussed during a period of extraordinary artistic and intellectual ferment in the Netherlands....
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Fluxus Means Change - Jean Brown's Avant-Garde Archive
Marcia Reed
- Getty trust publications
- 20 Novembre 2020
- 9781606066621
An exploration of the radical artists who transformed the ways art is conceived, exhibited, and collected, through the Dada, Surrealist, and Fluxus collections of Jean and Leonard Brown....
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Miraculous Bouquets - Flower and Fruit Paintings by Jan Van Huysum
. Woollett
- Getty trust publications
- 15 Septembre 2011
- 9781606060902
Precisely rendered to dazzle the eye with their botanical accuracy, the sumptuous arrays of fruit and flowers by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) were among the most avidly collected paintings of the 18th century. This little book explores two of Van Huysum's most important still-life painti...
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Images in the Margins is the third in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introdu...
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Nature and Its Symbols is the fifth volume in the series A Guide to Imagery, reference guides whose goal is to explain the symbols used in art. This volume includes chapters on plants, flowers, fruits, and animals of the earth, air, and water, as well as fantastical creatures such as centaurs, griff...
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From as early as 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to create pictures for the camera. In this book, a short introductory essay summarizes the history of staged photography, highlighting key debates on the medium's blunt fa...
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Hollywood Arensberg - Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A.
Mark Nelson, William H. Sherman, Ellen Hoobler
- Getty trust publications
- 16 Octobre 2020
- 9781606066669
This comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of Louise and Walter Arensberg's groundbreaking collection of modern and pre-Columbian art takes readers room by room, wall by wall, object by object through the couple's Los Angeles home in which their collection was displayed....
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Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta - A Sixteenth-Century Calligraphic Manuscript Inscribed by Georg Bocskay and Illuminated by Joris Joefnagel
Lee Hendrix, Thea Vignau-wilberg
- Getty trust publications
- 18 Septembre 2020
- 9781606066584
Now back in print, "the ultimate booklover's gift book" --Los Angeles Times...
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William Blake - Visionary
Edina Adam, Julian Brooks
- Getty trust publications
- 24 Juillet 2020
- 9781606066423
A richly illustrated, comprehensive introduction to the visionary artist William Blake....
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On Canvas - Preserving the Structure of Paintings
Stephen Hackney
- Getty trust publications
- 21 Janvier 2020
- 9781606066263
The first truly comprehensive analysis of the history, practice, and conservation of painting on canvas....
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More than One Picture - An Art History of the Hyperimage
Felix Thurlemann
- Getty trust publications
- 12 Novembre 2019
- 9781606066256
This thought-provoking and original book argues that hyperimages-calculated displays of images on walls or pages-have played a major role in the history of art....
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Manet and Modern Beauty - The Artist's Last Years
Scott Allan, Emily A Beeny, Gloria Groom
- Getty trust publications
- 25 Juin 2019
- 9781606066041
This stunning examination of the last years of E douard Manet's life and career is the first book to explore the transformation of his style and subject matter in the 1870s and early 1880s....
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The Renaissance Nude
Thomas Kren, Jill Burke, Stephen Campbell, Andrea Herrera, Thomas Depasquale
- Getty trust publications
- 9 Novembre 2018
- 9781606065846
A gloriously illustrated examination of the origins and development of the nude as an artistic subject in Renaissance Europe....
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Offers a discussion of the materials and processes used in eight artistic media - painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, mosaics, ceramics, glass, and metalwork. This title contains 400 full-colour illustrations, and provides insight into the creation of many of the world's greatest works of art...
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As an integral part of human culture, music has been one of the most common themes in art throughout history. This book offers an exploration of the history of music in Western art, from ancient sculptures to modern art. It includes chapters devoted to individual instruments and sections focused on ...
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Looking at Jewelry (Looking at series) - A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
Susanne Gansicke, Yvonne J Markowitz
- Getty trust publications
- 25 Juin 2019
- 9781606065990
What is a cabochon? What are the various types of gilding? What is vermeil? This accessible book - the first of its kind - offers concise explanations of key jewellery terms....
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Focusing on a specific theme or genre spanning the history of the medium from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this title traces the relationship between animal representation and the possibilities presented by rapid advancements in camera and film technologies....
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Conserving Contemporary Art - Issues, Methods, Materials, and Research
. Chiantore
- Getty trust publications
- 6 Décembre 2012
- 9781606061046
Offers investigation of the material and philosophical aspects of conserving contemporary art. This title gives a comprehensive overview of the many considerations faced by the conservator of modern and contemporary art....
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Herb Ritts (1952-2002) was a Los Angeles-based photographer who established an international reputation for distinctive images of fashion models, nudes, and celebrity portraits. This book traces the life and career of the iconic photographer through a selection of photographs and two insightful essa...
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A is for Artist - A Getty Museum Alphabet
. Getty
- Getty trust publications
- 31 Mars 2006
- 9780892363773
The letters of the alphabet are illustrated for children in details from 26 paintings in the collection of the John Paul Getty Museum. The book also contains reproductions of the 26 paintings....
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Analyzing artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition, this volume describes how they evolved over time. Divided into chapters, it looks at these images, and how they came to be portrayed with the physical attributes - wings, halos, horns, and...
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This guide aims to help readers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are described in entries summarizing their stories, special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each entry is illustrated with reproductions of artworks....
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