Doré's Illustrations for Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso"


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Great 19th-century illustrator's last major achievement: 208 brooding, surreal illustrations of magnificent, influential Renaissance epic poem. Jousting knights, damsels in distress, and grotesque monsters come to life under Doré's exuberant pen style.




Great Portrait Drawings and Prints


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One hundred and one stunning portraits, 16 in color, by a select group of world-famous artists. Color portraits include Rubens' Young Woman with Crossed Hands, Rossetti's Aurea Catena (Portrait of Mrs. Morris), and Renoir's Portrait of Cézanne. Black-and-white plates include works by Matisse, Bellini, Delacroix, van Gogh, Schiele, Degas, and others.




Graphic Works of George Cruikshank


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269 copyright-free reproductions of etchings, woodcuts (eight in full color).




150 Masterpieces of Drawing


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Full-page reproductions of drawings from the early 15th century to the end of the 18th century, all beautifully reproduced: Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Dürer, Fragonard, Urs Graf, Wouwerman, and many others.




Drawings of William Blake


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The artist and poet are clearly revealed in these reproductions of Blake's pencil drawings




A Manual of Historic Ornament


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Hundreds of detailed illustrations depict painted pilasters from Pompeii, early Gothic stone carvings, a detail from a stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral, more. Over 700 black-and-white illustrations, 16 plates of photographs.




A Cézanne Sketchbook


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Great artist experiments with tonal effects, light, mass, other qualities in over 100 drawings. A revealing view of developing master painter, precursor of Cubism. 102 black-and-white illustrations.




The Doré Bible Illustrations


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Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depictions of the life of Jesus, 241 plates in all.




The Doré Gallery


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Picasso


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Intimate, revealing memoir of Picasso as man and artist by influential literary figure. Highly readable amalgam of biographical fact, artistic and aesthetic comments. One of Stein's most accessible works. 61 black-and-white illustrations. Index.