Author :
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 35,72 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Author : Ader Tajan (Firm)
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Darius A. Spieth
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9004276750
Seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings were aesthetic, intellectual, and economic touchstones in the Parisian art world of the Revolutionary era, but their importance within this framework, while frequently acknowledged, never attracted much subsequent attention. Darius A. Spieth’s inquiry into Revolutionary Paris and the Market for Netherlandish Art reveals the dominance of “Golden Age” pictures in the artistic discourse and sales transactions before, during, and after the French Revolution. A broadly based statistical investigation, undertaken as part of this study, shows that the upheaval reduced prices for Netherlandish paintings by about 55% compared to the Old Regime, and that it took until after the July Revolution of 1830 for art prices to return where they stood before 1789.
Author : Stendhal
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1528765311
This book contains the memoirs of Stendahl or in his own words the 'chatter about his private life' between 1821 and 1830. It was between these dates that he moved to Paris and here looks back on his life as an eccentric bachelor. 'As well as Beyle the clairvoyant self-investigator, the sardonic analyst of Parisian salon society and deliberate cultivator of wit, here emerges Beyle the despairing lover, the shakespearean enthusiast, whose romantic sentiment run always parallel with his eighteenth-century logic'. Marie-Henri Beyle - better-known by his pen name, Stendhal - was born in Grenoble, France in 1783. He turned to writing after the final defeat of Napoleon in 1815, notable works include A Life of Rossini (1824), A Life of Napoleon (1929) and The Red and the Black published in 1830. A number of works were published posthumously, including Lamiel (1889), Memoirs of an Egotist (1892) and Lucien Leuwen (1894). Stendhal is now regarded as one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of literary realism.
Author : Chanthalangsy, Phinith
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9231010069
Author : Staten Island Academy, New Brighton, N.Y. Arthur Winter Memorial Library
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN :
Author : Don Montague
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 37,69 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780419199106
This dual-language dictionary lists over 20,000 specialist terms in both French and English, covering architecture, building, engineering and property terms. It meets the needs of all building professionals working on projects overseas. It has been comprehensively researched and compiled to provide an invaluable reference source in an increasingly European marketplace.
Author : Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520066960
"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description
Author : Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN :
"This extraordinary book is the first in a projected series of specialized catalogues documenting the permanent collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection of Italian paintings, a total of sixty works, is a representative one for the years 1300-1800 with significant examples from all major schools." "Each catalogue entry, written by Eliot W. Rowlands, includes a thorough and lively biography on the artist; complete technical notes and a detailed description; a fully documented commentary with a discussion of attribution, date, subject, and function; an exacting list of references that also summarizes the critical history of each work; and a full account of exhibition history and provenance. All the Italian paintings in the Nelson-Atkins collection are reproduced in full color, and there are over 200 black-and-white comparative illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Bertrandon de La Brocquière
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
De la Broquière set off for the Holy Land in 1432 for the purpose of spying out the possibilities of a new crusade to be led by the Duke of Burgundy. He returned overland, through the Turkish Empire, alone. His observations of the land, the people, the rulers, the food and the customs make fascinating reading. There is also a long section on the organization and tactics of the Ottoman Army, and the ways that the Europeans can use to defeat it. De la Broquière is a highly competent spy and a very observant tourist.
