Treasures from the National Gallery of Art
Author : John Walker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,32 MB
Release : 1962
Category :
ISBN :
Treasures of the National Gallery, London
Author : Neil MacGregor
Publisher : Abbeville Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 1996-09
Category : Painting
ISBN : 9780789204820
Book Description
This Tiny Folio book highlights the works of The National Gallery, London, which has one of the most magnificent--and the most beloved--collections of paintings in the world. Founded in 1824, the National Gallery houses a rich and comprehensive range of European painting from the Middle Ages to the 1920s. Among the works represented in this colorful and compact survey of the Gallery's collection are masterpieces by Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cézanne, as well as some lesser-known delights. Located on Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London, the original Wilkins Building has recently been extended by the handsome new Sainsbury Wing, which contains some of the world's greatest paintings.
Afghanistan
Author : Fredrik Talmage Hiebert
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781426202957
Book Description
As war raged across the jagged Afghan countryside, the staff of the Afghan National Museum spirited away, piece by piece, to hiding places all over the Kabul region, each time risking their lives, sworn to silence, it was a secret they kept until the fall of the Taliban--almost thirty years of deadly danger, courage, and fierce honor.
Possessing the Past
Author : 國立故宮博物院
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 20,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 0810964945
Book Description
A major scholarly work, published in conjunction with the exhibition titled "Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" (on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during 1996, and scheduled for several other American cities during 1996-1997). Written by scholars of both Chinese and Western cultural backgrounds and conceived as a cultural history, the book synthesizes scholarship of the past three decades to present the historical and cultural significance of individual works of art and analyses of their aesthetic content, as well as reevaluation of the cultural dynamics of Chinese history. Includes some 600 illustrations, 436 in color. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Circa 1492
Author : Jean Michel Massing
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300051670
Book Description
Surveys the art of the Age of Exploration in Europe, the Far East, and the Americas
Treasures from the National Gallery of Art
Author : National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Staff
Publisher :
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780758190833
Book Description
America's National Gallery of Art
Author : Philip Kopper
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 25,82 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Art museums
ISBN :
Book Description
This handsome tribute to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. traces the history of the museum from conception to construction on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Opened with great fanfare, the National Gallery was "the richest single gift from any individual to any nation ever." That individual was financier Andrew Mellon. Kopper's succinct biography covers Mellon's personal and political life as well as his passion for collecting the paintings of old masters. Mellon's bequest stipulated the museum's name, location, and details of governance, ensuring continued high standards and a vital future. Kopper includes profiles of the architect and various museum directors, including Mellon's son Paul, as well as illustrations that document some of the collection's highlights. ISBN 0-8109-3658-5: $60.00 (For use only in the library)
Treasures of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Author : Florence E. Coman
Publisher : Abbeville Publishing Group
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 1995-01-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780789204912
Book Description
As one of the Tiny Folio Great Museum series, this book is designed as a tour of the National Gallery's collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture. Visitors to the National Gallery in Washington usually make straight for the rooms holding the museum's works by the greatest Impressionist artists, including Degas, Renoir, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and many others. This miniature compendium includes all the favourites, along with many less-familiar works photographed especially for this volume.
The Quest for Immortality
Author : Erik Hornung
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN :
Book Description
"This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which includes artefacts from nearly 2000 years before the Christian era. Objects such as coffins, tombs, masks, jewellery, papyri, sarcophagi and monumental and small-scale sculpture reveal the reverence and awe with which the Egyptians considered the mystery of death. The essays in this book explore Egyptian art history, customs and worship, with specific focus on the Amduat, a book devoted to the pharaoh's 12-hour journey to the afterlife. Additional writings detail the background of the collection and focus upon the role of art in ancient Egypt."--Amazon.
Treasures from the National Gallery of Art, ed
Author : National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release :
Category : Painting
ISBN :
