Great Portrait Drawings and Prints

Great Portrait Drawings and Prints PDF

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780486434025

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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.

Van Gogh on Art and Artists

Van Gogh on Art and Artists PDF

Author: Vincent Van Gogh

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-03-21

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0486166112

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Twenty-three missives — written from 1887 to 1889 — radiate their author's impulsiveness, intensity, and mysticism. The letters are complemented by reproductions of van Gogh's major paintings. 32 full-page black-and-white illustrations.

A Cézanne Sketchbook

A Cézanne Sketchbook PDF

Author: Paul Cézanne

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1985-01-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780486247908

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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.

Picasso

Picasso PDF

Author: Gertrude Stein

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780486247151

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The author describes her friendship with Picasso, traces the artist's life and career, and analyzes his approach to painting

A Manual of Historic Ornament

A Manual of Historic Ornament PDF

Author: Richard Glazier

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780486421483

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Exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use guide surveys the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts-from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, and Assyria to a Gothic doorway in Amiens, the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, and a classic early-nineteenth-century sofa by Thomas Hope. Hundreds of the author's line illustrations depict designs typical of many periods of style. Unabridged reprint of the 6th edition (1948) of A Manual of Historic Ornament, originally published in 1899 by B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London. Over 700 b/w illustrations. 16 plates of photographs.

Willy Pogány Rediscovered

Willy Pogány Rediscovered PDF

Author: Willy Pogány

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0486140016

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More than 100 color and black-and-white Art Nouveau–style illustrations from fairy tales and adventure stories include scenes from Wagner's "Ring" cycle, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Gulliver's Travels, and Faust.

Great Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec

Great Lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec PDF

Author: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780486243597

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This exceptional collection offers one of the finest samplings of Lautrec's deservedly famous lithographs: a spectacular gallery of 89 plates, including 8 in full color. Preface. Biographical Notes. List of Plates. Critic's Comments. Selected Bibliography. Concordance.

Rembrandt Landscape Drawings

Rembrandt Landscape Drawings PDF

Author: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780486241609

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A supreme master of landscape drawings, Rembrandt's extraordinary draftsmanship possessed a vitality and power that few artists ever achieve. This excellent volume displays in sharp, quality reproductions 60 authentic landscapes chosen from the great facsimile editions. Publisher's Note. Captions. 60 black-and-white illustrations.

Kokoschka Portraits and Figure Drawings

Kokoschka Portraits and Figure Drawings PDF

Author: Oskar Kokoschka

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780486292977

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47 great drawings by modern Austro-German master: portraits, nudes, more. Notable for originality, power, acute psychological penetration. Introduction. Captions.