Habsburg Treasures

Habsburg Treasures PDF

Author: Sabine Haag

Publisher: Vendome Press

Published: 2013-09-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780865652989

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Ten years after the tragic theft of Benvenuto Cellini’s masterpiece, a gold and enamel saltcellar, Vienna’s Kunstkammer (Art Room) at the Kunsthistorisches Museum has reopened. Completely renovated, the gallery is once again showcasing the Habsburg dynasty’s exceptional collection of art and wonders. Here is a trove of sculptures and bronzes by such giants as Donatello and Giambologna, the world’s greatest collection of Baroque carved-ivory figures, and glorious Baroque silver goblets and vessels, as well as magically endowed natural wonders, such as ostrich eggs mounted in jewels, gold, and silver gilt. Pride of place is held by the Cellini saltcellar, which was found nearly 3 years after its disappearance in the woods 55 miles north of Vienna, as were the thieves. It had been buried underground and survived in perfect condition. With text by the museum’s director, Sabine Haag, and the curator of the Kunstkammer, Franz Kirchweger, alongside specially commissioned photography, this book celebrates a marvelous collection, at last reunited.

Rubens

Rubens PDF

Author: Gerlinde Gruber

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783777428581

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The creative study of the important works of his predecessors and contemporaries occupied Peter Paul Rubens (1577?1640) throughout his life and left its mark on the works he produced over a period of fifty years. The comparison of his works with sculptures from Antiquity and the Renaissance, paintings by Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio and prints by Raimondi and Goltzius reveals a fascinating view of Rubens?s surprising transformation of subjects, his new presentation of familiar pictorial themes and his skilled search for the right format. Only thus does the exceptional talent of this great master become tangible. Rubens?s works continue to enchant the present-day viewer as directly as they did during his lifetime.00Exhibition: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria (17.10.2017-21.01.2018) / Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (08.02.-21.05.2018)

Painting of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Painting of Pieter Bruegel the Elder PDF

Author: Pieter Bruegel (d.ä.)

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Famous for having elevated the status of landscape painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder is also considered to be the greatest 16th-century Flemish master of scenes from ordinary life. This volume presents a collection of his work, including 12 masterpieces.

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: The Paintings

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: The Paintings PDF

Author: Wolfgang Prohaska

Publisher: C.H.Beck

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9783406421761

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"The Paintings Collection (Gemaldegalerie) of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is one of the few truly internationally famous collections of art. Over 160 masterpieces ranging from the 15th to the 18th centuries have been selected for this book and carefully reproduced in colour. Together with art-historical comments they provide a magnificent overview."--BOOK JACKET.

The ancients stole all our great ideas

The ancients stole all our great ideas PDF

Author: Edward Ruscha

Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783863352561

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Museums often ask artists to curate their 'private collections' from their inventory as exhibitions. One is reminded of the famous The Artist Eye series in which Hockney, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Bridget Riley put together their exhibition, or the historic exhibition Raid the Icebox, which Andy Warhol put together in 1969 from the collection of the Museum of Art of the Rhode Island School of Design.This exhibition and catalogue promise to be just as interesting, as the artist/curator is one of the innovative and international esteemed painters, drawers, photographers, book-makers of our time and the Museum of Art History in Vienna with its Kunstkammer is one of the greatest treasure troves in the world. The only common thread connecting the exhibits is the eye of the artist.Published alongside the exhibition at The Museum of Art History in Vienna (25 September to 2 December 2012).English and German text.