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Sacred to the Touch
Nordic and Baltic Religious Wood Carving
With near-mythical forests of birch and pine, the Nordic and Baltic countries boast a rich tradition of religious wood carving that is in many ways emblematic of their cultures. Sacred to the...
ISBN: 9780295742434
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Christian Krohg's Naturalism
The Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (1852–1925) is best known for his highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for...
ISBN: 9780295742069
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John Russell
Australia's French Impressionist
Australian artist John Russell (1858–1930), an active and influential member of the French nineteenth-century avant garde, was a close friend of Vincent van Gogh and Auguste Rodin, taught impressionist...
ISBN: 9781741741384
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Munch's Ibsen
A Painter's Visions of a Playwright
Drawing on printed and archival sources, including Munch's extensive unpublished writings, Munch's Ibsen provides a comprehensive account of the connection between the two great Norwegian...
ISBN: 9780295987767
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The Body in Time
Figures of Femininity in Late Nineteenth-Century France
The Body in Time looks at two different genres in relation to the construction of femininity in late nineteenth-century France: Degas's representation of ballet dancers and the transforming...
ISBN: 9780295987934
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Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age
Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum
At the time, the art of the seventeenth‐century Dutch Republic was admired and sought after far beyond the country’s borders. To this day, works by painters such as Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and...
ISBN: 9781741741322
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Victorian Watercolours
This book features over eighty artworks by more than seventy artists that represent the glory of British watercolors from the Victorian period. Artists include: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne‐Jones,...
ISBN: 9781741741315
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Reading Vincent van Gogh
A Thematic Guide to the Letters
Soon after his death, Vincent van Gogh’s reputation grew and developed through the remarkably symbiotic relationship evident between his paintings and letters. However, the sheer bulk and complexity...
ISBN: 9781771991872
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Prints and Drawings
Europe 1500-1900
Drawn from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this book reproduces 90 works by over 70 artists that represent a broad panorama of the development of the graphic arts in Europe...
ISBN: 9781741741087
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The Mingins Photo Collection
1288 Pictures of Early Western Tattooing from the Henk Schiffmacher Collection
"A very quiet man, smoking all the time. He used to tattoo while seated on a little bench in the back room of his house at 59 Redfern Road, Harleston, in London, while his wife busied herself in...
ISBN: 9789491394010
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The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
A Critical Study
Vincent van Gogh’s letters are frequently admired for their exceptional literary quality, but there is no extended critique of this aspect of his writing. Addressing key constellations of metaphors...
ISBN: 9781927356746
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