World Famous Paintings
Title | World Famous Paintings PDF eBook |
Author | Rockwell Kent |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 2013-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781494105891 |
This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.
Famous Paintings
Title | Famous Paintings PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Courtauld |
Publisher | Usborne Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780794529239 |
A set of cards providing facts and figures about famous paintings.
The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings
Title | The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings PDF eBook |
Author | Rosie Dickins |
Publisher | Educational Development Corporation |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-06 |
Genre | Painting |
ISBN | 9780794525422 |
Originally published: London: Usborne, 2009.
Famous Works of Art—And How They Got That Way
Title | Famous Works of Art—And How They Got That Way PDF eBook |
Author | John Nici |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 331 |
Release | 2015-09-17 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1442249552 |
In a world filled with great museums and great paintings, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the reigning queen. Her portrait rules over a carefully designed salon, one that was made especially for her in a museum that may seem intended for no other purpose than to showcase her virtues. What has made this portrait so renowned, commanding such adoration? And what of other works of art that continue to enthrall spectators: What makes the Great Sphinx so great? Why do iterations of The Scream and American Gothic permeate nearly all aspects of popular culture? Is it because of the mastery of the artists who created them? Or can something else account for their popularity? In Famous Works of Art—And How They Got That Way, John B. Nici looks at twenty well-known paintings, sculptures, and photographs that have left lasting impressions on the general public. As Nici notes, there are many reasons why works of art become famous; few have anything to do with quality. The author explains why the reputations of some creations have grown over the years, some disproportionate to their artistic value. Written in a style that is both entertaining and informative, this book explains how fame is achieved, and ultimately how a work either retains that fame, or passes from the public consciousness. From ancient artifacts to a can of soup, this book raises the question: Did the talent to promote and publicize a work exceed the skills employed to create that object of worship? Or are some masterpieces truly worth the admiration they receive? The creations covered in this book include the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, El Greco’s The Burial of Count Orgaz, Rodin’s The Thinker, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and Picasso’s Guernica. Featuring more than sixty images, including color reproductions, Famous Works of Art—And How They Got That Way will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered if a great painting, sculpture, or photograph, really deserves to be called “great.”
Discover Great Paintings
Title | Discover Great Paintings PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Micklethwait |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780751355017 |
This book introduces children to many of the world's most famous paintings. On the left-hand side of each spread, children will find a cut-out of a famous painting with questions to guide their own investigations and on the right-hand side of the spread is featured the full painting with answers to the questions as well as other facts. An introductory text and an information box about the author set the scene and allow children to recognise other paintings by the same artist or from the same period in time.
Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts
Title | Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts PDF eBook |
Author | Charissa Bremer-David |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Total Pages | 130 |
Release | 1997-11-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892364556 |
This beautifully illustrated work brings together more than one hundred objects from the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of European decorative arts. Included here is a generous selection of French and Italian furniture from the mid-sixteenth to the early nineteenth century. Masterpieces by André-Charles Boulle, Bernard (II) van Risenburgh, and others reveal the virtuoso craftsmanship that makes these objects such compelling examples of the furniture maker’s art. Many of the Museum’s finest pieces of porcelain, glass, and tin-glazed earthenware are also represented. Tapestries from Gobelins and Beauvais, bronze firedogs from Fontainebleau, and a lathe-turned ivory goblet of astonishing complexity from Saxony are among the other highlights of this handsome volume.
Mona Lisa
Title | Mona Lisa PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Sassoon |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
What has made the Mona Lisa the most famous picture in the world? Why is it that, of all the 6,000 paintings in the Louvre, it is the only one to be exhibited in a special box, set in concrete and protected by two sheets of bulletproof glass? Why do thousands of visitors throng to see it every day, ignoring the masterpieces which surround it?