Author: Christie, Manson & WoodsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Collection of Approximately 1,350 Catalogues
Author: Christie, Manson & WoodsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: “The” Athenaeum
Author: The Royal Academy of Arts
Author: Algernon GravesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Cloisters
Author: Peter BarnetPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187203
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fifth anniversary, richly illustrates and describes the most important highlights of its collection, from paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and exquisitely carved ivories to its monumental architecture evocative of the grand religious spaces and domestic interiors of the Middle Ages. The Cloisters remains a testament to design innovation—a New York City landmark with sweeping views of the Hudson River—featuring original elements of Romanesque and Gothic architecture dating from the 12th through the 15th century. Three of the structures enclose beautiful gardens cultivated with species known from tapestries, medieval herbals, and other historic sources. These exotic spaces, the art masterpieces, and the fragrant plants offer visitors an oasis of serenity and inspiration. This book both encapsulates and enhances that experience.
The Secular Spirit
Author: Yvain
Author: Chretien de TroyesPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
A History Of The Works Of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.r.a
Author: Algernon GravesPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016636094
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Europe in the Middle Ages
Author: Charles T. LittlePublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 9780300087840
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This twelve-volume series for the general reader reproduces works of art representing the resources of all eighteen curatorial departments of the Museum.
Memorials of Wilton and Other Papers
Author: James Edward NightingalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wiltshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description