Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Orsay, a Special Issue of Connaissance Des Arts
Author: Creating the MusŽe d'Orsay: The Politics of Culture in France
Author: Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271038346
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
This concise book presents the fascinating history of the creation of the Musee d'Orsay and the battles among the prominent politicians, curators, and historians over the architecture, collections, and concept of the museum.
Bulletin
Author: SAMA.The Greater Journey
Author: David McCulloughPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416576894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by America’s master historian, David McCullough. Not all pioneers went west. In The Greater Journey, David McCullough tells the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, hungry to learn and to excel in their work. What they achieved would profoundly alter American history. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, was one of this intrepid band. Another was Charles Sumner, whose encounters with black students at the Sorbonne inspired him to become the most powerful voice for abolition in the US Senate. Friends James Fenimore Cooper and Samuel F. B. Morse worked unrelentingly every day in Paris, Morse not only painting what would be his masterpiece, but also bringing home his momentous idea for the telegraph. Harriet Beecher Stowe traveled to Paris to escape the controversy generated by her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Three of the greatest American artists ever—sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, painters Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent—flourished in Paris, inspired by French masters. Almost forgotten today, the heroic American ambassador Elihu Washburne bravely remained at his post through the Franco-Prussian War, the long Siege of Paris, and the nightmare of the Commune. His vivid diary account of the starvation and suffering endured by the people of Paris is published here for the first time. Telling their stories with power and intimacy, McCullough brings us into the lives of remarkable men and women who, in Saint-Gaudens’ phrase, longed “to soar into the blue.”
Management and Restoration of Human-impacted Resources
Author: Kathrin SchreckenbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Connaissance Des Arts
Author: Great Events from History II.: 1969-1992
Author: Frank Northen MagillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts and society
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Recounts original articles treating 493 topics and events in twentieth century history spanning the cultural and artistic life of the modern world. Includes landmarks in the fine arts: art, architecture, dance, fashion and design, journalism, literature, motion pictures, music, television and radio, and theater.
Hector Guimard
Author: David A. HanksPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300248369
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated retrospective of Art Nouveau architect and designer Hector Guimard, positioning him at the forefront of the modernist movement The aesthetic of architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942) has long characterized French Art Nouveau in the popular imagination. This groundbreaking book showcases all aspects of his artistry and recognizes the fundamental modernity of his work. Known for, among other things, the decorative entrances to the Paris Métro and the associated lettering, he often looked to nature for inspiration, and combined materials such as stone and cast iron in unique ways to create designs composed of curves and waves that evoked movement. Guimard broke away from his classical Beaux-Arts training to advocate a modern, abstract style; he also pioneered the use of standardized models for his design objects and experimented with prefabricated designs in his social housing commissions, advancing the technology of the time. With copious, beautifully reproduced illustrations of his architectural drawings as well as his furniture, jewelry, and textile designs, this volume explores Guimard's full oeuvre and elucidates the significance of his work to the history of modern art. Essays by an international group of scholars present Guimard as a visionary architect, a shrewd entrepreneur, an industrialist, and a social activist.
Gae Aulenti
Author: Margherita PetranzanPublisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Italian architect Gae Aulenti is one of the most prominent working in the field today. This text presents a richly-illustrated survey of Aulenti's body of work, including the world-famous Musee d'Orsay, stage designs for theater and opera, a villa in St. Tropez, exhibition designs for the 2001 Milan Triennale, and the remodeling of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice. Petranzan is the founder of the architectural magazine Anfione Zeto. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Pissarro
Author: Joachim PissarroPublisher: Skira/Wildenstein
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This new catalogue of the paintings of Camille Pissarro, while drawing extensively on the 1939 edition published by his son, makes an innovative contribution to the understanding of the work of this great artist through the discovery of previously unpublished pictures and documents. Over a career that spanned the second half of the 19th century, Pissarro tested every pictorial experiment of his time, from Impressionism to Pointillism. His rich style reveals the gifts of a great colorist and of a master of light endowed with a striking sensitivity to nature. This exhaustive 3-volume catalogue, co-published with the Wildenstein Institute, features 1528 paintings--of which 213 have never been published or are little known--detailed commentaries with rigorous analyses of each work, a complete biography of the artist, illustrated with archival photographs, a bibliography and a complete list of exhibitions.