World Famous Paintings

Download or read book World Famous Paintings written by Rockwell Kent and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.

Download or read book The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings written by Rosie Dickins and published by Educational Development Corporation. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Usborne, 2009.

Download or read book Famous Paintings written by Sarah Courtauld and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A set of cards providing facts and figures about famous paintings.

Download or read book 100 Famous Paintings written by Marina Vaizey and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hundred key paintings analysed and their significance explained. Short biographies of world famous artists and brief accounts of the art movements they represent. The artists are: Duccio, Giotto, Simone Martini, van Eyck, Uccello, van der Weyden, Fra Angelico, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Bellini, Mantegna, van der Goes, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Leonardo da Vinci, Bosch, Piero di Cosimo, Durer, Grunewald, Cranach, Michelangelo, Giorgione, Carpaccio, Raphael, Titian, Holbein, Bronzino, Tintoretto, Clouet, Bruegel, Veronese, El Greco, Hilliard, Caravaggio, Rubens, Hals, Poussin, van Dyck, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, de Hooch, Hobbema, Watteau, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Hogarth, Chardin, Boucher, Reynolds, Stubbs, Gainsborough, Fragonard, Goya, David, Blake, Friedrich, Turner, Constable, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Courbet, Palmer, Millet, Frith, Madox Brown, Millais, Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Whistler, Homer, Cezanne, Monet, Renoir, Rousseau, Eakins, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, Munch, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse, Klimt, Picasso, Braque, Hopper, Modigliani, Duchamp, Chagall, Magritte, Dali, Bacon, Wyeth, Pollack, Lichtenstein, Hockney.

Download or read book Famous Works of Art—And How They Got That Way written by John Nici and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.”

Download or read book Discover Great Paintings written by Lucy Micklethwait and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Famous Paintings Sticker Book written by Megan Cullis and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the world's famous paintings in 100 stickers. It contains information about artists and their lives. It is suitable for all ages to learn about and engage with art.