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Paul Gauguin - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Russell T. Clement Paul Gauguin - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Russell T. Clement
R2,452 R2,226 Discovery Miles 22 260 Save R226 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This first comprehensive research guide and annotated bibliography of Paul Gauguin includes information on more than 1500 books and articles on the artist as well as a comprehensive chronology and list of exhibitions. The secondary bibliography is arranged by topics and includes citations on the artist's life and career, his relationships with contemporary artists in France, including Vincent van Gogh, his life and work in Panama, Martinique, Tahiti, and the Marquesas Islands, his oeuvre in general and in various media, self-portraits, iconography, and more. The French artist Paul Gauguin continues to be a larger-than-life figure whose mystique exerts its spell on popular, critical, and scholarly minds. Consequently, the available literature on the artist is copious and marked by diversity of opinion on every aspect of his life and work. From the first book-length biography of Gauguin written by Louis Brouillon in 1906, interest in Gauguin has continued unabated and, since 1959, critical interest in the artist's drawings, prints, sculptures, and art works in other media has dramatically increased. Russell T. Clement has compiled the first comprehensive research guide and annotated bibliography on Gauguin. This volume encompasses primary materials by Gauguin including those published during the artist's lifetime and those published posthumously; contemporary accounts and criticism of Gauguin's life and work published through 1906; descriptions of the artist's oeuvre; a lengthy secondary bibliography; and a section that catalogs exhibitions of Gauguin's work between 1884 and 1989. While concentrating on printed materials, this guide also includes selected manuscripts--in all, more than 1500 books and articles are cited. For entries where titles give incomplete or unclear information about works and their content, the author provides brief annotations. Following a biographical sketch and chronology, the primary bibliography lists articles, essays, letters, manuscripts, and sketch books of Gauguin and then accounts and critiques of Gauguin's life and work published through 1906. The main part of the bibliography and research guide, the secondary bibliography, lists monographs, catalogues, dissertations, theses, periodical literature, films, sound recordings and musical scores, and selected newspaper articles. Substantial book reviews and exhibition reviews are also included. Arranged by topic, the secondary bibliography also includes citations on Gauguin's relationships with contemporary artists in France, his work in Panama and Martinique, his work and life in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands, and his oeuvre in general. Not just a list of sources but a complete research guide, this volume deserves a place in every research library collection.

The Painted Mind - Behavioral Science Reflected in Great Paintings (Hardcover): Alfonso Troisi The Painted Mind - Behavioral Science Reflected in Great Paintings (Hardcover)
Alfonso Troisi
R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The use of visual art is relatively common in scientific literature, and academic publications sometimes reproduce famous paintings to attract potential readers. When used in this manner, artwork is just a marginal adornment. In The Painted Mind, however, each chapter is inspired by an artistic masterpiece. Throughout the book, Dr. Troisi highlights the artistic significance of each painting and introduces the reader to their creators' biographical stories. The Painted Mind has a scientific focus on the evolutionary analysis of human mind and behavior. Its discussion of emotions and behaviors integrates a variety of perspectives that can ultimately be reduced to the evolutionary distinction between proximate mechanisms and adaptive functions. Although Dr. Troisi is primarily a clinical psychiatrist, his eclectic scientific background-ranging from primate ethology to neuroscience, from behavioral biology to molecular genetics, and from Darwinian psychiatry to evolutionary psychology-gives his writing a unique perspective. In addition to integrating data and findings from each of these disciplines, the book's presentation of evolutionary theories of the human mind is also intermixed with lively discussion of individual cases. Some are clinical cases from Dr. Troisi's own psychiatric practice; others reference the psychological profiles of historical figures and fictional characters.

Wolfe-Land [microform] - a Handbook to Westerham and Its Surroundings (Hardcover): Gibson Thompson Wolfe-Land [microform] - a Handbook to Westerham and Its Surroundings (Hardcover)
Gibson Thompson; Created by C A Madan (Charles Arthur Ma Warde, J. Paul Taylor
R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sacred Women: Images of Power and Wisdom - The Art of Stuart Littlejohn (Hardcover): Stuart Littlejohn Sacred Women: Images of Power and Wisdom - The Art of Stuart Littlejohn (Hardcover)
Stuart Littlejohn
R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Ravilious in Pictures, 1 - Sussex and the Downs (Hardcover): James Russell Ravilious in Pictures, 1 - Sussex and the Downs (Hardcover)
James Russell; Edited by Tim Mainstone
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Riddle of Jael - The History of a Poxied Heroine in Medieval and Renaissance Art and Culture (Hardcover): P. Scott Brown The Riddle of Jael - The History of a Poxied Heroine in Medieval and Renaissance Art and Culture (Hardcover)
P. Scott Brown
R5,033 Discovery Miles 50 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Winner of the 2019 SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication In The Riddle of Jael, Peter Scott Brown offers the first history of the Biblical heroine Jael in medieval and Renaissance art. Jael, who betrayed and killed the tyrant Sisera in the Book of Judges by hammering a tent peg through his brain as he slept under her care, was a blessed murderess and an especially fertile moral paradox in the art of the early modern period. Jael's representations offer insights into key religious, intellectual, and social developments in late medieval and early modern society. They reflect the influence on art of exegesis, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, humanism and moral philosophy, misogyny and the battle of the sexes, the emergence of syphilis, and the Renaissance ideal of the artist.

My Abstract Life - Poetry and Paintings (Paperback): Paul Klinger My Abstract Life - Poetry and Paintings (Paperback)
Paul Klinger
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As with Paul Klinger's first anthology, Alone in the City, you will find within these pages poems which are satirical, observations on life, personal recollections, and a humorous poem to finish each chapter. The difference is that this volume contains work by Paul's late cousin Cheryl Perlow, who in her tragically short life managed to pen many observations on the joy she experienced by simple things in life, tempered by a stoic acceptance of her condition.

A Treatise On Painting (Hardcover): Leonardo Da Vinci A Treatise On Painting (Hardcover)
Leonardo Da Vinci
R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

TREATISE LEONARDO DA VINCI. Originally published in 1877. PREFACE: Vll ono was Issued by Messrs. Nichols and Son, to which was added a Life of Leonardo by Mr. John William Brown. This gentleman had the privilege of constant admittance not only to the private library of his Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, but also to his most rare and valuable collection of Manuscripts in the Palazzo Pitti, where ho was permitted to copy from the original docttments and correspondence whatever he con ceived useful to Ms subject. He was enabled to produce what was then the most trustworthy Life of Leonardo that had over appeared. Since that time many new biographies of Leonardo have been written, of which ono of the most important is that by Signor Gustavo TIzielli. The 1835 edition of the Treatise on Painting has long been scarce, It is now reprinted, and the more recent facts which have boon discovered concerning the life of Leonardo, and a full account of Ms manuscripts and his acknowledged paintings have been added. Nicholas Poussins drawings and Albertis designs are reproduced, and great pains have boon taken to make Leonardos work as useful as possible to students of Art. John Francis Bigaud, the translator of the Trattato della Pittura, was born of French parents at Turin, in 1742. His father, who was a merchant, intended his son to follow Ms profession but young Bigaud evinced so strong a talent for painting, that he was allowed to follow his own desires. After he had received good instruction in art from Choralier Beaumont, principal painter to the King of Sardinia, Bigaud travelled much, in Italy, and stayed more especially in Homo, Parma, and in Bologna, where, in 1760, ho was elected a member of tho Olomontino Academy. In 1772, Ragatid loft Italy and wont to Pann, where he remained but a short time Ho then camo to England, and gained much praise for IUH picture of Hercules. In the November of tho year of his arrival ho was elected an Associate of tho Royal Academy, and In 1784 he became a full mombor. With tho exception of a journey on the Continent, I igaud spent tho rest of his life in England. Ho died in 181,0, at Packing-ton, irt Warwickshire, the seat of tho Karl of Aylosford, his obiof patron. In tho parish church at Pacldngton is an alte r-pi0e painted by Itigaud for tho Karl of Aylosford - no to worthy from, the circumstance that it m mipponod to bo tho first work executed in fresco in thifli country. Among other honours in art, Iltgaud was mado a Mem ber of th Royal Academy of Stockholm, and Painter to the King of Sweden. Contents include: THE LIFE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI ... ... xi BE A WING Proportion, ., ... ... ... 1 Anatomy .., ... .. ... ... 10 Motion and Equipoise of Figures ... ... ... 20 Linear Perspective ... .. ... ... 37 INVENTION, OB COMPOSITION ... ... ... ... 45 Expression and Character, ... ... 63 LIGHT AND SHADOW ... ... ... ... ... 67 Contrast and Effect ... ... ... ... 80 Betoes ... ... ... ... ... 81 COLOUBS AND COLOUBING ... .. ... 87 Colours in regard to Light and Shadow ... ... 100 Colours in regard to Back-grounds ... ... 106 Contrast, Harmony, and Eeflexes in regard to Colours 108 Perspective of Colours . M ... ... . . . 1 M Aerial Perspective, .. . 125 X CONTENTS. IAOK MISCELLANEOUS OBSEBVATIONS ... ... ... 135 Landscape, etc, ... ... ... ... 135 GENBBAL INDEX ... ... ... ... ... 157 APPENDIX I. Manuscripts of Leonardoda Vinci ... ... 178 II. Classified Catalogue of Ms principal Paintings Holy families, Madonnas, etc. ... ... 170 Sacred Historical Subjects ... .. 197 Classical Subjects ... ... ... ... 204 Historical Subjects .. ... ... 209 Portraits ... ... ... ... ... J10 Pictures Lost or Missing ..., , S g III...

Matisse: Chapel at Vence (Hardcover, New): Marie-Therese Pulvenis de Seligny Matisse: Chapel at Vence (Hardcover, New)
Marie-Therese Pulvenis de Seligny
R1,090 R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Save R196 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Considered on of the most important religious structures of the twentieth century, the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence was regarded by Matisse himself as his great masterpiece. He dedicated four years to the creation of this convent chapel on the French Riviera, and the result is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive ensemble pieces of twentieth-century art. Every element of the chapel bears the artists touch, from the vivid Mediterranean hues of the stained glass windows to the starkly powerful murals; even the vestments and altar were designed by Matisse. This beautifully illustrated volume captures the chapel in exquisite detail, allowing an unparalleled view of this iconic and sacred space. With stunning new photography that captures the dramatic effects of the changing light in the building throughout the day, this book is the first to present the experience of being within the chapel exactly as Matisse himself envisaged it, while Marie-Therese Pulvenis de Selignys authoritative and insightful text explores the extraordinary story of the chapels creation and the challenges faced by the 77-year-old artist in realising his great vision."

A Pilgrimage to the Saga-Steads of Iceland 2015 (Hardcover): W. G Collingwood, Jon Kalman Stefansson A Pilgrimage to the Saga-Steads of Iceland 2015 (Hardcover)
W. G Collingwood, Jon Kalman Stefansson; Edited by Matthias Egeler
R900 R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Save R65 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Manual of Illumination On Paper and Vellum. Appendix by T. Goodwin. [With] a Companion, by J.J. Laing (Hardcover): John... A Manual of Illumination On Paper and Vellum. Appendix by T. Goodwin. [With] a Companion, by J.J. Laing (Hardcover)
John William Bradley, Thomas G Goodwin
R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck (Paperback): Philip C Beam Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck (Paperback)
Philip C Beam
R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Winslow Homer was the antithesis of the unkempt bohemian artist of the nineteenth century. Yet he is ranked as one of America's greatest painters. The reason is not hard to discover, for Winslow Homer's powerful epic statements spoke for America with a breadth that few other artists have achieved. This is a lively, intimate, and immensely readable portrait of the artist that throws a new light on Homer's life and puts it in fresh perspective, concentrating on Homer's years at Prout's Neck on Maine's rugged coast, where he would create his finest paintings, from 1883 until his death in 1920.

Field's Chromatography - a Treatise on Colours and Pigments for the Use of Artists (Hardcover): George 1777?-1854 Field, J... Field's Chromatography - a Treatise on Colours and Pigments for the Use of Artists (Hardcover)
George 1777?-1854 Field, J Scott (John Scott) Taylor
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Colour - A workshop for artists and designers (Paperback, 3rd Edition): David Hornung Colour - A workshop for artists and designers (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
David Hornung
R859 R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Save R129 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Taking a practical approach to colour, Colour: A workshop for artists and designers is an invaluable resource for art students and professionals alike. With its sequence of specially designed assignments and in-depth discussions, it effectively bridges the gap between colour theory and practice to inspire confidence and understanding in anyone working with colour. This third edition is updated with more contemporary examples drawn not just from painting, but from textiles, graphic design, illustration and animation. An expanded discussion of digital techniques, new assignments and a refreshed design have all been brought together to create a highly readable and relevant text.

Manet and the French impressionists - Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Moriset, Cezanne, Guillaumin (Hardcover):... Manet and the French impressionists - Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Moriset, Cezanne, Guillaumin (Hardcover)
Theodore Duret
R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection (Hardcover): Sadamura Koto Kyosai: The Israel Goldman Collection (Hardcover)
Sadamura Koto
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889) was celebrated for his exciting impromptu performances at calligraphy and painting parties. Dynamic, playful and provocative, Kyosai delighted his audience with spontaneous and speedy paintings of demons, skeletons, deities and Buddhist saints. These were often satirical, reflecting a time of political and cultural change in Japan. Among his most charming and inventive works are his brilliant depictions of animals, which humorously play the roles of protagonists of modern life. Kyosai's important place in Japanese art is here explored in depth by Sadamura Koto, a leading authority on the artist, in this catalogue of the exceptionally rich holdings of the Israel Goldman Collection.

The Early Flemish Painters - Notices of Their Lives and Works. (Hardcover): J. a. (Joseph Archer) 1825-1896 Crowe, G B... The Early Flemish Painters - Notices of Their Lives and Works. (Hardcover)
J. a. (Joseph Archer) 1825-1896 Crowe, G B (Giovanni Battist Cavalcaselle
R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lienhard Von Monkiewitsch - Color and Space (English, German, Hardcover): Elke Bippus, Ulrike Lehmann, Heino R. Moller Lienhard Von Monkiewitsch - Color and Space (English, German, Hardcover)
Elke Bippus, Ulrike Lehmann, Heino R. Moller; Edited by Michael Schwarz
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This substantial monograph on the respected German Concrete artist features a selection of floor and skirting-board paintings from the late 60s and 70s, large-scale and multi-media architectural paintings, furniture, abstract geometric oils and acrylics and sculptural wall-works. A serious study of post-Constructivist color and space.

Imaging Her Selves - Frida Kahlo's Poetics of Identity and Fragmentation (Hardcover, New): Gannit Ankori Imaging Her Selves - Frida Kahlo's Poetics of Identity and Fragmentation (Hardcover, New)
Gannit Ankori
R3,462 R3,188 Discovery Miles 31 880 Save R274 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Though often portrayed in scholarly literature as a spontaneous artist, Frida Kahlo worked in a quite deliberate manner, basing her paintings on diverse cultural and philosophical sources. "Imaging Her Selves" uncovers the unexplored visual and textual foundations of Kahlo's imagery, illustrating--through a detailed study of her diary, letters, library collection, and other material-- the complex multilayered meanings of the many selves she comprised. In dozens of self-portraits, Kahlo examined the conventional and unconventional roles with which she attempted to identify. Ankori's work offers an innovative interpretation of her art as a major contribution to the ongoing human quest for a fuller understanding of the meaning of self.

Acknowledging her failure to conform to traditional female roles, such as that of wife and mother, Kahlo investigated alternative options. Her physical, metaphysical, social, and genealogical selves--including Lilith, La Llorona, La Malinche, the Crowned Nun, and the Hindu goddess Parvati-- are all on display in her art. Transcending typical biographical inquiries, Ankori has created a broader study of the way in which Kahlo's art both reflected and refracted her multifaceted identity.

Artistic Voyagers - Europe and the American Imagination in the Works of Irving, Allston, Cole, Cooper, and Hawthorne... Artistic Voyagers - Europe and the American Imagination in the Works of Irving, Allston, Cole, Cooper, and Hawthorne (Hardcover)
Joy Kasson
R2,801 R2,535 Discovery Miles 25 350 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Artists' Materials, Gold Paint, Bronze Powders, Metallics, Metal Leaf, &c. -... Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Artists' Materials, Gold Paint, Bronze Powders, Metallics, Metal Leaf, &c. - Colors and Materials for China and Glass Painting; Colors and Materials for Oil, Water Color & Pastel Painting and Drawing, &c. (Hardcover)
N. y. ). A. Sartorius &. Co (New York
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Colors and Materials for Decorating China, Earthenware, Glass, Enamelled Iron, Etc. -... Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Colors and Materials for Decorating China, Earthenware, Glass, Enamelled Iron, Etc. - Oxides and Chemicals / Imported and Manufactured by B. F. Drakenfeld & Co. (Hardcover)
N y ) B F Drakenfeld & Co (New York
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Belgian Galleries - Being a History of the Flemish School of Painting, Illuminated and Demonstrated by Critical... The Belgian Galleries - Being a History of the Flemish School of Painting, Illuminated and Demonstrated by Critical Descriptions of the Great Paintings in Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Other Belgian Cities (Hardcover)
Esther D. 1930 Singleton
R1,017 Discovery Miles 10 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang (Hardcover): Hui Li, Samuel 1825-1889 Tr Beal The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang (Hardcover)
Hui Li, Samuel 1825-1889 Tr Beal
R864 Discovery Miles 8 640 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A History of Painting... / With a Preface by Frank Brangwyn; 3 (Hardcover): Haldane 1860-1928 Macfall A History of Painting... / With a Preface by Frank Brangwyn; 3 (Hardcover)
Haldane 1860-1928 Macfall
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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