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Dickens and His Illustrators
- Cruikshank, Seymour, Buss, Phiz, Cattermole, Leech, Coyle, Stanfield, Maclise, Tenniel, Frank Stone, Landseer, Palmer, Topham, Marcus Stone, and Luke Fields. With Twenty-two Portraits and Facsimiles of Seventy Original...
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Frederic George 1856-1904 Kitton
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Address book companion to the exciting and luxurious Flame Tree
Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine
art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then
foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the
back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic
side flap. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling
gift. This example features Van Gogh Almond Blossom
The Klesch portrait by Titian of Guidobaldo II with his son
Francesco Maria represents the duke of Urbino in his full power as
supreme commander of papal troops, with his heir next to him. This
rare, full-length double portrait has only recently been attributed
to Titian after undergoing extensive analyses and restoration,
revealing a beautiful painting in non finito manner, with bravura
impasto passages entirely characteristic of the master, all of
which is illustrated and explained in this new book. Titian
provided portraits for the greatest men and women of Europe,
Charles V and Philip II of Spain primary among them. For years the
Klesch portrait was dismissed as a workshop product - partly
because poor condition hid its true quality, but also because it
was not believed that Titian could have deigned to create one for
Guidobaldo, whose father Guidobaldo della Rovere (1514-1574) and
family had a long history of patronizing the artist. Recent
research, however, has thrown Guidobaldo's geopolitical
significance into relief. He was supreme commander of Venice, the
Papal States and then Spain. He sent thousands of soldiers to the
major conflicts of his day, particularly the defense of Malta
(1565) and the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and his engineers were
sought throughout Europe for their ingenuity. In this volume full
of new research, Ian Verstegen reveals that Guidobaldo was not
peripheral but central to Italian politics and was regarded at
several points in history as a key figure who could bring peace or
who could influence major conflicts on the Italian peninsula,
particularly the War of Siena, and then Pope Paul IV's offensive
war against Spain. Anne-Marie Eze gives the first comprehensive
examination of the painting's provenance, outlining the portrait's
vicissitudes and reception at different moments in its near
500-year history, reexamining received wisdom about its past
ownership, and presenting new documentary evidence to expand on and
fill gaps in our knowledge of its whereabouts. Finally, Matthew
Hayes and Ian Kennedy reflect on the technique, date, recent
conservation, and authorship of the painting, proving it to be a
masterpiece that only the great Titian could have created.
Celebrated children's book illustrator Fritz Wegner (b.Vienna 15th
September 1924, d. London 15th March 2015,). Early work included
assignments for Lilliput, Dorothy L.Sayers and Enid Blyton, with
book covers for Raymond Chandler and J.D.Salinger. In the late
1950s he moved away from advertising and commercial art to focus on
children's literature. Significant titles include The Hamish
Hamilton Book of Princes and Princesses (1963), The Marvellous
Adventures and Travels of Baron Munchausen (1967), Fatipuffs and
Thinifers (Andre Maurois), to books by Alan Ahlberg, Michael Rosen
and Brian Alderson in the 1980s and '90s. He also created over
thirty stamp designs for the Royal Mail.The Fritz Wegner Archive
documents phases of his work from the 1950s to the 2000s, and
includes comprehensive images scanned from the originals kept ion
seventeen folders in his studio. The publication is authorised by
executors of the estate of the artist.
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