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Towards the end of his life and much inspired by Japanese water
gardens, Monet spent a great deal of time in his beloved Giverny.
Adorned with poppies, blue sage, dahlias and irises, the waters
were disturbed only by bamboos and water lilies. His water garden
was originally created to satisfy a need to be near water, and to
provide a visual feast that could be enjoyed from his house. The
pond was fed by the river Ru, and weeping willow and silver birch
hung over its edges, caressing the fronds of the greenery and
blossoms below. Its famous green wooden footbridge was built across
the water and it became the central focus of many of his works. He
said, 'It took me some time to understand my water lilies. I
planted them for pleasure.' and so he began to work on what is
probably the most famous series of paintings the world has ever
seen.
Founded in the 1880s as a response to the art world's elitist
obsession with painted and sculptural arts, 'New Art' quickly found
ethusiastic support. Art Nouveau combined a desire for the complete
reflection of art through craft and design, with the flowing lines
of nature and Japonisme. It remains hugely popular, with the
ever-present work of Mucha, Klimt, Toulouse-Lautrec and Mackintosh.
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) is arguably one of the most important
artists in the development of modern art, being as he was a key
bridge between the stirrings of airy abstraction in Impressionism
and the solid redefinition of space espoused by Cubism. Exhibiting
with - but often apart - from the Impressionists, always striving
to please the establishment and yet ultimately following his own
path to find new ways of representing visual experience, his work
is suffused with life and colour but also retains its power in the
knowledge of its influence. This gorgeous book introduces the
reader to Cezanne through an accessible discussion of the artist in
context, his life, work and legacy, followed by a curated selection
of full-page reproductions of his most representative and
impressive work, from his many portraits and still lifes to his
figure groups (the iconic bathers) and landscapes (his precious
Montagne Sainte-Victoire).
The popularity and influence of William Morris cannot be
underestimated - a man of many talents, he was a poet, writer,
social campaigner, artist, designer and, with his Kelmscott Press,
a fine book printer and publisher. A hugely important figure of the
Arts and Crafts movement, he is best known for his superior
wallpaper and textile designs, intricately weaving together natural
motifs in highly stylized two-dimensional patterns with medieval
influences. Organized into five sections - Life, Inspiration &
Influences, Media & Techniques, Politics & Society and Arts
& Crafts - The World's Greatest Art: William Morris enables the
reader to consider Morris from different angles and contexts,
providing a broader understanding of this great artist.
The painful, exquisite art of Mexico's favourite artist was a
product of immense physical pain, and an emotional tumultuous life.
The new book features the range and power of her heavily
autobiographical work, from the early, disturbing explorations of
personal suffering to the more dulled, painkiller-drenched
paintings of her later life.
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