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Author : Haldane Macfall
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Download or read book A History of Painting: The modern genius written by Haldane Macfall and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of Painting The Modern Genius written by Haldane MACFALL and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Haldane Macfall
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Total Pages : 492 pages
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Download or read book A History of Painting written by Haldane Macfall and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Haldane MacFall
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781494152307
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (523 download)
Download or read book A History of Painting V8 written by Haldane MacFall and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.
Author : Darrin M. McMahon
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465069916
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Divine Fury written by Darrin M. McMahon and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genius. With hints of madness and mystery, moral license and visionary force, the word suggests an almost otherworldly power: the power to create, to divine the secrets of the universe, even to destroy. Yet the notion of genius has been diluted in recent times. Today, rock stars, football coaches, and entrepreneurs are labeled 'geniuses,' and the word is applied so widely that it has obscured the sense of special election and superhuman authority that long accompanied it. As acclaimed historian Darrin M. McMahon explains, the concept of genius has roots in antiquity, when men of prodigious insight were thought to possess -- or to be possessed by -- demons and gods. Adapted in the centuries that followed and applied to a variety of religious figures, including prophets, apostles, sorcerers, and saints, abiding notions of transcendent human power were invoked at the time of the Renaissance to explain the miraculous creativity of men like Leonardo and Michelangelo. Yet it was only in the eighteenth century that the genius was truly born, idolized as a new model of the highest human type. Assuming prominence in figures as varied as Newton and Napoleon, the modern genius emerged in tension with a growing belief in human equality. Contesting the notion that all are created equal, geniuses served to dramatize the exception of extraordinary individuals not governed by ordinary laws. The phenomenon of genius drew scientific scrutiny and extensive public commentary into the 20th century, but it also drew religious and political longings that could be abused. In the genius cult of the Nazis and the outpouring of reverence for the redemptive figure of Einstein, genius achieved both its apotheosis and its Armageddon. The first comprehensive history of this elusive concept, Divine Fury follows the fortunes of genius and geniuses through the ages down to the present day, showing how -- despite its many permutations and recent democratization -- genius remains a potent force in our lives, reflecting modern needs, hopes, and fears.
Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 1783104031
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book 1000 Paintings of Genius written by Victoria Charles and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early Renaissance through Baroque and Romanticism to Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop, these canonical works of Western Art span eight centuries and a vast range of subjects. Here are the sacred and the scandalous, the minimalist and the opulent, the groundbreaking and the conventional. There are paintings that captured the feeling of an era and those that signaled the beginning of a new one. Works of art that were immediately recognised for their genius, and others that were at first met with resistance. All have stood the test of time and in their own ways contribute to the dialectic on what makes a painting great, how notions of art have changed, to what degree art reflects reality, and to what degree it alters it. Brought together, these great works illuminate the changing preoccupations and insights of our ancestors, and give us pause to consider which paintings from our own era will ultimately join the canon.
Author : Haldane Macfall
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ISBN 13 : 9781333070915
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)
Download or read book A History of Painting, Vol. 8 of 8 written by Haldane Macfall and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Painting, Vol. 8 of 8: The Modern Genius We have seen him move from Hand Court, Maiden Lane, to 64. Harley Street. He seems to have bought the house; he soon also bought the next house to it, and one in Queen Anne Street, all of which abutted at the back, the corner-house on the two streets separating them in front. Now, in the catalogues of the Academy, his address in 1801, and for two or three years afterwards, is given as 75 Norton Street, Portland Road, thereafter being given as Harley Street again. Why this secrecy? Well, Turner began in 1801 to live with women of the servant class; in that year there came to him a girl of sixteen, Hannah Danby; she was soon his mistress. Whether he deliberately made a servant the companion of his life to be rid of acquaintances, or whether he repelled acquaintances and shirked hospitality in order not to have his weakness known, who shall tell 9 But he was soon steeped in that secret life that gave him solitude at the heavy price of associa tion with an uncultured woman that kept him an ignorant man, but perhaps made him walk thereby wholly in the realm of the imagination. The powder-tax of I79 5 ruined the trade of barbers of the old school and Turner took his father with him to Harley Street when he moved thereto in 1800, where the old man would strain his canvases and varnish his pictures for him; as Turner jestingly put it, Dad begins and finishes my pictures for me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Philip Hook
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1615198687
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Modern: Genius, Madness, and One Tumultuous Decade That Changed Art Forever written by Philip Hook and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory, fast-paced account of the most exciting, frenzied, and revolutionary decade in art history—1905 to the dawn of World War I in 1914—and the avant-garde artists who indelibly changed our visual landscape Modern begins on a specific day—March 22, 1905—at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited. Drawing on his forty five-year fine art career, author Philip Hook illuminates how this new art came to be—and how truly shocking it was. With Hook’s expert guidance, we witness movement upon movement that burst forth in dizzying succession: Fauvism, Expressionism, Primitivism, Symbolism, Cubism, Futurism, and Abstract art. As Hook barnstorms across Europe—to London, Germany, Moscow, Scandinavia, and everywhere modern art was being made—his vivid accounts breathe new life into the work and times of Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Kandinsky, Malevich, Klimt, Schiele, Munch, and nearly two hundred other artists who painted, sculpted, and exhibited alongside them, and whose collective genius was understood and appreciated by few at the time. Hook reconsiders the decade from a series of fresh angles: What was the conventional art against which Modernism sought to rebel? Why were avant-garde artists so self-obsessed? What persuaded a few bold collectors to buy difficult modern art? And why did others pay so much money for Old Masters at the same time? Modern helps us answer these questions and more—and to see how avant-garde artists marshaled their genius (and oftentimes their madness) to create works of such profound consequence, they still reverberate today—and which, taken together, made for a movement more influential than even the Renaissance.
Author : Haldane Macfall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483944480
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (444 download)
Download or read book A History of Painting, Vol. 7 of 8 written by Haldane Macfall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Painting, Vol. 7 of 8: The British Genius Tbe earlier bistory of Britisb art is sadly lacking, and opens up a rare field for researcb of vast interest to tbe Englisb-speaking race. Tbe services of Sir George Scharf in tbe examination of old portraits cannot be exaggerated; and Mr. Lionel Cust bas done yeoman service in bis endeavours to persuade tbe beads of old Englisb families to record tbe portraits in tbeir possession. Tbe first books of con sequence in tbis realm witbin reacb of tbe student are Wheatley's Historical Portraits, tbc famous Lodge's Portraits, and tbe fine series of Oxford Portraits. Concerning miniatures tbe essays and books of Dr. Williamson are all excellent. Freeman o'donoghue's Catalogue of Portraits of Queen Elizabeth (1894) is valuable, as are tbe catalogues of tbe Glasgow Portraits by Heath Wilson in 1868 tbc Yorkshire Portraits at Leeds in 1869 tbe Royal Academy Winter Exhibitions from 1870 tbe Worcester display of 1882; tbe Grosvenor Gallery Winter Reynolds display of 1883-4, and tbe following 1884 - 5 Gains borough display tbereat; followed by tbe 1886 Millais sbow, tbe 1887 Van Dyck sbow, and tbc Century of British Art of 1888 and of 1889. But it was in 1889 tbat tbe catalogue of tbe superb House of Stuart display at tbe New Gallery started tbis valuable series of records, tbe House of Tudor following in 1 890, tbe House of Guelph in 1891, and Victorian Portraits in 1892. Of 1894. Were tbe two fine displays of Fair Women, and of 1895 tbe Old Scottish Portraits and tbe F air Children at tbe Grafton Galleries. The Dowdeswell Charts give an excellent view of tbe relation of artists in Britain to tbc foreign scbools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Haldane Macfall
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (459 download)
Download or read book A History of Painting. The Modern Genius by Haldane Macfall, Ill. with 30 Plantes in Colour written by Haldane Macfall and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Haldane Macfall
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Total Pages : 307 pages
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Download or read book The Modern Genius written by Haldane Macfall and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 1783109459
Total Pages : 1224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book 1000 Portraits of Genius written by Victoria Charles and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the defined canons of art technique, a portrait should be, above all, a faithful representation of its model. However, this gallery of 1000 portraits illustrates how the genre has been transformed throughout history, and has proven itself to be much more complex than a simple imitation of reality. Beyond exhibiting the skill of the artist, the portrait must surpass the task of imitation, as just and precise as it may be, to translate both the intention of the artist as well as that of its patron, without betraying eitherÊs wishes. Therefore, these silent witnesses, carefully selected in these pages, reveal more than faces of historic figures or anonymous subjects: they reveal a psychology more than an identity, illustrate an allegory, serve as political and religious propaganda, and embody the customs of their epochs. With its impressive number of masterpieces, biographies, and commentaries on works, this book presents and analyses different portraits, consequently exposing to the reader, and to any art lover, a reflection of the evolution of society, and above all the upheavals of a genre that, over 300 centuries of painting, has shaped the history of art.
Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 1783109491
Total Pages : 1173 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book 1000 Drawings of Genius written by Victoria Charles and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 1173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long thought of as the neglected stepchild of painting, the art of drawing has recently begun to enjoy a place in the sun. With major museums around the world, from the Met to the Uffizi, mounting exhibitions focused on the art of draughtsmanship, drawing is receiving more critical and academic attention than ever before. This captivating text gives readers a sweeping analysis of the history of drawing, from Renaissance greats like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to Modernist masters like M.C. Escher, Pablo Picasso, and everyone in between.
Author : Chuck Jones
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ISBN 13 : 9780615137469
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Stroke of Genius written by Chuck Jones and published by . This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Stevens
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0375711163
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book de Kooning written by Mark Stevens and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitizer Prize and National Book Critics Award Circle Award. An authoritative and brilliant exploration of the art, life, and world of an American master. Willem de Kooning is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, a true “painter’s painter” whose protean work continues to inspire many artists. In the thirties and forties, along with Arshile Gorky and Jackson Pollock, he became a key figure in the revolutionary American movement of abstract expressionism. Of all the painters in that group, he worked the longest and was the most prolific, creating powerful, startling images well into the 1980s. The first major biography of de Kooning captures both the life and work of this complex, romantic figure in American culture. Ten years in the making, and based on previously unseen letters and documents as well as on hundreds of interviews, this is a fresh, richly detailed, and masterful portrait. The young de Kooning overcame an unstable, impoverished, and often violent early family life to enter the Academie in Rotterdam, where he learned both classic art and guild techniques. Arriving in New York as a stowaway from Holland in 1926, he underwent a long struggle to become a painter and an American, developing a passionate friendship with his fellow immigrant Arshile Gorky, who was both a mentor and an inspiration. During the Depression, de Kooning emerged as a central figure in the bohemian world of downtown New York, surviving by doing commercial work and painting murals for the WPA. His first show at the Egan Gallery in 1948 was a revelation. Soon, the critics Harold Rosenberg and Thomas Hess were championing his work, and de Kooning took his place as the charismatic leader of the New York school—just as American art began to dominate the international scene. Dashingly handsome and treated like a movie star on the streets of downtown New York, de Kooning had a tumultuous marriage to Elaine de Kooning, herself a fascinating character of the period. At the height of his fame, he spent his days painting powerful abstractions and intense, disturbing pictures of the female figure—and his nights living on the edge, drinking, womanizing, and talking at the Cedar bar with such friends as Franz Kline and Frank O’Hara. By the 1960s, exhausted by the feverish art world, he retreated to the Springs on Long Island, where he painted an extraordinary series of lush pastorals. In the 1980s, as he slowly declined into what was almost certainly Alzheimer’s, he created a vast body of haunting and ethereal late work.
Author : David Alan Brown
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300072465
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Leonardo Da Vinci written by David Alan Brown and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Leonardo da Vinci's beginnings as an artist and his earliest works, including the Uffizi Annunciation and the Munich Madonna and Child
Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 1783109297
Total Pages : 1275 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book 1000 Paintings of Genius written by Victoria Charles and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 1275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early Renaissance through Baroque and Romanticism to Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop, these canonical works of Western Art span eight centuries and a vast range of subjects. Here are the sacred and the scandalous, the minimalist and the opulent, the groundbreaking and the conventional. There are paintings that captured the feeling of an era and those that signaled the beginning of a new one. Works of art that were immediately recognised for their genius, and others that were at first met with resistance. All have stood the test of time and in their own ways contribute to the dialectic on what makes a painting great, how notions of art have changed, to what degree art reflects reality, and to what degree it alters it. Brought together, these great works illuminate the changing preoccupations and insights of our ancestors, and give us pause to consider which paintings from our own era will ultimately join the canon.
