The Old Master

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438440138
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis The Old Master by : Hongkyung Kim

Download or read book The Old Master written by Hongkyung Kim and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique, highly contextualized translation of the Laozi is based on the earliest known edition of the work, Text A of the Mawangdui Laozi, written before 202 BCE. No other editions are comparable to this text in its antiquity. Hongkyung Kim also incorporates the recent archaeological discovery of Laozi-related documents disentombed in 1993 in Guodian, seeing these documents as proto-materials for compilation of the Laozi and revealing clues for disentangling the work from complicated exegetical contentions. Kim makes extensive use of Chinese commentaries on the Laozi and also examines the classic Chinese texts closely associated with the formation of the work to illuminate the intellectual and historical context of Laozi's philosophy. Kim offers several original and thought-provoking arguments on the Laozi, including that the work was compiled during the Qin, which has traditionally been viewed as typical of Legalist states, and that the Laozi should be recognized as a syncretic text before being labeled a Daoist one.

Old Masters

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022607434X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Masters by : Thomas Bernhard

Download or read book Old Masters written by Thomas Bernhard and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exuberantly satirical novel, the tutor Atzbacher has been summoned by his friend Reger to meet him in a Viennese museum. While Reger gazes at a Tintoretto portrait, Atzbacher—who fears Reger's plans to kill himself—gives us a portrait of the musicologist: his wisdom, his devotion to his wife, and his love-hate relationship with art. With characteristically acerbic wit, Bernhard exposes the pretensions and aspirations of humanity in a novel at once pessimistic and strangely exhilarating. "Bernhard's . . . most enjoyable novel."—Robert Craft, New York Review of Books. "Bernhard is one of the masters of contemporary European fiction."—George Steiner

Letters of Note

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Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1838856161
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (388 download)

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Book Synopsis Letters of Note by : Shaun Usher

Download or read book Letters of Note written by Shaun Usher and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new missives and a new introduction from curator Shaun Usher. From Virginia Woolf's heart-breaking suicide letter to Queen Elizabeth II's recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower; from the first recorded use of the expression 'OMG' in a letter to Winston Churchill, to Gandhi's appeal for calm to Hitler; and from Iggy Pop's beautiful letter of advice to a troubled young fan, to Leonardo da Vinci's remarkable job application letter, Letters of Note is a celebration of the power of written correspondence which captures the humour, seriousness, sadness and brilliance that make up all of our lives.

Death of an Old Master

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Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1780334141
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Death of an Old Master by : David Dickinson

Download or read book Death of an Old Master written by David Dickinson and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1901 the Salisbury Galleries announce the biggest exhibition of the Old Master Paintings ever seen in Europe. Excitement is intense. But before it opens, one of Britain's leading art experts, Christopher Montague, is found murdered in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourt is called in to investigate he finds every book, notepad and scrap of paper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been working on something that would have rocked the art world. Did his article that claimed a number of the Old Masters had been painted recently by a single hand have anything to do with his death? Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through a treacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a master forger. He travels to Sicily where the trail goes cold, but, after the thrills and danger of that wild, lawless isalnd, in a remopte corer of England, the truth is finally revealed.

Old Masters and Young Geniuses

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400837391
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Masters and Young Geniuses by : David W. Galenson

Download or read book Old Masters and Young Geniuses written by David W. Galenson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in their lives do great artists produce their greatest art? Do they strive for creative perfection throughout decades of painstaking and frustrating experimentation, or do they achieve it confidently and decisively, through meticulous planning that yields masterpieces early in their lives? By examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors, Old Masters and Young Geniuses offers a profound new understanding of artistic creativity. Using a wide range of evidence, David Galenson demonstrates that there are two fundamentally different approaches to innovation, and that each is associated with a distinct pattern of discovery over a lifetime. Experimental innovators work by trial and error, and arrive at their major contributions gradually, late in life. In contrast, conceptual innovators make sudden breakthroughs by formulating new ideas, usually at an early age. Galenson shows why such artists as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Jackson Pollock, Virginia Woolf, Robert Frost, and Alfred Hitchcock were experimental old masters, and why Vermeer, van Gogh, Picasso, Herman Melville, James Joyce, Sylvia Plath, and Orson Welles were conceptual young geniuses. He also explains how this changes our understanding of art and its past. Experimental innovators seek, and conceptual innovators find. By illuminating the differences between them, this pioneering book provides vivid new insights into the mysterious processes of human creativity.

Old Masters, New World

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670018314
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (183 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Masters, New World by : Cynthia Saltzman

Download or read book Old Masters, New World written by Cynthia Saltzman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SALTZMAN/OLD MASTERS; NEW WORLD

Old Masters

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Publisher : Hambledon & London
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Masters by : Thomas Dormandy

Download or read book Old Masters written by Thomas Dormandy and published by Hambledon & London. This book was released on 2000 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Donatello, Titian, Hals, Turner, Renoir and Munch, and a surprisingly large number of other major artists, lived to be over seventy-five. Some of their finest and most distinctive works, including Michelangelo's last Pieta, Goya's Black Paintings and Monet's Water Lilies, were done in old age. Whether experimenting with new approaches, adopting new techniques, responding to changed circumstances and debilities, or reacting to the approach of death, the intensity of the late work of many of the greatest artists is striking. Childhood genius has often been studied but, astonishingly, this is the first book to draw attention to a considerably more important artistic phenomenon. Old Masters establishes beyond doubt the frequency with which elderly painters and sculptors reached new heights in their seventies and eighties and suggest why and how they did so."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

History and Technique of Old Master Drawings

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Publisher : Conran Octopus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis History and Technique of Old Master Drawings by : Charles De Tolnay

Download or read book History and Technique of Old Master Drawings written by Charles De Tolnay and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 1972 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Favorite Old Master Paintings from the Louvre Museum, Paris

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Favorite Old Master Paintings from the Louvre Museum, Paris by : Musée du Louvre

Download or read book Favorite Old Master Paintings from the Louvre Museum, Paris written by Musée du Louvre and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred of the Louvre's greatest masterpieces are reproduced with accompanying commentaries by the museum's chief curator of painting. -- adapted from jacket.

Portrait Painting Atelier

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Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 0823008355
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Portrait Painting Atelier by : Suzanne Brooker

Download or read book Portrait Painting Atelier written by Suzanne Brooker and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The ascendance of nonrepresentational art in the middle of the twentieth century displaced these venerable skills, especially in academic art circles. Fortunately for aspiring artists today who wish to learn the methods that allowed the Old Masters to achieve the luminous color and subtle tonalities so characteristic of their work, this knowledge has been preserved in hundreds of small traditional painting ateliers that persevered in the old ways in this country and throughout the world. Coming out of this dedicated movement, Portrait Painting Atelier is an essential resource for an art community still recovering from a time when solid instruction in art technique was unavailable in our schools. Of particular value here is a demonstration of the Old Masters’ technique of layering paint over a toned-ground surface, a process that builds from the transparent dark areas to the more densely painted lights. This method unifies the entire painting, creating a beautiful glow that illuminates skin tones and softly blends all the color tones. Readers will also find valuable instruction in paint mediums from classic oil-based to alkyd-based, the interactive principles of composition and photograph-based composition, and the anatomy of the human face and the key relationships among its features. Richly illustrated with the work of preeminent masters such as Millet, Géricault, and van Gogh, as well as some of today’s leading portrait artists—and featuring seven detailed step-by-step portrait demonstrations—Portrait Painting Atelier is the first book in many years to so comprehensively cover the concepts and techniques of traditional portraiture.

Old Master Prints and Drawings

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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789053562437
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (624 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Master Prints and Drawings by : Carlo James

Download or read book Old Master Prints and Drawings written by Carlo James and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long awaited English edition of Manuale per la conservazione e il restauro di disegni e stampe antichi (1991) offers a clear and complete manual for the preservation and conservation of old master prints and drawings. The authors throw light on the historical and scientific backgrounds concerning the problems of restoration techniques of arts on paper, from 1150, when paper was first introduced in Europe, until the middle of the nineteenth century. The book is indispensable for anyone occupied with the study and conservation of old prints and drawings. This richly illustrated, first English edition is revised and brought fully up to date.

How to Read a Painting

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis How to Read a Painting by : Patrick De Rynck

Download or read book How to Read a Painting written by Patrick De Rynck and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book decodes the imagery of more than 150 of the most influential and admired artworks of all time.

The Craft of Old-Master Drawings

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (757 download)

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Book Synopsis The Craft of Old-Master Drawings by : James Watrous

Download or read book The Craft of Old-Master Drawings written by James Watrous and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old Master Life Drawings

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Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486137228
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Master Life Drawings by : James Spero

Download or read book Old Master Life Drawings written by James Spero and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduced from rare portfolios, these 44 masterpieces date from the 15th through 19th centuries. Featured artists include Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Tintoretto, Titian, Raphael, Ingres, and many others.

The Ephemeral Museum

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300085341
Total Pages : 268 pages
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Book Synopsis The Ephemeral Museum by : Francis Haskell

Download or read book The Ephemeral Museum written by Francis Haskell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illustrated book, an eminent art historian examines the intriguing history and significance of the international art exhibition of the Old Master paintings.

Sinan

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Book Synopsis Sinan by : Aptullah Kuran

Download or read book Sinan written by Aptullah Kuran and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old Master Paintings in Soviet Museums

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ISBN 13 : 9785730004405
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Old Master Paintings in Soviet Museums by : Irina Vladimirovna Linnik

Download or read book Old Master Paintings in Soviet Museums written by Irina Vladimirovna Linnik and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: