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Author : Dale T. Johnson
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870995979
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book American Portrait Miniatures in the Manney Collection written by Dale T. Johnson and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1990 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emily Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The History of Silhouettes written by Emily Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Mitford
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307741370
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Wigs on the Green written by Nancy Mitford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Mitford’s most controversial novel, unavailable for decades, is a hilarious satirical send-up of the fascist political enthusiasms of her sisters Unity and Diana, and of her notorious brother-in-law, Sir Oswald Mosley. Written in 1934, early in Hitler’s rise, Wigs on the Green lightheartedly skewers the devoted followers of British fascism. The sheltered and unworldy Eugenia Malmain is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of General Jack and his Union Jackshirts. World-weary Noel Foster and his scheming friend Jasper Aspect are in search of wealthy heiresses to marry; Lady Marjorie, disguised as a commoner, is on the run from the Duke she has just jilted at the altar; and her friend Poppy is considering whether to divorce her rich husband. When these characters converge with the colorful locals at a grandly misconceived costume pageant that turns into a brawl between Pacifists and Jackshirts, madcap farce ensues. Long suppressed by the author out of sensitivity to family feelings, Wigs on the Green can now be enjoyed by fans of Mitford’s superbly comic novels.
Author : Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Catalogues of Sale written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1983-11-24 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300115806
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Perfect Likeness written by Cincinnati Art Museum and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals. This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588393577
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2010 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pauline Denyer-Baker
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 184797841X
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Painting Miniatures written by Pauline Denyer-Baker and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miniatures are not simply small paintings: special techniques are used to achieve their unique glow and luminosity. This book explains how to paint in detail in a small format with colour and precision. It gives an introduction to the history and traditions of miniatures set by Holbein, Hilliard and Oliver. Advice is given on materials, paints, bases and framing and there are step-by-step demonstrations of stippling and hatching, watercolour and oil painting, and colour mixing. There is a focus also on portraits, still life and silhouettes. Drawing on her extensive experience, Pauline Denyer-Baker shares her passion for painting miniatures, and inspires both beginners and more experienced artists to master and enjoy this historic art form. With further advice on the importance of drawing and sketchbooks, and featuring work from leading artists with a range of styles and subjects, this is an inspirational guide aimed at all artists, particularly those interested in miniatures and portraits.Fully illustrated with 254 colour images.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol Berkin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307427498
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Revolutionary Mothers written by Carol Berkin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of the American Revolution that “vividly recounts Colonial women’s struggles for independence—for their nation and, sometimes, for themselves.... [Her] lively book reclaims a vital part of our political legacy" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. In this book, Carol Berkin shows us how women played a vital role throughout the conflict. The women of the Revolution were most active at home, organizing boycotts of British goods, raising funds for the fledgling nation, and managing the family business while struggling to maintain a modicum of normalcy as husbands, brothers and fathers died. Yet Berkin also reveals that it was not just the men who fought on the front lines, as in the story of Margaret Corbin, who was crippled for life when she took her husband’s place beside a cannon at Fort Monmouth. This incisive and comprehensive history illuminates a fascinating and unknown side of the struggle for American independence.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nelson's Encyclopeaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Oliver
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674691520
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife written by Andrew Oliver and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume affords a visual documentation of the most varied political career in American history and exemplifies the work of the principal American portraitists from the days of Copley and Stuart to the dawn of the Daguerrean era. Included in the 159 illustrations are all the known life portraits, busts, and silhouettes of John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams, along with important replicas, copies, engravings, and representative likenesses of their siblings. The book is organized into seven chapters which generally coincide with the major divisions of John Quincy Adams' political career. Within each chapter are discussed the artists, their relationships with the Adams's, and the provenance of each of their works. A chronology of John Quincy Adams' life for each period accompanies the chapter to which it pertains. Information about the size of each likeness, the inscriptions if any, the date executed, and present ownership where known is summarized in the List of Illustrations. The Adams's, as they watched themselves age over the years in the marble, ink, or oil of the artists who portrayed them, recorded much by way of commentary on the artistic talent and process at hand. The author makes use of the diaries and correspondence preserved in the Adams Papers, thus combining a learned appreciation with an intimate glimpse of Adams's as they saw themselves.
Author : John Huston Finley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Nelson's Perpetual Loose-leaf Encyclopaedia written by John Huston Finley and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emily Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Silhouette written by Emily Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870998080
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book European Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1996 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalog of the museum's collection of some 300 European portrait miniatures dating from the early 16th to the mid-19th centuries. Each piece is described in detail and illustrated with bandw and color photos. Includes an overview of the history of miniature painting, notes on artists, and indices of artists, collectors, makers, and sitters. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Deborah Davis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781585423361
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Strapless written by Deborah Davis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of John Singer Sargent's most famous painting was twenty-three-year-old New Orleans Creole Virginie Gautreau, who moved to Paris and quickly became the "it girl" of her day. A relative unknown at the time, Sargent won the commission to paint her; the two must have recognized in each other a like-minded hunger for fame. Unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau's portrait generated the attention she craved-but it led to infamy rather than stardom. Sargent had painted one strap of Gautreau's dress dangling from her shoulder, suggesting either the prelude to or the aftermath of sex. Her reputation irreparably damaged, Gautreau retired from public life, destroying all the mirrors in her home. Drawing on documents from private collections and other previously unexamined materials, and featuring a cast of characters including Oscar Wilde and Richard Wagner, Strapless is a tale of art and celebrity, obsession and betrayal.
Author : Joshua James Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Painters of Miniatures (1525-1850) written by Joshua James Foster and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
