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Van Eyck: Masters of Art by Simone Ferrari
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
A fifteenth-century Flemish painter who spent most of his life in Bruges, van Eyck was revered for his innovative manipulation of oil paint. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details - allowing the viewer t ...Show more
Van Gogh: Masters of Art by RAPELLI ANNA PAOLA
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Tracing the arc of van Gogh's career, this volume presents his portraits and self-portraits, landscapes, and haunting interiors. Readers will learn details of van Gogh's complicated personal life including his struggles with mental illness and his close but difficult relationship with his brother, Th ...Show more
Vermeer: Masters of Art by Maurizia Tazartes
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
A seventeenth century Dutch painter who lived his entire life in Delft, Vermeer is renowned for his masterly use of light. Only a very small number of Vermeer's paintings are known to exist. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as high ...Show more
Vermeer: Masters of Art by ALEXANDER ADAMS
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts and reflecting the latest scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to the most celebrated painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Highlighted by domestic scenes and witty allegories that fuse the ordinary with ...Show more
Willem de Kooning by Corinna Thierolf
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.
In 1926, a young Willem de Kooning (1904-97) travelled from the Netherlands to the United States on a British freighter, hiding in the machine room without papers. The young art student eked out a living painting houses, signs, and facades before he was able to eventually dedicate himself entirely to pa ...Show more