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Italian Renaissance Painting by Sara Elliott
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
The Italian Renaissance was an era of unparalleled creativity. This great 'rebirth' in the arts and sciences, resulting in sortie of the most remarkable works of art ever produced, effectively formed a bridge between the Middle Ages and the modern world. In the context of painting, there was a rediscove ...Show more
Klimt by Catherine Dean
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was one of the most brilliant artists of the Austrian avant-garde. Admired for his sensual images of women and for his powerful and original vision, bc produced some of the most haunting and evocative images of all time including The Kiss, Love and The Three Ages of Woman, all o ...Show more
Manet by John Richardson
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
Edouard Manet (1832-83) was one of the greatest, as well as one of the most interesting, of nineteenth-century French painters. Acute observation, an extraordinary skilful handling of paint and a feeling for exquisite harmonies of colour make his work both vivid and enchanting. It is also of great signi ...Show more
Modigliani by Douglas Hall
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source informatio ...Show more
Monet by John House
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source informatio ...Show more
Pissarro by Christopher Lloyd
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source informatio ...Show more
Surrealist Painting by Simon Wilson
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source informatio ...Show more
Toulouse Lautrec by Edward Lucie-Smith
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
his series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information ...Show more
Turner by William Gaunt
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source informatio ...Show more
Vermeer by Martin Bailey
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Colour Library
The reputation of Jan Vermeer (1632-75), now often considered the greatest Dutch painter of the generation following Rembrandt, is based only on some thirty-seven surviving paintings.