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From Millet to Leger From Millet to Leger Herbert, Robert L. "A pre-eminent scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French art, Robert L. Herbert has written extensively on aspects of this subject during his long career. This book brings together some of … OL15211013W
Bohemian Paris Bohemian Paris Dan Franck "Paris is a mythical city, a capital of the arts that has hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture. Perhaps this reputation has never been so richly deserved as at the beginnin… OL15860023W
Snapshot Snapshot Elizabeth Wynne Easton "The advent of the Kodak camera in 1888 made photography accessible to amateurs as well as to professionals. Artists were not immune to its allure, and many began experimenting with the camera as a m… OL15941486W
Henri Matisse Henri Matisse Shirley Neilsen Blum This volume explains the works of Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Matisse was a French artist, known primarily as a painter and for his use of color and his fluid and original draftsmanship. The colorful,… OL15975194W
De l'iconographie racinienne, dessiner et peindre les passions De l'iconographie racinienne, dessiner et peindre les passions Marie-Claire Planche Les sujets des tragédies de Racine ont été transposés dans les arts visuels dès le XVIIe siècle. Ils ont inspiré des tableaux à quelques peintres, mais surtout ils ont agrémenté le livre à figures. N… OL16345849W
"Paris bezauberte mich--" "Paris bezauberte mich--" Käthe Kollwitz Summary: Käthe Kollwitz, eine der berühmtesten deutschen Künstlerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts, wird weithin unter dem Blickwinkel des sozialen Engagements in ihren Arbeiten betrachtet. Nun wird ihre Au… OL16604437W
Annette Messager Annette Messager Heinz-Norbert Jocks,Annette Messager Die französische Künstlerin Annette Messager (geb. 1943) zählt zu den wichtigsten Persönlichkeiten der internationalen Kunstszene. Ihre raumgreifenden Installationen beschäftigen sich mit dem menschl… OL23802510W
French Salon artists, 1800-1900 French Salon artists, 1800-1900 Richard R. Brettell Frederic Bazille, Louis Leopold Boilly, Eugene Boudin, Jules Breton, Jean Charles Cazin, Charles Emile Champmartin, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, Honore Daumie… OL2933010W
The prints of the Pont-Aven School The prints of the Pont-Aven School Caroline Boyle-Turner The Pont-Aven school was a group of young painters who espoused the style known as Synthetism and united under Paul Gauguin's informal tutelage at Pont-Aven, Brittany. This book contains works by the… OL4510863W
Visualizing the Nation Visualizing the Nation Joan B. Landes "Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of t… OL5093251W
Cézanne Cézanne Andre . Leclerc This book presents the life and works of the artist Paul Cézanne within the cultural, social, and political context of his time. One part is devoted to the life and works of the artist, the second pa… OL755883W
Jules Breton Jules Breton Annette Bourrut Lacouture "Jules Breton (1827-1906), known as one of the first 'peasant painters', created beautiful scenes of rural French life and was a highly popular figure among the Salon artists of his era. Taking his i… OL9381249W