Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) Mike Venezia Traces the life of the Impressionist painter and analyzes some of his paintings. OL106328W
Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso John Beardsley Examines the life and work of Picasso, discussing how and why his art looks the way it does and how it relates to the artist. OL15838944W
Egon Schiele Egon Schiele Magdalena Dabrowski One of the major figures of Austrian Expressionism, Egon Schiele developed a highly personal and expressive style, a style that reflected the sexual and psychological tension explored in the writing … OL2016514W
Rufino Tamayo Rufino Tamayo Rufino Tamayo,Jacques Lassaigne,Proa,Octavio Paz A retrospective exhibition organized in 7 thematic sections focusing on the diverseways in which Rufino Tamayo (b. Oaxaca, Mexico 1899-1991) approached various classical arthistorical genres comprisi… OL2027432W
Earthquakes and explorations Earthquakes and explorations Stephen Scobie xiv, 235 p. : 24 cm OL2082549W
The painter's eye The painter's eye Jan Greenberg Introduces ways of seeing, experiencing, and appreciating art through the examination of contemporary American works. OL2704190W
Nineteenth-century painters and painting Nineteenth-century painters and painting Geraldine Norman 240 pages : 28 cm OL2726689W
Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo Emma Dexter,Tanya Barson,Frida Kahlo "Major catalogue shows the vast collection gathered for the exhibition of the Palace of Fine Arts to commemorate the centenary of the birth of painter Frida Kahlo (b. Mexico), comprising her oils, wa… OL2815703W
Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Richard D. Marshall,Yvonne Scott,Georgia O'Keeffe,Achille Bonito Oliva "Starting in the '20s - when Georgia was recognized as one of the most important protagonists of modernism in America - until his death, the artist and his works have attracted a great interest in th… OL2910811W
Double vision Double vision Véronique Antoine Examines pairs of paintings, one a masterpiece and the other a contemporary copy, allowing study of different artistic approaches and techniques. OL2982316W
Ecrits sur les peintres Ecrits sur les peintres Robert Desnos 261 pages : 19 cm OL3050319W
The art of describing The art of describing Svetlana Alpers "The art historian after Erwin Panofsky and Ernst Gombrich is not only participating in an activity of great intellectual excitement; he is raising and exploring issues which lie very much at the cen… OL3475855W