Ｙ．Ａ - Art History 5

Pierre Bonnard was the leader of a group of Post-Impressionist painters who called themselves the Nabis, from the Hebrew word meaning “prophet”. Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel and Denis, the most distin……続きを見る

An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific brings together fifty writers and artists from across Moananuiākea working in myriad genres across media, ranging from oral narratives and traditiona……続きを見る

A collection of highlights from Mary Ann Caws’s long, highly distinguished career writing about literature, art, and modernism. Throughout her long, highly distinguished career writing about literat……続きを見る

Expedition 【寻】 The ancient world has always been a source of fascination for people. 现代人对古代世界充满了好奇。 As a guide for these fellow curious people, a concise history series called 'Expe……続きを見る

Nicolas de Staël, peintre français de famille russe, est né le 5 janvier 1914 à Saint-Pétersbourg et mort le 16 mars 1955 à Antibes. Son œuvre fut très fortement influencée par Cézanne, Van Gogh, Br……続きを見る

Henry Bryan Binns' book 'Botticelli' is a scholarly examination of the life and works of the renowned Italian artist Sandro Botticelli. Binns delves into the intricate details of Botticelli's painti……続きを見る

Ready to discover the fascinating world of art history? Let’s (Van) Gogh! Fine art might seem intimidating at first. But with the right guide, anyone can learn to appreciate and understand the stimu……続きを見る

An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol from scripture and tapestry to T-shirts and text messages, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiqu……続きを見る

Pierre-Auguste Renoir werd geboren in Limoges op 25 februari 1841 en stierf in Cagnes-sur-Mer op 3 december 1919. Hij was een Frans impressionistisch kunstschilder. Al op zijn dertiende werkte Renoi……続きを見る

“Father Pissarro”, as his friends liked to call him, was the most restrained of the artists of the Impressionist movement. Perhaps it was his age, being older than his fellow artists Monet, Sisley, ……続きを見る

Paul Gauguin was first a sailor, then a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874 he began to paint at weekends as a Sunday painter. Nine years later, after a stock-market crash, he felt confident of……続きを見る

Alfred Sisley (Paris, 1839 – Moret-Sur-Loing, 1899). Alfred Sisley naquit à Paris le 30 octobre 1839 dans une famille anglaise. Ayant atteint ses dix-huit ans, ses parents l'envoyèrent en Angleterre……続きを見る

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban, 1780 – Paris, 1867) Ingres sembla d'abord destiné à reprendre le flambeau de son maître David, dans l'art à la fois du portrait et de la peinture historique……続きを見る

Pierre–Auguste Renoir (Limoges, 1841 – Cagnes-Sur-Mer, 1919) Pierre-Auguste Renoir naquit le 25 février 1841 à Limoges. En 1854, ses parents retirèrent l'enfant de l'école et le placèrent dans l'ate……続きを見る

The drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, trailblazing Abstract Expressionist, appear to be the polar opposite of Thomas Hart Benton's highly figurative Americana. Yet the two men had a close and highl……続きを見る

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung. Er war es aus tiefer Überzeugung und blieb es bis an das Ende seines langen Lebens. Er begnügte sich mit einem einzigen Genre, dem der La……続きを見る

The Renaissance was a diverse phenomenon, marked by innovation and economic expansion, the rise of powerful rulers, religious reforms, and social change. Encompassing the entire continent, Renaissan……続きを見る

Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained gla……続きを見る

The strikingly original characterizations and sharply drawn scenes that came to be known posthumously as Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) are among Francisco Goya's most powerful wo……続きを見る

„Vater Pissaro“, wie seine Freunde ihn gern nannten, war wohl der nüchternste der Impressionisten. Vielleicht lag es an seinem Alter (welches weitaus fortgeschrittener war, als das seiner Kollegen M……続きを見る

Vintage handkerchiefs have been a source of inspiration for many of the world's most exciting brands. This volume written by a vintage textiles expert, will appeal to collectors of textiles, fashion……続きを見る

The book begins: "N the following pages an attempt has been made to concentrate into limited dimensions that which has generally been treated very voluminously. Few authors, who have tried both, wil……続きを見る

Germain Hilaire Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834 – 1917) Dans le cercle des impressionnistes, c'est de Renoir que Degas fut le plus proche : tous deux préférèrent comme motif de leur peinture le Paris vivan……続きを見る

For Claude Monet the designation ‘impressionist’ always remained a source of pride. In spite of all the things critics have written about his work, Monet continued to be a true impressionist to the ……続きを見る

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges on 25 February 1841. In 1854, the boy’s parents took him from school and found a place for him in the Lévy brothers’ workshop, where he was to learn to pain……続きを見る

Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists……続きを見る

Le Douanier Rousseau (Henri Rousseau) (Laval, 1844 – Paris, 1910) Les galeries marchandes à Paris fleurissant, on créa en 1884, le Salon des Indépendants. Cette exposition sans jury fut organisée po……続きを見る

Cézannes glücklichste Zeit war seine frühe Jugend in der Provence, wo er zusammen mit Zola und einem anderen Freund in der Natur umherstreifte. Ermutigt durch Renoir, stellte er 1874 und 1877 zusamm……続きを見る

Pierre-Auguste Renoir war Augenzeuge vieler bedeutender Ereignisse. Sein jüngerer Bruder Edmond erzählte: “Seine Kohlezeichnungen an den Mauern brachten die Eltern auf den Gedanken, dass er ein male……続きを見る

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) gilt als der Schüchternste unter den Impressionisten und obwohl er künstlerisch immer im Schatten von Pierre-Auguste Renoir und Claude Monet stand, verband ihn mit beiden e……続きを見る