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The Nabis
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95Pierre Bonnard was the leader of the group of post-impressionist painters who called themselves ?the Nabis,? based on the Hebrew word for ?prophet?. Influenced by Odilon Redon, Puvis de Chavannes, popular imagery and Japanese woodblock printing, Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton and Denis (to name the most prominent) revolutionised the spirit of decorative... more...
Caravaggio
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95It took a mid-twentieth century art show in Milan to rediscover this Italian artist, emblematic of the Baroque period, who lived during the second half of the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries. Michelangelo Merisi was born to a family of modest means in 1571 near Milan. At the age of thirteen, he became an apprentice of the painter Simone Peterzano,... more...
The Art of Champa
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 9.95From 12 October 2005 to 9 January 2006, the Musee Guimet in Paris will play host to an exceptional exhibition: ?Treasures of Vietnamese Art? Champa Sculpture?. This show will bring together for the first time, outstanding pieces from the Musée Guimet, the National Museums of France and the national Vietnamese museums of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh (formerly... more...
Amedeo Modigliani
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00Modigliani (1884-1920), peintre sans bonheur dans son Italie natale, ne connut que le chagrin dans sa terre d?adoption, la France. De ce mal-être, l?artiste constitue une ?uvre originale, influencée par l?Art nègre, les Cubistes et les nuits alcoolisées de Montparnasse. Sa vision de la femme, au corps sensuel, à la nudité presque agressive, aux visages... more...
Amedeo Modigliani
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00Modigliani (1884-1920) era un artista que no encontró mucha felicidad en su Italia natal, y en la tierra adoptiva de Francia sólo encontró tristeza. De esta infelicidad nació una extraordinaria y original producción de obras, influenciada por el arte africano, el movimiento cubista y las noches de alcohol de Montparnasse. Sus desnudos femeninos, con... more...
Amedeo Modigliani
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00Der Künstler Modigliani (1884-1920) fand wenig Glück in seinem Geburtsland Italien und nur Kummer in seiner Wahlheimat Frankreich. Aus dieser Traurigkeit heraus schuf er ein individuelles und außergewöhnliches Werk, das Einflüsse afrikanischer Kunst, des Kubismus und vieler betrunkener Nächte in Montparnasse in sich trägt. Mit ihrer tiefen Sinnlichkeit... more...
Andy Warhol
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00Andy Warhol (1928-1987) personnifie l'icône phare des artistes américains des « sixties ». Difficile à classer entre publicitaire de talent ou artiste de génie, son ?uvre reste emblématique de la société de consommation. Maître du Pop Art, Andy Warhol emprunte des objets usuels, l'image des stars de la politique ou du spectacle pour réaliser des compositions... more...
Andy Warhol
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00As well as one of the leading figures in the American Pop Art movement, Andy Warhol was a painter, printmaker, occasional sculptor and filmmaker, whose work carried on the tradition of Dadaism which questioned the very validity of art itself. He used images, objects and their means of production to draw parallels with cultural processes. By means of... more...
Andy Warhol
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00Andy Warhol (1928-1987) rappresenta l?icona per eccellenza degli artisti americani degli anni Sessanta. Difficile da classificare, a metà tra il prodotto di un pubblicitario di talento e di un artista geniale, la sua opera resta emblematica della società dei consumi. Maestro della Pop Art, Andy Warhol prende a prestito oggetti comuni e le immagini... more...
Anthonis van Dyck
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00Van Dyck, Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, hatte eine ebenso kurze wie glanzvolle Karriere. Als ein Schüler Rubens wird er sehr schnell zum Protegé der Prinzen und Könige und avanciert zu einem der beliebtesten Portraitisten der großen und wichtigen Familien Englands. Mit Hilfe einer äußerst präzisen Farbkomposition verleiht er seinen Modellen Würde und... more...









