Trewin Copplestone Libri

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) became a professional painter through a change in his family's fortunes. He grew up the privileged son of wealthy and cultured parents and despite his interest in art was destined for a career in law until the failure of the family bank. More than any of his famous contemporaries, while possibly excluding Manet, Degas was a traditionalist painter. He was dismissive of the Impressionist technique as a method, although he participated in most of the group's early exhibitions. As a result, he is more closely allied in popular understanding with Impressionism than he himself ever wished to be. Best known for his paintings of ballet Dancers, Degas was an urbane and savagely witty man, choosing his subjects from the cultured society life of Paris in which he was a well known figure.

This is an examination of Michaelangelo's art in relation to the developing Italian Renaissance, a period of unique interest and achievement. To understand Michaelangelo, therefore, it is important to see him in the context of Renaissance society before placing the dominating figure of Michaelangelo at its artistic heart.

Pierre-Auguste Renoirs captivating style make him one of the world's most popular and enduring artists.

Born in 1606, the son of a miller, Rembrandt Harmenez van Rijn is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time. This book has 48 Rembrandt’s paintings taken from collections throughout Europe and reporduced in full colour. They constitutes the nucleus of themes around which this extraordinary artist created such and impressive oeuvre self-portraits, portraits of men, women and children, group commissions such as the Night Watch and Syndics of the Clothworkers Guilds, and his most famous religious and genre paintins

Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 0671076701 / History of art / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 24 x 32 cm / 256 .pp /

a look inside five of the worlds greates architectural treasurers with more the 100 full colour photos