Eric Shanes è stato un pittore professionista, storico dell'arte indipendente e conferenziere, rinomato come uno dei massimi esperti di J.M.W. Turner. In qualità di vicepresidente della Turner Society, ha scritto numerosi libri che esplorano l'opera dell'artista. I suoi contributi si sono concentrati sull'analisi dettagliata dell'arte di Turner e sulla sua importanza.
J.M.W. Turner was arguably the greatest landscape and marine painter ever. His output was prodigious: some five hundred and fifty oil paintings, over two thousand highly detailed and finely finished watercolours, and almost twenty thousand sketches, stud
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) was arguably Britain's greatest painter. Through a remarkable amount of groundbreaking research, and by rigorously examining the existing evidence concerning the artist's first 40 years. Eric Shanes has been able to unearth a mass of new information, forge many fresh links and provide a great number of original insights. His own training as a painter has enabled him to bring a profound understanding to the practical side of Turner, and thereby reveal many aspects of the output that have hitherto been overlooked. In order to intensify our grasp of the interrelationship between Turner the man and Turner the painter, this book contains over 450 illustrations that form an integral part of the story. As a consequence, we are able to perceive the exact trajectory of Turner's formative years and early maturity more clearly than ever before. Within a strictly chronological framework, Turner's personal and creative developments are charted in tandem, offering an exploration of his strengths and weaknesses of character, and his intellectual and emotional complexity. Shanes provides an unrivalled account of Turner's creative aims and responses, his imaginative and technical evolution, his poetic aspirations and identifications, his strong sense of duty and his educative ambitions. No less closely scrutinised are Turner's mastery of art-world politics, his wider political outlook, his professional relationships, his sales, financial dealings and investments, his travels, and even the buildings in which he lived and worked. Ultimately, we are shown that, despite his difficulties with verbal communication, Turner possessed one of the sharpest and most dazzling minds in the entire history of art. -- from dust jacket.
As a one of the foremost painters of the 20th century, Dalí, like Picasso and Warhol, can boast of having overturned the art of the previous century and directed contemporary art toward its present incarnation. As irrational as he was surrealist, this genius diverted objects from their original meanings, plunging them into the acid of his constantly churning imagination. A megalomaniac and an artist who above all understood the force of marketing and publicity, Dalí disorients the viewer in order to draw him into the artist’s world. On his canvases, images and colours crash together to express and mock certain ideas, creating a subversive eroticism that taps into the subconscious of the avid voyeurs that we are. The author, Eric Shanes, explores the twists and turns of Dalí’s mad genius, commenting on the masterpieces of the painter so as to show the diversity and scope of his talent, leaving the reader blown away and bewitched by this Prince of Metamorphosis. This work opens up the sweet, mad universe of this megalomaniac genius and invites us to let ourselves be overcome … Dalí is, first and foremost, an absolute.
Pop Art, an abbreviation of Popular Art, is a movement that found its origins in England in the 1950s but realised its full potential in New York in the 60s. The name referred to the interest of a number of artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925) and Jasper Johns (born 1930), in the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. Pop Art, led by the cult figure of Andy Warhol, was probably the most extraordinary innovation of 20th century art. It put art into everyday terms and so helped close the gap between ""high art"" and ""low art."" The British artist Richard Hamilton defined Pop Art as: ""popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, glamorous, and Big Business."" Richly documented and clearly structured, this book provides an overall view as well as a new and insightful perspective on Pop Art and the works of the artists who were at the forefront of this movement.
An assembly of all the watercolours made for 11 engravings series. They present a panoramic view of 19th-century English landscape, from Sussex ruins and wooded views of the West Country to coastal views and scenes of London.
"Revised and enhanced edition of The life and masterworks of J.M.W. Turner. Eric Shanes, author"--Provided by publisher.
"Part of a series of artist monographs, this book deals with Andy Warhol. A blogrphical introduction, brought a tive by contemporary anecdote, is complemented by numerous colour illustrations - by the artist, his colleagues and his stylistic forefathers...."
Originally published by Pavilion Books Ltd. (London, UK, 1994), this oversized book (10.75x14.5") showcases contemporary artist Hockney's dazzling, inventive posters, created (or used as posters) between 1987 and 1994 (previous posters were featured in Hockney Posters , published in 1987). Thirty-eight posters are reproduced full page; 207 are catalogued with thumbnail reproductions and captions detailing the name and date of the event commemorated, the location of the exhibit site, the title of the work featured in the image, and the year it was created. Spectacular color. Indispensable for Hockney fans and anyone seeking a jolt of creative energy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
