The Portrait of Gertrude Stein was the first major work by Pablo Picasso to enter The Metropolitan Museum of Art, bequeathed by Stein herself in 1946. A century after it was painted, this portrait remains one of the most powerful images of early-20th-century modernism. What was …
Cunningham looks in detail at all aspects of the work of the Impressionist movement, with detailed commentary on 120 of their works and additional imagery to highlight comparisons and contrasts in their style. Some of these works are considered their most important pieces; other…
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"In 1980 an exhibition of the Illuminated Manuscripts of René Char held in Paris took the artistic and literary worlds by surprise. It featured illustrations by twenty-eight artists of an array of Char's hand-written poems. Char's artistic associations, spanning seven decades, r…
In 1980 an exhibition of the Illuminated Manuscripts of René Char held in Paris took the artistic and literary worlds by surprise. It featured illustrations by twenty-eight artists of an array of Char's hand-written poems. Char's artistic associations, sp.
A picture book biography of the life of Claude Monet. Includes a time line of his works as well as related art appreciation activities.
Claude Gellée (1600-1682), dit Le Lorrain, fut le plus grand paysagiste de son époque. Il fut surnommé Le Lorrain car il naquit en Lorraine. Jeune, il vécut à Rome et, si ce n'est un bref séjour à Nancy, demeura en Italie jusqu'à la fin de sa vie. Il n'est donc pas surprenant qu…
