Art - Couverture rigide

Cumming, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1564588483 ISBN 13 : 9781564588487

Editeur : DK, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Cumming Robert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Your eyes will indeed be opened, and what you see in works of art will come newly alive when you have Robert Cumming, the former chairman of Christie's International Art Studies, as your guide.

With tremendous erudition and tart, provocative opinions, Cumming zeroes in on the essential characteristics of more than 770 painters, showing us, for example, what it was that made Rembrandt's art unique. He explains the conventions of narrative and iconography in Western art, such as the representation of St. Lawrence, who is always seen lying on a hot griddle. And Cumming defines several hundred terms-- both technical (gouache, sfumato, craquelure) and critical/historical (Expressionism, Mannerism, the Hudson River School)-- that so often mystify a viewer.

Cumming's no-nonsense guide is enlightening and entertaining; lavishly illustrated with the key works of hundreds of artists; concise and portable enough to use in the "field" (museums and galleries); and so substantial you will refer to it often at home.

There is nothing like ART.

Revue de presse :

"With its solid, accessible information and hundreds of excellent, full-color reproductions, this is ideal for high school or college students as well as any art lover or museumgoer." — Library Journal

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: DK
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1564588483
• ISBN 13: 9781564588487
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 104