limestone reliefs, acquired in 1854, from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE... Renaissance and Baroque periods and from nineteenth-century France, with fine examples of the work of some of
This classic survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture focuses on the arts in every center between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods. The heart of the study, however, lies in the architecture and sculpture of the exhilarating years of Roman High Baroque, when Bernini,...more
One of mankind's greatest treasures, the Amber Room stood as a symbol of Russian glory for over two hundred years. But after the Nazi invasion, it was never seen again. Now, in a masterpiece of detection, investigative journalists Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy have at last unraveled the jumble of...more
Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) was an Austrian fresco painter known for his bold use of color. Although he has been recognized in the Central European regions where he worked, Maulbertsch has remained outside the general canon of art history. With Painterly Enlightenment, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann recovers the story of Maulbertsch,...more
Volume 2 of 2-volume set. Updated Lippmann, Hofstede de Groot edition, with definitive scholarly apparatus. All portraits, biblical sketches, landscapes, nudes, Oriental figures, classical studies, together with selection of work by followers. Total in set: 550 illustrations. "The 550 reproductions are just plain magnificent." — The New Orleans Picayune....more
Volume 1 of this comprehensive social history of art takes the reader from prehistoric naturalism, art and magic, through the art of the orient, ancient Greece and Rome to the high art of the European middle ages....more
Contains: "Velazquez and the Evolution of High Baroque Painting in Madrid" by Jonathan Brown; "Francisco de Herrera and the Development of the High Baroque Style in Seville" by Duncaid T. Kinkead; "A Lesson Learned: Las Meninas and the State Portraits of Juan Carreno de Miranda" by Steven N. Orso; "Calderon...more