by Beth S. Wright (2001)
"The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix serves as an introduction to one of the most important and most complex artists of the nineteenth century. Providing an overview of his life and career, this volume offers essays by leading authorities on the artist's pictorial practice, the stylistic range over Classicism and Romanticism, his writings, both private diary notations and published articles, and his impact on modern aesthetics, among other topics. Designed to serve as an essential resource for students of French nineteenth-century art history, cultural history, and literature, The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix also provides a chronology of the artist's life, set into its political and cultural contexts, as well as a list of suggested further readings in the topic areas."--Jacket.
Barbara Paul
Discusses Hugo von Tschudi's career as director of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin and of the Bayerische Stadtgemäldesammlungen in Munich, focussing particularly on Tschudi's influence in the collecting of new/contemporary French painting for German museums ; also discusses public and critical reaction to his initiatives.
art by Violet Lemay
Pablo Picasso is one of the most celebrated artists in the world, and this amusing book shows his life in a remarkably original way. By featuring 100 Pablo Picassos throughout the book, young readers will explore the artist life from his childhood, to his major contributions to modern art, and from his love for pets to his endless curiosity about life. The book also invites readers to count the Picassos all the way to a 100, adding an entertaining element to discover the life and work of the great Pablo Picasso.
[catalogue rédigé par Nicole Garnier-Pelle
Catalogue de l'exposition Delacroix et l'azube de l'orientalisme, présentée au Jeu de paume du domaine de Chantilly, du 30 septembre au 7 janvier 2013. L'histoire de l'art fixe traditionnellement l'origine de l'orientalisme en 1798 avec la campagne d'Egypte de Bonaparte (1798-1801). Jusque-là, la source d'inspiration privilégiée des artistes était l'Antiquité et l'incontournable voyage d'Italie. Les véritables débuts de l'orientalisme coïncident avec la période romantique, marquée par la guerre d'indépendance grecque qui confronte artistes, écrivains et intellectuels à l'image d'un pays d'une brûlante actualité, très différente de la référence habituelle à l'Antiquité. Le propos de cet ouvrage est de s'intéresser aux débuts de l'orientalisme, sans dépasser le milieu des années 1850, d'explorer la naissance de ce mouvement et de mieux étudier ces premiers artistes qui portèrent leur regard au-delà de l'Europe.
Stephen Hill
An architectural study of the early Byzantine churches of Cilicia and Isauria, a region remarkable for the fact that its early churches are all basilicas. This book includes a survey of the churches that deals with the problems of interpretation for each structure.