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Georges Seurat (1859โ1891) created just six major figure paintings during his lifetime, one of which, the alluring Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque...
Art Dealer, Collector, and Brother of Vincent
Theo van Gogh, Vincent's younger brother, was an influential art dealer working in Paris in the 1880s. Artists and collectors respected him for his in...
Waiting
Edgar Degas was one of the great pioneers of modern art, and the J. Paul Getty and Norton Simon museums are fortunate to own jointly one of his finest...
This illustrated monograph throws new light on the meaning and imagery of Seurat's paintings. The usual account of Seurat lays most stress on technica...
Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation
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Visual Culture and Social Debate in France, 1889-1900
This fascinating book examines how artists in fin-de-siรจcle France dealt with four hotly debated issues in society: national decadence, crowds and ma...
The Starry Night
"This volume presents an in-depth look at Vincent van Gogh's painting The Starry Night, one of the most beloved works in the collection of The Museum ...
to which are added, the Great charter in Latin and English, the charters of liberties and confirmations granted by Henry III and Edward I
Chiefly Illustrative of the Manners, Traditions, and Remarkable Localities of Ancient London
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838....
Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
with biographical and literary notices illustrative of the Art of Illumination
To which are Added, the Great Charter in Latin and English; the Charters of Liberties and Confirmations, Granted by Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them: Explanatory Notes on Their Several Privileges; a Descriptive Account of the Principal Originals and Editions Extant, Both in Print and Manuscript; and Other Illustrations, Derived from the Most Interesting and Authentic Sources
"In Seurat and The Bathers the authors discuss the various choices Seurat made with regard to subject, format and technique in preparing this monument...
Women, Work, and Impressionism
An exploration of Edgar Degas's laundress works and their significance within broader debates art, urban life, and women's work in the nineteenth cent...
London and Paris 1870-1910
"Between 1870 and 1910 the burgeoning populations and hectic speed of life in London and Paris fascinated artists on both sides of the English Channel...
An Historical Viel of the Manners and Customs, Dresses, Literature, Arts, Commerce, and Government of Great Britain; from the Time of the Saxons, Down to the Eighteenth Century
This book is a fascinating history of London Bridge, one of the most iconic landmarks in the city's rich architectural heritage. Author Richard Thomso...
Gathers Degas paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures, discusses his approach to the nude, and identifies themes in his work...
Symbolist Landscape In Europe 1880-1910
A revelatory collection of Symbolist landscapes by Gauguin, van Gogh, Munch, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Strindberg, and more This catalogue accompanies the ...
Symbolism from Van Gogh to Kandinsky
The Seine and the Sea, 1878-1883
Monet was the most remarkable of all the Impressionist landscape painters. And perhaps at no point in his career was his work more varied than in the ...
Oral Testimony and Community Development
Considers Claude Monet's paintings of buildings in their environment, offering a reappraisal of an artist more often associated with landscapes, seasc...
Childhood illness and injuries steered Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) away from customary rural aristocratic avocations and toward a profession...
Paris in the 1890s : from the Collections of Virginia and Ira Jackson and the National Gallery of Art
Printmaking exploded with creative energy at the end of the nineteenth century in France. Artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Henri de T...