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Respected painter and writer Julian Bell offers original insights into the art, practice, and ongoing importance of painting.

A brand-new perspective on early modern art and its relationship with nature as reflected in this moving account of overlooked artistic genius Adam Elsheimer, by an outstanding writer and critic. Seventeenth-century Europe swirled with conjectures and debates over what was real and what constituted 'nature', currents that would soon gather force to form modern science. Natural Light deliberates on the era's uncertainties, as distilled in the w...

A lavishly illustrated collection of essays on drawing as a vital intellectual, artistic and life practice, by the artists of the Royal Drawing School. Drawing is among the most profound ways of engaging with the world. It is absorbing, instinctive - a way not just of seeing, but of understanding what we see. Ways of Drawing brings together a range of reflections and creative propositions by contemporary artists and teachers associated with th...

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«Che cos'è la pittura? Potete rispondere a questa domanda molto semplicemente prendendo un pennello, ma se invece decidete di rispondere usando le parole, scoprirete che le risposte sono molte e che, sebbene esse siano tutte collegate tra loro, ciascuna implica ulteriori domande di natura filosofica e storica .... ». Questo libro spiega in che modo le immagini dipinte sono state interpretate nella storia, e più precisamente negli ultimi duecen...

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Un espléndido recorrido por la historia de la creación artística. Con 372 ilustraciones, 267 de ellas en color. ¿Qué tiene en común un antiguo rollo de pergamino chino con una fotografía de paparazzi, una piedra prehistórica con el último trabajo en vídeo? Julian Bell nos lleva en un hermoso viaje a través de los milenios y de los océanos en este gráfico relato, la más bella historia del arte jamás contada. El autor traza toda la historia del ...

A new edition of this book which looks at painting's on-going cultural relevance. Provides an introduction to theories of painting in an accessible and amusing way.

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Exuberant, astute, and splendidly illustrated history of world art . . . draws fascinating parallels between artistic developments in Western and non-Western art. Publishers Weekly

Confronting the uncertainty and suspicion which today's art arouses. "A work of refreshing originality." E.H. Gombrich. 16 colour, 142 b/w illus.

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This is the first book to survey the work of painter and printmaker Tom Hammick (b.1963). It sets Hammick's art within the context of contemporary debates about painting while relating it to the two-centuries-old Romantic tradition. Julian Bell explores in depth the artist's techniques, imagery and career to date.

I believe in the absolute necessity of a new art of colour, of drawing and--of the artistic life, " Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in 1888. "And if we work in that faith, it seems to me that there's a chance that our hopes won't be in vain." His prediction would come true. In his brief and explosively creative life--he committed suicide a few years later at the age of thirty-seven--Van Gogh made us see the world in a new way. His s...

De enige compacte en complete biografie Met zijn schitterende landschappen uit de Provence en zijn sombere portretten van arbeiders verbrak hij de relatie tussen licht en donker, en zijn hallucinerende visioenen waren zo fel dat ze een bijna verblindende uitwerking hadden. Vincent van Gogh heeft ons in een explosie van creativiteit de wereld op een nieuwe manier laten zien. Julian Bell, zelf schilder, brengt in deze internationaal geprezen b...

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Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) is acknowledged as one of the great masters of modern art, following in the tradition of the Impressionists. He is best known as a painter of intimate, domestic interiors, but he was also a highly accomplished draughtsman who produced a wealth of lithographs and drawings. The book illustrates the full range of his output from his early works inspired by Japanese prints to the rich and dazzling works of his later year...

In chronologischer Anordnung präsentiert dieses Buch 500 Selbstporträts vom alten Ägypten bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ein Abbild von sich selbst zu schaffen war für Künstler stets eine unwiderstehliche Herausforderung, der Band versammelt suggestive Werke von vielen der größten Maler und Bildhauer der Welt, darunter Dürer, Rembrandt, Picasso, Andy Warhol und viele mehr. Jedes Bild ist zugleich Kunstwerk, psychologische Studie und Zeugni...