Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres"

The Classical Idealist

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"Taschen Basic Art Series" series; French Neoclassical painter, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was one of the 19th century's major portrait and historical painters. Though renowned for his painting of Oriental nudes reclining in harems or a Turkish baths, Ingres was also a master draughtsman, and left 4000 sketches and drawings to his home town of Montauban. With illustrations. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 185 x 230 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: Grimme, Karin H.
ISBN: 3822853143
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Date: 2007 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"The Social History of Art Rococo, Classicism and Romanticism"

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"Social History of Art (Routledge)" series; First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. This new edition of a classic work offers a contemporary introduction. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 454g.

Author: Hauser, Arnold
ISBN: 0415199476
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Art & Design Styles: Classicism (V.3)

"A Memoir of George Stubbs"

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George Stubbs (1724-1806) was one of the most original artists Britain has produced. Far from being merely a horse painter, Stubbs' perfectionism and passion transformed the possibilities of nature painting. This edition, introduced by Anthony Mould, contains 42 pages of colour illustrations that cover the span of Stubbs' output. With 42 pages of colour illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 115 x 150 mm. Weight: 106g.

Author: Humphry, Ozias Mayer, Joseph
ISBN: 1843680025
Publisher: Pallas Athene Publishers
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Neoclassicism"

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"Art & Ideas" series; Neoclassicism - the most pervasive style in the history of European art - was deployed for everything from great civic buildings to teapots. This work embraces all manifestations of the movement, from its broad territorial scope to its appeal for every branch of art. With 200 colour and 50 b&w illustrations, map, glossary, charts. Paperback, 448 pages. Size: 220 x 160 mm. Weight: 886g.

Author: Irwin, David
ISBN: 071483369X
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 1997 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Poussin"

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French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) spent his life in Rome turning out works that fused the features of Renaissance painting with influences of antiquity. Poussin himself stressed logic and clarity in his work, formulating doctrines with the aim of intellectualizing art and succeeded in leaving an influence in art that lasted centuries. With col. illustrations. Paperback, 96 pages. Size: 185 x 230 mm. Weight: 358g.

Author: Keazor, Henry
ISBN: 3822853224
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"David"

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"Art & Ideas" series; Simon Lee presents a view of Jacques-Louis David that incorporates artistic, political and social concerns. He deals with all aspects of David's career and character, tracing his progress from his student years in Rome, through his time as Napoleon's chief artist, to his exile in Brussels. With 150 colour illustrations, 50 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 220 x 160 mm. Weight: 680g.

Author: Lee, Simon
ISBN: 0714838047
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Rococo to Revolution"

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"World of Art" series; With 154 illustrations, 22 in colour. Paperback, 252 pages. Size: 210 x 149 mm. Weight: 476g.

Author: Levey, Michael
ISBN: 0500200505
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1966 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Visualizing the Revolution"

Politics and Pictorial Arts in Late Eighteenth-Century France

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"Picturing History" series; Explores the visual culture of the French Revolution, a time that saw the creation of a new lexicon of imagery steeped in metaphor, symbol and allegory. This title demonstrates the network of connections within this innovative use of imagery with examples such as prints, architecture, sculpture and painting, as well as archive documents. With 186 illustrations (30 colour). Hardback, 240 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 874g.

Author: Reichardt, Rolf Kohle, Hubertus
ISBN: 1861893124
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Anatomy of the Horse"

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George Stubbs (1724-1806) was one of the most original artists Britain has produced. He produced the drawings for the famous Anatomy of the Horse, which he later etched himself. This edition reproduces all Stubbs' etchings and is taken from the 1853 printing, the last to use Stubbs' original plates. It includes a full text of Stubbs' commentary. With etchings. Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 210 x 297 mm. Weight: 57g.

Author: Stubbs, George
ISBN: 1843680033
Publisher: Pallas Athene Publishers
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Poussin"

A Catalogue Raisonne

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In this revealing study, illustrated in full colour, Christopher Wright charts Poussin's stylistic development in 17th century Rome from his experimental early pictures through to the uncompromising works of his later years. With 4c artwork throughout. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 285 x 230 mm. Weight: 788g.

Author: Wright, Christopher
ISBN: 1904449581
Publisher: Chaucer Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Classicism

"Art After Conceptual Art"

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"Generali Foundation Collection" series; Discusses the influence of conceptualism on different notions of critique - identity politics, biopolitics, and globalization. This collection of essays by art historians from Europe and the Americas considers the reception of conceptual art as seen in the sometimes contentious, and sometimes affirmative modes of critique it inspired. With 40 illustrations. Paperback, 276 pages. Size: 230 x 165 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: (Alberro, Alexander, ed.)
ISBN: 0262511959
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Undergraduate Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art

"Conceptual Art"

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"Themes & Movements" series; Conceptual art is an art of ideas which can be written, enacted or carried in your head - challenging the notion that a work of art is an object of visual pleasure. This text combines survey essays, plate sections of key words, descriptions and an anthology of key texts. With 296 illustrations, (some colour ) bibliog , index. Hardback, 304 pages. Size: 290 x 250 mm. Weight: 1918g.

Author: (Osborne, Peter, ed.)
ISBN: 0714839302
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
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"The Dragon Hunter's Handbook"

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Traveling to a remote Tibetan village Adelia Van Helsing discovers that far from being a dwindling threat, dragons are regrouping and are about to unleash monstrous revenge on the human race. Faced with a power even she cannot resist, she summons the dragon's most fearsome opponent, the servants of hell. With 60 illustrations. Hardback, 36 pages. Size: 300 x 255 mm. Weight: 1140g.

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ISBN: 1862058164
Publisher: Anova Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art

"Lawrence Weiner"

As Far as the Eye Can See

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"Whitney Museum of American Art" series; Lawrence Weiner is one of the primary figures associated with the emergence of conceptual art in the 1960s. This publication represents the full range of Weiner's practice, since the early 1960s, from his early paintings to his work in language, including works on paper, films, videos, books, and public commissions. With 50 b&w illustrations + 200 colour images. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 279 x 210 mm. Weight: 2434g.

Author: (Salvo, Donna De, ed.)
ISBN: 0300126956
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Art & Design Styles: Conceptual Art