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The Great Artists introduces readers to 100 of the world's most important artists, from the 13th century to the present, concentrating on their lives, works, ideas, influences, artistic development, contributions, creative output and where they fit in history. Concise and readable, The Great Artists is an interesting, informative and authoritative history of 700 years of fine art for the general reader. Writing with verve and passion, Susie Hodge presents, in chronological order, elegant and often affectionate biographical profiles of 100 of the greatest artists in the history of art. The biographies not only describe the life, development and creations of each artist, but also set these visual composers and their compositions within a broader historical and cultural context. Furthermore, shortlists ofmust-see' masterpieces for each artist give the reader all the information they need to appreciate and understand great art.From the great artists of the high renaissance art to the Dutch maters, and from the rococo and neoclassical movements of the 18th century to romanticism, modernism and contemporary art, the lives of the great artists are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced. A selection of featured artists includes: Mantegna, El Greco, Pissarro, Turner, Seurat, Bellini, Caravaggio, Leighton, Constable, Mucha, Botticelli, Rubens, Manet, Ingres, Klimt, Bosch, Gentileschi, Degas,Gericault, Munch, da Vinci, Poussin, Whistler, Corot, Kandinsky, Grunewald, Velazquez, Homer,Hiroshige, Matisse, Durer, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Delacroix, Mondrian, Michelangelo, Steenwyck, Monet, Millet, Malevich, Raphael, de Hooch, Rodin, Courbet, Klee, Titian, Vermeer, Renoir, Bouguereau, Marc, Holbein, Canaletto, Gauguin, Rossetti, Picasso, Bronzino, Hogarth, van Gogh, Millais, Hopper. ... Read more

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Actors looking for a home base will find relevant information on all the major American cities divided into sections on "Living" and "Working," along with insights from professionals working in each region. Original. ... Read more

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A collection of candid and poignant interviews with women artists talking about their life works and revealing paths that have led them to both recognition and sacrifice. Biographical information and a selected bibliography are included for each artist. Artists included are Dotty Attie, Mimi Smith, Faith Wilding, Judith Solodkin and Ce Roser. ... Read more

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Contemporary American expatriate artists revealambivalent attitudes toward mobility, identity, andglobal culture. More than an historical overview ofAmerican women artists abroad, this book draws upondevelopmental theory and studies of creativity toexplore artists? uses of experience, and deconstructsexpatriate experience by weaving theory ofintercultural adaptation and migration with womenartists? own descriptions of their search foridentity. Central to the research are four casestudies constructed with oral history narratives thatexamine the impact of expatriate experience on fourAmerican women artists: Paris based Laurie Karp,Grace Renzi, and Kate Van Houten, and Stockholm basedRachelle Puryear. Candid about their quests forartistic and creative identities, analysis furtherilluminates how the journey becomes the experienceand concludes with implications for art education.This book speaks to the educators of artists and tothose intrepid American art students going abroad whobelieve cultural exposure to be fundamental to theirartistic development. ... Read more

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Master painter, architect and sculptor, Giotto revolutionized the medieval art world. The late 13th and early 14th centuries was a time of magnificent architectural and artistic expression and Giotto played a pivotal role during this exciting era. Experimenting with new techniques in panel painting and fresco, his work became highly influential in his own day, as well as a source of inspiration to the artists of the Italian Renaissance. This book follows Giotto's entire career, beginning with his training in Florence in the workshop of Cimabue, and introduces and illustrates the artists, works and creative techniques of 14th century Italy. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This chronological anthology of 50 master artists and their pivotal works spans six centuries and provides reproductions of stunning masterpieces by such greats as Matisse, Picasso, Edward Hopper, and Leonardo da Vinci. 250 illustrations.Amazon.com Review
A benchmark for intelligent, engaging nonfiction, this superbly designedbook is written and illustrated with a lushness that takes the breath away.Robert Cumming is chairman of Christie's education department: he knowshis art history.But he also knows how to seduce you with the sheer beautyof the material, and the well-placed pointer to telling details.Fiftydouble-page spreads cover artists from da Vinci and Rubens to Monet,Picasso, and Pollock. Each spread is a concentrated master-class on thelife, the style, and the influence. Check out the luminous full-colorreproductions of "Bacchus" and "The Conversion of St. Paul," then read theopening sentence above them--"One of the few great artists to have acriminal record, Caravaggio was violent, loutish, and frequently underarrest"--and see if you can resist the temptation to read on. Great Artists is a dream of abook that adults and their older children will fight over. (Ages 12 toadult) --Richard Farr ... Read more

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Not for elementary children
Take the Young Adult age recommendation seriously.I purchased an updated copy of this book at an elementary school book fair.I'm not squeamish about nudity in art, but the text includes lots of words like "erotic", "homoerotic", "prostitute", "ravished", and "rape".Be aware that this could create a lot of questions that you may not be ready to answer, and your child may not be ready to hear.On the other hand, I quite enjoyed it and would recommend the book for older teens, college students, and adults.

Not What I Expected
I bought this book to help in our artist appreciation with my primary children in our home school.I don't have a problem with nudity in art work, and am willing to discuss and explain the reasons for nudity to my children.However, the book is overwhelmingly filled with nudity.At least twenty pages have rather large pictures of nudes and many are in seductive poses.I do not feel comfortable allowing my children to freely browse through this book and felt that the authors could have chosen different pieces of work that could have equally displayed the works of the artists.

I hoped for more
I was hoping for a book which helped the reader SEE the actual paintings of the masters. The particular brushstroke that made the painting interesting. Theunusual shade or hue of color that made the flower come out of the painting. That sort of book. It is not. Still it has good illustrations and good information about the artists it covers.

Great Artists: Lives of 50 painters
This art book is a great bargain for the quality of the reproductions is very good. The writing is excellent.

A gorgeous and informative book!
This oversized book has dovoted 2 pages to each important artist from the 1400's to Jackson Pollock.As with all D-K books, the reproductions are wonderful and the information is fascinating.The arthor gives a mixtureof facts about the artist's life, painting of the period, key works of thepainter, and other events happening in the world at the time.I love thisbook! ... Read more

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In this collection of candid and often poignant interviews, women artists talk about their life works, revealing the costs and the rewards of following a path that has led them recognition, sacrifice and inspiration in what is still, essentially, a man's world. The artists included in this important work are Dotty Attie, Nancy Azara, Cathey Billian, Agnes Denes, Patricia Lay, Charlotte Robinson, Ce Roser, Miriam Schapiro, Mimi Smith, Joan Snyder, Judith Solodkin, Kay WalkingStick, Faith Wilding, and Jackie Winsor. Biographical information and a selected bibliography are included for each artist. An essential addition to any women's studies or fine arts reference collection. ... Read more

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Lives and Works preserved
As the Founder and Executive Director of Women's Studio Center - a fine art studio in Long Island City, I highly recommend this book.Lives and Works: Talks By Women Artists is a ground breaking and valuable book leading readers into intimate insights of the artists lives and art/works.Anyone searching for a book about Women Artists would do well to purchase this book and anyone with a collection of feminist books that does not include this one is incomplete. ... Read more

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Joan Jonas approaches video as a drawing tool, a mirror, and a framing device. Since 1968, she has used video and performance to explore ways of seeing, the rhythms of ritual, and the archetypal authority of objects and gestures. With her influential 1976 work, I Want to Live in the Country (And Other Romances) Jonas nimbly structures an elliptical narrative that unmistakably establishes her voice and visual lexicon. I Want to Live in the Country features two locations—the untamed landscape of Nova Scotia and a television studio in New York City—as it examines themes of loss, displacement, time, and memory through still life compositions and Super-8 footage. Jonas creates a meditation of frames within frames, monitors within monitors, overlaid with poetic musings—a murmured story of the unconscious.

Jonas's influences have included the writing of Samuel Beckett, the films of Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese Noh theater, and the work of John Cage. Stripped down to intimate, indelible gestures, I Want to Live in the Country (And Other Romances) explores a Beckettian dilemma: "I am both the observer and the object that I observe. Which of the two is the real 'I'?" In this richly illustrated Afterall book, Susan Morgan examines the emergence of Jonas's original work from this synthesis of influences and ideas.

Joan Jonas, Professor of Visual Arts at MIT, is known for her pioneering video and performance art. ... Read more

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This illustrated biography is the first full-length study of a pioneering Canadian artist and his brief but eventful life (1871-1913).

He was best known for many penetrating and scrupulously accurate portraits of western and northern Canadian Indians.Edmund Montague Morris undertook to record the customs and physical appearance of the last native tribes to ride the great plains.In the summer of 1906, he accompanied the official Treaty Expedition nine to the James Bay Indians to paint the Ojibway of Northern Ontario.

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Giorgio Vasari, friend of Michelangelo and the art historian, in the second edition of his "Lives of the Artists" mentioned almost 500 different prints from the 15th and 16th centuries, from both Italy and the North. Even with a number of editions of Vasari's "Lives" now in print, this section of his text on prints is not readily available. This volume identifies his numerous references and discusses the implications of his choices. The illustrations show works not found in the standard illustrated compendiums, such as Bartsch and Hollstein. Others depict works that Vasari recommended but that have slipped from our modern conventions of what ideas a print should convey, and how it should convey them. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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great and brilliant
This book challenges so many of the assumptions of white males who continue to attempt to keep Women from showing their work. So much courageous work is being done by Women that it simply can not be keptquiet!!!! As a white woman, I was especially pleased to see that Women ofColor were included in the discussions in this book. ... Read more