Artists Who Changed History
Seiten
2024
Dorling Kindersley (Verlag)
978-0-7440-9696-5 (ISBN)
Dorling Kindersley (Verlag)
978-0-7440-9696-5 (ISBN)
This visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.
Artists Who Changed History places well-known artists in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they came to influence Art as we know it today.
This illustrated guide is ideal for those interested in art, sculptures, and the history of art or who would like to broaden their general understanding of art and the lives of artists.
Inside this book on artists, you’ll find:
-An overview of the lives and works of around 80 of the world's most influential artists - Middle Ages to the present day
-Eight pages of brand-new content with 12 new entries, including Judith Leyster and Frank Bowling
-Lavishly illustrated portraits of each artist alongside photographs of their homes and studios, original sketches, notebooks, letters
In this Art guide, each artist is introduced with a realistic portrait and biographical entries that trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired and influenced them. Entries explore each individual's key ideas and working methods and set their ideas in context, conveying a powerful sense of the place and the period of history in which they lived. Artists Who Changed History provides revealing insights into what drove each individual to develop new ways of understanding the world.
Artists Who Changed History places well-known artists in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they came to influence Art as we know it today.
This illustrated guide is ideal for those interested in art, sculptures, and the history of art or who would like to broaden their general understanding of art and the lives of artists.
Inside this book on artists, you’ll find:
-An overview of the lives and works of around 80 of the world's most influential artists - Middle Ages to the present day
-Eight pages of brand-new content with 12 new entries, including Judith Leyster and Frank Bowling
-Lavishly illustrated portraits of each artist alongside photographs of their homes and studios, original sketches, notebooks, letters
In this Art guide, each artist is introduced with a realistic portrait and biographical entries that trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired and influenced them. Entries explore each individual's key ideas and working methods and set their ideas in context, conveying a powerful sense of the place and the period of history in which they lived. Artists Who Changed History provides revealing insights into what drove each individual to develop new ways of understanding the world.
Andrew Graham Dixon (Foreword By) Andrew Graham Dixon is one of the leading art critics and presenters of arts television programmes in the English-speaking world. He has presented six landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed A History of British Art, Renaissance, and Art of Eternity, as well as numerous individual documentaries on art and artists. For more than 20 years, he has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and, more recently, in the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of books on subjects ranging from medieval painting and sculpture, to contemporary art.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.04.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | DK History Changers |
| Vorwort | Andrew Graham Dixon |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 243 x 289 mm |
| Gewicht | 1877 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7440-9696-0 / 0744096960 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7440-9696-5 / 9780744096965 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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