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341) Paul Gauguin
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Paul Gauguin fue primero un marino y luego un exitoso corredor de bolsa en París. En 1874 comenzó a pintar los fines de semana, como pasatiempo. Nueve años después, tras la caída de la bolsa de valores, se sintió lo bastante confiado en su habilidad para ganarse la vida pintando, que renunció a su puesto y se dedicó a la pintura de tiempo completo. Siguiendo el ejemplo de Cézanne, Gauguin pintó naturalezas muertas desde el principio de su...
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A collection of drawings by the landscape artist famed for his moody portrayals of the Yorkshire moors, including his personal reflections.
I am not one for pretty pictures. Perhaps when I am long gone this will be a quote that I am remembered for alongside my paintings. For you will mostly find me in the gallery on a sunny day and out on the moors when it is at its most inhospitable, for these are the days that captivate me.
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343) Hokusai
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Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world. Reflecting the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation, the works of Hokusai - one of the first Japanese artists to emerge in Europe - greatly influenced the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, such as Vincent van Gogh. Considered during his life as a living Ukiyo-e master, Hokusai...
344) Chagall
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Marc Chagall nació en el seno de una familia judía sumamente estricta, para la cual la prohibición de la representación de la figura humana tenía la fuerza de un dogma. El no haber pasado el examen de admisión de la escuela Stieglitz no evitó que Chagall se uniera posteriormente a esa famosa escuela fundada por la sociedad imperial para el fomento de las artes, dirigida por Nicholas Roerich. En 1910, Chagall se mudó a París. La ciudad fue...
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Décryptez l'art de Jacques-Louis David en moins d'une heure!
Représentant majeur du néoclassicisme français, Jacques-Louis David inscrit son art au cœur de l'histoire, mêlant subtilement à ses sujets antiques les préoccupations de la France révolutionnaire de son époque. Peintre de propagande s'il en est, il met son pinceau au service de la Révolution puis de l'Empire, contribuant à auréoler Napoléon Ier d'une gloire exceptionnelle....
346) Chagall
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Marc Chagall nació en el seno de una familia judía sumamente estricta, para la cual la prohibición de la representación de la figura humana tenía la fuerza de un dogma. El no haber pasado el examen de admisión de la escuela Stieglitz no evitó que Chagall se uniera posteriormente a esa famosa escuela fundada por la sociedad imperial para el fomento de las artes, dirigida por Nicholas Roerich. En 1910, Chagall se mudó a París. La ciudad fue...
347) Pieter Bruegel
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Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colours. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes of peasant life and scripture or spiritual allegories, often with crowds of subjects performing a variety of acts, yet his scenes are unified with an informal...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Find out everything you need to know about the life and work of Gustav Klimt in just 50 minutes with this straightforward and engaging guide!
Gustav Klimt was one of the most influential artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and helped to revolutionise art in his native Austria through his leading role in the Viennese Secession movement. Works such as The Kiss are instantly recognisable due to their use...
349) Auguste Rodin
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Heir to the precepts of antiquity and Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was just as influenced by Michelangelo, in particular by his Slaves. And like Michelangelo, Rodin, at the same time as receiving such honours as the Légion d'honneur (amongst others), was embroiled in many scandals and controversies during his career. His sculptures of Victor Hugo and Balzac were censured and The Kiss was deemed too erotic.
However, despite racking up female...
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A revised and expanded edition of the world-renowned graphic designer’s classic and bestselling monograph, using examples from a portfolio spanning his full career to date.
Protégé of design legend Massimo Vignelli and partner in the New York office of the international design firm Pentagram, Michael Bierut has had one of the most varied careers of any living graphic designer. The projects in How to illustrate the breadth of activity that graphic...
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Décryptez l'art de John Constable en moins d'une heure !
Considéré comme l'un des plus grands peintres paysagistes anglais aux ctés de son éternel rival, William Turner, John Constable puise son inspiration dans l'univers qui lui est familier : la campagne anglaise de l'East Anglia. Avec le ciel pour cadre principal de ses toiles, il cherche inlassablement à faire ressortir la beauté et la vitalité de la nature, peignant les reflets de l'eau,...
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This is Eric Bottomley's second art book, in which he has varied both his transport themes and the mediums in which he works. The majority of paintings are in oils but also included are gouache (watercolor) and pencil sketches. However, some paintings are both gouache and pencil, together known as mixed media.Railways have always been a great passion of Eric's, from trainspotting around the ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire system as a boy, to painting commisions...
353) Pieter Brueghel
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Pieter Bruegel, l'Ancien (près de Breda, 1525 – Bruxelles, 1569)Pieter Bruegel fut le premier membre important d'une famille d'artistes, actifs durant quatre générations. D'abord dessinateur avant de devenir peintre, il peignit des thèmes religieux, comme la Tour de Babel, avec des couleurs extrêmement vives. Influencé par Jérôme Bosch, il s'attela à de vastes scènes complexes décrivant la vie paysanne et des allégories bibliques ou...
354) Why Drag?
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For over a decade, Magnus Hastings has been photographing the world's greatest drag superstars and asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? The result is this mesmerizing volume in which the queens strut their stuff and reflect on their shared passion through a mixture of quips and philosophizing. Subjects include icons of reality TV and underground drag royalty, and photographs range from the divine to the trashy. Featuring the likes of Bianca...
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Décryptez l'art de Gustave Moreau en moins d'une heure!
Dans la France de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, Gustave Moreau tourne peu à peu le dos à l'académisme pour élaborer un art tissé de rêves et de mystères o le fantastique n'est jamais loin... Puisant son inspiration dans la mythologie et la religion, il agrémente ses œuvres de nombreux symboles censés guider le spectateur vers un autre monde. Mettant ainsi son art au service...
356) Rivera
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« Je connaissais Diego Rivera, le muraliste mexicain, bien avant de découvrir les nombreux autres « Diego Rivera » qui hantèrent le monde du début du XXe siècle à la fin des années 1950. [...] Si ses peintures de chevalet et ses dessins forment une grande part de ses œuvres de jeunesse comme de la maturité, ses peintures murales uniques font exploser les murs par la virtuosité de leur composition époustouflante. Sur ces murs s'exposent...
357) Rivera
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"Y a conocía a Diego Rivera, el muralista mexicano, mucho antes de encontrarme con los otros "Diego Rivera" que circulaban por el mundo entre principios del siglo XX y finales de la década de los 50. (…) Mientras que sus pinturas de caballete constituyen un amplio corpus dentro de su obra temprana y tardía, sus murales únicos hacen estallar las paredes en una explosión de representaciones de gran virtuosismo cuya organización conmociona la...
358) Antoni Gaudí
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Spanish architect and designer, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was an important and influential figure in the history of contemporary Spanish art. His use of colour, application of a range of materials and the introduction of organic forms into his constructions were an innovation in the realm of architecture. In his journal, Gaudí freely expressed his own feelings on art, "the colours used in architecture have to be intense, logical and fertile." His...
359) Antoni Gaudí
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Architecte et designer barcelonais, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) occupe une large place dans l'histoire de l'art espagnol. L'usage de la couleur, l'emploi de différents matériaux et l'introduction du mouvement dans ses constructions furent une innovation dans le domaine de l'architecture.
Il laissa dans ses carnets de nombreuses réflexions à propos de son art telles que : « La couleur dans l'architecture doit être intense, logique et fertile....
360) Alphonse Mucha
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Born in 1860 in a small Czech town, Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was an artist on the forefront of Art Nouveau, the modernist movement that swept Paris in the 1910's, marking a return to the simplicity of natural forms, and changing the world of art and design forever. In fact, Art Nouveau was known to insiders as the "Mucha style" for the legions of imitators who adapted the master's celebrated tableaux. Today, his distinctive depictions of lithe young...
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