Richard Kendall
Author
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Edgar Degas is best known for his vivid studies of dancers. He captured them warming up, practising at the bar or mid-performance with a stunning immediacy and accuracy, on canvas, paper and in bronze. Illustrated with drawings, pastels, paintings, prints and sculpture, this beautiful book proposes that Degas's ballet imagery is more than simply an expression of his lifelong engagement with the figure in movement. Exploring the artist's innovative...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
"This book conjures up an unexpected picture of Degas the artist as a man of wisdom and good humor while also including his best-known paintings and sketches, as well as many works that will be unfamiliar to most people. The book draws on a range of sources--the artist's own notebooks and letters, as well as anecdotes and memoirs from his intimate circle." --
Publisher
Clark Art Institute
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The celebrated painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) had a lifelong fascination with the natural world. He spent his youth in rural Holland, and the country's flat landscapes, trees, flowers, and birds would feature in his early art. After he moved to Paris, he encountered new radical thinking about art and humans' changing relationship with nature. Later, in Provence and Auvers, he discovered unfamiliar terrain, flora, and fauna that further influenced...
