Frederick ilchman et al (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. 343 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), map, portraits, photographs; 26 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, August 27 to December 31, 2017; and other venues. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "In 18th-century Europe, while the old order reveled in the luxurious excesses of the Rococo style and the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of revolution, the shapeshifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way across the continent. Although notorious for the scores of amorous conquests he recorded in his remarkably frank memoirs, Casanova was just as practiced at charming his way into the most elite social circles, through an inimitable mix of literary ambition, improvisational genius and outright fraud. In his travels across Europe and through every level of society from the theatrical demimonde to royal courts, he was also seduced by the visual splendors he encountered. This volume accompanies the first major art exhibition outside Europe to lavishly recreate Casanova's visual world, from his birthplace of Venice, city of masquerades, to the cultural capitals of Paris and London and the outposts of Eastern Europe. It provides a survey of important works of 18th-century European art by masters such as Canaletto, Fragonard, Boucher, Houdon and Hogarth, along with exquisite decorative arts objects." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Directors' foreword; Preface; The art of display, by C. D. Dickerson III; Venice, by Frederick Ilchman; The theater of identity, by James H. Johnson; Pleasures of the road, by Jeffrey Collins; Paris, by Esther Bell; Amorous pursuits, by Susan M. Wager; Clothes make the man, by Pamela A. Parmal; London, by Thomas Michie; Champagne and oysters, by Meredith Chilton; Dresden to Duchcov, by Michael Yonan; Man of numbers, by Nina L. Dubin; Man of letters, by Malina Stefanovska; Map. Casanova's Europe; Chronology, by Courtney Leigh Harris; Notes; Select bibliography; List of illustrations; Appendix. Additional exhibited objects; Lenders to the exhibition; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index. Size: 4to. Collectible. …

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Casanova (1725-98) was more than a notorious libertine; a connoisseur of literature and the arts, he became part of the elite and travelled widely. Published in conjunction with a major US exhibition, this catalogue places his life in the context of the courts, salons, balls and bordellos he inhabited. More than 180 colour illustrations include work by Canaletto, Fragonard and Hogarth alongside exquisite objets d'art, while 12 essays trace his travels through a Europe on the brink of revolution. …

Condizione: Very Good. Softcover, 315 pages. Color illustrations. For nearly four decades in the sixteenth century, the careers of Venice's three greatest painters-, Titan, Tintoretto and Veronese, overlapped, producing mutual influences and bitter rivalries that changed art history. Venice was then among Europe's richest cities, and its plentiful commissions fostered an exceptionally fertile and innovative climate. In it, the three artists, brilliant, ambitious and fiercely competitive, vied with one another for primacy, employing such new media as oil on canvas, with its unique expressive possibilities, and such new approaches as a personal and identifiable signature style. They also pioneered the use of easel painting, a newly portable format that led to unprecedented fame in their lifetimes. With more than 150 stunning examples by the three masters and their contemporaries, this volume elucidates the technical and aesthetic innovations that helped define the uniquely rich "Venetian style," as well as the social, political and economic context in which it flourished. Essays range from examinations of seminal new techniques to such crucial institutions as state commissions and the patronage system. Most of all, by concentrating on the lives and careers of Venice's three greatest painters, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese paints a vibrant human portrait--one brimming with savage rivalry, one-upmanship, humor and passion. Clean copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. Record # 397346.…

Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Red cloth boards, color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 288 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) is recognized as one of the giants of Venetian Renaissance painting. His artistic production was richly varied, extending from imposing altarpieces to smaller religious paintings for private clients, from grand portraits to sensual episodes drawn from the classical tradition. He was also an outstanding draughtsman, and his graphic oeuvre randed from preliminary sketches to highly finished chiaroscuro sheets. Produced to accompany an exhibition celebrating the artist at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, this magnificently illustrated book displays Veronese's extraordinary versatility and examines his artistic practice, concentrating on works from American and Canadian museums and private collections. For a sixteenth-century painter, many of whose works are in fresco or on enormous canvases still in situ, Veronese is unusually well represented in North America. At the same time, the broad spectrum of Veronese as a painter and draughtsman has not been available to American audiences in over two decades. This publication, with contributions by an international team of experts and focusing attention on little-known works as well as acknowledged masterpieces, constitutes a major contribution to Veronese studies."--Jacket. VG+. Lightest touches of shelfwear.…

1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 343, with coloured illus throughout (no inscriptions).

Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. xvii, 293 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Text in Italian. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Fondazione Musei Civici, Palazzo Ducale, Appartamento del Doge, Venice, Sept. 7, 2018 - Jan. 6, 2019 and at The National Gallery, Washington, March 10- July, 2019. VG- light corner and edge wear to wraps.…

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Black cloth with a nice unclipped dust jacket wrapped in mylar with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 9.5 x 11.5 in (24.5 x 29 cm).