softcover. Condizione: Fine copy. Profusely illustrated (illustratore). 1st. Small 4to, 159 pp.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Courtauld Gallery in association with Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2010
ISBN 10: 1907372113 ISBN 13: 9781907372117
Da: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. 159 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Courtauld Gallery, London, October 21, 2010 to January 16, 2011, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9 to May 8, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "Paul Cezanne's famous series of paintings of peasants playing cards has long been considered among his most important and powerful works. The image of seated peasants, still and seeming silent, concentrating on their game of cards, can be seen as the human counterpart to the landscapes of Cezanne's home countryside, notably Montagne Sainte-Victoire, which held such iconic significance for him. The two most ambitious versions show three card players, with spectators; in the other three the subject is distilled into a simpler form, with two figures facing each other, seen in profile, as in the Courtauld masterpiece. This catalogue accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, that will be the first to bring together the majority of these remarkable paintings alongside a magnificent group of Cezanne's closely related portraits of Provencal peasants and rarely seen preparatory oil sketches and drawings." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Cezanne's Card Players: an introduction, by Nancy Ireson and Barnaby Wright; Cezanne's development of the Card Players, by Aviva Burnstock, Charlotte Hale, Caroline Campbell and Gabriella Macaro; Cezanne's Card Players: art without anecdote, by John House; He painted, by Richard Shiff. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Paul Holberton Publishing February 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 1903470730 ISBN 13: 9781903470732
Da: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Used - Very Good. Pierre-Auguste Renoir's La Loge (The Theatre Box), 1874, is one of the masterpieces of impressionism and a major highlight of The Courtauld Gallery's collection. Its depiction of an elegant couple on display in a loge epitomizes the Impressionists' interest in the spectacle of modern life. At the heart of the painting is the complex play of gazes enacted by these two figures. In turning away from the performance, Renoir focused instead upon theater as a social stage where status and relationships were on public display.