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Examining such factors as style, quality, and mode of representation in terms of five opposed dynamisms (the linear vs. painterly, plane vs. recession, closed vs. open form, multiplicity vs. unity, and clearness vs. unclearness), the author analyzes the work of 64 major artists, delving even into sculpture and architecture. 150 illustrations of the work of Botticelli, van Cleve, Durer, Holbein, Brueghel, Bouts, Hals, Rembrandt, Velasquez, Titian, Vermeer, and other major figures accompany Professor Wölfflin's brilliant contributions to the methodology of art criticism.\u003cbr\u003eWhether you teach art, study it, or want to understand it purely for your own enjoyment, this epoch-making study will certainly increase your comprehension of and pleasure in the world's art heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eReprint of the 7th German edition, 1929.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heinrich Wölfflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159270048065,"sku":"9780486202761","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486202761.jpg?v=1710179105"},{"product_id":"9780486202389","title":"The Sense of Beauty","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is remarkably appropriate that this work on aesthetics should have been written by George Santayana, who is probably the most brilliant philosophic writer and the philosopher with the strongest sense of beauty since Plato. 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She has been called a propagandist, a crusader, yet her art is essentially apolitical. Her concern was not with partisan causes, but rather with universal rights.\u003cbr\u003eFundamentally a dramatic artist, Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) brought to each of her works an uncanny ability to evoke human emotions through subtle gestures and facial expressions. The reactions of her characters were psychologically true primarily because she tested them on herself.\u003cbr\u003eThe present collection contains 83 of Mrs. Kollwitz's finest works, including the last great print cycles: \"The Weavers\" of 1898; \"The Peasant War\" of 1908; \"War\" of 1925; and \"Death\" of 1935. These selections provide a full panorama of Mrs. Kollwitz's development as a master of the graphic techniques of etching, woodcutting and lithography. Over 69 of the illustrations have been rephotographed from the original works specially for this edition, and new techniques in photolithography and a larger format have resulted in reproductions that are as close as possible to the prints and drawings themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eReprint of \u003ci\u003eKäthe Kollwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Käthe Kollwitz. 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Goya's model for his visual indictment of war and its horrors was the Spanish insurrection of 1808 and the resulting Peninsular War with Napoleonic France. The bloody conflict and the horrible famine of Madrid were witnessed by Goya himself, or were revealed to him from the accounts of friends and contemporaries. From 1810 to 1820, he worked to immortalize them in a series of etchings.\u003cbr\u003eThe artist himself never saw the results. The etchings were not published until 1863, some 35 years after his death. By then, the passions of the Napoleonic era had subsided and the satirical implications in Goya's work were less likely to offend. The Dover edition reproduces in its original size the second state of this first edition, which contained 80 prints. Three additional prints not in the 1863 edition are also included here, making this the most complete collection possible of the etchings Goya intended for this series. 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The Beardsley drawings it superbly reproduces (mostly from a rare early portfolio) include not only the 10 full-page illustrations, the front and back cover designs, the title and List of Illustrations page decorations, and the \u003ci\u003ecul de lampe\u003c\/i\u003e from the original edition, but also three drawings that were not used, an alternate cover sketch, and the drawing entitled \"\u003ci\u003eJ'ai baisé ta bouche, Iokanaan,\u003c\/i\u003e\" which Beardsley did earlier for \u003ci\u003eThe Studio\u003c\/i\u003e. 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The drawings Calder executed for this book rank among his most imaginative creations. \u003cbr\u003eTwo hundred and one of the traditional fables are narrated here, including such all-time favorites as \"A Hare and a Tortoise,\" \"A Fox and Grapes,\" \"A Lyoness and a Fox,\" \"A City Mouse and a Country Mouse,\" \"A Swallow and a Crow,\" and \"A Fox and a Raven.\" An entertaining volume for general readers, prized by literature students and art lovers alike, this is a book that should appeal to practically everybody. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eReprint of the first 1931 edition.","brand":"Alexander Calder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159292494145,"sku":"9780486217802","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486217802.jpg?v=1710181008"},{"product_id":"9780486212333","title":"Degas' Drawings","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e French artist Hilaire Germaine Edgar Degas (1834–1917) is best known for his studies of the human figure, his ballet dancers, his portraits, and his occupational groups. 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The edition from which these drawings were taken now commands high prices on the rare book market, when it can be found. Art students, collectors, and others who want to see the many styles of Degas will find that this collection contains many of his finest works. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDover Original.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"H. G. E. Degas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159310876993,"sku":"9780486212333","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486212333.jpg?v=1710182743"},{"product_id":"9780486210971","title":"The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbrecht Dürer was a master in various media, but it was in woodcut design that his creative genius reached its highest expression. Here are all of his extant woodcuts, a collection of over 300 great works containing all the familiar cuts long treasured by the world's art lovers: the celebrated series on the Life of the Virgin, The Apocalypse of John (17 cuts), The Great Passion, St. Jerome in his Study, Samson Fighting the Lion, The Fall of Icarus, The Six Knots, The Men's Bath, St. Christopher, The Virgin in Glory, The Rhinoceros, The Last Supper of 1523, illustrations from Dürer's \"The Art of Measurement\" and from his four books on human proportion, and many others, including much little-known material. This book is the only available source for many of these works.\u003cbr\u003eAlthough sacred subjects predominate (the Holy Family, scenes from Christ's life, crucifixion, etc., the lives of the saints, Old Testament episodes), many other motifs are treated. 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In the Creation scenes, the horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, the plates depicting the life of Jesus — many of which have now become the standard iconography — and finally the vision of the New Jerusalem, Doré reached the fullest expressions of his extraordinary talent.\u003cbr\u003eThis book collects all 241 plates — long out of print — that Doré executed for the Bible. In these plates, reproduced from outstanding early editions, the artist not only captures the dramatic intensity of the Scriptures, but sustains it longer than any other single artist was able to do. In addition, Doré reimagined all the scenes, so that what he produced was not a mere reworking of what centuries of other artists had already done, but a new and fresh visual interpretation of the Bible.\u003cbr\u003eEach plate is accompanied by the verses from the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible that the scene depicts, and an Introduction by Millicent Rose covers Doré's life and art in general. 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Among them are his most famous works, \"Knight, Death and Devil,\" \"Melencolia I,\" and \"St. Jerome in His Study\"; also portraits of his contemporaries, including Erasmus of Rotterdam and Frederick the Wise, popular and religious subjects sold by Dürer's wife at fairs, \"Adam and Eve,\" the \u003ci\u003eEngraved Passion\u003c\/i\u003e (15 subjects), and \"The Virgin with the Dragonfly.\" Many of these show him even more charming and subtle than do the comparative woodcuts. Reproductions of experimental impression offer the opportunity to study Dürer's working method. Dürer's subjects range from scenes of the New Testament and the life of the Saints to portrayals of peasant personalities and representations of portentous events, such as \"The Four Witches\" and \"Sol Justitae,\" done in 1499 in anticipation of the Final Judgment that was widely predicted for the end of the century. The engraving \"The Monstrous Sow of Landser,\" a pig born with one head, four ears, two bodies, eight feet, on six of which it stood, and with two tongues,\" similarly recorded in event that was regarded as an ill omen.\u003cbr\u003eIn the present edition, by means of shooting in most instances directly to lithographic film from the finest impressions, the engravings, where possible, have been printed so that even under a magnifying glass Dürer's exact lines can be seen. Likewise, except in a very few cases, the sizes have been kept exactly to the originals, complete with border-lines where indicated. Walter L. Strauss has prepared the commentary for this edition with references to major catalogs, a summary of the statements of earlier commentators, and background material on the engravings, on Dürer, and on the subjects of the works. 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This work, from the woodblocks of collaborator Hans Lützelburger, was first published in book form in 1538.\u003cbr\u003eThe theme of the dance of death was a popular one of the sixteenth century. Holbein captured the feeling of death, the leveler, in its attack on all classes, both sexes, and all ages. A stylized skeleton seizes the child from his mother's breast. The skeleton snatches, plays, tugs, and cavorts throughout the rest of the book. The king, emperor, pope, and cardinal must cease from their functions. The skull is thrust into the face of the astrologer. The hourglass runs out onto the floor. Countess, nun, sailor, peddler, senator are all stopped by the common force. Forty-one finely cut, highly detailed woodcuts capture the single motif, \u003ci\u003eMemento mori\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Remember, you will die.\" Although the theme is common, the variety of expressions, social groups, backgrounds, styles of dress and architecture, and calls to death are so varied that each one is unique in its power.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition, reprinting the unabridged 1538 edition, is the first in a series reprinting great rare books from the Rosenwald Collection. Besides the woodcuts, the book contains a prefatory letter by Jean de Vauzéle and various quotations, depictions, and meditations on death, deaths of men, and the necessity of death. A repeated series of the 41 woodblocks follows the reprinted work and contains English translations of the quotations and verses. Art historians and social historians will find this to be one of the best depictions of class life caught at its fateful moment. The collector will find this to be the finest reproduction of one of Holbein's major works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eReprint of \u003ci\u003eLes simulachres \u0026amp; historiees faces de la mort\u003c\/i\u003e, 1538 edition.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hans Holbein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159333617985,"sku":"9780486228044","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486228044.jpg?v=1710206640"},{"product_id":"9780486225722","title":"The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. I","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect — Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are presented here in 1566 extracts that reveal the full range of Leonardo's versatile interest: all the important writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, astronomy, geography, topography, and other fields are included, in both Italian and English, with 186 plates of manuscript pages and many other drawings reproduced in facsimile size.\u003cbr\u003eThe first volume, which contains all of Leonardo's writings on aspects of painting, includes discussions of such basic scientific areas as the structure of the eye and vision, perspective, the science of light and shade, the perspective of disappearance, theory of color, perspective of color, proportions and movements of the human figure, botany for painters, and the elements of landscape painting. A section on the practice of painting includes moral precepts for painters and writings on composition, materials, and the philosophy of art. The second volume contains writings on sculpture, architecture (plans for towns, streets, and canals, churches, palaces, castles, and villas, theoretical writings on arches, domes, fissures, etc.), zoology, physiology (including his amazingly accurate theories of blood circulation), medicine, astronomy, geography (including has famous writings and drawings on the movement of water), topography (observations in Italy, France, and other areas), naval warfare, swimming, theory of flying machines, mining, music, and other topics.\u003cbr\u003eA selection of philosophical maxims, morals, polemics, fables, jests, studies in the lives and habits of animals, tales, and prophecies display Leonardo's abilities as a writer and scholar. The second volume also contains some letters, personal records, inventories, and accounts, and concludes with Leonardo's will. The drawings include sketches and studies for some of Leonardo's greatest works of art — \u003ci\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e, the lost \u003ci\u003eBattle of Anghiari\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin of the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e, and the destroyed Sforza monument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eReprint of \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci\u003c\/i\u003e, 1883.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e art techniques;art terms;leonardo's notebooks;translated english;anghiari;encyclopedia;orville;polymath;dictionary;topography;physiology;reprints;sculptor;monument;geniuses;sculpture;painters;commentaries;astronomy;manuscripts;supper;thinker;anatomy;intermediate;courses;wisconsin;norman;clark;renaissance;translations;machines;architecture;sketches;books on sketches;books on painters;books on art techniques","brand":"Leonardo da Vinci","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159351640385,"sku":"9780486225722","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/files\/9780486225722.jpg?v=1733861367"},{"product_id":"9780486224794","title":"Engravings by Hogarth","description":"This book contains 101 of Hogarth's finest and most important engravings, including all the major series or \"progresses\": \"The South Sea Scheme,\" \u003ci\u003eA Harlot's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, \"A Midnight Modern Conversation,\" \u003ci\u003eA Rake's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore and After\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarriage à la Mode\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndustry and Idleness\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The March to Finchley,\"\u003ci\u003e The Four Stages of Cruelty\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Time Smoking a Picture,\" \"Tailpiece,\" and many more, including ten study sketches and paintings that show how the final works evolved. \u003cbr\u003eSean Shesgreen, a foremost authority on Hogarth, has consistently selected the best states of the plates to be used in this edition and has carefully introduced them, commenting upon the artist's milieu and the importance of plot, character, time, setting, and other dimensions. A most important aspect of this book, found in no other Hogarth edition, is the positioning of the editor's commentary on each plate on a facing page. With the incredible and sometimes overwhelming amount of detail and action going on in these engravings, this is a most helpful feature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDover Original.\u003c\/div\u003e artists; art; paintings; realism; england; easy to read; history; politics; nonfiction; sequential art; sequential narrative; narrative; satire; graphic storytelling; european artists; english artists; british art; uk; united kingdom; london; britain; 18th century london; london artists; 18th century britain; art history; engravings and etchings; famous engravers; art in the 1700s; art of the 18th century; 18th century art; hogarthian; art and social issues; moralistic art; diplomacy; revolution,","brand":"William Hogarth. 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He himself considered them finished works, and often exhibited them alongside his paintings.\u003cbr\u003eKlimt's subject matter is almost exclusively the female body, naked or half clothed. For this he earned the reputation of erotic artist, and while he did not suffer the outright persecutions of his successors Schiele and Kokoschka, he was nevertheless subjected to the trials that a frankly erotic artist had to undergo in Vienna, where the everyday subject of conversation was the current love affairs of celebrities but where audiences were shocked by the sight of a dancer's naked legs. An issue of \u003ci\u003eVer Sacrum\u003c\/i\u003e which reproduced one of his drawings was confiscated by the authorities. \u003cbr\u003eThe drawings reveal above all that concern of great draughtsmen from Michelangelo through Blake the marriage of subtle grace and expressive dynamism that is the human body. Like that of these two past masters, Klimt's method is essentially linear. He knew, as they did, that line, rather than shading, the creation of volume or the use of color, is the natural medium for expressing the freedom of the living human form. As he matured as an artist there was an increasing awareness of this and a greater and greater spontaneity that approached, finally, \"the lightness of a net of gauze.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDover Original.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gustav Klimt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159354589505,"sku":"9780486224466","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486224466.jpg?v=1710181354"},{"product_id":"9780486223841","title":"Los Caprichos","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAfter a serious illness in 1792, Goya spent five years recuperating and preparing himself for the burst of creativity that was to follow. 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