Treasures of British Art

Treasures of British Art
Title Treasures of British Art PDF eBook
Author Robert Upstone
Publisher Abbeville Press
Pages 0
Release 1998-09
Genre Art
ISBN 9780789205414

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This richly illustrated Tiny Folio(TM) volume surveys British painting, watercolors, and sculpture from the sixteenth century to the present. With masters such as William Blake, William Hogarth, George Stubbs, Thomas Gainsborough, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and David Hockney, the Tate Gallery offers work to please every taste. The gallery, which was opened in London in the summer of 1897 by the Prince of Wales, is best known for its modern art collections, but-as this little compendium makes wonderfully clear-it encompasses the full sweep of British art, from ornate aristocratic portraits and vivacious hunting scenes to the Pre-Raphaelites languid femmes fatales.

Treasures of Art in Great Britain

Treasures of Art in Great Britain
Title Treasures of Art in Great Britain PDF eBook
Author Gustav Friedrich Waagen
Publisher
Pages 500
Release 1854
Genre
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Treasures of the British Library

Treasures of the British Library
Title Treasures of the British Library PDF eBook
Author Nicolas Barker
Publisher
Pages 272
Release 1996
Genre Library resources
ISBN 9780712304092

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In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.

Byzantium

Byzantium
Title Byzantium PDF eBook
Author Rowena Loverance
Publisher
Pages 78
Release 1988
Genre History
ISBN

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The earthly empire of Byzantium dominated the political and religious history of Europe for over a thousand years. The Byzantines regarded their earthly empire as a reflection of God's empire in heaven, and this ideology was manifested in their politics, religion, and art. In this introduction to the history of Byzantium, from the fourth to the fourteenth century, Rowena Loverance draws on the British Museum's rich collections of spectacular Byzantine silver, ivories, jewelry, and icons, as well as pieces from the empire's Persian and Germanic neighbors. This revised edition, featuring a new introduction, is updated to include the most recent finds and interpretations.

Treasures of Botanical Art

Treasures of Botanical Art
Title Treasures of Botanical Art PDF eBook
Author Shirley Sherwood
Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Pages 0
Release 2019-03
Genre Art
ISBN 9781842466636

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"Reveals the history of botanical painting, its beauty and science, with works from two renowned collections and over one hundred significant artists, dating from the late 1400s through to today. Paintings featured from the Kew collection include works by well-known artists the Bauer brothers, Redoute, Ehret, Fitch, Lilian Snelling and Margaret Mee as well as many lesser known artists. Contemporary works are featured from the Sherwood collection by a host of international artists. Over 200 stunning botanical paintings are showcased in this gift book, accompanied with informative text on the origins, history and relevance of botanical art, as well as information on the plants themselves. Biographies of over 120 artists are provided at the end of the book, revealing the historical and international background of this genre."--

The Paston Treasure

The Paston Treasure
Title The Paston Treasure PDF eBook
Author Andrew W. Moore
Publisher Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World
Pages 0
Release 2018
Genre Art
ISBN 9780300232905

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"This publication accompanies the exhibitions 'The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World' and 'The Paston Treasure: Riches and Rarities of the Known World', co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, on view 15 February-27 May 2018, and Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, on view 23 June-23 September 2018"--Colophon.

Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Title Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library PDF eBook
Author Mitchell Codding
Publisher Ediciones El Viso
Pages 0
Release 2018
Genre Art
ISBN 9780875351643

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Archer M. Huntington (1870-1955), son of one of the wealthiest men in America, decided that his passion for Spain had to be reflected by creating a museum and a library that would make his knowledge of Spanish art and culture available to his compatriots and that is how he founded in 1904 The Hispanic Society of America in New York. A section of more than two hundred of these treasures is being presented at important museums, such as the Museo del Prado (Madrid), el Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), and the Albuquerque, Cincinnati and Houston museums in the United States. This volume gathers the content of this great exhibition including a detailed file of each piece and an introductory essay telling the story of the Hispanic Society's creation and the scope of its collections.