Ultra-Violet Rays and Their Use in the Examination of Works of Art
Title | Ultra-Violet Rays and Their Use in the Examination of Works of Art PDF eBook |
Author | James J. Rorimer |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1931-08-20 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
This book is the outcome of experiments in the examination of works of art under ultra-violet rays, conducted in the Museum in the late 1920s by James J. Rorimer. One of the first publications to provide an introduction to this method of accessing the condition and age of a work of art, Ultra-Violet Rays and Their Use in the Examination of Works of Art includes images of of several different objects in the Met's collection across cultures and media displayed under ultra-violet light.
Giovanni Pietro Campana
Title | Giovanni Pietro Campana PDF eBook |
Author | Susanna Sarti |
Publisher | British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
Campana, a businessman from Rome, formed one of the most important private collections of antiquities of the 19th century yet it has been little studied. This thesis examines Campana's private life, his role as patron of the arts, archaeologist and collector and his trial for fraud, ending in exile.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Title | Pieter Bruegel the Elder PDF eBook |
Author | Pieter Bruegel |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art, Flemish |
ISBN | 0870999915 |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/30-1569) was a remarkable draftsman and designer of prints as well as a great painter. His independent drawings and designs for engravings and etchings, which were carried out by the leading printmakers of his day, have fascinated scholars and the general public alike since they were created. They have recently been the subject of research that has given rise to a reevaluation of the parameters of Bruegel's oeuvre. The new scholarship has been brought to bear in the texts of the present volume, which accompanies a major exhibition of 140 of Bruegel's prints and drawings to be shown at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, from May to August 2001 and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September to December 2001. An international group of experts discusses the new Bruegel who has emerged from recent studies, in essays on the artist's life, his contributions as a draftsman and as a printmaker, the survival of his art, and his relationship to the humanism of his day. They also illuminate his genius in entries on all the works in the exhibition. Every work is illustrated and rich comparative illustrations are included. Provenances an
The Descent from the Cross
Title | The Descent from the Cross PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth C. Parker |
Publisher | Garland Publishing |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Medieval Ivory Carvings
Title | Medieval Ivory Carvings PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Williamson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
"The first volume of a new catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of medieval ivory carvings, covering the years 400-1200, appeared in 2010. The present two volumes complete the catalogue, taking in every piece carved between about 1200 and 1550; and it is satisfying to report that a further volume, on the post-medieval ivories, was published by my colleague Marjorie Trusted in 2013."--Preface, p. 9.
The Survival of the Pagan Gods
Title | The Survival of the Pagan Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Seznec |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Art, Renaissance |
ISBN |
The Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux
Title | The Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Drake Boehm |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780300087802 |
This beautiful prayer book's profuse decoration and refined drawing - the work of the celebrated artist Jean Pucelle - comes alive through the medium of CD-ROM.