Impressionist art appears to be effortless and spontaneous, but it actually involves an intricate approach to painting. In this book a curator, an conservator, and two scientists use modern methods of examination to investigate exactly how these paintings were done and what materials were used. 76 illustrations; 208 color plates.

Impressionism: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Arts & Photography

Kirby, Jo

Roy, Ashok

Bomford, David

Leighton, John

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

A magnificent combination of visual beauty and graphic usefulness/ Over one thousand patterns and motifs taken from major artistic styles through history.& carefully re-drawn by a prominent Victorian Designer, John Leighton.

Suggestions in design: Three thousand years of ornaments, styles, motifs

Paddington Press : distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

Well-known in the Victorian art world for his award-winning ornamental designs, John Leighton decided to provide contemporary artists and artisans with a rich sourcebook of ideas and inspiration to use in developing their own designs. Entitled Suggestions in Design, the book featured an enormous array of designs and motifs from many cultures and times. The present volume contains all 102 plates from that rare 19th-century compilation. Included are more than 1,100 motifs painstakingly adapted from a host of design traditions: primitive tribal art and pottery; Egyptian sculpture and painting; Assyrian wall sculptures and carved ivory; Greek sculpture and terra-cotta vases; Etruscan painting, bronzework, and jewelry; Pompeian architectural details and mosaics; designs from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Persian, Moorish, French Renaissance, and other sources. Careful reworkings rather than exact copies of original designs, these motifs were meant to guide users in creating their own versions of decorative ornament. Reproduced from a valuable original printed in 1881, this book includes detailed descriptions of the plates. It represents a highly useful source of beautifully rendered, copyright-free images that will be welcomed by artists, illustrators, craftworkers, and countless enthusiasts of the decorative arts.

1,100 Designs and Motifs from Historic Sources (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Dover Publications

Published on the occasion of the van Gogh exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this fun-filled pop-up book opens into a four-room circular house showing the artist's home as he painted it, his friends as he portrayed them, and the world outside as he observed it. Van Gogh's House is full of surprises and interchangeable elements: the views from the windows are classic van Gogh scenes, such as Harvest Landscape and Starry Night, and on the walls hang portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. Every last detail is in place, from Vincent's pipe and tobacco, to his clogs under the table, to his unfinished canvas propped on an easel. Putting everything into historical context, the accompanying small book takes a learned and enjoyable look at van Gogh's life and the people, places, and paintings in it.

Van Gogh's House: A Pop-Up Experience

Hersey, Bob

Individual Artists

Universe

Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Gogh, Vincent Van

Kendall, Richard

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Heugten, Sjraar Van

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Natl Gallery of Art

The Private Degas

THOMSON, Richard

The Herbert Press

Suggestions in Design: Being a Comprehensive Series of Original Sketches in Various Styles of Ornament, Arranged for Application in the Decorative and Constructive Arts

Colling, James Kellaway

History

Legare Street Press

Gospel Faith: Commended To Common Sense (1886)

Self-Help

Motivational

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Divi Thomæ Aquinatis ... in Omnes D. Pauli Epistolas Commentaria (Italian Edition)

Aquinas, Thomas

Nabu Press

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