Examines the life and work of Titian, through more than 300 colour reproductions of his paintings which are documented and placed in their social and historical context. This book is one of a series which explores art from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century.

Titian: The First Modern Painter - His Life in Paintings

Arts & Photography

Zuffi, Stefano

History & Criticism

The Renaissance was the period of greatest splendor in European art, and every page in this dazzling and immensely useful book captures that beauty. It’s large-sized, exquisitely produced, all in color, and filled with 600 unforgettable works from Donatello, da Vinci, Bosch, Michelangelo, Dürer, Raffaello, Bruegel, El Greco, Botticelli, and other masters.

The Renaissance: 1401-1610: The Splendor of European Art

Barnes&Noble

One Thousand Years of Painting is an easy-to-follow 'map' that will enable readers to follow the itineraries of the illustrations and their various protagonists, and the creation of the works that mark our visual culture. Through a completely novel presentation, based on the meshing of historical development and geographical dynamics, this volume presents around 800 European and American paintings. The various reference sections provide a further 'navigational' aid to guide readers through the history of painting.

One Thousand Years of Painting: An Atlas of Western Painting from 1000 to 2000 A.D

Chartwell Books

Centuries ago, when travelers from the north crossed the Alps and arrived at Lake Garda, surrounded by castles, vineyards and olive and lemon groves, they saw Italy as an enchanted place. Their wonder grew as they journeyed further south, toward the città d'arte on the plain, or in the direction of incomparable Venice. They were astounded by Liguria's craggy coastline and the art of Florence, Pisa and Siena.
Immersed in thousands of years of history and set in a diverse landscape were the great ruins of ancient civilizations, the forerunners of the glory of Imperial, Renaissance and Baroque Rome. In sunny southern Italy they discovered beautiful gulfs and islands floating in a sparkling sea. Vesuvius and Naples, the cities and temples of Magna Grecia, Sicily's vibrant colors and the intriguing and mysterious beauty of Sardinia were all there to greet them.
These unending and ever-changing visions can still be seen every day by those who live in and visit Italy. Italy's unique geography, stretching as it does from the highest and most beautiful mountains in Europe to the center of the Mediterranean Sea, allows the county to offer a variety of landscapes, natural environments, history, art and monuments that know no equal.
This volume collects images of both Italy's well-known sites and its hidden secrets as it traces a path through all of Italy's regions, exploring an area that became a unified country only 150 years ago, yet has been renowned as a place of incredible beauty and pleasure for millennia.

Italy: An Amazing Place

History

Europe

With stunning photography, Italy: An Amazing Place looks at Italy’s most famous architectural, archaeological, and artistic sites, studying the ways they intersect to form cultural and civic identity—while reveling in their incredible beauty. Palaces and castles, villas and abbeys, churches and archaeological complexes: Italy’s signature structures tell extraordinary stories and are crucial to understanding its cities and cultures. One of the defining aspects of Italy’s art is its widespread distribution throughout the country. Indeed, Italy is a nation densely populated by extraordinary examples of art and architecture, and this network of treasures includes extraordinary symbolic structures, true universal icons that are known and loved around the world. These masterpieces are seen from a new perspective, in the context of their history and the cities and towns around them. Artistic, social, and human angles are covered. This book pays homage to the eternal beauty of Italy’s signature architectural works, which for centuries have relayed a message of serene beauty and human potential. Many times it has been noted that one of the most distinctive things about Italy’s great artistic heritage is that the art and architectural works that comprise it are so evenly distributed throughout the country, so that Italy itself is a kind of open-air museum. There are impressive works to be seen everywhere, from its major cities to its smallest towns and most isolated country villages. That’s actually unsurprising, given the incredibly varied geography of this nation, home to the highest mountains in Europe, nestled in the heart of the Mediterranean, with a wide variety of landscapes, climates, and historical and cultural backgrounds. Even the smaller locales are rich in sites and structures in numerous styles and reflect an array of models. A building, cathedral, castle, or archaeological complex becomes “great” when it stands as a memorable example that endures over time and expresses the needs, hopes, and dreams of the person who conceived of it and built it. A masterpiece clearly speaks to its original era, but also lives in the present. It fills us with emotion and tells us stories about the people who came before us—bonding us to the city and even the country where it is located. Examples of astounding mastery of visual mediums fill the pages of this book—Italy, it seems, has a limitless supply of buildings and other structures that move us, excite us, and claim our hearts forever.

Italy: An Amazing Place (Sassi Travel)

Travel

This exciting new art series combines the most popular artists with expert text and a fresh, unique, format destined to appeal to children and adults alike. Each of the Rizzoli Quadrifolios features sixteen foldout pages that open into huge poster-sized reproductions of the work, allowing readers to feel as though they have leaped into work itself. The series begins with two artists whose work continually compels audiences: Michelangelo and Van Gogh. Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel focuses on the Italian master's work on this Vatican Chapel, the recent restorations of which have propelled interest in this site even higher. This exciting new art series combines the most popular artists with expert text and a fresh, unique, format destined to appeal to children and adults alike. Each of the Rizzoli Quadrifolios features sixteen foldout pages that open into huge poster-sized reproductions of the work, allowing readers to feel as though they have leaped into work itself. The series begins with two artists whose work continually compels audiences: Michelangelo and Van Gogh. Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel focuses on the Italian master's work on this Vatican Chapel, the recent restorations of which have propelled interest in this site even higher.

Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel

Individual Artists

Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books

Caravaggio

The Rizzoli Quadrifolio art series combines the most popular artists with authoritative text and a fresh, unique format destined to appeal to children and adults alike. Featuring sixteen pages that open up to four times the original size, this series allows the reader to delve into details of individual paintings or see a horizontal development in a fresco. With stunning color reproductions, expert commentary, and a revolutionary format, the Rizzoli Quadrifolios is a pioneering art series. Following the success of Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel and Vincent Van Gogh are two new books on artists whose work continues to inspire: Klimt and Carvaggio. Gustav Klimt's work remains widely popular today, admired for the sensual portraits of women and the signature use of gold. Gustav Klimt includes thirty-one of the Viennese artist's works, from his famous The Kiss to the vast Beethoven Frieze. Carvaggio has enjoyed renewed popularity, inspired by recent biographies investigating his fascinating life and work. He is "more fashionable today than any time since the early seventeenth-century" (New Republic, January 17, 2000). Carvaggio highlights twenty-eight paintings by the tormented Baroque master, including Judith Beheading Holofernes and the Calling of Saint Matthew.

Traces the life of the Dutch painter, analyzes his works, and explains the historical and social context of his painting

Rembrandt: The Great Dutch Master--His Life in Paintings

Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn

DK Pub.

Traces the life of the artist, analyzes his works, and explains the historical and social context of his painting.

Vermeer: The Master of Light and Composition--His Life in Paintings

Vermeer, Johannes

Art in Venice is a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive collection of the painting, architecture, sculpture, mosaic, glass, and gold work of one of the world's most romantic, beautiful, and historically rich cities. The book is organized in a straightforward chronological fashion: divided into major periods of Venetian history, each section including historical and cultural information, as well as the exact location of each artwork and biographies of each of the artists discussed. Including over 500 masterpieces from the eight to the twentieth century, the book features the art of such important Venetian masters as Bellini, Mantegna, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto.

Art in Venice

Harry N. Abrams

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