Despite a number of general introductions to the Etruscans being published recently, this ancient civilisation which was brought to an end by the Romans in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, remains somewhat of an enigma. This collection of thirty-seven essays, along with photographs and a catalogue of objects taken from an exhibition held at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, address many of the stereotypes that still abound. This large book includes studies on the origins of the Etruscans, economic and political structures, territorial expansion, sculpture, religion, writing and language, pottery, antiquarianism and the rediscovery of the Etruscans. Includes a large catalogue of objects.

The Etruscans

TORELLI, MARIO

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Odilon Redon

Odilon Redon’s oeuvre marks the threshold between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, and thus also represents the interplay between tradition and innovation. Fractures and contrasts characterize his artistic development, from the black-and-white of his early, dark lithographs and works in charcoal to the veritable explosions of color in his bright pastels and oils. Bizarre monsters appear alongside heavenly creatures in a blend of dream and nightmare, nature and vision. Tending toward internalization, the mythic, sacred and biological motifs in Redon’s works underwent a turn toward the mystical, not only on account of his subject matter, but also through the aesthetic aspects of color and form. Greatly admired by contemporaries such as Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas, Redon influenced artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp, as well as the Surrealists. The artist’s brilliant ideas and his contextually, technically and materially multifaceted body of work are presented in this catalogue.Born in France to a prosperous family, Odilon Redon (1840–1916) began drawing at an early age and moved to Paris after unsuccessful forays into architecture and sculpture. Redon began his career working primarily in charcoal and lithography, before transitioning to oils and pastels in the 1890s. With his keen interest in literature, Redon found champions and collaborators in Joris-Karl Huysmans, Emile Hennequin and, most significantly, the Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Redon’s work achieved international renown after being exhibited at the American Armory Show in 1913.

1977, oversize paperback reprint edition, Rizzoli. PLEASE NOTE: This work was first published in 1960 in Switzerland. This title was one of several volumes originally published in The Treasures of Asia and Great Centuries of Paintings series created by Albert Skira. This reprint was printed in Switzerland. 100 brilliant reproductions in full color. The author, James Cahill, at the time of publication, was a young American specialist who knew and valued Chinese painting.

Chinese Painting

Arts & Photography

James Cahill

History & Criticism

Soft cover book titled LEON BAKST by Charles Spencer.

Leon Bakst

SPENCER, Charles

Big-city art for the inhabitants of big cities was primarily the creation of the artists and intellectuals of Berlin in the two decades from 1910 to 1933. Berlin witnessed an explosion of creative, individualistic experimentation that enthralled the art world of its time and is the subject of this exciting overview of an extraordinary place and period. The influences of that new art of Berlin are still at work today. As the newcomer among Europe's big cities - Paris, London, Vienna - Berlin was born during the Industrial Revolution and comparable to New York in many ways. As the capital of Prussia, Berlin started to develop during the 19th century and, in particular, after the foundation of the German Empire in 1871. With breathtaking speed, it became the center of a modern industrial society; at the same time, however, Berlin was the seat of the ruling house of Prussia, known for its archaic ideas of empire. This is only one of the contradictions that resulted from such rapid growth. The effect of Berlin's internal contradiction on a 20th-century society that lives to a large extent in big cities fascinated and attracted artists and intellectuals, and provided the basis for the creation of a new kind of art there between 1910 and 1933. The same contradictions that gave birth to this new type of art also destroyed it. Within two decades, artists in Berlin were confronted with prosperity, inflation and the Great Depression. The barriers between the various forms of art were almost completely removed, and artists of world renown in every field, from architecture, painting and sculpture to theater and film, participated in this heady period of creation. Among a multitude of artists then working in Berlin were Kirchner, Grosz, Dix, Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff, Pechstein, Kokoschka and Malevich; among architects, Behrens, Taut, Mendelsohn and Wagner; in the theater Reinhardt, Pescator and Brecht; in film Lang, Murnau and Pabst.

Berlin, 1910-1933

Eberhard Roters

Janos Frecot

Sonja Gunther

Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg

Ulrich Gregor

Arno Paul

Historical photographs, plans, and elevations document the cultural and artistic flowering in New York

New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915

John Massengale

Robert A.M. Stern

Gregory Gilmartin

Architecture

Publisher: Rizzoli International, 1992.

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Buildings and Projects 1967-1992

Michael Sorkin

Mildred F. Schmertz

Recreates the Museum of Modern Art's 1932 exhibition of international architecture

The International Style: Exhibition 15 and The Museum of Modern Art

Terence Riley

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

This attractive volume celebrates 1500 years' of the Celts through colour photographs of artefacts, artworks, jewellery, everyday items and manuscripts, accompanied by an informative discussion of almost every aspect of Celtic culture in Europe.

The Celts

History

Cremin, Aedeen

Ancient Civilizations

This beautiful volume reveals an era in ancient Egypt known as the New Kingdom, a restless and aggressive time when Egypt became a Bronze Age superpower. The Egyptians presents this era's energy and splendor, illustrated with remarkable achievements in art and architecture. Each page displays the Egyptian's brilliant creations--magic amulets, tombs and temples, wall paintings and jewelry -- and the author weaves a true tale of the daily life, beliefs, and ceremonies of this people. Read about Hatshepsut, the queen who became pharaoh, and her mysterious disappearance; discover Egyptian fashion, in which men wore kilts, and women wore tight dresses; unravel the secrets of mummification and see what ancient Egyptians looked like; and hear the stories of the great pharaohs and deities who gave the kingdom power. With full-color photographs and the talent of a storyteller, the author paints a portrait of ancient Egypt that is accessible to students, fascinating for adult readers, and provides an ideal introduction to this magnificent culture.

Egyptians

Hayes, Michael

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