wilton andrew five centuries of british painting
Wilton Andrew Five Centuries Of British Painting
Britain has played a key part in the history of the last five centuries, and its art reflects this in absorbing and complex ways. The distinguished art historian Andrew Wilton traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Holbein through its maturity in the time of Hogarth and Reynolds, when it reflected a prosperous society with growing imperial influence. The pioneering role of Constable and Turner in the revolutions of the Romantic period is fully explored, and the enigmatic position of artists in Victorian England, when a stiff moral code came into conflict with the uncertainties of the age of Darwin. Consistent undercurrents revealed include Britain’s preference for the real world (landscape, portraiture) as against ‘high’ art and abstraction. Andrew Wilton offers new insights into the great personalities of British painting, and assesses afresh the latest flowering, in which many threads of modern art come together in sometimes startling guises.
1245 Руб.
Rutherfurd Edward Sarum
Five Interconnected Families Sarum weaves an enthralling saga of five families - the Wilsons, the Masons, the family of Porteus, the Shockleys, and the Godfreys - who reflect the changing character of Britain. Centuries of Turmoil and Tyranny In a novel of extraordinary richness, the whole sweep of British civilization unfolds through the story of one place, Sailsbury, from beyond recorded time to the present day. The landscape - as old as time itself - shapes the destinies of the five families. An Epic Saga Tracing historical moments from the Ice Age through to the present day, all set against the backdrop of an ever-changing England, Sarum is a novel of breathtaking scope, perfect for fans of Ken Follett and Diana Gabaldon.
3403 Руб.
Lewis Ben The Last Leonardo. A Masterpiece, A Mystery and the Dirty World of Art
In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the centuries. In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci's small oil painting, the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as saviour of the world is 'the rarest thing on the planet by the greatest human being who ever lived'. Its dazzling price also makes it the world's most expensive painting. For two centuries art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings of greatly varying quality had been executed by Leonardo's assistants in the first half of the sixteenth century. But where was the original by the master himself? In November 2017, Christie's auction house announced they had it. But did they? The Last Leonardo tells a thrilling tale of a spellbinding icon invested with the power to make or break the reputations of scholars, billionaires, kings and sheikhs. Lewis takes us to Leonardo's studio in Renaissance Italy; to the court of Charles I and the English Civil War; to Holland, Moscow and Louisiana; to the galleries, salerooms and restorer's workshop as the painting slowly, painstakingly, emerged from obscurity. The vicissitudes of the highly secretive art market are charted across five centuries. It is a twisting tale of geniuses and oligarchs, double-crossings and disappearances, where we're never quite certain what to believe. Above all, it is an adventure story about the search for lost treasure, and a quest for the truth.
1873 Руб.
Byalik V. ABC. Russian Art from the State Tretyakov Gallery
This is the first ABC book of the Russian art from the 12th to the 20th centuries. You will find true masterpieces relating to a broad variety of genres: painting, icons, mosaic, sculpture, applied arts, all from the State Tretyakov Gallery collection.
558 Руб.
Byalik V. (сост.) ABC. Russian Art from the State Tretyakov Gallery
This is the first ABC book of the Russian art from the 12th to the 20th centuries. You will find true masterpieces relating to a broad variety of genres: painting, icons, mosaic, sculpture, applied arts, all from the State Tretyakov Gallery collection.
344 Руб.
Byalik V. ABC. Russian Art from the State Tretyakov Gallery
This is the first ABC book of the Russian art from the 12th to the 20th centuries. You will find true masterpieces relating to a broad variety of genres: painting, icons, mosaic, sculpture, applied arts, all from the State Tretyakov Gallery collection.
558 Руб.
Byalik V. (сост.) ABC. Russian Art from the State Tretyakov Gallery
This is the first ABC book of the Russian art from the 12th to the 20th centuries. You will find true masterpieces relating to a broad variety of genres: painting, icons, mosaic, sculpture, applied arts, all from the State Tretyakov Gallery collection.
344 Руб.
Livingstone Natalie The Mistresses of Cliveden.Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home
Five women. One house. One extraordinary history. Even today, Cliveden retains its royal mystique - it is where Meghan Markle and her mother spent the night before the royal wedding - but from its construction in the 1660s to its heyday in the 1960s, Cliveden has played host to a dynasty of remarkable and powerful women. Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Augusta, Harriet, and Nancy were five ladies who, over the course of three centuries, shaped British society through their beauty, personalities, and political influence. Restoration and revolution, aristocratic rise and fall, world war and cold war form the extraordinary backdrop against which their stories unfold. An addictive history of the period and an intimate exploration of the timeless relationships between people and place, The Mistresses of Cliveden is a story of sex, power and politics, and the ways in which exceptional women defy the expectations of their time.
2865 Руб.
Thompson Tade, Newman Emma, Meloy Paul Creatures. The Legacy of Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein is the first to unlock the key to life, but not the last. Over two centuries of relentless advancement, five more minds find the secret, and five more creatures are made. Five more stories end in tragedy. From the stinking streets of 1850s London to the sun-drenched hysteria of a modern cruise liner, amidst passion, jealousy, art, obsession, desperation and war, Creatures is a hidden history of a forbidden science.
2198 Руб.
Неверов Олег The Hermitage in 1 Hour: State Rooms: Masterpieces. Эрмитаж за 1 час. Парадные Залы. Шедевры Живоп.
If all the time you have available is one hour, that's fine. Specially for you we have worked out the best possible routes that will take you to the most famous works of culture and art in the collection of Russia's foremost museum. In the Hermitage in 1 Hour series we invite you to take a variety of themed tours, such as: The State Rooms and Masterpieces of European Painting (14th-18th Centuries); 19th and 20th-century Painting. The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists; The Art and Culture of the Ancient and Classical World; The Art of the East.
120 Руб.
Neverov Oleg The Hermitage in 1 hour. State Rooms. Masterpieces
If all the time you have available is one hour, that's fine. Specially for you we have worked out the best possible routes that will take you to the most famous works of culture and art in the collection of Russia's foremost museum. In the HERMITAGE IN ONE HOUR series we invite you to take a variety of themed tours, such as: - The State Rooms and Masterpieces of European Painting (14th-18th Centuries); - 19th- and 20th-century Painting. The Impressionists and Post-Impressionists; - The Art and Culture of the Ancient and Classical World; - The Art of the East.
345 Руб.
Schutze Sebastian Caravaggio. The Complete Works
The notorious bad boy of Italian painting is now considered one of the greatest masters of all in art history. This comprehensive catalogue raisonne reproduces all of Caravaggio's paintings as well as a number of dramatic details of his boundary-breaking realism. Five chapters assess Caravaggio's artistic achievements while a detailed chronology traces his dramatic personal life.
3553 Руб.
Evans David Famous Women in Business. Level 4
This book tells the business success stories of five very different women: Coco Chanel, Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey and Madonna. 13,558 words. British English.
1988 Руб.
Thackeray William Makepeace The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as "Vanity Fair " that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. This book includes five wonderful stories: "Mrs. Perkin's Ball", "Our Street", "Doctor Birch And His Young Friends", "The Kickleburys On The Rhine", and "The Rose And The Ring".
687 Руб.
ABC. Russian Art from The State Tretyakov Gallery
Our publishing house presents the first ABC book of the Russian art from the 12th till the 20th centuries. You will find on these pages true masterpieces relating to a broad variety of genres: painting, icons, mosaic, sculpture, applied arts, all from the State Tretyakov Gallery collection. We are glad to offer this book to our young and adult readers along with our numerous "ABC books".
1245 Руб.
Mandel E. The Glass Hotel
Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the beginning of their life together. That same day, a hooded figure scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: "Why don’t you swallow broken glass." Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis, sees the note from the hotel bar and is shaken to his core. Thirteen years later Vincent mysteriously disappears from the deck of a Neptune-Avramidis ship. Weaving together the lives of these characters, Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel moves between the ship, the towers of Manhattan and the wilderness of remote British Columbia, painting a breathtaking picture of greed and guilt, fantasy and delusion, art and the ghosts of our pasts.
1209 Руб.