Landscape Painting af Norbert Wolf (Bog)

What is landscape? How does it differ from 'land'? Does landscape always imply something to be pictured, a scene? When and why did we begin to cherish images of nature? What is 'nature'? Is it everything that isn't art, or artefact? This book explores many fascinating issues raised by thegreat range of ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance. Using a thematic structure many issues are examined, for instance: landscape as a cultural construct; the relationship between landscape as accessory or backdrop and landscape as the chief subject; landscapeas constituted by various practices of framing; the sublime and ideas of indeterminacy; landscape art as picturesque or as exploration of living processes. These issues are raised and explored in connection with Western cultural movements, and within a full international and historical context. Manyforms of land

Bogen fremhæver et nyt og omfattende bud på, hvordan landskaber i vestlig billedkunst lader sig tolke, og den diskuterer kulturens makrohistoriske organisation samt hvordan kosmos udspaltes i en kaotisk Moder Jord. Type: Hardcover Bogen præsenterer et nyt bud på, hvordan landskaber i vestlig billedkunst lader sig tolke i forhold til de kulturer, der skabte dem. Den analyserer selvbevidsthed og kulturel evolution gennem historien.

Bogen giver et kronologisk overblik over maleriets historie verden over. Læseren føres fra hulemalerier og tidlige kulturers billedkunst over antikken, middelalderen, renæssancen og barokken til 1800- og 1900-tallets modernisme. Fokus er på værkernes billedside, komposition, farve og teknik, og hvordan maleriet afspejler samfund, religion, politik og kultur i de forskellige epoker. Velegnet som introduktion til kunsthistorie og som opslagsværk for studerende, kunstinteresserede og undervisere. Type: Hardcover Illustreret kunsthistorisk værk på engelsk der gennemgår maleriets udvikling fra forhistoriske hulemalerier til moderne tid. Bogen er rigt udstyret med billeder og fokuserer på den visuelle udvikling i malerkunsten på tværs af perioder, stilarter og kunstnere. Udgaven er indbundet i lyst lærredsbind med rød og gul prægning på forside og ryg.

A look at 20th-century art with a unique worldwide perspective. Rather than focus solely on the familiar names, the author introduces many excellent but not as well-known modernists from diverse regions around the world making this a truly worthwhile volume for modern art enthusiasts. The Moderns by Gaston Diehl Publisher: New York: Crown, 1961 First edition 220 pages 126 color reproductions and 31 drawings. Titel: The Moderns af Gaston Diehl (Bog) Forfatter: Gaston Diehl Genre: Kunst Type: Hardcover

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Nineteenth-century Paintings from the National Galerie, Berlin This book traces the development of nineteenth-century German paintings through the story of a remarkable institution - the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, one of Germany’s most important collections. In their substantial general essays, Françoise Forster-Hahn surveys the social and political background to art and culture in Berlin in the nineteenth century; Claude Keisch and Angelika Wesenberg discuss the reception of German painting in Germany itself; and Peter-Klaus Schuster provides a historical overview of the Nationalgalerie. Forfatter: Neue Nationalgalerie (Germany) Forlag: National Gallery Publications Limited Udgivelsesår: 2001 Sider: 192 Sprog: Engelsk

Stilleben - Norbert Schneider

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