The Art Book (Dictionary)

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THE ART BOOK
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THE ART BOOK presents a whole new way
of looking at art. Easy to use, informative and
fun, it's an A to Z guide of 500 great painters
and sculptors from medieval to modern times.
It debunks art-historical classifications by
throwing together brilliant examples of all
periods, schools, visions and techniques. Only
here could Michelangelo be considered with
Millais, Picasso with Piero della Francesca
and Rodchenko with Rodin. Each artist is
represented by a full-page colour plate of a
typical work, accompanied by explanatory and
illuminating information on each image and
its creator. The entries are comprehensively
cross-referenced and glossaries of artistic
movements and technical terms are included,
together with an international directory of
galleries and museums to visit. By breaking with
THE ART BOOK
traditional classifications,
presents a fresh and original approach to art: an
unparalleled visual sourcebook and a celebration
of our rich and multi-faceted culture.
The500artistspage4Glossaryoftechnicalterms 1Glossaryofartisticmovementspagt Directoryofmuseumsandgalleriespage11
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Agasse
Jacques-Laurent TheNubianGiraffe
Agiraffeleansitslong,slendernecktoreachthebowlheld theGii.uTc indKeepers'.Thegentlemandepictedwearinga
byitsArabkeepers.TwoEgyptiancowscanbeseeninthe tophatisEdwardCross,awell-knownimporterofforeign
background.Withthedevelopmentofcommunication birdsandanimalsfortheroyalmenagerie.Bornin
links,tradersoftheearlynineteenthcenturywereableto Switzerland,AgasselivedinEnglandfrom1800wherehe
travelfartherandfartherafieldandreturnwithincreasingly achievedconsiderablesuccesspaintingsportingscenesand
exoticgifts.Giraffes,lionsandleopardsweregivento exoticanimals.Healsopaintedanumberofportraitsof
wealthylandownersandAgasse,beingrenownedforhis noblemenonhorseback.
acuteattentiontodetail,wasoftencommissionedtopaint
them.KingGeorgeIVpaidAgasse£200for'apictureof «- Audubon,Landseer,Longhi,Stubbs
Jacques-LaurentAgasse.bGeneva,1767.dLondon.1848
TheNubianGiraffe.1827.Oiloncanvas.hl27xwl01.5cm.h50kxw40i TheRoyalCollection,WindsorCastle.Windsor
Albersjosct HomagetotheSquare
Foursquaresofyellownesttogether.Despitearigid Post-PainterlyAbstractionmovement.Between 1920and
format,thevfloatfreely,creatinganopticalillusionof 1923AlbersstudiedatthefamousBauhausschool.He
anotherdimension.Hachareahasbeenpaintedinasingle joinedthestaffin 1923.ADutchmanbybirth,Albers
colour.Thepainthasbeenappliedwithaknife,direcdy movedtotheUSAin 1933,wherehetaughtmany
fromthetube.Albers'mostfamousseriesofpaintings, establishedartistsattheBlackMountainCollegeandYak
ofwhichthisisone,showssquarescreatedfrompure University.HisinfluentialbookTheInteractionofColorwas
colour.Theopticalillusioncreatedinthispicturemeansit publishedin1963.Inthisheexplorestheperceptionof
isrelatedtotheOpArtmovement.Yetthewaythepaint colour,whichwasadominantthemethroughouthislife.
hasbeenappliedandtheuseofcolourlinkitwiththe «"Andre.VanDoesburg.Kelly.Klee.Reinhardt,Vasarely
JosefAlbers.bBottrup.1888.dNewHaven.CT.1976
HomagetotheSquare.1964.Oilonpanel.h76.2/w76.2cm.h30xw30in.TateGallery.London
AlgardiMess
\lessandro BustofCardinalPaoloEmilioZacchia
Thecardinal'sfinerobes,lacecuffsanddistinctive thetL'-r.'^ovantapproachofhiscontemporaryGianlorenzo
moustacheandbeardtelltheviewerimmediatelythatthisis Bernini.ThismaybebecausehetrainedinBolognaunder
adistinguishedindividual.Themarbleportraithasaspark thepainterLodovicoCarracci(thecousinofAnnibale)
oflifethatshowsAlgardi'scloseobservationofthe beforeembarkingonacareerinRome.Oneofthe
cardinal'sfeatures.Aswascustomaryatthetime,Algardi century'sforemostItaliansculptors,Algardiwas
originallysculptedthisbustinterracotta.Thiswouldhave commissionedtomakemanyimportantworkswhilein
beenusedasastudybeforemakingafinalversioninthe Rome,includingthetombofLeoXIinStPeter'sanda
moreexpensivemediumofmarble.Althoughanartistof bronzestatueofInnocentX.
theBaroqueperiod,AJgardi'sStyleismorereservedthan (•-Bacon,Bernini,Carracci,Houdon,Manzu
AlessandroAlgardi.bBologna,1595.dRome,1654
BustofCardinalPaoloEmilioZacchia.C1625/30.Marble.hl21cm.h47%in.MuseoNazionaledelBargello,Florence
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AllStOn
Washington Landscapewith a Lake
Apathwithafigurebyalakeleadstheviewerintoastark muchadmiredinEnglandatthetime.However,hesoon
landscapethathasahauntingsenseof"emptiness.The developedamoresublime,melodramaticconceptionofthe
plantsintheforeground,thetreesandgnarledtrunksareall landscapeinthemannerof|MWTurnerand|ohnMartin.
carefullyrenderedingreatdetail.Allstonwasthegreatestof Allston'sportraitsandcanvasesonscripturalthemeswon
NorthAmerica'sRomanticpainters.Hislandscapesglorify himgreatacclaim,whilethepoetryhewrotewassomewhat
thenaturalwondersoftheNewWorld.Asayoungmanhe lessenthusiasticallyreceived.
studiedinLondon''wherehewasapupilofhiscompatriot
BenjaminWest)andRome.Hisearlylandscapepaintings
weredirectlyinspiredbytheFrenchartistClaude,whowas Bierstadt.Claude.Cozens.Hodler.Martin.West.Turner
WashingtonAllston.bCharleston.SC.1779.dCambridge.MA.1843
LandscapewithaLake.1804.Oiloncanvas.H96.5xW130.2cm.h38xw51;/4 MuseumofFineArts.Boston.MA
Alma-Tadema
SirLawrence ACoignofVantage
ThreeRomanwomenwatchthereturnofgalleysfroma lifetime.Hi.-.Neo-ClassicalportrayalsofancientRoman,
corner,or'coign'.Thischarmingworkconveysasenseboth GreekandEgyptianlifewerehighlypopularwithVictorian
ofheightandofwarmsunlight.Thefabricofthewomen's society.Theyalsoshowedtheartist'sknowledgeof
clothes,themarbleledgeandthebronzebeastareall archaeologyandsocialhistory.OnseveraloccasionsAlma-
renderedingreatdetail.Inthehandlingofthewomenand Tademawascommissionedfortheatredesigns,inparticular
theseafarbelow,theartistshowshisgreatskillwith SirHenryIrving's1901productionofCoriolanusatthe
complicatedperspective.ADutchpainterwhomovedto LyceumTheatreinLondon.
Englandin1870,Alma-Tademahadasuccessfulcareerand
waslavishedwithpersonalandprofessionalhonoursinhis <•"Carpaccio.Leighton,Poussin,Waterhouse
SirLawrenceAlma-Tadema.bDrontyp,1836.dWiesbaden,1912
ACoignofVantage.1895.Oiloncanvas.h64.2xw45cm.h25V4xwl73/iin.Privatecollection