Fierce Friends tells the story of mankind's relationship with the animal kingdom as depicted in art from the mid-eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Featuring works by Audubon, Stubbs, Van Gogh and many others, it is the first book about the portrayal of animals to take into account the latest research in art history, the history of science ...
This series introduces individual works or small groups of related works in the Museum's collections to a broad public. Each monograph includes a close discussion of its subject as well as a detailed analysis of the broader context in which the work was created, considering relevant historical, cultural, and chronological issues.
The works of the late Victorian painter Alma Tadema have recently enjoyed a revived interest. This second volume in the Getty Museum Studies on Art focuses on Spring, one of Tadema's most renowned paintings. The book is lavishly illustrated and includes details of the painting, a history, and an analysis focusing on sources, composition, and ...
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, this exhibition catalogue charts the history of light, documenting the technical innovations that dramatically changed the way people live. The metaphorical implications of light and artists' renderings of nature's light as well as manmade light are included.
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