Traces the life of one of the most successful painters of the Victorian era, and shows examples of his historical paintings, most of which featured classical settings.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch-born, he moved to London in 1870 and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. In this original ...
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 ...
The paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) reveal more about 19th century taste than those of any other artist of the era. His elaborate reconstructions of ancient Rome depicting elegant women and his eroticism were adored by the Victorians. This book contains some of Alma-Tadema's most beautiful paintings and surveys his career and ...
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch-born, he moved to London in 1870, and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky. This study presents an ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Date Published: 1976
Description: Fine. 8vo. 28 pages. 16 illustrations. Tight, clean and crisp. A mall sticker to top at rear, and a museum bar code sticker to inside cover, otherwise Fine. An excellent copy. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute:
Date Published: 1992
Description: Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 124 pages, illustrated in color. This book accompanied the exhibition in 1991-1992 at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. "Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was one the most successful painters in Britain in the later years of the nineteenth century. " FINE SOFTCOVER. read more
Binding: Unbound
Publisher: The Century Company
Date Published: 1882
Description: C. A. Vanderhoof. VG. 8vo. 16pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 16 drawings of the various studios, salvaged from a damaged issue of Century Magazine, Volume XXIV, No. 4, August, 1882. Sir Frederick Leighton, John Everett Millais, John Pettie, Valentine Cameron Prinsep, George H. Boughton, Philip Richard Morris, James Drogmole Linton, and Lawrence Alma Tadema. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Carnegie Art Galleries
Date Published: 1899
Description: Illustrated. Fair. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Internally fine save for name on fep. Illlust with b/w plates. Beige boards with gilt titles are rubbed round at tips, paper on backstrip chipped with boards attached by webbing only. Remains an exceedingly rare art catalogue of offerings for sale including short artist bios and works by Cecilia Beaux, Alfred East, Jean Francois Raffaelli, Robert W. Allan, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, H.H. La Thangue, Charles Cottet, Wm. Stott of Oldham, Reme ... read more
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