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1	Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 more books like this by Anthony Blunt add to wishlist This study of 16th- and 17th-century French art and architecture, presents major artists and their works chronologically. The author provides an overview of the main projects of the period and of the artistic personalities behind them, and sets the historical context. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $38.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Painting and Sculpture in France 1700-1789 more books like this by Michael Levey add to wishlist During the last years of France's ancien regime, an outpouring of creative activity and patronage resulted in the production of many works of painting and sculpture. In this book, Michael Levey discusses the major painters and sculptors of this period that opened with Watteau and the fete galante and closed with the revolutionary history paintings ... see all copies from $14.74! new only from $26.73! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Monet and the Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas more books like this by Carol Sabbeth add to wishlist The history and artwork of the innovative Impressionist painters receives full treatment in this history and picture book designed to introduce art to the young reader. With full-color illustrations. see all copies from $4.68! new only from $10.54! \| SVS
4	Soundings: Studies in Art and Literature more books like this by Anita Brookner add to wishlist This collection of essays chronicles the achievements of French painters, such as Gericault, Ingres and Delacroix, their stylistic and philosophical rivalries and disputes. In doing so, she confronts the complex clashes of the Romantic and Classical movements themselves. The book moves on to Rousseau, "The "Social Contract", examining his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
5	Marcel Duchamp more books like this by Dawn Ades, David Hopkins, Neil Cox add to wishlist Genius, anti-artist, charlatan, guru, imposter? Since 1914 Marcel Duchamp has been called all these. Arousing passion and controversy, he has exerted a great influence on art, whose very nature he challenged and redefined as concept rather than product by questioning its traditionally privileged optical nature. At the same time, he never ceased to ... see all copies from $7.88! new only from $13.89!
6	Studies in Postimpressionism more books like this by John Rewald, Irene Gordon (Photographer), Frances Weitzenhoffer (Photographer) add to wishlist Discusses the works of Degas, Seurat, and Odilon Redgon, the Fauve movement, Van Gogh's posthumous reputation, and Gauguin's correspondence with fellow artists. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $26.94! \| first editions
7	From Millet to Leger: Essays in Social Art History more books like this by Professor Robert L Herbert add to wishlist A scholar of 19th- and 20th-century French art, Robert L. Herbert has written extensively on aspects of this subject during his long career. This volume brings together some of his most important essays - works that discuss the artistic and social issues that lie behind the surfaces of notable prints and paintings by such artists as Millet, ... see all copies from $3.38! new only from $3.38! \| first editions
8	French Art Prehistory Middle Ages more books like this by Andre Chastel add to wishlist The renowned art historian Andre Chastel intended his history of art in France from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century to be the crowning achievement of his long and distinguished career. The fruit of ten years of research and writing, this fully documented and erudite study goes beyond conventional art historical analysis to get at the ... see all copies from $9.64! new only from $44.24! \| first editions
9	French Art Renaissance 1430-1620 more books like this by Andre Chastel, Deke Dusinberre (Translator) add to wishlist In the second volume of his magisterial history of French art, Andre Chastel presents the pivotal age in which the Gothic style of the Middle Ages was gradually transformed into a particularly French variety of classicism. From 1420 to 1500 - in what he terms the Pre-Renaissance period - heraldry, tapestry, stained glass and panel painting ... see all copies from $25.00! first editions
10	The Wrightsman collection more books like this by Charles B. Wrightsman, Jayne Wrightsman, F. J. B. Watson, Carl Christian Dauterman add to wishlist see all copies from $49.00! new only from $300.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	An Economy of Colour: Visual Culture and the North Atlantic World, 1660-1830 more books like this by Geoff Quilley (Editor), Kay Dian Kriz (Editor) add to wishlist This study analyses visual culture in the context of British and French colonial activity in the North Atlantic from 1660-1830. It is a response to a noticeable omission in art history and cultural studies, which have largely ignored the diverse and important body of visual imagery relating to colonialism, Atlantic slavery and the development of ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $6.98! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Art and Architecture in Medieval France: Medieval Architecture, Sculpture, Stained Glass, Manuscripts, the Art of the Church Treasuries, more books like this by Whitney S Stoddard add to wishlist This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, approximately 1000 - 1500. In addition to essays on individual monuments there are general discussions of given periods and specific problems such as: why did Gothic come into being? Whitney Stoddard explores the interrelationship ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $65.73! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Diderot on Art, Volume I: The Salon of 1765 and Notes on Painting more books like this by Denis Diderot, John Goodman (Translator), Professor Thomas Crow (Introduction by) add to wishlist The 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot - the principal intelligence behind the "Encyclopedie" and the author of idiosyncratic fictional works such as "Jacques the Fatalist" and "Rameau's Nephew" - is also considered by many to have been the first great art critic. Until now, however, Diderot's treatises on the visual arts have been ... see all copies from $29.50! new only from $29.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Post-Impressionism more books like this by Bernard Denvir add to wishlist The author discusses the effects of writing, music, sculpture and politics on the artists of the Post-Impressionist period. see all copies from $2.93! new only from $29.78! \| first editions
15 view cover	Bonnard more books like this by Nicholas Watkins add to wishlist Pierre Bonnard is best known as a painter of intimate, domestic interiors, but he was also a highly accomplished draughtsman who produced a wealth of lithographs and drawings. He began his career as a graphic artist, producing posters and illustrations for "La Revue Blanche" and other magazines. Associated with Maurice Denis, Edouard Vuillard and ... see all copies from $21.85! new only from $30.96! \| first editions
16 view cover	Empire style more books like this by François Baudot add to wishlist The empire of the Empire style was that of Napoleon, and the style was deliberately created to legitimize and glorify his rule. Sober forms drawn from Ancient Greece and Rome, and for the first time from Egypt, were enriched with gilding and sumptuous silks; new furniture shapes were invented. From its most lavish to its most austere, the Empire ... see all copies from $4.05! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Polits of Vision more books like this by Linda Nochlin add to wishlist A leading critic and historian of nineteenth-century art and society explores in nine essays the interaction of art, society, ideas, and politics. . see all copies from $10.31! new only from $12.69! \| SVS
18	Japonisme: Japanese Influence on French Art, 1854-1910: [Exhibition Catalog] more books like this by Gabriel P Weisberg add to wishlist see all copies from $15.79! first editions
19 view cover	Art in France, 1900-1940 more books like this by Christopher Green add to wishlist During the decades from 1900 to 1940, art in France developed in ways that were of paramount importance to 20th-century art. This illustrated account sets these developments within the framework of the unstable social, political, intellectual and artistic worlds of the time and analyses the innovations of artists ranging from Matisse to Picasso, ... see all copies from $5.59! new only from $11.21! \| first editions
20 view cover	From Monet to Cezanne: Late 19th-Century French Artists more books like this by Jane Turner (Editor) add to wishlist The late 19th century in France represents an extraordinary period of artistic achievement in the history of Western art. The successive artistic revolutions of Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism are here charted through more than 300 biographies of the most important painters, sculptors, and graphic artists of the time. Extensive ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21	A Guide to the Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Metropolitan Museum Of Art add to wishlist see all copies from $34.10! new only from $51.85! \| first editions
22	Art in Paris, 1845-1862: Salons and Other Exhibitions more books like this by Charles P Baudelaire add to wishlist see all copies from $2.47! first editions
23 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix more books like this by Beth Segal Wright (Editor) add to wishlist The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix serves as an introduction to one of the most important and most complex artists of the nineteenth century. Providing an overview of his life and career, this volume offers essays by leading authorities on the artist's pictorial practice, the stylistic range over Classicism and Romanticism, his writings, both ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $7.19! \| first editions
24 view cover	Gauguin and Impressionism more books like this by Dr. Richard R Brettell, Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark add to wishlist Paul Gauguin was introduced into the Impressionist circle by Camille Pissarro and contributed major works to five of the eight Impressionist exhibitions between 1879 and 1886. During these years he transformed himself from a banker-stockbroker to a professional artist and from a family man into a solitary searcher for artistic, moral, and ... see all copies from $25.50! new only from $32.36! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Treasures of the French Renaissance more books like this by Ivan Cloulas, John Goodman (Translator), Serge Chirol (Photographer) add to wishlist A celebration of the artistic accomplishments of 16th and 17th-century France: including Parisian churches, famous chateaux and houses, and the items found within these structures. More than 250 photographs. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $116.47! \| first editions

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	From David to Ingres: Early 19th Century French Artists by Jane Turner (Editor) see all from $2.40! new only from $11.48!
	Diderot on Art, Volume II: The Salon of 1767 by Denis Diderot, John Goodman (Translator), Professor Thomas Crow (Introduction by) see all from $9.99! new only from $25.66!
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