The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who burned like a comet in nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna society. Yet by the end of World War II, almost…
By
Edmund de Waal
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, August 2010
ISBN: 9781429979597
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An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a…
By
Jonathan Harr
Random House, October 2005
ISBN: 9781588364890
Art History, European
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As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of three men and an extraordinary deception: the revered artist Johannes Vermeer; the small-time Dutch painter…
By
Edward Dolnick
HarperCollins, October 2009
ISBN: 9780061844591
General Art, Art History
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Art history is more than just a collection of dates and foreign-sounding names, obscure movements and arcane isms. Every age, for the last 50,000 years has left its unique imprint on the world, and…
A painter and architect in his own right, Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) achieved immortality for this book on the lives of his fellow Renaissance artists, first published in Florence in 1550. Although he…
Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime. With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first…
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Michael Gross
Broadway, May 2009
ISBN: 9780767931458
Sociology, Urban
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The Cave Painters is a vivid introduction to the spectacular cave paintings of France and Spainthe individuals who rediscovered them, theories about their origins, their splendor and…
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Gregory Curtis
Anchor, December 2008
ISBN: 9780307482709
General Art, Art History
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In this landmark work, Jed Perl captures the excitement of a generation of legendary artistsJackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly among themwho came to New York…
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Jed Perl
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Vintage, June 2009
ISBN: 9780307538888
General Art, Art History
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The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of Asian Art. It introduces the reader to Asian Art major styles, media, statues, buildings and artists.FEATURES:- Fully illustrated…
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MobileReference
MobileReference, January 2010
ISBN: 9781605011875
Art History, Asian
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Mortimer Menpes happily played the loyal and obedient follower to famed nineteenth-century artist James McNeil Whistler for nearly a decade. Then abruptly, the relationship ended and barely a word…