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J.M.W. Turner Masterpieces of Art by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masterpieces in Art
The English Romantic painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 - 19 December 1851) was a brilliant landscape artist, a watercolourist and printmaker. His style, powerful and fierce, melding the elements with humankind are thought by many to have prepared the way for Impressionism. In his time ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci - Art in the Era of the Medicis by Flame Tree Studio Staff (Created by); Rosalind Ormiston; Constance J. Moffatt (Foreword by)
Category: Art | Series: Masterworks Ser.
Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of the Renaissance humanist ideal, a logical polymath of epic proportions who excelled and had interests not just in art but in invention, anatomy, architecture, engineering, literature, mathematics, music, science, astronomy and more. His oeuvre is astounding and he is ...Show more
Lichtenstein: Masterpieces of Art by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masterpieces of Art
Bringing the life and works of the great painter to life, Kandinsky explores the extraordinary output of one of Russia’s most well-known and influential artists. This book follows his artistic development, from the early folk art inspired by his native Russia, via his involvement with both Der Blaue Rei ...Show more
Life and Works of Leonardo Da Vinci by Ormiston Rosalind
Category: Art
A fascinating biography of the Renaissance artist and inventor, and gallery of paintings and drawings.
Michelangelo: His Life & Works In 500 Images by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art
Offers information on the life and works of Renaissance man Michelangelo - sculptor, painter, architect, engineer, and poet. This book includes an exploration of the artist's life, and the role he played in the Italian Renaissance. It explores Michelangelo's fascinating life through his family, friends, ...Show more
ORIGINS OF MODERN ART by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masterworks
The tender roots of Modern Art can be seen in the wild sea paintings of Turner, as early as the mid 19th Century, but it took the Impressionists and the Pre-Raphaelites to break the elite classical mode, until the final blows were dealt in the early 1900s by Kandinsky, Klee and Picasso. Modern Art was a ...Show more
Pablo Picasso: Masters of Art by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Discover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades--and included thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and tapest ...Show more
Paul Gauguin: Masterpieces of Art by ROSALIND ORMISTON
Category: Art | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
New edition of the popular introduction to Paul Gauguin, part of the Flame Tree Masterpieces of Art series Gauguin began his artistic life as an Impressionist in Paris, but yearning for a wider world view he experimented with decorative art and bright colours to create what some have termed Symbolism. H ...Show more
Paul Gauguin Masterpieces of Art by Rosalind; Flame Tree Studio (COR) C. P.; Ormiston Gregory
Category: Art | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Gauguin began his artistic life as an Impressionist in Paris, but yearning for a wider world view he experimented with decorative art and bright colours to create what some have termed Symbolism. He painted briefly with Van Gogh but was strongly drawn by the "otherness" of the South Pacific to which he ...Show more
Rembrandt by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art
This is an illustrated exploration of the artist, his life and context, with a gallery of 300 of his finest works. This is an expert and in-depth reference book on the life and works of the influential Dutch painter and etcher, Rembrandt van Rijn. This is a fascinating biography that explores his early ...Show more
Van Gogh: A Life in Art and Letters by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masterworks
Vincent van Gogh is considered one of the world's greatest painters, his work having had a huge and far-reaching influence on 20th-century art as well as remaining visually and emotionally powerful to this day. We all know of Van Gogh's troubled genius, but now through his letters to his brother Theo, a ...Show more
Van Gogh: Life, Letters, Masterworks by ROSALIND ORMISTON
Category: Art | Series: Introducing Great Artists Ser.
Snappy, incisive introduction to the life, works and letters of one of the world's most popular artists. Vincent van Gogh remains indisputably one of the world's greatest painters, his work having had a huge and far-reaching influence on 20th-century art as well as remaining visually and emotionally po ...Show more