Victoria Charles: 167 books

Book cover of Botticelli
by Emile Gebhart, Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Florence, 1445 – 1510) Botticelli était le fils d'un citoyen jouissant d'une situation confortable, et avait été «instruit dans toutes les choses que les enfants doivent habituellement savoir avant de choisir une vocation ». Mais il refusa...
Book cover of L'Art baroque
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: French
Release Date: May 10, 2014

La période baroque s’étend du début du XVIIe siècle au milieu du XVIIIe siècle. Réponse des artistes à l’exigence de grandeur solennelle prônée par l’Église catholique de l’après concile de Trente, l’art baroque, par sa monumentalité et son emphase, séduisit les grandes cours...
Book cover of 1000 Masterpieces of Decorative Art
by Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014

From ancient Sumerian pottery to Tiffany stained glass, decorative art has been a fundamental part of the human experience for generations. While fine art is confined to galleries and museums, decorative art is the art of the every day, combining beauty with functionality in objects ranging from the...
Book cover of Vincent van Gogh
by Victoria Charles, Vincent van Gogh
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

The incarnation of the myth of a cursed artist, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is a legend who became a reference for modern art. An Expressionist during the Post-Impressionist movement, his art was misunderstood during his lifetime. In Holland, he partook in the Dutch realist painting movement by studying...
Book cover of Gaudí
by Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011

Spanish architect and designer Antoni Gaudí (18521926) was an important and influential figure in the history of modern Spanish art. The use of colour, wide-ranging materials and introduction of organic forms into his constructions were an innovation in the realm of architecture. In his journal Gaudí...
Book cover of Vincent van Gogh
by Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012

Vincent van Gogh’s life and work are so intertwined that it is hardly possible to observe one without thinking of the other. Van Gogh has indeed become the incarnation of the suffering, misunderstood martyr of modern art, the emblem of the artist as an outsider. An article, published in 1890, gave...
Book cover of Caravage
by Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Le Caravage (Michelangelo Merisi) (Caravaggio, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610) Après avoir séjourné à Milan durant son apprentissage, Michelangelo Merisi arriva à Rome en 1592. Là, il commença à peindre en faisant preuve de réalisme et de psychologie dans la représentation de ses modèles....
Book cover of Pieter Brueghel
by Emile Michel, Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: March 22, 2012

Pieter Bruegel, l'Ancien (près de Breda, 1525 – Bruxelles, 1569) Pieter Bruegel fut le premier membre important d'une famille d'artistes, actifs durant quatre générations. D'abord dessinateur avant de devenir peintre, il peignit des thèmes religieux, comme la Tour de Babel, avec des couleurs...
Book cover of 1000 Portraits of Genius
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014

According to the defined canons of art technique, a portrait should be, above all, a faithful representation of its model. However, this gallery of 1000 portraits illustrates how the genre has been transformed throughout history, and has proven itself to be much more complex than a simple imitation...
Book cover of The Viennese Secession
by Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014

A symbol of modernity, the Viennese Secession was defined by the rebellion of twenty artists who were against the conservative Vienna Künstlerhaus' oppressive influence over the city, the epoch, and the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire. Influenced by Art Nouveau, this movement (created in 1897 by Gustav...
Book cover of Modigliani
by Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Amedeo Modigliani (Livourne, 1884 – Paris, 1920) Amedeo Modigliani naquit en Italie en 1884 et mourut à Paris à l’âge de trente-cinq ans. Très tôt il s’intéressa à l’étude du nu et à la notion classique de la beauté idéale. En 1900-1901 il visita Naples, Capri, Amalfi et Rome, puis...
Book cover of Dalí
by Victoria Charles
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Pintor, diseñador, creador de objetos extraños, autor y cineasta, Dalí se convirtió en el más famoso de los surrealistas. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso y Breton tuvieron una gran influencia en su vida artística. La película de Dalí, Un perro andaluz, que produjo Buñuel, marcó su entrada oficial...
Book cover of The Brueghel
by Émile Michel, Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colours. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes...
Book cover of Les Brueghel
by Émile Michel, Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Pieter Bruegel, l'Ancien (près de Breda, 1525 – Bruxelles, 1569) Pieter Bruegel fut le premier membre important d'une famille d'artistes, actifs durant quatre générations. D'abord dessinateur avant de devenir peintre, il peignit des thèmes religieux, comme la Tour de Babel, avec des couleurs...
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