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Cover of Gustave Le Gray, photographe (Paris - 2002)

Gustave Le Gray, photographe (Paris - 2002)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016

Figure emblématique du succès remporté par la photographie ancienne à la fin du xx e siècle, Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) est un phénomène culturel. Réalisée dans le contexte de l'érudition américaine des années 1980, la première rétrospective de l'œuvre de ce «primitif» de la photographie... À...
Cover of Rodin en 1900. L'exposition de l'Alma et Rodin et l'Italie (Paris - 2001, Rome - 2001)
by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

L'extraordinaire popularité de Rodin est due autant à la large diffusion de son œuvre qu'aux innombrables commentaires suscités par elle du vivant même de l'artiste, le tout renforcé par le rayonnement du musée Rodin. Ce dernier a son origine dans le legs, fait à la France par l'artiste... À...
Cover of Vingt Siècles en cathédrales (Reims - 2001)

Vingt Siècles en cathédrales (Reims - 2001)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

Sous un intitulé ambitieux, Vingt Siècles en cathédrales, l'exposition qui s'est tenue à Reims dans le palais du Tau, du 29 juin au 2 décembre 2001, a montré à travers les maquettes anciennes les pièces des trésors religieux, les tableaux et les vitraux, la cathédrale moins comme ... À...
Cover of Millet/Van Gogh (Paris - 1998)

Millet/Van Gogh (Paris - 1998)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2016

Aussi instructive que riche en œuvres de haute qualité, l'exposition Millet/Van Gogh, présentée au musée d'Orsay du 14 septembre 1998 au 3 janvier 1999, aurait pu, a priori, sembler dépourvue d'intérêt véritable... À PROPOS DE L’ENCYCLOPAEDIA UNIVERSALIS Reconnue mondialement...
Cover of Georges de La Tour (Paris - 1997)

Georges de La Tour (Paris - 1997)

Les Fiches Exposition d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016

En 1972, une mémorable exposition tenue à l'Orangerie des Tuileries a fait connaître à un large public l'envergure de Georges de La Tour (1593-1652), redécouvert depuis à peine une soixantaine d'années. Les relations du peintre avec le milieu artistique lorrain, si actif à son époque, ont...
Cover of John Heartfield. Photomontages politiques, 1930-1938 (Strasbourg - 2006)
by Encyclopaedia Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: October 5, 2016

Afin de marquer son dégoût face au nationalisme haineux qui sévissait dans son pays, Helmut Herzfelde, artiste juif allemand né à Schmargendorf en 1891 et mort à Berlin en 1968, adopta dès 1916 le pseudonyme de John Heartfield, consacrant ainsi la naissance de l'un des plus géniaux artisans...
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Karsh

Beyond the Camera

by David Travis
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012

In August and September of 1988, Yousuf Karsh's long-time assistant, Jerry Fielder, sat down with the master photographer and taped over 9 hours of recollections of the many portrait sessions he'd experienced in one of the greatest careers in history. Karsh spoke of his sitters and his rags-to-riches...
Cover of People Knitting

People Knitting

A Century of Photographs

by Barbara Levine, Paige Ramey
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

People Knitting is a charming tribute in vintage photographs and printed ephemera to the ever-popular, often all-consuming, craft of knitting. When women posed with their knitting in the earliest nineteenth-century photographs, it demonstrated their virtue and skill as homemakers. Later, knitting...
Cover of Photography on the Color Line

Photography on the Color Line

W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture

by Shawn Michelle Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2004

Through a rich interpretation of the remarkable photographs W. E. B. Du Bois compiled for the American Negro Exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Shawn Michelle Smith reveals the visual dimension of the color line that Du Bois famously called “the problem of the twentieth century.” Du Bois’s...
Cover of Painting the Town Orange

Painting the Town Orange

The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments

by Pete Gershon
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014

Houston's sprawl has come with controversy, but it has created a blank canvas for the public art community. It all started in the Telephone Road Place subdivision, where retired mail carrier Jefferson Davis McKissack built the Orange Show, an extraordinary and eccentric monument to self-reliance, hard...
Cover of Forgotten Colorado Silver

Forgotten Colorado Silver

Joseph Lesher’s Defiant Coins

by Robert D. Leonard Jr., Ken L. Hallenbeck, Adna G. Wilde Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017

At the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal "Referendum souvenir medal" coins with values of $1.25 or $1. They were common in Victor, Cripple Creek, Denver and other places in Colorado in the days after William...
Cover of Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier

A Photographer Found

by John Maloof
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014

The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brilliance of her work and the mystery of her life, written and edited by noted photography curator and writer Marvin Heiferman; featuring 250 black-and-white images, color work, and other materials never...
Cover of A Dance
by Alexander Barabanov
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012

Alexander Barabanov, a key figure in the Russian dance world, has sifted through many thousands of photographs of dance to accumulate an extraordinary collection of pictures, ranging from historical ballet photographs to shocking avant-garde imagery. This work has been collected and edited...
Cover of Mexican Painters

Mexican Painters

Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Other Artists of the Social Realist School

by MacKinley Helm
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

From the monumental public frescoes of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Álfaro Siqueiros, to the canvasses and drawings of younger artists like Galván, Cantú, Meza, Tamayo, and Orozco Romero, Mexican painting since the First World War has developed into a strong, influential artistic...
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