Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: A comprehensive record of the greatest achievements in the history of western art from the medieval era to the post-impressionist world, from Botticelli to Van Gogh.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LANSummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISMühlberger, Richard.
Summary: Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Degas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Viking 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.44 DEGVreeland, Susan.
Summary: Renoir is inspired to paint "Luncheon of the boating party" when his other work is criticized by Emile Zola, and while doing so is drawn into lives of the thirteen people featured in it as they enjoy a Parisian summer during the late 1800s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
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Summary: From many years without recognition, money and yet a family to raise, all the way to great success, critically and financially, Monet pursued insistently one vision: catching the light in painting, refusing to compromise on this ethereal pursuit. It cost him dearly but he was a beacon for his contemporaries. We discover in this comics biography how he came to this vision as well as his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUBContents: pt. 1. Impressionism in France / by Peter H. Feist -- pt. 2. Impressionism in Europe and North America / by Beatrice von Bismarck ... [et al.].
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Books 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.409 DENFell, Derek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carol Southern Books 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 712 FELFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MetroBooks 1999
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Summary: Surveys the development of impressionist art, with reproductions of more than 145 paintings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. N. Abrams 1972
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Summary: Explains the movement, its artists, and the era in which they worked.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mallard Press 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.054 DENStevenson, Lesley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1991
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.4 STEStreissguth, Thomas
Summary: Presents the life and work of Mary Cassatt, the only American artist included with the French Impressionists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1999
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CASSATT STRCunningham, Antonia.
Summary: This book looks in detail at all aspects of the work of the Impressionists, who changed the face of nineteenth-century painting radically with their interest in capturing a fleeting moment on canvas and in working outdoors instead of in their studios.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parragon 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.4 CUNMonet, Claude
Summary: Discusses Monet's career, and shows his paintings of the water lily pond in his garden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Lane 1991