Schilderkunst

Onderzoek naar de identificatie van een schilderij dat de kunstenaar Jan Steen in 1655 schilderde.

Mark Rothko (1903-1970) wordt beschouwd als een van de belangrijkste kunstenaars van de twintigste eeuw. Maar wat maakt zijn werk zo bijzonder? De immense kleurvelden van Rothko, opgebouwd uit zinderende verflagen, verbeelden universele gevoelens als angst, extase, tragiek en euforie. Dit boek is de rijk geïllustreerde catalogus bij de Rothko-tentoonstelling in het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, van 20 september 2014 tot 1 maart 2015. Exhibition: Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands (20.09-01.03.2015).

Pasteltekeningen van de Nederlandse kunstenares (1945- ) bij passages uit het werk van Dante (1265-1321) met vertaling.

Overpeinzingen van de schrijver bij zijn kennismaking met zeven schilderijen van Jheronimus Bosch op de plek waar deze normaliter te zien zijn.

Overzicht van het werk van de Nederlandse beeldend kunstenaar (1900-1974).

Catalogus bij een tentoonstelling van het werk van 24 Duitse expressionisten uit de twintigste eeuw.

Painter of the loneliness of big-city people Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is considered the first important American painter in twentieth-century art. After decades of patient work, Hopper enjoyed a success and popularity that since the 1950s has continually grown.

In canvas after canvas he painted the loneliness of big-city people. Many of Hopper's pictures represent views of streets and roads, rooftops, and abandoned houses, depicted in a brilliant light that strangely belies the melancholy mood of the scenes.

Hopper's paintings are marked by striking juxtapositions of color, and by the clear contours with which the figures are demarcated from their surroundings. His extremely precise focus on the theme of modern men and women in the natural and man-made environment sometimes lends his pictures a mood of eerie disquiet. On the other hand, Hopper's renderings of rocky landscapes in warm brown hues, or his depictions of the seacoast, exude an unusual tranquillity that reveals another, more optimistic side of his character. About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
• a concise biography
• approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Leven en werk van de Franse kunstschilder.

Inleiding tot leven en werk van de Nederlandse kunstenaar (1853-1890).

On April 26, 1937, the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain was bombed by Hitler's Luftwaffe in the midst of a bloody civil war on behalf of Francisco Franco's rebel forces. Twenty-four hours later, the village lay in ruins, its population decimated. This act of terror and unspeakable cruelty--the first large-scale attack against civilians in modern warfare-outraged the world, and one man in particular. Pablo Picasso, an expatriate living in Paris, responded to the devastation in his homeland by beginning work on "Guernica," a painting that many today consider the greatest artwork of the twentieth century.
Weaving themes of politics, art, war, and morality, and featuring some of the twentieth century's most memorable and infamous figures, Martin follows this renowned masterwork across decades and continents. From Europe to America and, finally, back to Spain, "Picasso's War" sheds light on the conflict that was an ominous prelude to World War II and delivers an unforgettable portrait of a genius whose visionary statement about the horror and terrible wounds of war still resonates today.

Over 120 paintings are included in this informative book, along with pages from sketchbooks, musings from art critics and the artist's own comments on his work and inspirations. This is an appraisal of the artist's contribution to the development of watercolour painting.

Hans Holbein de Jonge (1497/98-1543) was een veelzijdig kunstenaar die uitblonk in verschillende genres en technieken. Gaandeweg zijn loopbaan legde hij zich meer toe op het vervaardigen van portretten. Het is vooral dit deel van zijn oeuvre dat hem reeds tijdens zijn leven grote roem heeft opgeleverd. Veel van zijn portretten, zowel de tekeningen als de schilderijen, vertonen een fabelachtige technische beheersing en een welhaast ongeëvenaard vermogen het karakter van de geportretteerde weer te geven. Holbein portretteerde beroemde tijdgenoten als Erasmus en Thomas More. Het hoogtepunt van zijn loopbaan was de aanstelling tot hofschilder van de Engelse koning Hendrik VIII, omstreeks 1536.

J.M.W. Turner is one of the greatest artists the world has ever known. His output was prolific and astonishingly varied. Focusing on 125 paintings and drawings from the Tate, which owns the world's largest collection of Turner's work, this lavishly illustrated book provides a fresh and lively survey of his genius. Familiar masterpieces are reproduced along with less well-known prints and sheets from sketch-books; subject matter ranges from landscapes and natural subjects to ancient and modern history; marine subjects; literary illustration; and images of contemporary life.In his essay, David Blayney Brown reveals the paradoxes and contrasts that abound in Turner's life and work: as a painter he looked both backward and forward, bridging the gap between the 18th century and modernism, compelled constantly to reexamine and reinvent his own art, with astonishing success.