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Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world. Reflecting the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation, the works of Hokusai - one of the first Japanese...
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Parkstone International
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Through his elegant brush paintings and masterful woodblocks, Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) became one of Japan’s most internationally-renowned artists. A master of Ukiyo-e art, he single-handedly transformed the art form from a simple style focused on courtesans and...
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Parkstone International
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Pierre Bonnard war der führende Kopf einer Gruppe postimpressionistischer Künstler, die sich selbst ""die Nabis"" nannten, ausgehend vom hebräischen Wort für ""Prophet"". Unter dem Einfluss von Odilon Redon, Puvis de Chavannes, zeitgenössischer Symbolik und japanischer...
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Pierre Bonnard was the leader of the group of post-impressionist painters who called themselves “the Nabis”, from the Hebrew word for “prophet”. Influenced by Odilon Redon, Puvis de Chavannes, popular imagery, and Japanese woodblock printing, Bonnard, Vuillard,...
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Parkstone International
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Die russische Avantgarde entstand an der Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert im vorrevolutionären Russland.Die intellektuelle und kulturelle Unruhe dieser Zeit bildete einen idealen Nährboden für die Entwicklung dieser Bewegung. Für viele von der europäischen Kunst beeinflusste...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-10
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AIs eine der traditionsreichsten Techniken der Malerei wird die Enkaustik seit ihren Anfängen im alten Ägypten auf der ganzen Welt praktiziert. Moderne Künstler wie Paul Klee und Diego Rivera bedienten sich ebenso wie Jasper Johns der Enkaustik-Malerei. In diesem neuen...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-10
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Bei der Romantik handelte es sich um eine Reaktion auf den im 19. Jahrhundert vorherrschenden Klassizismus. Die Romantik markierte einen tiefen intellektuellen Einschnitt. Er kommt in den Schriften von Victor Hugo und Lord Byron ebenso zum Ausdruck wie in den Gemälden...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-10
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Drawing on his many years of teaching experience, Jake Spicer's Draw in 15 Minutes series is perfect for the complete beginner or amateur draughtsman wanting to take their drawing further. With the thoughtfully constructed and beautifully illustrated tutorials in...
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Ilex Press
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2014-05-05
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Art Nouveau gives a name to the decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution and to the creative vacuum it left behind,Art Nouveau was at the heart of a “renaissance” in the decorative...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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Naive art first became popular at the end of the 19th century. Until that time, this form of expression, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little recognition from professional artists and art critics. Influenced by...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th century in Italy and had extended across the whole of Europe by the second half of the 16th century.The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of the arts following the...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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The Russian Avant-garde was born at the turn of the 20th century in pre-revolutionary Russia.The intellectual and cultural turmoil had then reached a peak and provided fertile soil for the formation of the movement. For many artists influenced by European art, the...
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Parkstone International
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Symbolism appeared in France and Europe between the 1880s and the beginning of the 20th century. The Symbolists, fascinated with ancient mythology, attempted to escape the reign of rational thought imposed by science. They wished to transcend the world of the visible...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” This quote alone from William Morris could summarise the ideology of the Arts & Crafts movement, which triggered a veritable reform in the applied arts in England. Founded by...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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The Baroque period lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. Baroque art was artists’ response to the Catholic Church’s demand for solemn grandeur following the Council of Trent, and through its monumentality and...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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For more than a millennium, from its creation in 330 CE until its fall in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was a cradle of artistic effervescence that is only beginning to be rediscovered. Endowed with the rich heritage of Roman, Eastern, and Christian cultures, Byzantine...
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Parkstone International
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon: five young women that changed modern art forever. Faces seen simultaneously from the front and in profile, angular bodies whose once voluptuous feminine forms disappear behind asymmetric lines - with this work, Picasso revolutionised the...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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“I paint what I see and not what it pleases others to see.” What other words than these of Édouard Manet, seemingly so different from the sentiments of Monet or Renoir, could best define the Impressionist movement? Without a doubt, this singularity was explained when,...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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Whilst Impressionism marked the first steps toward modern painting by revolutionising an artistic medium stifled by academic conventions, Post-Impressionism, even more revolutionary, completely liberated colour and opened it to new, unknown horizons. Anchored in his...
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Parkstone International
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2014-05-01
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Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian barocco, the French created the term ‘Rococo’. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, it rapidly spread to the whole of Europe. Extravagant and light, Rococo...
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Parkstone International
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