Corcoran Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher: Lucia Marquand
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Painting
ISBN: 9781555953614

This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art

United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art
Author: Diane K. Skvarla
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2005-08
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The U.S. Capitol abounds in magnificent art that rivals its exterior architectural splendor. The fine art held by the U.S. Senate comprises much of this treasured heritage. It spans over 200 years of history & contains works by such celebrated artists as Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hiram Powers, Daniel Chester French, Charles Willson Peale, Gilbert Stuart, Walker Hancock, & Alexander Calder. This volume provides previously unpublished information on the 160 paintings & sculptures in the U.S. Senate. Each work of art -- from portraiture of prominent senators to scenes depicting significant events in U.S. history -- is illus. with a full-page color photo, accompanied by an essay & secondary images that place the work in historical & aesthetic context.

Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965

Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965
Author: Caroline A. Jones
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1990
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520068421

"Should be the classic, central, definitive work on the emergence of Bay Area Figurative painting."--Paul Mills, author of The New Figurative Painting of David Park

The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th-century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th-century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Christopher Bedford
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2008
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780892369041

This catalogue celebrates the recently installed collection of twentieth-century sculpture donated to the J. Paul Getty Trust by the Fran and Ray Stark Trust in 2005. The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the J. Paul Getty Museum's new sculpture gardens and installations, which features twenty-eight works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Ferdinand Léger, Roy Lichtenstein, René Magritte, Aristide Maillol, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, and Isamu Noguchi. The book offers essays on the curatorial decisions involved in establishing harmonious groupings; a history of European and American sculpture within built outdoor environments and gardens; and catalogue entries that discuss individual pieces within their broader art-historical contexts.

Among Our Books

Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 800
Release: 1926
Genre: Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
ISBN:

American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born between 1865 and 1885

American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born between 1865 and 1885
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1999
Genre: Sculpture
ISBN: 0870999230

Volume One: This volume catalogues the distinguished and comprehensive collection of approximately 400 works of American sculpture by artists born before 1865. This publication includes an introduction on the history of the collection's formation, particularly in the context of the Museum's early years of acquisitions, and discusses the outstanding personalities involved. --Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Manuel Neri

Manuel Neri
Author: Bruce Nixon
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781883124250

A new monograph of relief sculptures and related drawings by this celebrated contemporary artist. Neri is the 2006 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the International Sculpture Center.