Dürer to de Kooning

Dürer to de Kooning
Author: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9783777451718

The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich houses one of the finest and most famous collections of drawings and prints in Germany, with holdings of around 400,000 works ranging from the fifteenth century to modernity. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York, 100 Master Drawings from Munich comprises lush full-color illustrations of over one hundred of the museum's works of art. Demonstrating the impressive depth and breadth of works owned by the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, the works in this volume range from rough preparatory sketches to meticulously executed studies and encompass a variety of media, including silverpoint, chalk, ink, and aquarelle. Among the many extraordinary pieces are Old Dutch and German prints, nineteenth-century German drawings, and works by Dürer and Rembrandt. But equally not to be missed are the many compelling works of contemporary graphic art for which the museum is best known.

Lists

Lists
Author: Liza Kirwin
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2010-03-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781568988887

From the weekly shopping list to the Ten Commandments, our lives are shaped by lists. Whether dashed off as a quick reminder, or carefully constructed as an inventory, this humble form of documentation provides insight into its maker's personal habits and decision-making processes. This is especially true for artists, whose day-to-day acts of living and art-making overlap and inform each other. Artists' lists shed uncover a host of unbeknownst motivations, attitudes, and opinions about their work and the work of others. Lists presents almost seventy artifacts, including "to do" lists, membership lists, lists of paintings sold, lists of books to read, lists of appointments made and met, lists of supplies to get, lists of places to see, and lists of people who are "in." At times introspective, humorous, and resolute, but always revealing and engaging, Lists is a unique firsthand account of American cultural history that augments the personal biographies of some of the most celebrated and revered artists of thelast two centuries. Many of the lists are historically important, throwing a flood of light on a moment, movement, or event; others are private, providing an intimate view of an artist's personal life: Pablo Picasso itemized his recommendations for the Armory Show in 1912; architect Eero Saarinen enumerated the good qualities of the then New York Times art editor and critic Aline Bernstein, his second wife; sculptor Alexander Calder's address book reveals the whos who of the Parisian avant-garde in the early twentieth century. In the hands of their creators, these artifacts become works of art in and of themselves. Lists includes rarely seen specimens by Vito Acconci, Leo Castelli, Joseph Cornell, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, H. L. Mencken, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Richard Pousette-Dart, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, and Andrew Wyeth.

De Kooning

De Kooning
Author: Willem De Kooning
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870707973

This publication offers an unparalleled opportunity to appreciate the development of the artist's work as it unfolded over nearly seven decades, beginning with his early academic works, made in Holland before he moved to the United States in 1926, and concluding with his final, sparely abstract paintings of the late 1980s.

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer
Author: John Berger
Publisher: Taschen
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1994
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9783822885758

Documents the works of this Medieval artist.

100 Master Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum

100 Master Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum
Author: Sibylle Weber am Bach
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9783777480053

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, is home to one of the most important collections of historic book art and drawings in the USA. Since renovation and the re-opening of the extension designed by Renzo Piano in Spring of 2006, the institution - created 80 years ago to house the collection belonging to art patron John Pierpont Morgan has played a prominent role in New York's museum world. The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich will be hosting a display of 1 00 masterpieces from five centuries in its exhibition rooms at the Pinakothek der Moderne. This will be the first time that The Morgan Library & Museum presents its collection of drawings of world renown in Germany. Exhibition and catalog are sponsored by Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung and Deutsche Bank Stiftung.

German Impressionist Landscape Painting

German Impressionist Landscape Painting
Author: Götz Czymmek
Publisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Impressionism (Art)
ISBN: 9783897903210

Even though France is the birthplace of Impressionism, German artists also played a crucial role in shaping this style of painting. This book examines the work of the three great German painters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Max Liebermann, Lo

Gray Collection

Gray Collection
Author: Art Institute of Chicago
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300166262

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and presented at The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 25, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.

Willem de Kooning, 1904-1997

Willem de Kooning, 1904-1997
Author: Barbara Hess
Publisher: Taschen
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9783822821350

Dutch-born American painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement. This text takes a look at his life and work.

Experimental Drawing

Experimental Drawing
Author: Robert Kaupelis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9780273015123

Creative exercises illustrated by old and modern masters including da Vinci, Michelangelo, Durer, Degas, Picasso, de Kooning, Dine, and Rauschenberg. Table of Contents: - Chapter One: A Few Words - Chapter Two: Some Basics--Contour, Gesture, and Modeled Drawing - Chapter Three: Organization/Structure--Making Things "Work Together" - Chapter Four: Using Light and Dark - Chapter Five: Photographs, Grids, and Projected Images - Chapter Six: Probing a Single Form-Idea - Chapter Seven: Old and Modern Masters--Appreciated and Exploited - Chapter Eight: Drawing Extended - Chapter Nine: Now to Begin...