Sister Wendy's Odyssey

Sister Wendy's Odyssey
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Sister Wendy Beckett describes the paintings and sculpture she studied during her visits to six art museums in Great Britain.

Sister Wendy's Odyssey

Sister Wendy's Odyssey
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1993
Genre: Art criticism
ISBN: 9780563369578

For her BBC1 television series, Sister Wendy Beckett temporarily left the seclusion of her caravan in the grounds of a Carmelite monastery to visit some of Britain's greatest art treasures. Encompassing her enthusiasm for paintings of all eras, from Van Dyck society portraits to Hockney nudes, her journey took her to stately homes, museums and galleries all over the country. In this book she visits Liverpool, Cambridge, Oxford, Wilton House, Birmingham and Edinburgh.

Sister Wendy's American Collection

Sister Wendy's American Collection
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780007101276

In this book, Sister Wendy chooses some of her favourite pieces of art from six US museums of her choice. These are the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Sister Wendy's Grand Tour

Sister Wendy's Grand Tour
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781556705090

Described as "the best talker on art since Lord Clark gave us Civilization", Sister Wendy takes a fresh look at Europe's most famous art treasures. With over 60 reproductions, she examines both Old Masters and contemporary artists from Rubens' Angelica and the Hermit to Manet's The Balcony. Full color.

Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces

Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1999
Genre: Art appreciation
ISBN: 9780751307177

Covering over nine centuries of paintings in the western world, this book which is organised alphabetically focuses on world famous works by artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo and Turner. Sister Wendy focuses on subject matter, technique and other key elements of each major work. Many artists are represented by two paintings on double-page spreads. A featured works section gives the reader the location of each masterpiece.

Sister Wendy's American Masterpieces

Sister Wendy's American Masterpieces
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Sister Wendy Beckett's brilliant insight and quirky delivery have made her both a respected art critic and a beloved personality. Now she focuses her attention on American art in this volume that contains more than 50 high-quality, large-scale reproductions. Full color.

Pains of Glass

Pains of Glass
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1995
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780563371700

The chapel of King's College, Cambridge, is one of England's greatest architectural treasures, and is visited by about two million people every year. It contains the country's finest collection of 16th-century stained glass, and one of the best in Europe, but from ground level much of the glass is rendered almost invisible by distance and the windows' heavy leading.

The Story of Painting

The Story of Painting
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1994
Genre: Painting, American
ISBN: 9780751301335

Through more than 450 masterpieces, the author unfolds the story of 800 years of Western painting from Giotto, the Renaissance and Impressionism, to Pop Art and the present day.

The Story of Painting

The Story of Painting
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Painting
ISBN: 9780751311891

Contains over 400 masterpieces of Western painting from the very beginnings of art to the present day. The book includes nearly 200 close-ups to allow the reader to gain knowledge of each work and artist and Sister Wendy Beckett shares her love of painting.

Sister Wendy's Impressionist Masterpieces

Sister Wendy's Impressionist Masterpieces
Author: Wendy Beckett
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Provides the art critic's commentary on more than fifty Impressionist paintings, including Manet's "Olympia", Whistler's "Nocturne", and "The Harbor at Lorient" by Morisot.