Publication date: 1967-09
Dewey code: 709.022
RRP: £8.95
Price: £3.81
Review Gothic Art (The World of Art Library) / Thames & Hudson, London:
Authors
- Adrian Searle
- Bruce Hainley
- Dennis Cooper
Dewey code: 709
RRP: £24.95
Price: £15.68
Review Tom Friedman (Contemporary Artists) / Phaidon Press Ltd:
Publication date: 2006-10-27
Dewey code: 759.6
RRP: £6.95
Price: £1.20
Review Velazquez Highlights Book (National Gallery Publications) / Yale University Press:
Authors
- Dennis Cooper
- Robert Storr
- Ulrich Loock
Publication date: 2001-05-31
Dewey code: 741.092
RRP: £24.95
Price: £14.86
Review Raymond Pettibon (Contemporary Artists) / Phaidon Press Ltd:
Authors
- Felix Witting
- M. L. Patrizi
Publication date: 2008-03-01
RRP: £25.00
Price: £14.70
Review Caravaggio (Temporis Series) / Parkstone:
Publication date: 2003-08-18
Dewey code: 759.949209024
RRP: £35.00
Price: £28.31
Review The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces / Princeton University Press:
Edition: Cdr/Pap
Publication date: 2007-09-28
Dewey code: 745
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.02
Review Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs (Dover Electronic Clip Art) / Dover Publications Inc.:
Creator: Liz Heron
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2001-04-05
Dewey code: 709
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.96
Review Artemisia: The Story of a Battle for Greatness / Vintage:Artemisia Gentileschi stands as one of the greatest painters of the 17th century. Yet for centuries Artemisia's notoriety was based on her gender and violent private life, as Alexandra Lapierre points out in her marvellous biography Artemisia: The Story of a Battle for Greatness. By 1640 she had painted "for Philip IV of Spain and all the crowned heads of Europe. She was famous, beautiful and scandalous. It was well known that, at the age of seventeen, she had been raped by her father's closest collaborator and had had the audacity to take the matter to law". She survived to "feature on the list of the world's wonders, and the virtuosity of her skills was celebrated by poets. In the eyes of her contemporaries she stood as one of the greatest female history painters, perhaps the most brilliant of all", with her violent, erotic studies of Judith Slaying Holfernes and Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting. The first half of Lapierre's book explores the twisted erotic and artistic triangle established between the young artistic prodigy Artemisia, her successful father the painter Orazio Gentileschi, and his fellow artist and Artemisia's subsequent sexual tormentor, Agostino Tassi. Their intense relationship is brilliantly sketched out against the decadent, corrupt and lawless backdrop of early 17th-century Rome, where "art had become the cornerstone of power-and the artist its instrument". Lapierre wonderfully evokes this world of art and realpolitik, with lush, detailed accounts of everything from court depositions to the grinding of pigment. [+]Her exhaustive research is impressive (there are over a hundred pages of notes and bibliography), but Artemisia is by no means a dry biographical study. Interestingly comparable to Peter Robb's controversial biography of Caravaggio, M, Lapierre's book takes huge liberties with Artemisia's artistic and private life, as she moves between Rome, Florence, Naples, Venice and London, sparring with her emotionally crippled father. However, the result is a rich and satisfying study of a charismatic but ultimately deeply enigmatic artist. -Jerry Brotton.
Authors
- Dennis Cooper
- Adrian Searle
- Bruce Hainley
Dewey code: 709
RRP: £24.95
Price: £15.68
Review Tom Friedman (Contemporary Artists) / Phaidon Press Ltd:
Publication date: 1967-09
Dewey code: 709.022
RRP: £8.95
Price: £3.81
Review Gothic Art (The World of Art Library) / Thames & Hudson, London:
Publication date: 2002-09-30
Dewey code: 759.4
RRP: £35.00
Price: £16.35
Review Pierre Bonnard: Early and Late / Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd:
Authors
- Giovanni Curatola
- Gianroberto Scarcia
Dewey code: 709.55
RRP: £53.00
Price: £44.98
Review Iran: The Art and Architecture of Persia / Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.:
Creator: Liz Heron
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2001-04-05
Dewey code: 709
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.96
Review Artemisia: The Story of a Battle for Greatness / Vintage:Artemisia Gentileschi stands as one of the greatest painters of the 17th century. Yet for centuries Artemisia's notoriety was based on her gender and violent private life, as Alexandra Lapierre points out in her marvellous biography Artemisia: The Story of a Battle for Greatness. By 1640 she had painted "for Philip IV of Spain and all the crowned heads of Europe. She was famous, beautiful and scandalous. It was well known that, at the age of seventeen, she had been raped by her father's closest collaborator and had had the audacity to take the matter to law". She survived to "feature on the list of the world's wonders, and the virtuosity of her skills was celebrated by poets. In the eyes of her contemporaries she stood as one of the greatest female history painters, perhaps the most brilliant of all", with her violent, erotic studies of Judith Slaying Holfernes and Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting. The first half of Lapierre's book explores the twisted erotic and artistic triangle established between the young artistic prodigy Artemisia, her successful father the painter Orazio Gentileschi, and his fellow artist and Artemisia's subsequent sexual tormentor, Agostino Tassi. Their intense relationship is brilliantly sketched out against the decadent, corrupt and lawless backdrop of early 17th-century Rome, where "art had become the cornerstone of power-and the artist its instrument". Lapierre wonderfully evokes this world of art and realpolitik, with lush, detailed accounts of everything from court depositions to the grinding of pigment. [+]Her exhaustive research is impressive (there are over a hundred pages of notes and bibliography), but Artemisia is by no means a dry biographical study. Interestingly comparable to Peter Robb's controversial biography of Caravaggio, M, Lapierre's book takes huge liberties with Artemisia's artistic and private life, as she moves between Rome, Florence, Naples, Venice and London, sparring with her emotionally crippled father. However, the result is a rich and satisfying study of a charismatic but ultimately deeply enigmatic artist. -Jerry Brotton.
Publication date: 1993-04-30
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.00
Review David Hockney: Paintings and Prints from 1960 / Tate Publishing:
Authors
- Ulrich Loock
- Robert Storr
- Dennis Cooper
Publication date: 2001-05-31
Dewey code: 741.092
RRP: £24.95
Price: £14.86
Review Raymond Pettibon (Contemporary Artists) / Phaidon Press Ltd:
Publication date: 2003-08-18
Dewey code: 759.949209024
RRP: £35.00
Price: £28.31
Review The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces / Princeton University Press:
Edition: 2nd Rev. Ed
Publication date: 1994-09-01
Dewey code: 299.31
RRP: £16.99
Price: £56.15
Review Egyptian Book of the Dead: Book of Going Forth by Day / Chronicle Books:
Publication date: 2002-09-30
Dewey code: 759.4
RRP: £35.00
Price: £16.35
Review Pierre Bonnard: Early and Late / Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd:
Edition: Cdr/Pap
Publication date: 2007-09-28
Dewey code: 745
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.02
Review Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs (Dover Electronic Clip Art) / Dover Publications Inc.:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1998-10
Dewey code: 739.2709034
RRP: £19.95
Price: £11.63
Review Art Nouveau Jewellery / Thames & Hudson Ltd:
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