A Portrait of the Artist, 1525-1825 reveals how artists depicted themselves and their profession from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. This richly illustrated book presents engravings, etchings, woodcuts, mezzotints, and lithographs from the collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation. It provides an in-depth examination of works by Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, Adriaen van Ostade, Salvator Rosa, William Hogarth, Goya, and many other European masters. A Portrait of the Artist, 1525-1825 accompanies an exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation. The prints in this book are grouped into four themes: “Icon,” “Work,” “Genius,” and “Market.” Together the themes present a comprehensive look at how artists used art to define individual and group identities. From the late Middle Ages onward, artists struggled to improve their social status. This quest affected the ways in which they represented themselves, other artists, and subjects relating to t
Свойства
- Автор
- James Clifton
- Бумага
- Мелованная
- Высота
- 2,5
- Год издания
- 2005
- Издательство
- The Museum of Fine Arts
- Иллюстрации
- Цветные и ч/б иллюстрации
- Количество страниц
- 180
- Переплет
- Твёрдая обложка
- Тираж
- 1000
- Язык
- Английский
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