Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago
Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago
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Offers a tour, in a tiny format of the Chicago Art Institute's 19th- and 20th-century paintings. Included here are many of the works from the Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Abstraction, Surrealism and Modernism periods. A history of the museum is included.
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Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago by James Wood
With this attractively designed little volume, even the most confirmed armchair traveller can tour one of the world's finest art collections. The 300 full-colour illustrations have been carefully chosen by the museum's director to highlight the very best of this outstanding collection. The Art Institute of Chicago houses some of the most celebrated European and American paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries. Included in this collection are many of the best-loved and most recognized masterpieces of Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Abstraction, Surrealism, and Modernism. Among the European works featured in this volume are Monet's Waterlines (1906), Seurat's manifesto of Pointillism, Sunday Afternoon on La Grande jatte (1884), Kandinsky's lyrical early abstraction, Landscape with two Poplars (1912), Picasso's Cubist portrait of art dealer Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler (1910), and Magritte's riveting Time Transfixed (1938). Besides Grant Wood's famous homage to rural Americana, American Gothic (1930), the American paintings include Coles's majestic Niagara Falls (1830), O'Keeffe's glowing Cow's Skull with Calico Roses (1931), Hopper's haunting Nighthawks (1942), and Pollock's inspired abstract-expressionist Graved Rainbow (1953). The painting of the late 20th century is also well represented with exceptional works by Andy Warhol, Richard Diebenkorn, Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, and others. In his preface, James Wood traces the history of the museum and discusses the aesthetic trends that have shaped the course of Western painting during the last two centuries. James Wood is Director of The Art Institute of Chicago.| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781558596030 |
| ISBN 10 | 1558596038 |
| Titre | Treasures of 19th and 20th Century Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Auteur | James Wood |
| Série | Tiny Folio |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Année de publication | 1993-08-01 |
| Nombre de pages | 320 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |