The A-Z of Art: The World's Greatest and Most Popular Artists and Their WorksA comprehensive guide to 386 of the world's best-known artists, from medieval times to the present day. Arranged in alphabetical order by artist, each spread contains a full-colour illustration of one of each artist's most interesting works, accompanied by biographical details and statistics. |
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Page 76
... commissions for the cathedral , Castagno was asked by the Carducci family to decorate a room in their villa . For this commission , Castagno chose to paint a series of famous men and women , of which Dante is one . These portraits are ...
... commissions for the cathedral , Castagno was asked by the Carducci family to decorate a room in their villa . For this commission , Castagno chose to paint a series of famous men and women , of which Dante is one . These portraits are ...
Page 150
... commissions . The landscape may have been finished by Titian upon Giorgione's death . He is also thought to have painted in a cupid - who sat at the sleeping Venus ' feet - that , because of ensuing damage , was painted out again years ...
... commissions . The landscape may have been finished by Titian upon Giorgione's death . He is also thought to have painted in a cupid - who sat at the sleeping Venus ' feet - that , because of ensuing damage , was painted out again years ...
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... commission . He made his name with this group portrait , The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp . Unsparing in its depiction of the ... commissions and experienced great financial difficulties , which led to bankruptcy in 1656. In later years he ...
... commission . He made his name with this group portrait , The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp . Unsparing in its depiction of the ... commissions and experienced great financial difficulties , which led to bankruptcy in 1656. In later years he ...
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The A-Z of Art: The World's Greatest and Most Popular Artists and Their Works Nicola Hodge,Libby Anson No preview available - 1996 |
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