Legion of Honor
Author: Renée Dreyfus
Publisher: Scala Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeatures largest group of works of art on paper in the western United States.
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The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin at the Legion of Honor
Author: Legion of Honor (San Francisco, Calif.)
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791356334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring the full range of the work of French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), this book also reveals the deep significance of Rodin's oeuvre to the history of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, which holds one of the finest collections of Rodin sculpture in the United States. The publication contains examples from his early days as a struggling artist to his mature and most successful works. The majority of the bronzes are lifetime casts by the sculptor, making this collection a rare and significant body of Rodin's output. A related group of plaster models and fragments augment these major pieces, adding to the scope and breadth of this volume. Showcasing beautiful new photography of more than fifty of Rodin's most iconic artworks alongside an illuminating essay, this book will delight and surprise readers with its novel insights into one of the greatest sculptors in art history. Exhibition: Legion of Honor, San Francisco, USA (28.01. - 10.12.2017).
Big Alma
Author: Bernice Scharlach
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781597143240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a revised and revamped reprint of a biography of Alma Spreckels who was a larger-than-life, turn of the century character . At home among the wealthiest and most powerful people in California and in Europe she moved within cultural circles on both continents, always living by her own rules. At six feet tall she was an imposing presence but her lifestyle kept her out of the inner circle of San Francisco society. She discovered Rodins sculptures in Paris and made them the centerpiece of her new museum, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor and in Union Square today a column rises with a female figure dancing at the top (Alma). both signature gifts to the City,
Truth & Beauty
Author: Melissa E. Buron
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791357287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis catalog was "published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and DelMonico Books (Prestel) on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, from June 30 to September 30, 2018."
Angela Davis
Author: Gerry Beegan
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783777435749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Beginning in 1970 with her arrest in connection with a courtroom shootout, then moving through her trial and acquittal, the book traces Davis's life and work during the subsequent decades and her influential career as a public intellectual. Profusely illustrated with materials found in the archive, including press coverage, photographs, court sketches, videos, music, writings, correspondence, and Davis's political writings, the book also features interviews with Angela Davis and Lisbet Tellefsen, the archivist who collected those materials"--
Renegade's Honor
Author: William H. Keith
Publisher: Contemporary Books
Published: 1988-04-01
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9781555600570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPulp Fashion
Author: Jill D'Alessandro
Publisher: Prestel Pub
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9783791351056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Feb. 5-June 5, 2011.
The Hammock: A Novel Based on the True Story of French Painter James Tissot
Author: Lucy Paquette
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10-03
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780578735221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE HAMMOCK: A novel based on the true story of French painter James Tissot portrays ten remarkable years in the life of James Tissot (1836-1902), who rebuilt - and then lost - his reputation in London. THE HAMMOCK is a psychological portrait, exploring the forces that unwound the career of this complex man. Based on contemporary sources, the novel brings Tissot's world alive in a story of war, art, Society glamour, love, scandal, and tragedy.
Impressionists on the Water
Author: Christopher Lloyd
Publisher: Skira
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0847840255
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Published...on the occasion of the exhibition Impressionists on the Water on view at the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, from June 1 to October 6, 2013 and at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts, from November 9, 2013 to February 9, 2014."--Colophon.
New Guinea Highlands
Author: John Friede
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2017-12-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 3791350552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first major publication on the art of the New Guinea Highlands, this extraordinary volume is destined to become the definitive resource on this little-known region. The Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco consists of hundreds of objects and represents hundreds of clans and villages throughout the island of New Guinea. This lavishly illustrated volume focuses on the Highlands—a region of rugged mountains, fertile valleys, and a civilization that dates back fifty thousand years. Here, in more than six hundred pages, are intricately crafted shields, masks, and headdresses, along with other remarkable ceremonial and personal objects—the majority of which have never before been published or exhibited. Historic and field photographs, maps of key locations, and authoritative essays by preeminent scholars covering a wide range of subjects, from prehistoric carvings to body adornment, make this book a collector’s dream.
