Claude Lorrain--the Painter as Draftsman
Claude Lorrain--the Painter as Draftsman

Author: Richard Rand

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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The great French artist Claude Lorrain (1600-1682)--for whom drawing was an integral part of the artistic process--spent most of his career in Italy, where he documented the beauty of the landscape and the splendor of classical ruins. This richly illustrated book examines the wide-ranging role the medium played throughout Claude's career. The book presents some of Claude’s most remarkable drawings, representing all aspects of his style and subject matter--from informal outdoor sketches of trees, rivers, and ruins to formal presentation drawings and elaborate compositional designs for paintings, many of which have never before been reproduced in color. A detailed and scholarly essay places them within the social and cultural contexts of their time and includes comparative illustrations of paintings and etchings to situate them within the artist's oeuvre. A selection of works from the Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), a portfolio of highly finished drawings that the artist created to document his own painted compositions, is also included.

Claude Lorrain
Claude Lorrain

Author: Martin Sonnabend

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781848220928

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Claude Lorrain (1604-82) is known as the father of European landscape painting. This book sets out to re-appraise his work and look at it through fresh eyes. It unites in a single volume paintings, drawings, and prints from all periods of the artist's life.

Ink and Light
Ink and Light

Author: Andrew Brink

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0773541985

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A bridge between the recognized and accepted truths of Claude Lorrain's art and his lesser known, yet equally masterful, graphic works.

Delphi Complete Paintings of Claude Lorrain (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Paintings of Claude Lorrain (Illustrated)

Author: Claude Gellée

Publisher: Delphi Classics

Published: 2017-02-27

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1786565056

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Revered by artists and collectors since the seventeenth century, Claude Lorrain was a master of landscape painting, raising the reputation of the art form to new heights. His paintings present idealised views of nature, governed by Classical concepts and fuelled by the inspiration of the Roman Campagna. Claude’s special contribution was the poetic rendering of light, which would particularly influence the Romantic movement and change the course of art. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Claude’s complete paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete paintings of Claude Lorrain — over 200 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order * Includes reproductions of rare works * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Claude’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view * Includes a selection of Claude's drawings - explore the artist’s varied works * Features two bonus biographies, including George Grahame's seminal illustrated study of the artist - discover Claude's world Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights RIVER LANDSCAPE HARBOUR SCENE WITH A VIEW OF THE CAPITOLINE HILL THE ROMAN FORUM PASTORAL LANDSCAPE AN ARTIST STUDYING FROM NATURE SEAPORT AT SUNSET LANDSCAPE WITH APOLLO GUARDING THE HERDS OF ADMETUS SUNRISE THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC AND REBECCA THE EMBARKATION OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA LANDSCAPE WITH DAVID AND THE THREE HEROES THE ENCHANTED CASTLE PASTORAL LANDSCAPE WITH A FLIGHT INTO EGYPT COAST VIEW OF DELOS WITH AENEAS THE ARRIVAL OF AENEAS AT PALLANTEUM LANDSCAPE WITH ASCANIUS SHOOTING THE STAG OF SILVIA The Paintings THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS The Drawings LIST OF DRAWINGS The Biographies CLAUDE LORRAIN: PAINTER AND ETCHER by George Grahame BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: CLAUDE OF LORRAIN by William Michael Rossetti Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set

The Etchings of Claude Lorrain
The Etchings of Claude Lorrain

Author: Claude Lorrain

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780300042221

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This book begins with several chapters that deal with the life of Claude and with background information on printmaking of the era. The catalog then provides accurate descriptions and clear illustrations of all the different states that Claude himself created-including more than a dozen previously unpublished early states-as well as all the reprints and alterations to which the copperplates were subjected by later hands.

Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin

Author: Elizabeth Cropper

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780691050676

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By investigating the important cultural figures who were close to the painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Elizabeth Cropper and Charles Dempsey allow the reader to enter not only the Rome where he lived but also the Rome of antiquity, which he admired and tried to reconstruct. The authors argue that Poussin's works were structured by his friendships, as well as by his study of ancient history and early Christian archaeology, his exploration of the poetry and mystery of ancient places, and his conception of his paintings as gifts rather than commercial objects. By looking into this rich background, they also show how Poussin introduced into his theory and practice of painting a new concept of the inherent expressiveness of form that was quite different from the then prevailing conventions for depicting the passions and affections. The first two chapters treat Vincenzo Giustiniani, the most sophisticated patron and art collector of his day, whose purpose and rationale for collecting ancient sculpture deeply influenced Poussin and the Flemish sculptor Francois Duquesnoy. Among other topics, the succeeding sections take up Poussin's deep readings of Montaigne and his friendships with the poet Giovanni Battista Marino, with artists such as Pietro Testa and Matteo Zaccolini, and with patrons and true friends, among them Cassiano dal Pozzo and Paul Fréart de Chantelou, for whom Poussin painted a special self-portrait, which the artist said stood for "The Love of Painting and Friendship."

Late Constable Hb
Late Constable Hb

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781912520725

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On John Constable as a proto-abstractionist of pastoral landscape One of Britain's greatest landscape painters, John Constable was brought up in Dedham Vale, the valley of the River Stour in Suffolk. The eldest son of a wealthy mill owner, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1800 at the age of 24, and thereafter committed himself to painting nature out of doors. His "six-footers," such as The Hay Wainand The Leaping Horse, were designed to promote landscape as a subject and to stand out in the Academy's Annual Exhibition. Despite this, he sold few paintings in his lifetime and was elected a Royal Academician late in his career. With texts by leading authorities on the artist, this handsome book looks at the freedom of Constable's late works and records his enormous contribution to the English landscape tradition. John Constable(1776-1837) is one of Britain's best-known artists, and is often considered one of the greatest landscape painters of all time. He was born near the River Stour in Suffolk, an area the artist depicted so frequently that it is referred to as "Constable country." Pastoral scenes were unfashionable at the time and Constable struggled to establish himself as a painter. He was finally elected a Royal Academician in 1829, and in 1832, he exhibited The Opening of Waterloo Bridge--an effort 13 years in the making--at the Summer Exhibition.