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Georges Seurat is a key figure in 19th-century art. In his short life, he revolutionized European painting with thrilling new techniques and ideas, most importantly Neo-Impressionist Divisionism, which built up individual dots or patches of color into such shimmering canvases as the celebrated A Sunday Afternoon at the le de la Grande Jatte.

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Immerse yourself in the rich shades and textures of the mighty Titian, the most important member of the Venetian High Renaissance. From the rippling sensuality of Venus of Urbino to the airborne dynamism of Bacchus and Ariadne, Titian pioneered startling, opulent color and a bold new approach to form in a stunning repertoire of portraits, altarpieces, mythological scenes, and more.

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Enter a world of vivid colors, elaborate gesture, and theatrical shadows. This essential introduction to Baroque painting dives deep into the mythological, religious, and genre scenes of Caravaggio, Carracci, Velzquez, Rubens, and beyond to explore how both northern and southern European schools became enraptured by a style of emotion, energy,...

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Meet Fernando Botero, the world-renowned elder statesman of Colombian art, famed for his voluptuous figurative style. This essential artist introduction takes in all the critical insight, irony, and curvaceous flesh that round out Boterismo.

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Ideas, integrity, and pure spatial experience combine in the works of David Chipperfield, one of the most understated architectural maestros of our time. From Berlin to Beirut, traverse Chipperfields most striking projects to discover how his drive to reject starchitecture and instead expose the remarkable concealed in ordinariness has put...

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Trace the complete career of cult American architect Richard Meier. With abundant images, this introductory book takes in Meiers sleek white modernism through all his most famous and most recent commissions. Featured projects include the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Burda Collection Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany.

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Around 1800, philosophers, writers, and artists revolted against rationalism, spreading a new romantic visionone that believed in the goodness of humanity, the divine spirit of nature, and that saw the artist as an individual creator. This comprehensive introduction gathers an essay situating the genre across different regions, crisp...

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With an eye for detail as much as expanse, Karl Friedrich Schinkel made his name as a painter and designer, and above all as state architect of Prussia, creating some of the most significant building landmarks in Berlin. This richly illustrated introduction covers his expansive uvre and commitment to beauty across Neo-Classical, Neo-Gothic,...