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Publisher
Mit Kids Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Painting a vivid portrait of the "father of neuroscience," this beautifully illustrated account of how Santiago Ramón y Cajal shaped his scientific fate as an artist, which led to his discovery of the branching connections within the nervous system.
6) Goya
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley in association with the National Gallery
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Explores the life and work of the Spanish artist and provides photographs of some of his more popular works of art.
7) This is Goya
Author
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Modern art begins with Goya. He was the first to create works of art for their own sake, and he lived in a time of incredible cultural and social dynamism when the old concepts of social hierarchy were being shaken by the new concept of equality for all. He saw his world ripped apart by Napoleon's armies and then suffered the reactionary backlash as the old order was restored. Against this epic canvas, Goya painted his own observations of humanity,...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. This important new monograph, released to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the artist's death, presents Picasso's unparalleled achievements in all media: painting, sculpture, drawing and prints. Art historian and curator Pepe Karmel offers fresh analysis of this great master for a 21st-century audience, considering Picasso's work through the lens of art rather...
Author
Publisher
Apollo Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Heath Brown discuss the historical, social, and political conditions that shaped Dal�i's work, identify the impact of Modern as well as Old Master art, and present a view of the master's personal relationships and motivations. They examine how Dal�i still impacts fashion, literature, and art, from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga, and seeks to answer why, in an age of shock and awe, Dal�i's art still...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This biography, authored by one of the world's leading experts on Goya, makes available never-before translated documents of his life, and uses new research in Spanish, including detailed information on his youth, family, commissions, correspondence, and travels to create the most complete portrait yet of an often elusive artist and the dramatically changing society in which he lived and worked. Contrary to past projects that have portrayed Goya...
Author
Series
Life of Picasso volume 4
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The spectacular fourth and final volume of Picasso's life is set in Paris, Normandy, the south of France, Royan, and Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and at the beginning of World War II. Drawing on original and exhaustive research from interviews and never-before-seen material in the Picasso family archives, this book opens with a visit by the Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï to Picasso's chateau in Normandy, Boisgeloup, where he would...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This heartfelt graphic biography is a tribute to the artist's grandmothers and a generation of women who quietly soldiered through over forty years of Fascist rule in Spain. Artist Ana Penyas's grandmothers Maruja and Herminia live alone in their respective Spanish towns, largely neglected by their children and relatives, who never visit. But when Ana comes to see them, she realizes that these women, whose day-to-day existences now seem mundane,...
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