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Series
Blake's illuminated books volume 1
Publisher
William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Jerusalem: the emanation of the giant Albion, v.1. Songs of innocence and of experience, v.2. The Continental prophecies; America: a prophecy; Europe: a prophecy; The song of Los, v.4. Milton a poem and the final illuminated works: The ghost of Abel; On Homer's poetry [and] on Virgil Laocoon, v.5. The Urizen books; The first book of Urizen; The book of Ahania; The book of Los, v.6.
Author
Series
Blake's illuminated books volume 2
Publisher
William Blake Trust/Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Preface by David Bindman, General Editor. Foreword. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. The Plates with a transcription of the text. Plates From Other Copies. Commentary on the text and the plates. Appendix. Works Cited.
Series
Publisher
SkyLight Paths Publishing
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Millions of people turn daily to India's most beloved holy book, the Bhagavad Gita ("Song of the Lord"), to instruct their spiritual practice. A Hindu classic, it has universal appeal for people of all faith traditions who turn to its inspirational support in the struggles of life, its consolation in times of grief, and its deeply moving promise of God's love and guidance. This SkyLight Illuminations edition offers insightful yet unobtrusive commentary...
Author
Series
Illuminator volume 1
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
It is England, in the fourteenth century -- a time of plague, political unrest and the earliest stirrings of the Reformation. The printing press had yet to be invented, and books were rare and costly, painstakingly lettered by hand and illuminated with exquisite paintings. Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the Church but also, in secret, for John Wycliffe of Oxford, who professes the radical idea that the Bible should be translated...
Author
Publisher
Getty Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was as exceptional as her paintings. She was a child prodigy, raised without a mother by her artist father, a follower of Caravaggio, under whom she apprenticed. This is the first biography to be written by an authority on Gentileschi since 1999 and includes five newly discovered paintings.
Author
Publisher
Getty Publications
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The life and career of Louise Moillon (1609-1696) offers a fascinating case study of a supremely talented artist whose posthumous reputation has been mired in invisibility. Born and raised in Paris, Moillon was the sole woman in a circle of Calvinist Protestant émigrés who brought their tradition of still-life painting with them from Flanders. During her lifetime, she was able to enjoy a degree of professional independence and attract enough recognition...
Author
Publisher
Getty Publications
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This illustrated monograph offers new scholarship and a fascinating look into the life and work of the Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola.
Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532-1625), an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family, was one of the first women artists to establish an international reputation during her lifetime. This stunningly illustrated monograph explores the evolution of Anguissola's art from her...
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