From the early Renaissance through Baroque and Romanticism to Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop, these canonical works of Western Art span eight centuries and a vast range of subjects. Here are the sacred and the scandalous, the minimalist and the opulent, the groundbreaking and the conventional. There are paintings that captured the feeling of an era and those that signaled the beginning of a new one. Works of art that were immediately recognised for their genius, and others that were at first met with resistance. All have stood the test of time and in their own ways contribute to the dialectic on what makes a painting great, how notions of art have changed, to what degree art reflects reality, and to what degree it alters it. Brought together, these great works illuminate the changing preoccupations and insights of our ancestors, and give us pause to consider which paintings from our own era will ultimately join the canon.
1000 Dessins de Génie
Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
bookArt History The Viennese Secession
Klaus H. Carl, Victoria Charles
bookL'art de l'Égypte ancienne. Histoire de l'art
Elie Faure, Victoria Charles
bookCaspar David Friedrich. Mystique et Nature
Victoria Charles
bookArt History Romanesque art
Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
bookArt History Renaissance art
Victoria Charles
bookArt History Rococo
Klaus H. Carl, Victoria Charles
bookArt History Art Deco
Victoria Charles
bookArt History Baroque art
Klaus H. Carl, Victoria Charles
bookHistoire de l'art L'art gothique
Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
bookArt History Gothic art
Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
bookCaspar David Friedrich. Master of the tragic landscape (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840)
Victoria Charles
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1000 Paintings of Genius
Victoria Charles, Joseph Manca, Megan McShane, Donald Wigal
book1000 Monuments de Génie
Christopher E.M. Pearson
book1000 Chefs-d'Œuvre érotiques
Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Joe A. Thomas, Victoria Charles
book1000 Chef-d'œuvre des Arts décoratifs
Victoria Charles
book1000 Buddhas of Genius
T.W. Rhys Davids Ph.D. LLD., Victoria Charles
book1000 Masterpieces of Decorative Art
Victoria Charles
book1000 Drawings of Genius
Victoria Charles, Klaus Carl
book1000 Chefs-d'œuvre de la peinture
Victoria Charles, Joseph Manca, Megan McShane, Donald Wigal
book1000 Sculptures of Genius
Joseph Manca, Patrick Bade, Sarah Costello
book1000 Bouddhas de Génie
T.W. Rhys Davids Ph.D. LLD., Victoria Charles
book1000 Pinturas de los Grandes Maestros
Victoria Charles, Joseph Manca, Megan McShane, Donald Wigal
book1000 Obras de Arquitectura
Christopher E.M. Pearson
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