According to the defined canons of art technique, a portrait should be, above all, a faithful representation of its model. However, this gallery of 1000 portraits illustrates how the genre has been transformed throughout history, and has proven itself to be much more complex than a simple imitation of reality. Beyond exhibiting the skill of the artist, the portrait must surpass the task of imitation, as just and precise as it may be, to translate both the intention of the artist as well as that of its patron, without betraying eitherÊs wishes. Therefore, these silent witnesses, carefully selected in these pages, reveal more than faces of historic figures or anonymous subjects: they reveal a psychology more than an identity, illustrate an allegory, serve as political and religious propaganda, and embody the customs of their epochs. With its impressive number of masterpieces, biographies, and commentaries on works, this book presents and analyses different portraits, consequently exposing to the reader, and to any art lover, a reflection of the evolution of society, and above all the upheavals of a genre that, over 300 centuries of painting, has shaped the history of art.
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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