Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 379135552X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Well done N Beautiful book. Very thorough articles. The variety of contributors comes together well. The selections of paintings and photos is great. I highly recommend this book for art history people, painters, and for anyone who appreciated beauty and has a coffee table. Wish I coul
"As well as providing a comprehensive overview of the painter's career, the volume includes a wealth of high-quality illustrations that bring out Alma-Tadema's subtle handling of color and texture" -Choice Magazine "Replete throughout with wonderfully beautiful reproductions of his art, Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity is as comprehensive and informative as it is thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation. A consistently compelling and insightful study from beginning to end, Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity is unique and very highly recommended." -Midwest Book Review
This important re-evaluation of the Dutch- born painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema traces his personal and artistic journey towards international fame and success in London and investigates how this exceptionally creative artist used his own houses and studios as laboratories to produce vivid paintings of life in ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s paintings were immensely popular among his contemporaries, and have since enchanted a wide audience through the medium of cinema. Anyone who has ever enjoyed the great epic films of antiquityfrom Italian silent classics and Cecil B. DeMille to Ridley Scott’s Gladiatorwill instantly recognize their origins in sets and costumes Alma- Tadema invented. Building upon Alma-Tadema’s renown as ”the archaeologist of artists,” the new scholarship in this impressive volume shows how the spaces he created and inhabited with his talented artist-wife Laura and their two daughters reflected an aesthetic vision that has thrilled viewers and other artists for more than a century. Appealing to general and scholarly audiences alike, this book undersc
Elizabeth Prettejohn is Professor of History of Art and Head of Department, History of Art, at the University of York (UK).Petr Trippi is the New York- based Editor-in-Chief of Fine Art Connoisseur. He is currently President of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art.