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BOOKS ON SPECIFIC
STYLES AND ARTISTS
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Mary
Mathews Gedo
Monet and his Muse:
Camille Monet in the Artist's Life
An
interesting and scholarly look at the relationship
between Claude Monet and his first wife.
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Vivian Russell
Monet's Waterlilies
A detailed account
of Monet's garden, beautifully illustrated. (Available in UK, to be
published in US Aug 2011).
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Hugo
Chapman et al
Raphael: From Urbino to Rome
Catalog of exhibition held in the National Gallery, London
in 2004-5. It reproduces not only Raphael's
paintings but several of the preparatory drawings.
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David
Hockney
Secret Knowledge:
Rediscovering the Lost Techniques
of the Old Masters
Fascinating
examination of the possibility that artists as far back as
the 15th century used optical devices like mirrors and
prisms to cast images they traced to help them produce
accurate and detailed paintings.
Hockey uses his skills as an artist to help make his case
and provides many detailed images of Old Master paintings
to demonstrate his thesis.
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Linda
Banks Downs
Diego Rivera:
The Detroit Industry Murals
The best
source for information and images about the Detroit
Institute of Arts murals by Diego Rivera. The
story behind the murals, tales of Diego and Frida Kahlo
in Detroit, and much much more.
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William
E. Wallace
Michelangelo:
The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture
A
treasury of good illustrations combined with writing
by a Michelangelo scholar.
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Seymour
Reit
The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa
A
good account of the 1911 theft, the Italian who stole
the painting and the French con-man who masterminded the
theft.
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Anne
Higonnet
Berthe Morisot
1990
A
well-illustrated and interesting biography of this
wonderful Impressionist artist. See Art
Quotations.
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Lynda
Waggoner, editor
Christopher Little, photographer
Fallingwater
Wonderful
photos of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece since its
recent renovation.
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Andrew
Robison et al
Albrecht Durer:
Master Drawings, Watercolors
and Prints from the Albertina
Catalog
in connection with exhibition of same title held in
the National Gallery, Washington, DC in 2013.
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