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BOOKS and DVDs ON ART
SUBJECTS
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links below to go directly to:
Books
on specific styles or artists
Reference
books and textbooks
Great
novels on art themes
Art
Videos
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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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John
Anderson
Stealing Rembrandts:
The Untold Stories of
Notorious Art Heists
The true
tales of art thefts around the world by one who knows -
the head of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum.
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Robert
Edsel, Bret Witter
The Monuments Men:
Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves,
and the Greatest Treasure Hunt
in History
How a team
of archivists, museum curators, artists and art
historians worked behind enemy lines to rescue and
preserve Europe's art heritage from destruction by the
Nazis.
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John
Anderson
Art Held Hostage:
The Battle over the Barnes Collection
The inside
story to the various controversies about the celebrated
eccentric collection of Alfred Barnes culminating in the
effort to allow its move to Philadelphia.
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The Art of the Steal
DVD on the
controversial move of the Barnes Collection to
Philadelphia with interviews with many of the
participants.
"The Art of the Steal, is so adamantly
against the relocation that it feels as if the viewer is
watching evidence presented in a murder trial."
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Anne
Higonnet
Berthe Morisot
A
well-illustrated and interesting biography of this
wonderful Impressionist artist. See Art
Quotations.
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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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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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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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Noah
Charney
The Art Thief, 2007
Written by the
leading expert on the history of art crime, this novel
is not only a good story but includes information about
art, artists, and art restoration.
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Gardner's
Art Through the Ages
13th edition
The latest
edition of the standard college textbook.
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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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Edward
Dolnick
The Rescue Artist
A
true story that reads like a crime novel. Describes
art thefts and those who solve them including Charley Hill
the American art detective who poses as various characters
to gain trust of art theives.
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Martin
Caparros
Valfierno
A novel
based on the real story of the theft of the Mona Lisa in
1911.
For a
non-fictional account read Seymour Reit The Day they
Stole the Mona Lisa.
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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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George
Ferguson
Signs and Symbols
in Christian Art
Best
reference book for decoding images in Christian
paintings.
Do
you know who is the saint holding her eye balls?
Who
typically wears blue and gold?
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James
Hall
Dictionary of Signs and Symbols
in Art
Best
reference book for decoding art - and learning about
heros, gods and goddesses.
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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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Michael
Frayn
Headlong
Well-written
good story that will leave you knowing a lot more about
Pieter Bruegel's paintings and about human folly.
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