This generously illustrated volume on the work of Jan van Eyck makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. A 15th-century Flemish painter who spent most of his life in Bruges, Van Eyck was revered for his innovative manipulation of oil paint. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpiece...(展开全部)

Famed for his focused observation of nature, Flemish painter Jan van Eyck (c. 1395–1441) studied fauna and flora in their natural environment and under carefully chosen lighting conditions, and then achieved a breathtaking and convincing realism in his paintings. Each panel is a collection of minuscule details rendered with superb clarity from foreground to background—or at lea...(展开全部)

Grâce à cette exposition consacrée à Van Eyck, découvrez l'oeuvre de cet artiste flamand de la Renaissance, passé maître dans l'art du détail. Reconnu comme le fondateur du portrait occidental, il a laissé une série unique au monde d'effigies en buste ou en pied et a consacré une grande partie de son oeuvre aux représentations "mariales" et un grand nombre d'années au retable d...(展开全部)

Grâce à cette exposition consacrée à Van Eyck, découvrez l'oeuvre de cet artiste flamand de la Renaissance, passé maître dans l'art du détail. Reconnu comme le fondateur du portrait occidental, il a laissé une série unique au monde d'effigies en buste ou en pied et a consacré une grande partie de son oeuvre aux représentations "mariales" et un grand nombre d'années au retable d...(展开全部)

The Florentine painter Botticelli personifies the Golden Age of the early Renaissance. Best known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera, Botticelli painted with an expressive poeticism that eschewed formal realism. He used line and colour to gorgeous effect, creating some of the most beloved and familiar images of all time. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this boo...(展开全部)

Monet's dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested through pure colour, changed the way we perceive our natural surroundings. His numerous series, in which he depicts the same object at varying times of the day and in different seasons, pushed the limits of representational art. His final series of water lilies are conside...(展开全部)

Celebrated for his penetrating portraits, richly detailed landscapes and evocative narrative paintings, the seventeenth century artist Rembrandt is generally considered one of Europe's greatest painters and printmakers, and the master of the Dutch School. His work is distinguished by broad brushwork, luminous palettes, and a sense of order and movement that recalls the finest R...(展开全部)

A Renaissance painter and printmaker best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes, Bruegel's paintings were often unsentimental depictions of daily village life. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details - allowing the viewer to appreciate every aspect of the artist's technique ...(展开全部)