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How to Read a Painting Decoding, Understanding and Enjoying the Old Masters

Clues to the meaning of the masterpieces of art history lie in a rich system of symbols, themes and motifs that often elude the modern eye. Without the intimate knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology,...

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Cecil Higgs – Close Up

Cecil Higgs: Close Up by Dieter Bertram is a revealing and intimate biography of one of South Africa’s most respected painters. Based on hitherto unpublished sources – her extant diaries, notebooks...

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Impressionist Painting 1850-1900 DVD

Impressionist painting is now so popular and familiar that we struggle to see it as shocking or avant-garde, yet it originally caused uproar and controversy which continued into the 20th century. This...

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Velázquez

Las Meninas, by the 17th-century artist Velázquez, which depicts the family of King Philip I of Spain, is one of the great masterpieces of European painting; the vast, ambitious canvas has inspired...

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Early Renaissance Painting 1250-1450 DVD

In late 13th-century Italy, the way art looked changed dramatically. The patterned, stylised forms of the Middle Ages gave way to greater naturalism, as for the first time since the ancient world,...

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Patrick Caulfield

Patrick Caulfield was a student at the Royal College of Art between 1960-63 alongside David Hockney and Allen Jones. His subject matter draws more from the masters of modern art such as Braque and...

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Incredible Tretchikoff Life of an Artist and Adventurer

Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl is one of the most famous images of all time. Known as the ‘Green Lady’, it has been reproduced countless times, appearing everywhere from mugs and T-shirts to pop...

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Hockney The Biography

In this astounding first volume, Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of the most popular living artist in the world today. David Hockney’s career has spanned and epitomised the art...

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The Image as Burden – Marlene Dumas

Marlene Dumas (born in 1953 in Capetown, South Africa) is one of the most prominent and influential painters working today. In an era dominated by the mass media and a proliferation of images, her...

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Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke

This book honours the life and art of Peter Clarke (1929 – 2014); his career extended over some decades, starting when he left his job as a dockworker in SImon’s Town to devote himself to art. The...

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