Lawrence Gowing Libros

120 essays by a distinguished art historian represent a guided tour of more than eight hundred European masterpieces from the art collection of the world-famous Louvre

Reference and introduction to classic masterpieces created over a score of centuries by the world's most creative painters, sculptors, and artists.

Quotations from the Old and New Testament are illustrated with paintings by artists such as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and Delacroix

Lawrence Gowing's classic study has long been treasured for the painterly sensibilities he brought to this greatly loved body of work. Finally the text is available again, with a new foreword and fresh reproductions of Vermeer's paintings.

Examines Matisse's impact on modern art as well as examining his career, techniques, aesthetics, and stages of artistic development

Selections from each period of the artist's work are accompanied by essays on his approach to painting

Zbiór ponad 800 arcydzieł malarstwa europejskiego pochodzących z jednej z najbardziej znanych kolekcji na świecie. Barwne reprodukcje pozwalają poznać najważniejsze obrazy ze zbiorów Luwru. Są wśród nich dzieła malarzy francuskich, począwszy od twórców średniowiecznych i renesansowych, a także dzieła malarzy z innych krajów europejskich- z Włoch, Niemiec, czy Hiszpanii. Czytelnik znajdzie tu dzieła Leonarda da Vinci, Tycjana, El Greca, Goi i wielu innych.