John Singer Sargent, Goya, Classical Greek & Sophie Calle

John Singer Sargent: Later Portraits

This sumptuous book is the third volume of the definitive catalogue raisonné of the work of the American painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). Comprising over two hundred portraits and portrait sketches in oil and watercolor painted between 1900 and the John Singer Sargent's death in 1925, this book completes the trilogy of portrait volumes. The catalogued works have been grouped into two chronological sections, each with an introduction that sets the particular group in context.
There is also a section of undated portraits and an appendix listing previously unrecorded works. Each work is documented in depth: entries include traditional data about the painting or watercolor; details of the work's provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography; a short biography of the sitter; a discussion of the circumstances in which the work was created; and a critical discussion of its subject matter, style, and significance in John Singer Sargent's career.
Most of the works are reproduced in color. There is also an illustrated inventory of John Singer Sargent's studio props and accessories and a cross-referenced checklist of the portraits in which they appear.
John Singer Sargent: The Later Portraits by Richard Ormond
ISBN: 0300098065

Francisco Goya: Images of Women

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) created magnificent paintings, tapestry designs, prints, and drawings over the course of his long and productive career. Women frequently appeared as the subjects of Francisco Goya's works, from his brilliantly painted cartoons for the Royal Tapestry Factory to his stunning portraits of some of the most powerful women in Madrid.
This book is the first to examine the representations of women within Francisco Goya's multifaceted art, and in so doing, it sheds new light on the evolution of his artistic creativity as well as the roles assumed by women in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Spain.
Francisco Goya: Images of Women by Janis A. Tomlinson
Yale University Press, 2002
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Archaic and Classical Greek

Archaic and Classical Greek Art is a revolutionary introduction to the images and sculptures of Ancient Greece from the Geometric period to the early Hellenistic. By carefully examining the context in which sculptures and paintings were produced, author Robin Osborne shows how artists responded to the challenges they faced in the formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state, producing the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art.
Artistic developments of the period combined the influences of the symbolism and imagery of eastern Mediterranean art with the explorations of humanity embodied in the narratives of Greek poetry, while drawings and sculptures referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art.
Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting, and the minor arts, and offering a wide selection of unusual images alongside the familiar masterpieces, this work discusses the changing forms of art, and how art was used to define mens relationships with other men, women, slaves, society, nature, and the gods.
Archaic and Classical Greek Art by Robin Osborne
Oxford, 1998

Sophie Calle: Did You See Me?

This comprehensive retrospective of artist Sophie Calle not only celebrates the breadth and intelligence of her iconoclastic work but also leads to a deeper understanding of her unique artistic vision.
The work of conceptual artist Sophie Calle embraces numerous media: photography, storytelling, film, and memoir, to name a few. Often controversial, Calle's projects explore issues of voyeurism, intimacy, and identity as she secretly investigates, reconstructs and documents the lives of strangers, whether Sophie Calle is inviting them to sleep in her bed, trailing them through a hotel, or following them through the city. Taking on multiple roles, detective, documentarian, behavioral scientist and diarist, Sophie Calle turns the interplay between life and art on its head.
The book presents Sophie Calle's best-known works, including The Blind, No Sex Last Night, The Hotel, The Address Book and A Woman Vanishes, as well as lesser known and earlier projects that have largely escaped the public eye. This monumental compendium of Sophie Calle's photographs, diary excerpts and video stills also includes three critical essays, a revealing interview with the artist and a riveting dialogue with fellow artist Damien Hirst.
Sophie Calle: Did You See Me? by Christine Macel
Publisher: Prestel USA, ISBN: 3791330357

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