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The History of Impressionism (Chap. III "1862-1863: Gleyre's Studio The Salon des Refuses and The Reorganization of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts") » Read Now
by John Rewald. 662 pgs.

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...the Palais des Beaux-Arts must have been...dissimilarity in style and conception of...at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, to whom went first-class...at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...
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Discourses on Architecture, Vol. 2 (Lecture XIV "On the Teaching of Architecture") » Read Now
by Benjamin Bucknall. 468 pgs.

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...enslaved by the so-called majestic style in vogue at the end of the seventeenth...important only by the Academie des Beaux- Arts, and do not in the least interest...through...
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A History of Scottish Architecture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day ("Artistic Simplicity and Discipline and Architecture" begins on p. 317 and "The Architecture of 'Mass': Burnet, Tait and the Beaux-Arts Legacy" begins on p. 394) » Read Now
by Miles Glendinning, Ranald MacInnes, Aonghus MacKechnie. 626 pgs.

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This compact yet comprehensive history of Scottish architecture combines factual description of the vast & fertile range of visual forms & key architects in each period with a wide-ranging analysis of their social, ideological & historical context.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ("Academie" begins on p. 4 and "Beaux-Arts, Ecole Nationale Superieure des" begins on p. 42) » Read Now
by Ian Chilvers. 584 pgs.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, Second Edition is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western art from Ancient Greece to the present day. It offers over two thousand entries on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts, covering not only artists and their work, but also...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, Second Edition is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western art from Ancient Greece to the present day. It offers over two thousand entries on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts, covering not only artists and their work, but also patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. For this new edition much new material has been added on twentieth-century art, including subjects such as Neo-Expressionism and the Turner Prize. Written in clear, lively prose, this invaluable reference maintains a careful balance between fact and appraisal. In its pages, we encounter artists ranging from Polyclitus of Argos to Leonardo da Vinci, from Grandma Moses to Mary Cassatt, from Max Beckmann to Andy Warhol. Here also are periods and movements, including the Classical period, the Renaissance, the Ancients, Impressionism, the Ash-can School, and Cubism, as well as techniques and styles such as encaustic painting, encarnado, lithography, cabinet painting, and blot drawing. For this abridgement, Ian Chilvers has retained all of the essential features of the original while adding new entries and eliminating the more peripheral articles. By presenting the information in a pithier format, he is able to focus more sharply on Western and Western-inspired art. The dictionary also provides a very helpful cross-referencing system for names, art media, styles, and terms. Art enthusiasts of every kind will find this entirely reliable and highly readable volume indispensable.
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A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ("Beaux-Arts, Ecole Nationale Superieure des" begins on p. 60) » Read Now
by Ian Chilvers. 670 pgs.

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From Renoir and Picasso to Red Grooms and Guerrilla Girls, this is the most useful reference work on twentieth-century art available in a one volume. Compiled by Ian Chilvers, the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Art, it is both authoritative and accessible, with generous use of anecdote and clear...
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From Renoir and Picasso to Red Grooms and Guerrilla Girls, this is the most useful reference work on twentieth-century art available in a one volume. Compiled by Ian Chilvers, the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Art, it is both authoritative and accessible, with generous use of anecdote and clear explanations of many potentially confusing terms. Providing broad coverage of painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts, the dictionary has major entries on the important movements and styles of the twentieth century, including Dada, Cubism, Surrealism, Art Deco, Abstract Expressionism, Pop art, Body and Performance art, and Neo Expressionism. In addition there are entries on art schools and galleries, exhibitions and prizes, terms and techniques. The biographies feature not only artists but also collectors, critics, dealers, and patrons. And though the dictionary concentrates on the great names, it is not confined to the mainstream of modern art, featuring many artists working in a more popular tradition as well as interesting peripheral figures (such as the forger Elmyr de Hory). This up to date and informative guide is an essential reference for anyone interested in modern art.
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French Arts & Letters and Other Essays (1937) » Read Now
by W. Francklyn Paris. 182 pgs.

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...conceivable that the Ministre des Beaux-Arts would make him at least...palace in the Renaissance style which has just been finished...the beautiful. In every style, Greek...
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"All Sail, No Anchor": Architecture after Modernism » Read Now
by Michael J. Lewis. 13 pgs.

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...International Style, the catalogue...prestigious Beaux-Arts Institutes...pictorial arts by Clement...probation--not as style (a formal...to the old Beaux-Arts system...and...
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Redefining the Past: Revolutionary Architecture and the Conseil Des Batiments Civils, in The Art Bulletin » Read Now
by Lauren M. O'Connell. 18 pgs.

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...next great phase, dominated by the Beaux-Arts system. This claim is borne out...1780s to the plan-centered focus of Beaux-Arts training and nineteenth-century...
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Revisiting Jacques Greber's L'Architecture Aux Etats-Unis: From City Beautiful to Cite-Jardin, in Urban History Review » Read Now
by Isabelle Gournay. 14 pgs.

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...have been published on eclectic and Beaux-Arts-trained designers, but no survey...the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts and a Ph.D. in art history from...
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Structure/ornament and the Modern Figuration of Architecture, in The Art Bulletin » Read Now
by Anne-Marie Sankovitch. 3 pgs.

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...sees morphological traits that reveal the style of a building, proved imprecise and mercurial...merely a "feeble notion" of the "Greek" style, then it is half Gothic, and...
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Marketing Modernisms: The Architecture and Influence of Charles Reilly » Read Now
by Peter Richmond. 250 pgs.

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Architect, teacher, journalist, town planner and cultural entrepreneur, Sir Charles Reilly (1874�61948) was a leading figure of the early twentieth-century British architectural scene. Marketing Modernisms is the first book to take an in-depth look at Reilly�2s career, tracing his...
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Architect, teacher, journalist, town planner and cultural entrepreneur, Sir Charles Reilly (1874�61948) was a leading figure of the early twentieth-century British architectural scene. Marketing Modernisms is the first book to take an in-depth look at Reilly�2s career, tracing his evolving architectural ethos via a series of case studies of his built work. Among other issues, the author considers Reilly�2s involvement in cultural enterprises such as the establishment of the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, his journalism, transatlantic links and town-planning theories. Reilly has been largely overlooked by writers of Modernist histories, but this book restores him to deserved prominence.
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Art History and Its Institutions: Foundations of a Discipline (Chap. 5 Viollet-Le-Duc and Taine at the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts) » Read Now
by Elizabeth Mansfield. 329 pgs.

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Art History and Its Institutions focuses on the institutional discourses that shaped and continue to shape the field from its foundations in the nineteenth century. From museums and universities to law courts, labour organizations and photography studios, contributors examine a range of...
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Art History and Its Institutions focuses on the institutional discourses that shaped and continue to shape the field from its foundations in the nineteenth century. From museums and universities to law courts, labour organizations and photography studios, contributors examine a range of institutions, considering their impact on movements such as modernism; their role in conveying or denying legitimacy; and their impact on defining the parameters of the discipline.
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