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The Discovery of the Netherlands: Four Centuries of Landscape Painting by Dutch Masters
The Discovery of the Netherlands: Four Centuries of Landscape Painting by Dutch Masters
by Henk Van Os
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Published concurrently with Holland's inaugural Apeldoorn Garden and Landscape Architecture Triennial, The Discovery of the Netherlands explores how the genre of Dutch landscape painting has played a role in the viewer's appreciation of the landscape... (read more)

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From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by And Metropolitan Museum Of Ar Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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Published in conjunction with the 1999 exhibition of the same name, ten essays and 317 illustrations (157 in color) depict northern Renaissance painting in Belgium and the Netherlands. This lovely book includes such artists as Van Eyck, Campin, Van... (read more)

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Swiss Drawings 1990-2010
Swiss Drawings 1990-2010
by Julie Enckell Juillard
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The last two decades of Swiss art have seen both a revival of classic styles and the development of new techniques in the medium. This beautifully illustrated book presents contributions by more than 40 artists and ten writers.... (read more)

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Swedish Design: The Best in Swedish Design Today
Swedish Design: The Best in Swedish Design Today
by Susanne Helgeson
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The author presents a survey of over 30 Swedish designers, from glass and textile designers to ceramic artists and furniture makers, which provides an insight into Scandanavian design philosophies. The work of 14 Swedish photographers illustrates the... (read more)

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Dutch Painting: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library)
Dutch Painting: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library)
by Christopher Brown
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The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by... (read more)

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A Reflection of Holland: The Best of the Hague School in the Rijksmuseum
A Reflection of Holland: The Best of the Hague School in the Rijksmuseum
by Renske Suyver
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The sea, the Dutch landscape, and simple country life were sources of inspiration for a group of 19th-century painters who became known as the Hague School. With works by Jacob Maris, Jozef Israëls, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Anton Mauve, and many... (read more)

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Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas
Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas
by Zbigniew Herbert
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In Still Life with a Bridle, poet and essayist Zbigniew Herbert takes an intriguing look at the cultural, artisitic, and aesthetic legacy of 17th-century Holland. These sixteen essays reveal Hervert's discriminating artistic eye and poetic sensibility... (read more)

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Dutch Landscapes
Dutch Landscapes
by Desmond Shawe Taylor
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Dutch artists dominated the genre of landscape painting in the seventeenth century, and Dutch Landscapes brings together more than one hundred lavish color images of their beautiful paintings, which remain popular with art lovers and museum-goers today.... (read more)

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Dutch Painting
Dutch Painting
by R H Fuchs
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Dutch art spans the history of Western easel painting from the Middle Ages to the present, and has a psychological development of its own which makes it a fascinating field of study.... (read more)

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Dutch Painting PB
Dutch Painting PB
by Madlyn Millner Kahr
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This new edition of an established survey of the Golden Age of Dutch painting has been revised, corrected, and updated in the text, notes, and bibliography as a result of new scholarship. The author has written a new preface to this edition. Rembrandt... (read more)

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Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Hmq
Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Hmq
by Christopher White
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The Royal Collection contains one of the finest and most varied collections of Old Master paintings in the world. The 147 works catalogued in the present volume are by Flemish artists who were active principally in the seventeenth century; they include... (read more)

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The 17th-18th Century Flemish Painting: State Hermitage Museum Catalogue
The 17th-18th Century Flemish Painting: State Hermitage Museum Catalogue
by Natalia Ivanovna Gritsai
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The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg houses a relatively small but choice collection of 16th- to 19th-century British paintings, among them Thomas Gainsborough's vibrant Portrait of a Lady in Blue (c. 1770) and his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds' vast... (read more)

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Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: From the Sixteenth and the Nineteenth Century
Northern European Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art: From the Sixteenth and the Nineteenth Century
by Peter C Sutton
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A substantial catalogue of the vast holdings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. More than 150 works of art are presented and explicated by Peter C. Sutton, a former curator at the PMA. Over a decade in the making, this scholarly work presents a... (read more)

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Mirror of Empire: Dutch Marine Art of the Seventeenth Century
Mirror of Empire: Dutch Marine Art of the Seventeenth Century
by George Keyes
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These topics include the Dutch trade routes that assured the Dutch Republic its preeminent position in seventeenth century Europe, the design and function of Dutch ships, the iconography of Dutch marine paintings as found in Dutch genre pictures of the... (read more)

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What Life Was Like in Europe's Golden Age: Northern Europe, Ad 1500-1675
What Life Was Like in Europe's Golden Age: Northern Europe, Ad 1500-1675
by Time Life
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Drawing on art, artifacts, and literature that was left behind, these richly illustrated volumes recount captivating tales of everyday life in long-ago vanished worlds.... (read more)

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A Moral Compass
A Moral Compass
by Arthur K Wheelock
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Painting in the Netherlands during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries offers a compelling visual record of the tastes and values of a prosperous society mindful of its obligation to personal and public standards. This richly illustrated volume... (read more)

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Flemish and Dutch Painting: From Van Gogh, Ensor, Magritte, Mondrian to Contemporary Artists
Flemish and Dutch Painting: From Van Gogh, Ensor, Magritte, Mondrian to Contemporary Artists
by Rudi Fuchs
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Connections between Dutch art and international modern art.... (read more)

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Dutch Moderne: Graphic Design from de Stijl to Deco
Dutch Moderne: Graphic Design from de Stijl to Deco
by Steven Heller
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Despite Holland's small size, its contribution to twentieth-century avant-garde design has been profound. The first English-language book to document the elegant typography and streamlined imagery representative of Dutch art moderne between the two world... (read more)

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Scandinavian Modernism
Scandinavian Modernism
by Serge Fauchereau
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Published to coincide with a major exhibition, this study of Scandinavian painting of the 1920s and 1930s includes 140 works assembled from the national galleries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and from other Scandinavian public and... (read more)

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TLC: The Low Countries 18: Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands
TLC: The Low Countries 18: Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands
by Luc Devoldere
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