Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (859 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 379135552X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Well done" according to N. Beautiful book. Very thorough articles. The variety of contributors comes together well. The selections of paintings and photos is great. I highly recommend this book for art history people, painters, and for anyone who appreciated beauty and has a coffee table. Wish I could get to the exhib
"As well as providing a comprehensive overview of the painter's career, the volume includes a wealth of high-quality illustrations that bring out Alma-Tadema's subtle handling of color and texture" -Choice Magazine "Replete throughout with wonderfully beautiful reproductions of his art, Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity is as comprehensive and informative as it is thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation. A consistently compelling and insightful study from beginning to end, Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity is unique and very highly recommended." -Midwest Book Review
Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s paintings were immensely popular among his contemporaries, and have since enchanted a wide audience through the medium of cinema. DeMille to Ridley Scott’s Gladiatorwill instantly recognize their origins in sets and costumes Alma- Tadema invented. Anyone who has ever enjoyed the great epic films of antiquityfrom Italian silent classics and Cecil B. Accompanied by glowing reproductions of the artist’s rich and detailed works, this book boldly re-assesses Alma-Tadema’s art through the idea of home: from his admiration for the interiors depicted in early Dutch paintings through his fascination with Pompeian ruins, to his creation of large studio houses that were artworks in their own right. Building upon Alma-Tadema’s renown as ”the archaeologist of artists,” the new scholarship in this impressive volume shows how the spaces he created and inhabited with his talented artist-wife Laura and their two daughters reflected an aesthetic vision that has thrilled viewers and other artists for more than a century. Appealing to general and scholarly audiences alike, this book underscores Alma-Tadema’s reputation as one of his era’s greatest creative talents.. This important re-evaluation of the Dutch- born painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema traces his personal and artistic
He is currently President of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. . Elizabeth Prettejohn is Professor of History of Art and Head of Department, History of Art, at the University of York (UK).Petr Trippi is the New York- based Editor-in-Chief of Fine Art Connoisseur