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In hardly any other country did painting reflect the search for a national self-image as clearly as in the USA. From the colonial era to the landscape paintings of the Hudson River School and the confrontation with European Modernism, the entire loth…

With Art Nouveau there developed a new, international style under various names in the architecture and handicrafts from the 1880s onwards that sought to replace the forms of historicism with plant ornamentation and functional construction. A comprehensive…

Art Nouveau developed in very different forms between the 1880s and the First World War, starting in Western Europe. Organic lines and plant forms, building in iron, glass and concrete, as well as the idea of the “Gesamtkunstwerk” (Complete work of art)…

The book traces the history of Venetian art from the beginnings to the end of the Republic of Venice - with buildings, paintings, mosaics, sculptures, and glass objects reflecting the international contacts of the medieval trading republic.

Between popular masterpieces and rather little known artists, this book unfolds nine centuries of the history of French painting. It contains more than 450 works showing medieval frescoes, Gothic illuminations, Renaissance portraits, neoclassical or…

Painting from 1200 to 1500 is a mirror of its time, marked by deep religiousness as well as progressive tendencies, by economic prosperity as well as devastating wars and epidemics. A religious perspective is joined by secular themes and efforts to achieve…

In the 1860s, a style of painting emerged in Paris which fundamentally called into question the artistic concepts that had been prevalent in academies up to that time. Impressionist artists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas now focused on their impression…

With more than eight million visitors a year, the Louvre is the museum with the most visits in the world. Its extensive collection of paintings reflects the history of European art from the 13th to the early 19th century. With over 400 plates, detail…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue in New York has been one of the most important museums in the world since its founding in 1870. Its extensive collection includes works from nearly all cultures of human history - from ancient Egyptian artifacts…

From New Mexico all the way up north to Canada runs the mighty folded mountain range of the Rocky Mountains. Some of the most beautiful national parks like the Yellowstone National Park, colourful canyons, wide steppes, and huge forests characterize…

Discover this splendid monograph on Georges Seurat, from the Les Carrés d'Art collection. The artist is the master of pointillism/divisionism. It is very popular with the public, and most of his works have been purchased by American museums.

Born in Venice, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo rose to become one of the most important artists of the 18th century. He found great clients not only in Italy, but also in Würzburg. His frescoes in the Würzburg Residenz, which congenially integrate…

Between 1890 and the beginning of the First World War, a new international style developed in architecture and design. Following the example of the English Arts and Crafts movement, the representatives of Art Nouveau turned against the eclectic excesses…

Amusement, astonishment, irritation, even indignation: the composite heads of Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526/7-1593) may prompt a whole range of emotions, but no one can remain indifferent to them. Combining the impact of surprise with the aesthetics of the…

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot was one of the greatest painters of human representations. His work is known all over the world, but has so far remained rather hidden from the general public. Above all, he is regarded as the most important modern landscape…

"L'Hexagone" is the down-to-earth description the French give their hexagonally-shaped country, which lies between Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Andorra, Spain, Monaco and Italy. The mythical capital, Paris, has the greatest urban,…