European Art Recommendations - For all ages

BOOKS for ADULTS

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Albrecht Durer : a Biography

by Jane Campbell Hutchison
Princeton University Press, 1990

Drawing on the artist's personal journals, diaries, and letters, and Agnes Durer's will, Hutchison documents Durer's international popularity and interaction with the royal, political, and religious leaders of a turbulent pre-Reformation Europe.

Art in Europe 1700-1830: A History of the Visual Arts in an Era of Unprecedented Urban Economic Growth (Oxford History of Art)

by Matthew Craske
Oxford University Press, 1997

The Oxford History of Art is a major series of ground-breaking, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated books by art historians at the forefront of new thinking.

Art of the Renaissance

by Lucia Corrain, L. R. Galante (Illustrator), Simone Boni (Illustrator)
Peter Bedrick Books, 2001

An illustrated survey of the art and culture of Renaissance Europe.

Carolinas Last Royalty : Exhibition of Paintings Prints, and Related Materials, Dwelle Gallery, April 26 through June 29, 1976

by Mint Museum of Arti
Mint Museum of Art, 1976.

Exihibition was for the 21st Wedgwood International Seminar, held at Dwelle Gallery, Delhom Gallery and Institute, Mint Museum of Art. Including artistic depictions of King George III.

Durer to Veronese: Sixteenth-Century Paintings in the National Gallery

by Jill Dunkerton, Susan Foister, Nicholas Penny
Yale University Press, 1999

"Durer to Veronese" examines the works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian, Gossaert, and Bronzino; creators of some of the most important masterpieces of the sixteenth century.

Encounters With Great Painters

by Roger Therond
Harry N. Abrams, 2001

In this series of photoessays, interviews, and anecdotes gathered from the popular French magazine Paris Match, we enter the worlds of 11 legendary artists who bare their dreams and visions to writers and photographers.

European Art Since 1850 (International Encyclopedia of Art Series)

by Nancy Malloy
Facts on File, 1997

This book is a quick resource guide to review each time period in art history. It describes the main themes in a clear and concise manner.

European Art to 1850 (International Encyclopedia of Art Series)

by Tony Lucchesi, Tony Lucchese, Fulvio Palumbo, Fulvio Palombo (Contributor)
Facts on File, 1997

This book is a quick resource guide to review each time period in art history. It describes the main themes in a clear and concise manner.

Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society

by Caroline Dakers
Yale University Press, 2000

This book -- the first major study of the Holland Park Circle of artists, architects, and their patrons – is a narrative of their lives, works, and influence and an analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values.

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

by Madeleine Hours
Abrams, 1984

In this volume, a noted French art Historian--aided by 92 magnificent illustrations, 40 in full color--tells the story of Corot's life and of the development of his art.

Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse

by Kenneth Wayne
Harry N. Abrams, 2002

This book features works by other Montparnasse artists such as Brancusi, de Chirico, Soutine, and Picasso. A special highlight is the inclusion of excerpts from a recently discovered, never-before-published novelette written by one of Modigliani's lovers about their experiences together.

Ninetheenth-Century European Art

by Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu
Harry N Abrams, 2002

A broad selection of issues and artists-including such luminaries as Goya, Delacroix, Ruskin, and Caspar David Friedrich-are brought together and accorded a commonality that transcends their styles and sentiments.

Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century

by John Brewer
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997

Historian John Brewer charts the growth of the literary and artistic milieus later amplified in cofeehouses, libraries, pleasure gardens, and theaters.

Renaissance

by Andrew Graham-Dixon
University of California Press, 1999

While spanning the breadth of avant-garde European art between c.1300 and c.1600, Graham-Dixon, formerly chief art critic for the London Independent, necessarily and appropriately focuses on the seminal Italian achievement.

Sister Wendy's 1000 Masterpieces

by Wendy Beckett, Patricia Wright (Contributor)
DK Publishing, 1999

Sister Wendy describes each masterpiece, giving attention to landmark works by the giants of Western art, and leading the reader to insights into symbolism, technique, and artistic inspiration. Includes a directory of museums and galleries where the original works are displayed.

KIDS BOOKS

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History of Art for Young People

by Anthony H.W. and Janson Janson
Harry N. Abrams, 1997

A comprehensive guide from prehistory through the 1990s, including suggestions for further reading; more than six hundred illustrations; definitions of people, events, concepts, and art terminology. As well as, essays on theater and music through the ages and on influential cultural and religious institutions.

I Spy a Freight Train: Transportation in Art (I Spy Series)

by Lucy Micklethwait
Greenwillow, 1996

Draws the viewer's eye to notice a transportation-related object in each of the well-known paintings represented in this work.

MULTIMEDIA

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Behind the Scenes with David Hockney

by First Run Features
1992

David Hockney, the world-famous artist whose work spans painting, drawing, book illustration, photo-collage and set design, shows how artists play with the conventions of perspective. [VHS]

Degenerate Art

by PBS Video
1995

Describes Nazi attacks on the avant garde and their desecration of modernist art culminating in the 1937 exhibition of "Entartete Kunst" (degenerate art) in Munich. The film also describes the opening of the Haus der Kunst and the Nazi approved art it exhibited. Produced in conjunction with the 1991 Los Angeles County Museum reconstruction of the "degenerate art" exhibition, which assembled more than 150 surviving masterworks from the original show and gathered photographic documentation, motion-picture footage and the recollections of witnesses of the time.[VHS]

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

by Kultur Video
1999

The Impressionist School produced controversial works that revolutionized art and were the inspiration for those who followed. Learn about the works of Van Gogh, Degas, Cezanne and others. [VHS]

Renaissance

by Kultur Video
1999

Hear about the age when techniques and inspirations--lost since the classical era--were rediscovered and reintroduced into the world of art. Learn about the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Holbein and Michaelangelo.[VHS]

Roman Art in the Vatican Museums

by Edizioni Musei Vaticani
1995

This series of videocassettes presents a comprehensive picture of the Vatican Museums. These museums represent five hundred years of papal art collecting and span all the important historical periods.[VHS]

Romanticism

by Kultur Video
1999

Examines the artists who came after the strict classicism of the 18th century, from Constable and Turner, through to the works of Goya and Gericault.[VHS]

Sister Wendy's Grand Tour

by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
1998

A tour of some of Europe's finest art museums and treasures.

MUSIC

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Music from the Royal Court

by Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Decca, 2003.

Music from the Royal Court. [CD]

WEBSITES

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Impressionism
http://www.impressionism.org

This site offers teachers several lesson plans to teach Impressionism as well as a virtual tour through France and the impressionism art movement.

Impressionism
http://www.impressionism.org

This site offers teachers several lesson plans to teach Impressionism as well as a virtual tour through France and the impressionism art movement.

National Gallery of Art, London
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk

The National Gallery, London, houses one of the greatest collections of European painting in the world. This site allows you to view the permanent collection online.

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections/european/european.htm

The Museum’s department of European art oversees a world-renowned collection including paintings, pastels, manuscript illuminations and sculpture, ranging in date from 1000 A. D. to the early 20th century.

Worcester Art Museum: European Art
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/cur_european.html

The Worcester Art Museum's distinguished collection of European paintings numbers over 478 works. It was the first American Museum to acquire works by a number of leading masters including Hogarth, Monet, Gauguin and Redon.

Museum of European Art
http://www.meaus.com

The Museum of European Art website features a small yet well-defined collection, a history of who’s who in European art and journal articles.

Web Gallery of Art
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/welcome.html

The Web Gallery of Art contains over 11,600 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800.