Robert Cumming is an academic who has extensively studied the lives and connoisseurship of influential figures like Berenson and Clark. His research offers deep insights into their approaches to art appreciation and their impact on art history, examining their critical perspectives and intellectual legacies.
Exploring art on your own terms, this first installment of the Slow Looking series invites readers to engage deeply with visual experiences. It encourages a personal journey of discovery, allowing individuals to develop their own interpretations and appreciation of art. Through thoughtful insights and guidance, it aims to enhance the way readers perceive and connect with various artworks.
This book is an informative paper on rubber production, specifically the production of Indiarubber and Pneumatic Tyre Factories. The paper was presented before the Insurance Society of Edinburgh in November of 1904.
The book delves into the philosophy of art through the lens of Edgar Degas's famous quote, emphasizing the transformative power of artistic expression. It explores how artists convey emotions and perspectives, inviting viewers to engage with their work on a deeper level. By examining various artistic techniques and the impact of perception, the narrative highlights the relationship between creator and audience, ultimately suggesting that art's true essence lies in its ability to evoke thought and feeling in others.
This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive guide to western artists, themes, paintings, techniques and stories. Packed full of large, full-colour images of iconic works and lesser-known gems, Art: A Visual History covers over six-hundred and fifty artists, providing an expansive view of art history. Covering every era, from early art in 3000BCE to contemporary work, with chronological features on the major schools and movements and close-up critical appraisals of twenty-two masterpieces, this book is a broad but thorough introduction to art history. A firm foundation in the subject is ensured by an exhaustive glossary of art terms which reinforces technical knowledge such as an ability to identify impressionism from expressionism. Art: A Visual History addresses the question 'what makes great art?' With detailed referencing, crisp reproductions and a fresh new look, this book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in art history.
The result of many years painstaking research of both primary and secondary sources, the book is both a comprehensive gazetteer and a history of the windmills in north west kent and that bit of Kent now absorbed into London.
This book shows you what others only tell you. Perfect for any art-lover, this is the definitive visual guide to enjoying and appreciating art. From old masters and modern greats to key movements and styles, discover how masterpieces were created and where they can be viewed. It is the ideal museum and gallery companion.
Your eyes will indeed be opened, and what you see in works of art will come newly alive when you have Robert Cumming, the former chairman of Christie's International Art Studies, as your guide.With tremendous erudition and tart, provocative opinions, Cumming zeroes in on the essential characteristics of more than 770 painters, showing us, for example, what it was that made Rembrandt's art unique. He explains the conventions of narrative and iconography in Western art, such as the representation of St. Lawrence, who is always seen lying on a hot griddle. And Cumming defines several hundred terms-- both technical (gouache, sfumato, craquelure) and critical/historical (Expressionism, Mannerism, the Hudson River School)-- that so often mystify a viewer.Cumming's no-nonsense guide is enlightening and entertaining; lavishly illustrated with the key works of hundreds of artists; concise and portable enough to use in the "field" (museums and galleries); and so substantial you will refer to it often at home.There is nothing like ART .
Explore 45 of the world's favourite masterpieces with an expert. Robert Cumming, Chairman of Christies Education, London, sets out to unravel the symbols and hidden messages of art by using detailed annotation to offer a deeper understanding and richer enjoyment of the world's favourite paintings.