Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist Painters

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The Lives of the Painters Late Gothic to Renaissance Painters N664 Baroque Painters N665 Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist Painters N666 Western Painting Illustrated: Giotto to Cézanne N667 "In Lives of the Painters Canaday has written of what he knows best and loves best, and has done so with engaging warmth and with liveliness, tact, and intelligence. . . . [Lives of the Painters] is a tour de force that few, if any, contemporary critics could have accomplished with anything like the same degree of balance, comprehensiveness, organization, concision, and style." -Jay Jacobs, Art in America "Few publications provide the generál reader with a lively account of artists . . . [so] that their characters, both personal and artistic, can be grasped . . . Mr. Canaday's experience as a journalist has enabled him to compress information and to bring out the main points in a sprightly manner . . . [The book] will prove a happy treasure trove for those university teachers seeking to set... Tovább

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The Lives of the Painters Late Gothic to Renaissance Painters N664 Baroque Painters N665 Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist Painters N666 Western Painting Illustrated: Giotto to Cézanne N667 "In Lives of the Painters Canaday has written of what he knows best and loves best, and has done so with engaging warmth and with liveliness, tact, and intelligence. . . . [Lives of the Painters] is a tour de force that few, if any, contemporary critics could have accomplished with anything like the same degree of balance, comprehensiveness, organization, concision, and style." -Jay Jacobs, Art in America "Few publications provide the generál reader with a lively account of artists . . . [so] that their characters, both personal and artistic, can be grasped . . . Mr. Canaday's experience as a journalist has enabled him to compress information and to bring out the main points in a sprightly manner . . . [The book] will prove a happy treasure trove for those university teachers seeking to set subjects for student papers . . ." -Denys Sutton, New York Times Book Review John Canaday, senior art critic of The New York Times since 1959, has aroused the interest and respect of the art world, as well as somé controversy, for his strong, informed views. His earlier career included two decades of teaching art and art history and six years as chief of the Division of Education at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has written a number of highly praised and popular books on art, including Mainstreams of Modern Art and Embattled Critic. Corot, The Letter, detail. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929 Cover design: Jay J. Smith Vissza