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Edvard Munch 1863-1994 : des images de vie et de mort
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ISBN: 3822801704 9783822801703 Year: 1993 Publisher: Köln Benedikt Taschen

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Artvision : museummagazine
ISSN: 15705897 Year: 2003 Publisher: Voorburg Artvision

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Vincent van Gogh door Vincent
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ISBN: 9028415009 Year: 1985 Publisher: Amsterdam Wereldbibliotheek

Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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ISBN: 0714839183 9780714839189 0714898287 9780714898285 Year: 2001 Publisher: London Phaidon

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"Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was one of the finest and most distinctive of the Victorian painters. Dutch-born, he moved to London in 1879, and became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with langorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean sea and sky." "In this original and penetrating study, Rosemary Barrow presents an absorbing and often amusing portrait of an exuberant personality who carved out a brillant career for himself at the heart of London's artistic and cultural elite. But above all she subjects the paintings to a fresh and rigorous scrutiny, revealing that Alma-Tadema was a highly knowledgeable student of antiquity, who made effective use of precise literary and archaeological allusions to play a game of interpretation with his viewers. Time and again the seeming innocence of the scenes he depicts is subverted by a mischievously placed inscription or statue, suggesting to the initiated a darker and usually risque meaning." "Like his contemporaries, Alma-Tadema was neglected after his death, but his paintings are once again admired for their beauty and their mastery of light, colour and texture. With its fresh and intriguing new insights into his personality and intentions, this book now provides a challenging reassessment of a major artist."--Jacket.

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