Venice : from Canaletto and Turner to Monet / edited by Martin Schwander on behalf of the Foundation Beyeler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwander, Martin, 1949-

Fondation Beyeler.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Painting.

Venice (Italy)--In art--Exhibitions.

Venice (Italy).

Painting--Italy--Venice--Exhibitions.

Italy--Venice.

Genre:

Art.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

Trade edition.

Place of Publication:

Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz, [2008]

Contents:

Preface / Ernst Beyeler, Sam Keller, and Martin Schwander

Introduction / Martin Schwander

Images of Venice : history and myths of a city / Martin Schwander

The Venetian veduta : Canaletto and Guardi / Bożena Anna Kowalczyk

The approach of night : Turner and La Serenissima / Ian Warrell

The palaces of the night : Whistler in Venice / Margaret F. MacDonald

The light of Venice : John Singer Sargent / Elaine Kilmurray

Anders Zorn and the Palazzo Barbaro / Alan Chong

Two paintings of the Grand Canal : Edouard Manet in Venice / Juliet Wilson-Bareau

Renoir's ambivalent response to La Serenissima / Christopher Riopelle

Pietro Fragiacomo and the soul of the lagoon / Giandomenico Romanelli

"Old oriental carpet reflecting itself in green waters" : Odilon Redon and Venice / Dario Gamboni

Venice between Turner and Monet : Paul Signac's neo-impressionist vision / Anne Distel

Moments : Monet's transformation of the Venetian veduta / Gottfried Boehm

Catalogue of works exhibited.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sept. 28, 2008-Jan. 25, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783775722414

3775722416

OCLC:

247882703

Publisher Number:

99937668853