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Great art explained : the stories behind the world's greatest masterpieces / James Payne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, James (Author on art), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art appreciation.
- Art--History.
- Art.
- art history.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2025.
- Summary:
- Art appreciation made accessible, relevant and entertaining; writer, curator, and YouTube sensation James Payne demystifies great works of art.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Zhang Zeduan (Attrib.): Along the River During the Qingming Festival 1085-1145
- Jan Van Eyck: The Arfolini Portrait 1434
- Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of Venus 1485
- Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights 1490-1500
- Michelangelo: La Pieta 1499
- Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa 1503
- Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith Beheading Holofernes 1620
- Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring c. 1665
- Élisabeth Vigeé le Brun: Marie Antionette in a Chemise Dress 1783
- Francisco de Goya: Saturn Devouring His Son c. 1819-23
- Katsushika Hokusai: Under the Wave Off Kanagawa 1830-32
- J. M. W. Turner: Rail, Steam and Speed 1844
- Auguste Rodin: The Kiss 1882
- Vincent Van Gogh: The Starry Night 1889
- Edvard Munch: The Scream 1893
- Pable Picasso: Les Desmoiselles D'Avignon 1907
- Gustav Kilimt: The Kiss 1907-8
- Claude Monet: Water Lilies 1914-26
- Hilma af Klint: Group X, Altarpiece No. 1 1915
- Suzanne Valadon: The Blue Room 1923
- Georgia O'Keeffe: Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 1932
- Frida Kahlo: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird 1940
- Edward Hopper: Nighthawks 1942
- Francis Bacon: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion 1944
- Salvador Dalí: The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1946
- Jean-Michel Basquiat: Hollywood Africans 1983
- Faith Ringgold: Woman on a Bridge #1 of 5: Tar Beach 1988
- El Anatsui: Dusasa II 2007
- Yayoi Kusama: The Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity 2009
- Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour 2019.
- Notes:
- "With 223 illustrations."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780500025956
- 0500025959
- OCLC:
- 1499988810
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000285567
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