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Christopher S. Wood

    Christopher Wood was Britain's leading writer and broadcaster on Victorian art. His extensive knowledge, honed during his thirteen years at Christie's, where he rose to director of nineteenth-century paintings, informed his insightful analysis of this vibrant artistic period. He offered a unique perspective on the era's artistic output, making complex subjects accessible to a broad audience.

    Albrecht Altdorfer and the origins of landscape
    The Pre-Raphaelites
    Victorian Painting in Oils and Watercolours
    The Painted Garden
    Tissot
    Paradise Lost
    • The Embedded Portrait

      Giotto, Giottino, Angelico

      • 376 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      This study explores the evolution and significance of portraiture during the early Renaissance, examining how artists captured individuality and emotion in their subjects. It delves into the cultural and historical contexts that influenced these artworks, highlighting key figures and techniques that defined the era. Through detailed analysis, the book reveals the impact of these portraits on the development of art and society, offering fresh insights into the relationship between the artist, the sitter, and the viewer.

      The Embedded Portrait2023
    • A History of Art History

      • 472 stránek
      • 17 hodin čtení

      An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicamentsIn this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of writings, episodes, and personalities, this original and accessible account of the development of art-historical thinking will appeal to readers both inside and outside the discipline.The book shows that the pioneering chroniclers of the Italian Renaissance--Lorenzo Ghiberti and Giorgio Vasari--measured every epoch against fixed standards of quality. Only in the Romantic era did art historians discover the virtues of medieval art, anticipating the relativism of the later nineteenth century, when art history learned to admire the art of all societies and to value every work as an index of its times. The major art historians of the modern era, however--Jacob Burckhardt, Aby Warburg, Heinrich Wölfflin, Erwin Panofsky, Meyer Schapiro, and Ernst Gombrich--struggled to adapt their work to the rupture of artistic modernism, leading to the current predicaments of the discipline.Combining erudition with clarity, this book makes a landmark contribution to the understanding of art history.-- "Apollo Magazine"

      A History of Art History2019
      3,6
    • Environmental Impact Assessment

      A Comparative Review - Second Edition

      • 430 stránek
      • 16 hodin čtení

      This extensively updated edition offers a comprehensive international review of environmental impact assessment (EIA) practices, comparing systems from various countries, including the USA, UK, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and newly added South Africa. It serves as an authoritative resource for understanding the diverse approaches to EIA, highlighting the differences and similarities across these regions.

      Environmental Impact Assessment2002
    • Burne-Jones

      The Life and Works of Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)

      • 160 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      The centenary of Burne-Jones' death falls in 1998, and here the career of the greatest of all English romantic painters is reassesed. Throughout his lifelong association with William Morris and the Pre-Raphelites, Burne-Jones became one of the major figure in the late 19th-century art world. Here, for the first time in a quater of a century, his work and legacy will be restored to their rightful position as a major European artist.

      Burne-Jones1998
      3,7
    • The author discusses the development and characteristics of Victorian painting, setting them within the context of time. He covers the multifarious facets of painting styles, from social realists to fairy painters, whilst not neglecting traditional areas such as marine, landscape, sporting and animal. The various artistic movements- aesthetic, classical, romantic - are all considered. The book combines a study of the two mediums of oil and watercolour in a single volume.

      Victorian Painting in Oils and Watercolours1996
      4,0
    • The Queen's Pictures

      Old Masters from the Royal Collection

      • 96 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení

      The Queen's Old Masters from the Royal Collection

      The Queen's Pictures1995
      3,6
    • Paradise Lost

      Paintings of English Country Life and Landscape 1850-1914

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      Paradise Lost1993
      3,0
    • Paradise Lost

      Paintings of English Country Life and Landscape 1860-1914

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      Paradise Lost1988
      5,0
    • The Painted Garden

      English Watercolours 1850-1914

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      The Painted Garden1988
      4,0
    • Tissot

      • 160 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      Tissot is best known for his pictures of English and French society in the 1860s and 1870s, depicting in minute detail the ravishing costumes, decorative interiors and riverside scenes of the period. This book surveys Tissot's entire career and reveals the tensions and contradictions in his work.

      Tissot1986
      4,5
    • The Pre-Raphaelites

      • 160 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      All over Europe in 1848, governments and thrones were falling. In England, political revolution was averted, but in the same year three students started an artistic revolution that was to reverberate through the rest of the century. This is the story of the pre-Raphaelites.

      The Pre-Raphaelites1981
      4,2
    • Town Planning and Pollution Control

      • 245 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      WOOD, TOWN PLANNING AND POLLUTION CONTROL [PAPERBACK]. MANCHESTER, 1976, ix 239 p. figuras.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

      Town Planning and Pollution Control1976