Research Catalog

Men of art

Title
Men of art / by Thomas Craven.
Author
Craven, Thomas, 1888-1969.
Publication
New York : Simon and Schuster, 1931.

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Description
xxii, 524 p., 1 l. front., plates, ports.; 25 cm.
Summary
Limited ... to painting in the western world, beginning with giotto and the occidental tradition, and driving a straight course through successive developments down to and including the latest French modernism and the new mural art of North America. Introduction.
Subject
  • Painting > History
  • Painters
  • painters (artists)
  • Painting
  • Art > History
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Limited ... to painting in the western world, beginning with Giotto and the occidental tradition, and driving a straight course through successive developments down to and including the latest French modernism and the new mural art of North America."--Introd.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Bibliography and acknowledgments": p. 515-516.
Contents
1. The world before Giotto -- 2. Giotto -- 3. Florence -- 4. Leonardo Da Vinci -- 5. Michael Angelo -- 6. Venice: the courtesan city -- 7. Titian -- 8. The early Flemings -- 9. Rubens -- 10. The Dutch -- 11. Rembrandt -- 12. Three Spaniards: El Greco, Velasquez, Goya -- 13. Englishmen: Hogarth, Blake, Face-painters and artists, Turner -- 14. An American master -- 15. The French -- 16. Delacroix -- 17. Daumier -- 18. Impressionism -- 19. Cézanne -- 20. Modernism -- Conclusion: Hopes and fears for Americans.
LCCN
31026693
OCLC
  • ocm00185931
  • 185931
  • SCSB-1036336
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library