The Gentleman S And Connosseur S Dictionary Of Painters Containing A Complete Collection And Account Of The Most Distinguished Artists Who Have Flourished From 1250 1767 To Which Are Added Two Catalogues The One Of The Disciples Of The Most Famous Masters The Other Of Those Painters Who Imitated The Works Of The Eminent Masters So Exactly As To Have Their Copies Frequently Taken For Originals Etc

This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past.

You will enjoy this collection of essays about beautiful and fantastic paintings by artists throughout history. Contents: Tuscan Schools, Venetian Schools, Spanish Schools, Flemish School, Dutch School, German Schools, French School, English School, cont.

The Getty Museum's collection of drawings was begun in 1981 with the purchase of a Rembrandt nude and has since become an important repository of European works from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century. As in the first volume devoted to the collection (published in 1988 in English and Italian editions), the text is here organized first by national school, then alphabetically by artist, with individual works arranged chronologically. For each drawing, the authors provide a discussion of the work's style, dating, iconography, and relationship to other works, as well as provenance and a complete bibliography.

Since its first appearance in Germany in 1911, Jews and Modern Capitalism has provoked vehement criticism. As Samuel Z. Klausner emphasizes, the lasting value of Sombart's work rests not in his results-most of which have long since been disproved-but in his point of departure. Openly acknowledging his debt to Max Weber, Sombart set out to prove the double thesis of the Jewish foundation of capitalism and the capitalist foundation of Judaism. Klausner, placing Sombart's work in its historical and societal context, examines the weaknesses and strengths of Jews and Modern Capitalism.