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Taschen Basic Art Series

20 primary works • 20 total works
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
- approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
- a concise biography
Arcimboldo
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3.89 · 2049 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1992 · 25 editions
An assessment of Arcimboldo's life and art.

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    Botero
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    3.84     · 76 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2003 · 7 editions
    Pleasantly plump With whimsical irony and…

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    Bruegel
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    4.31     · 449 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1994 · 30 editions
    At a time when artists were still primarily occupi…

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    Calder
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    4.04     · 74 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1998 · 7 editions
    When the final tally of key movers in the plastic …

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    Cézanne
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    4.23     · 545 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1995 · 31 editions
    Divine apples and Cézanne’s quest for “a harmony p…

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    Chagall
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    4.24     · 210 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1995 · 14 editions
    An artist of the 20th century, Marc Chagall (1887-…

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    Courbet
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    3.87     · 54 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2006 · 8 editions
    Unsentimental realism "I maintain," state…

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    Salvador Dalí: 1904-1989
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    4.21     · 2699 Ratings · 81 Reviews · published 1992 · 45 editions
    This lively biography presents the infamous surrea…

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    Degas
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    4.34     · 713 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1992 · 1 edition
    Capturing fleeting Degas’s mastery in the depictio…

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    Duchamp
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    3.87     · 206 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1978 · 40 editions
    An enigma to art historians and a great source of …

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    Ensor
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    4.09     · 100 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1999 · 12 editions
    Book by Becks-Malorny, Ulrike

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    Lucio Fontana
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    3.47     · 17 Ratings · published 2006 · 6 editions
    Concepts in Artworks as visual explanations of ide…

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    Lucian Freud: Beholding the Animal: Unflinching Truth
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    4.20     · 174 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2000 · 5 editions
    Unflinching truth British artist Lucian F…

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    Matisse
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    4.23     · 1735 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 1990 · 52 editions
    Henri Matisse (1869-1954), a cofounder of Fauvism,…

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    Yves Klein
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    3.91     · 161 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1995 · 16 editions
    That blue
    The artist who owned ultramarine

    In the mi…

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    Friedrich
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    4.10     · 240 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2003 · 19 editions
    Sublime Capturing nature's moody splendor …

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    Goya
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    4.08     · 360 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1998 · 25 editions
    An informative introduction to one of Spain's most…

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    Gauguin
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    3.96     · 385 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1988 · 62 editions
    A Frenchman in Tahiti After starting a ca…

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    Van Gogh
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    4.34     · 239 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2009 · 10 editions
    Livro ricamente ilustrado que acompanha a história…

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    Rivera
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    3.93     · 231 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1996 · 34 editions
    Diego Rivera - A revolutionary and troublemaker …

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