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Rembrandt
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Painters)
- Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 93
We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed - or even murdered.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Couldn’t take it
- De Amira en 03-05-22
De: Jennifer Dasal
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Twelve Caesars
- Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (Bollingen Series)
- De: Mary Beard
- Narrado por: Mary Beard
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book - against a background of today’s “sculpture wars” - Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the Western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the “Twelve Caesars”, from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This foray into art history is a disappointment.
- De Stephen J Chiulli en 11-10-21
De: Mary Beard
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Turner
- The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
- De: Franny Moyle
- Narrado por: John Sackville
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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J. M. W. Turner is one of the most important figures in Western art, and his visionary work paved the way for a revolution in landscape painting. Over the course of his lifetime, Turner strove to liberate painting from an antiquated system of patronage. Bringing a new level of expression and color to his canvases, he paved the way for the modern artist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Balanced biography of a complex artist
- De Thomas S. en 05-05-17
De: Franny Moyle
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Leonardo and the Last Supper
- De: Ross King
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 11 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most influential and beloved works of art - The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point personally and professionally: at 43, in an era when he had almost reached the average life expectancy, he had failed, despite a number of prestigious commissions, to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative yet creative
- De Isabellabasil en 05-27-15
De: Ross King
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Foursome
- Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
- De: Carolyn Burke
- Narrado por: Amanda Carlin
- Duración: 16 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
New York, 1921: Acclaimed photographer Alfred Stieglitz celebrates the success of his latest exhibition - the centerpiece, a series of nude portraits of his soon-to-be wife, the young Georgia O'Keeffe. The exhibit acts as a turning point for the painter poised to make her entrance into the art scene. There, she meets Rebecca Salsbury, the fiancé of Stieglitz’s protégé, Paul Strand, marking the start of a bond between the couples that will last more than a decade and reverberate throughout their lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A competent account of four interesting lives
- De Sil A. en 11-21-20
De: Carolyn Burke
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The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- De: Laura Cumming
- Narrado por: Siobhan Redmond
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 138
When John Snare, a 19th-century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he stumbled on a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation. The Charles of the painting was young - too young to be king - and yet also too young to be painted by the Flemish painter to which the work was attributed. Snare had found something incredible - but what? His research brought him to Diego Velázquez, whose long-lost portrait of Prince Charles has eluded art experts for generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fascinating study of art history
- De Ron en 07-02-16
De: Laura Cumming
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What the Ermine Saw
- The Extraordinary Journey of Leonardo da Vinci's Most Mysterious Portrait
- De: Eden Collinsworth
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Five hundred and thirty years ago, a young woman sat before a Grecian-nosed artist known as Leonardo da Vinci. Her name was Cecilia Gallerani, and she was the young mistress of Ludovico Sforza, duke of Milan. Sforza was a brutal and clever man who was mindful that Leonardo’s genius would not only capture Cecilia’s beguiling beauty but also reflect the grandeur of his title. But when the portrait was finished, Leonardo’s brush strokes had conveyed something deeper by revealing the essence of Cecilia’s soul.
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4 out of 5 stars
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So Many Names
- De Sue Solomon en 12-13-22
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The Art of Rivalry
- Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
- De: Sebastian Smee
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 192
Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows eight celebrated artists, each linked to a counterpart by friendship, admiration, envy, and ambition. All eight are household names today. But to achieve what they did, each needed the influence of a contemporary - one who was equally ambitious but who possessed sharply contrasting strengths and weaknesses.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Death by bob souer
- De SKWAD en 01-18-18
De: Sebastian Smee
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What Are You Looking At?
- The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art
- De: Will Gompertz
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 110
What is modern art? Who started it? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it such big money? Join BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz on a dazzling tour that will change the way you look at modern art forever. From Monet's water lilies to Van Gogh's sunflowers, from Warhol's soup cans to Hirst's pickled shark, hear the stories behind the masterpieces, meet the artists as they really were, and discover the real point of modern art.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding History of Modern Art
- De Earth Lover en 07-24-20
De: Will Gompertz
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Paris, City of Dreams
- Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
- De: Mary McAuliffe
- Narrado por: Tim H. Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 29
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Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo as Georges Haussmann tore down and rebuilt Paris into the beautiful City of Light we know today. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire into the beloved city of today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb
- De Cheri Stocking en 02-17-23
De: Mary McAuliffe
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Caravaggio
- A Life Sacred and Profane
- De: Andrew Graham-Dixon
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 18 h y 24 m
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In the tradition of John Richardson's Picasso, a commanding new biography of the Italian master's tumultuous life and mysterious death. For four hundred years Caravaggio's (1571-1610) staggering artistic achievements have thrilled viewers, yet his volatile personal trajectory - the murder of Ranuccio Tomasini, the doubt surrounding Caravaggio's sexuality, the chain of events that began with his imprisonment on Malta and ended with his premature death - has long confounded historians.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting life
- De Jean en 08-28-13
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Eye of the Beholder
- Johannes Vermeer, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, and the Reinvention of Seeing
- De: Laura Snyder
- Narrado por: Tamara Marston
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 45
"See for yourself!" was the clarion call of the 1600s. Natural philosophers threw off the yoke of ancient authority, peered at nature with microscopes and telescopes, and ignited the scientific revolution. Artists investigated nature with lenses and created paintings filled with realistic effects of light and shadow. The hub of this optical innovation was the small Dutch city of Delft.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical book about the evolution of optics through the eyes of two geniuses
- De Memi en 04-12-17
De: Laura Snyder
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Tom and Jack
- The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock
- De: Henry Adams
- Narrado por: Wayne Thompson
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
The drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, trailblazing Abstract Expressionist, appear to be the polar opposite of Thomas Hart Benton's highly figurative Americana. Yet the two men had a close and highly charged relationship dating from Pollock's days as a student under Benton. Pollock's first and only formal training came from Benton, and the older man soon became a surrogate father to Pollock.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I suggest you READ, not listen...
- De Grace O'Malley en 07-01-16
De: Henry Adams
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- De: William E. Wallace
- Narrado por: Simon Callow
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peter’s project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Michelangelo, architect, urban designer, artist
- De Marco en 09-16-20
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The Judgment of Paris
- The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism
- De: Ross King
- Narrado por: Tristan Layton
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 333
While the Civil War raged in America, another very different revolution was beginning to take shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris. The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amid scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic movement has ever been, at its inception, quite so controversial.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Try this!
- De Robert en 10-28-08
De: Ross King
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Rembrandt
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Helen Drew
- 01-02-24
Good overview of Rembrandt
This audiobook is a good overview of Rembrandt and his biography. It includes discussions of his most important paintings, central themes of his oeuvre, and a little social history on the Dutch Golden Age -- all in an hour! I used the material to start prepping for an art history lecture on Rembrandt. Very useful for the broad picture.
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