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Artwork enthusiasts world wide bear in mind with satisfaction Muchas fantastic images of Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha single-handedly revolutionized French poster paintings on the flip of the century with artwork nouveau ads for Moet & Chandon, task, Nestles, Benedictine brandy and «the flower of the nineties» Monaco Monte-Carlo. Muchas paintings used to be an thought to architects and architects who tailored his variety of sinuous plants and plant motifs for designing structures and furnishings. Muchas harmonious designs, delicate colours and magnificent draughtmanship have earned him the acceptance as one of many striking and influential photo artists of Europe. This wonderful and colourful booklet is the main actual list of Muchas paintings on hand. integrated are 163 full-color plates, a few showing right here for the 1st time considering that their unique e-book. an entire catalog part comprises 525 certain and illustrated entries and an in depth bibliography of books, periodicals and exhibition catalogs. Marina Hendersons advent, «Women and Flowers,» and Dr. Anna Dvoraks epilogue, «Illustrations for Books and Periodicals,» describe with perception Muchas existence, his achievements and his philosophy.
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Bode’s almost incessant travel from the late 1860s to the late 1910s would be all the more remarkable since he suffered regularly from both migraine headaches and circulatory problems, sometimes leading to his confinement in bed for months at a time. His insistence on persevering with his travels indicates how central personal observation of art works was to his method. the rise of a new art historian 51 * Scallen V5 02-02-2004 17:01 Pagina 52 (Zwart/Process Black Plaat) In August 1872 Bode began his fifty-year career in the Berlin museums, serving first as the assistant for the sculpture collection, where he was charged with the responsibility of forming a collection of plaster casts after important works of the Italian Renaissance.
The committee decided unanimously for the one in Darmstadt. Bode was among the fourteen committee members who signed the document stating their decision. Curiously, although Bode mentioned in his memoir that he had attended the symposium, he did not mention his role as a member of the special committee, even though this must have been a signal honor for the young connoisseur. 28 Between the completion of his doctoral work in late 1870 and his entry into the Berlin museums in 1872, Bode traveled to Hungary, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and even Russia, in each place deepening his firsthand knowledge of objects and establishing relationships with collectors, dealers, and other art historians.
Wurzbach concluded that the understanding of Rembrandt’s earliest phase was still rudimentary. He summarized Bode’s main points and his refutation of them, based on his own visual perceptions and augmented, where possi- 58 rembrandt, reputation, and the practice of connoisseurship * Scallen V5 02-02-2004 17:01 Pagina 59 (Zwart/Process Black Plaat) ble, by the judgments of other authorities who supported his position, and stated his belief that Bode had misrepresented the results of Rembrandt research.