Critical theory by Andrew Graham-Dixon. "... Graham-Dixon argues decisively against the preconception that the British are not a visual people. Starting with a revelatory account of the almost unknown masterpieces of the Catholic Middle Ages, [Dixon] celebrates the beauty and the brilliance of Britain's artistic heritage - from Thomas Gainsborough to Damien Hirst, William Hogarth to David Hockney, John Constable to Henry Moore. ... [details]
Anthology of writings by Paul Éluard. Artists mentioned include Angelico, Henri Bellechose, François Boucher, Eugène Boudin, Pierre Breughel, Jacques Callot, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Baptiste Chardin, Petrus Christus, Cimabué, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Honoré Daumier, Louis David, Eugène Delacroix, Albrecht Dürer, Jan van Eyck, Jean Fouquet, Théodore Géricault, Giorgio Giorgione, Giotto, Hugo Van der Goes, Vincent van Gogh, Francisco de Goya, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Frans Hals, William Hogarth, Hokusai, Hans Holbein, Dominique Ingres, Georges de la Tour, Louis Le Nain, Eustache Le Sueur, Lucas de Leyde, Claude Lorrain, Édouard Manet, Masaccio, Michel-Ange, Jean-François Millet, Adrien van Ostade, Outamaro Kitagara, Picasso, Nicolas Poussin, Prudhon, Raphael, Rembrandt, Joshua Reynolds, Henri Rousseau, Peter Paul Reubens, Ruysdaël, Tintoretto, Titian, Jan Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, Jean-Antoine Watteau, and Roger van der Weyden. ... [details]