"Because western art is by definition topical, it is also by necessity representational, and often narrative. Western artists must therefore rely on a certain degree of realism to express themselves visually. While this tendency toward realism is out of keeping with abstract impressionism, which dominated the art world in the latter half of the twentieth century, it resonates positively with today's audiences.Since the early 1990s, the D ..."
"The art movement known as Impressionism has not always been as popular as it is today. When it first emerged in France in the last decades of the 19th century, critics reacted harshly, and few paintings were acquired by museums. This book, published to accompany a 1999 exhibition in the USA, explores how Impressionist works made their way into European museums: who collected them, when, and why - and why not. Extensively illustrated, th ..."
"This aptly named volume brings together 91 masterpieces in oil and watercolor by 44 artists, the zenith of England's sublime landscape tradition. These beautiful, innovative works represent the most talented artists of the genre -- including Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Turner, and Constable."
"To twenty-first-century observers, artistic training may seem an unnecessary frill in a soldier’s education. But during the nineteenth and even the twentieth centuries, military officers were expected to sketch battlefields and design fortifications. Officers of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, which organized exploring expeditions, were asked to return with the information needed to map the expanding American West. Thus, the ..."
Sweet on the West How Candy Built a colorado Treasure (Western Passages) by DenverArtMuseum, Ann Scarlett . Daley Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2008 by DenverArtMuseum ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-9969-6, ISBN: 0-8061-9969-5
"William and Dorothy Harmsen were true American entrepreneurs whose ice-cream store, founded in 1949, grew into the wildly successful Jolly Rancher Candy Company. This volume highlights the Harmsens’ legacy as Colorado businesspeople and philanthropists.Bill and Dorothy lived their passion for the West, among other ways, through art. Beginning in 1967, they built a collection that broadly encompassed the American West. They bought works ..."
"Presents a view of Samaras' art as developed over the last 20 years including panoramas, photo transformations, boxes, the mirrored corridor, bronzes, chairs, and dot and disc paintings"
"In the 13th century the nomadic tribes of Mongolia came together briefly under the inspired leadership of Genghis Khan to create one of the largest empires the world has ever known. It survived barely a century, but its impact on popular imagination has been great. Beginning in the 16th century, leaders struggled to reunite the Mongol tribes and to recast the forms of their early empire in art. This renaissance produced a vast legacy of ..."
Chiseled With a Brush(1st Edition) Italian Sculpture 1860-1925 from the Gilgore Collections by Ian Wardropper, Fred : Licht, DenverArtMuseum Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 1994 by Univ Of Washington Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-86559-130-1, ISBN: 0-86559-130-X
"The catalogue accompany the exhibition: Chiseled with a Brush: Italian Sculpture, 1860-1925, from the Gilgore Cllections, organized by Ian Wardropper. The Art Institute of Chicago. May 14 - August 14, 1994; Denver Art Museum, October 29, 1994 - January 29, 1995. Copyright 1994. 9 x 11 1/2". 136 pages, 34 full-page color plates; numerous b/w illustrations. (ML)"
"This aptly named volume brings together 91 masterpieces in oil and watercolor by 44 artists, the zenith of England's sublime landscape tradition. These beautiful, innovative works represent the most talented artists of the genre -- including Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Turner, and Constable."
Jerry Kunkel [catalog of an exhibition] May 5-June 2 by Jerry Kunkel, DenverArtMuseum Paperback, 28 Pages, Published 1974 by DenverArtMuseum ISBN-13: 978-0-914738-01-5, ISBN: 0-914738-01-1
Treasures of the Old West Paintings and Sculptures from the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art by Peter A. Hassrick, DenverArtMuseum Paperback, 126 Pages, Published 1984 by Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-2282-2, ISBN: 0-8109-2282-7
"Winner, Colorado Book Award, Best History Book, 2005In the spring of 2004, the Denver Art Museum opened the largest exhibition of Mexican colonial painting ever assembled outside of Mexico. It included sixty masterpieces from public and private collections in Europe, Mexico, and the United States. This catalogue of the exhibit provides a much-needed basic yet comprehensive text on the subject. The paintings featured in this fully illust ..."
"Catalog for the exhibition of Navajo weaving that ran through 4 Oct. 1992 in Denver. It will travel to Phoenix, DC, Omaha, and NYC during 1994 and 1995. The show comprises the Gloria F. Ross Collection of Contemporary Navajo Weaving of the Denver Art Museum. Fine color photos of the work with biographical sketches and comments of the weavers. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or."
Prairie(1st Edition) Photographs by Robert Adams, DenverArtMuseum Paperback, Published 1978 by DenverArtMuseum ISBN-13: 978-0-914738-13-8, ISBN: 0-914738-13-5
"Picturesque Images From Taos and Santa Fe: an Exibition Sponsored By the First National Bank of Denver & the Denver Art Museum (January 12-March 17, 1974)."
"Early Chinese Art from the Sze Hong Collection Julia M. White, Ronald Y. Otsuka,
Denver Art Museum. Notes. 1. See Walter Hochstader, "Pottery and Stonewares
of Shang, Chou and Han," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern ... relief
decoration, in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat. is illustrated in
Trubner, Arts of the Han Dynasty, p. 28, no. ... 124; although the Mancheng
vessel has an important inscription, the shape is ..."
DenverArtMuseum Major Works in the Collection by DenverArtMuseum Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1981 by DenverArtMuseum ISBN-13: 978-0-914738-21-3, ISBN: 0-914738-21-6
"In the decades bracketing the turn of the twentieth century, Charles M. Russell depicted the American West in a fresh, personal, and deeply moving way. To this day, Russell is celebrated for his paintings and sculptures of cowboys at work and play, his sensitive portrayals of American Indians, and his superlative representations of landscape and wildlife. This handsome book--a companion volume to the acclaimed Charles M. Russell: A Cata ..."