An edition of Seas, cities and dreams (2000)

Seas, cities and dreams

the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky

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An edition of Seas, cities and dreams (2000)

Seas, cities and dreams

the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky

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323

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Seas, Cities and Dreams: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky
December 2001, Laurence King, Laurence King Pub
Hardcover in English
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Seas, cities and dreams: the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky
2000, Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King
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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
pt. 1. The life of Ivan Aivazovsky
Childhood, Theodosia
Imperial Academy, St. Petersburg
First steps; the trip to the Crimea, the trip to Italy
To Constantinople
Return to Theodosia
Kharkov & the Crimean war
The 1860s
The 1870s: the Constantinople again
The 1880s
The final years
Origins of Aivazovsky's art
Aivazovsky's technique
pt. 2. Seas, cities & dreams
The sea from calm to storm: The transparent wave
Storm
Shipwreck
Among the waves
Ice & frost
Cities & Places
The Crimea
Venice & Italian vedute
Constantinople, the Caucasus & the Aegean
Moscow & St. Petersburg
From dawn to dusk
Moonlight
Blue pictures
'Dreams': the Romantic inheritance
Historical pictures & commissions
pt. 3. Remarks, inventories & sources
Appendix 1: Aivazovsky & his public
Aivazovsky's signatures
Appendix 2: Chronological list of the paintings illustrated
Appendix 3: List of Aivazovsky's paintings in Soviet collections in 1962
Appendix 4: List of Aivazovsky's paintings executed before 1893, compiled by his biographer N.P. Sobko during the artist's lifetime
A note on sources
Selected bibliography
Notes
Index

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 320) and index

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London
Genre
Biography, Pictorial works

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Pagination
323 p. :
Number of pages
323

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OL17199482M
ISBN 10
1856692329
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463349

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