Description |
240 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 31 cm |
Contents |
Sponsor's foreword / Herbert Smith -- Foreword / Sany Nairne -- Beaton portraits 1928-1968 remembered / Roy Strong -- Beaton's forebears and contemporaries : a photographic legacy / Terence Pepper -- Chronology / Terence Pepper -- Portraits of Beaton -- Beaton in brilliantia / Peter Conrad -- Plates: 1922-1939 the wandering years : London, Paris, New York and Hollywood -- 1940-1950 the years between : the war years and post-war years -- 1951-1960 the strenuous years : picturing the arts -- 1961-1978 partying and the parting years : apotheosis and retrospection |
Summary |
"Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was one of the most renowned photographers of his generation. A major contributor to Vogue and Vanity Fair in Britain, France, and America, Beaton captured for posterity such admired subjects as artists Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, and Richard Avedon; actresses Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Greta Garbo; statesmen and politicians Winston Churchill and Robert Kennedy; and, of course, Britain's Royal Family. This sumptuously illustrated book - published on the centenary of Beaton's birth - brings together many of his evocative portraits in celebration of his remarkable life and work." "Gifted in an extraordinary range of fields, Beaton was noted for his flamboyant sense of style. His portraits, fashion photographs, book jacket designs, war reportage, designs for theater and film, and diaries mark him as one of the first international multi-media artists. This book features an illustrated essay discussing the wide range of the photographer's career as well as a portfolio of 160 reproductions of his most famous portraits and an extended illustrated chronology." "Beaton: Portraits is a comprehensive look at a tour-de-force photographer and is an essential book for anyone interested in photography, fashion, or twentieth-century style and design."--BOOK JACKET. ·ô |
Notes |
"Published in Great Britain by National Portrait Gallery Publications"--T.p. verso |
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"To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: portraits at the National Portrait Gallery , London 5 February 2004-31 May 2004, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg 11 March- 26 June 2005"--T.p. verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index |
Subject |
Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980 -- Exhibitions.
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Portrait photography -- Exhibitions.
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Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Author |
Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980.
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Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
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National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
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LC no. |
2003114451 |
ISBN |
0300102895 |
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