Paintings and painting

Having been mistakenly perceived as a follower of Salvador Dali, Catalan surrealist painter and writer Angel Planells (1901-1989) has passed through the history of art practically unnoticed.

Having been mistakenly perceived as a follower of Salvador Dali, Catalan surrealist painter and writer Angel Planells (1901-1989) has passed through the history of art practically unnoticed.

First published in 1997, this volume will revolutionise the study of watercolour painting in Britain.

First published in 1997, this volume will revolutionise the study of watercolour painting in Britain.

First published in 1998, this volume explores the reinvention of Michelangelo in the Victorian era.

First published in 1998, this volume explores the reinvention of Michelangelo in the Victorian era.

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings.

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings.

This book, first published in 1933, was the first text on the general Hindu attitude to art.

This book, first published in 1933, was the first text on the general Hindu attitude to art.

Indian art, increasingly popular in the west, cannot be fully appreciated without some knowledge of the religious and philosophical background.

Indian art, increasingly popular in the west, cannot be fully appreciated without some knowledge of the religious and philosophical background.

This book is an exploration of how art-specifically paintings in the European manner-can be mobilized to make knowledge claims about the past.

Portraits are everywhere.

This book is an exploration of how art-specifically paintings in the European manner-can be mobilized to make knowledge claims about the past.

Portraits are everywhere.

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this book breaks new ground by considering how Robert Motherwell's abstract expressionist art is indebted to Alfred North Whitehead's highly original process metaphysics.

Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this book breaks new ground by considering how Robert Motherwell's abstract expressionist art is indebted to Alfred North Whitehead's highly original process metaphysics.

Published in 1981: This book is two-hundred Catalogues of the Major Exhibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.

Published in 1981: This book is two-hundred Catalogues of the Major Exhibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.

A richly rewarding narrative about a young painter's love affair with the Greek island of SifnosWhen Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work.

This work examines the fascinating life and art of the African American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988).

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) played a seminal role in Post-Impressionist France.

This reference organizes and describes the primary and secondary literature surrounding Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond, four major women Impressionist artists.

This reference provides biographical, historical, and critical information on Neo-Impressionist painting and its most significant painters.

A rare examination of the political, social, and economic contexts in which painters in Tudor and Early Stuart England lived and workedWhile famous artists such as Holbein, Rubens, or Van Dyck are all known for their creative periods in England or their employment at the English court, they still had to make ends meet, as did the less well-known practitioners of their craft.

A rare examination of the political, social, and economic contexts in which painters in Tudor and Early Stuart England lived and workedWhile famous artists such as Holbein, Rubens, or Van Dyck are all known for their creative periods in England or their employment at the English court, they still had to make ends meet, as did the less well-known practitioners of their craft.

This book is the first to explore, in depth, major painters of the period and the factors that shaped their art.

This book is the first to explore, in depth, major painters of the period and the factors that shaped their art.

The first of its kind - original, unique and beautifully illustrated by the author.

The first of its kind - original, unique and beautifully illustrated by the author.

The first full edition of the correspondence, between three artists Joanna Boyce, her brother George P.

An examination of the treatment of common land in the work of English painters, at a time when much of it was to disappear forever.

A vibrant and original perspective on the American Revolution through the stories of the five great artists whose paintings animated the new American republic.

***OUT NOW: James Cahill's new novel THE VIOLET HOUR***SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD'Divine .

A BELOVED CLASSIC FOR DOG LOVERS OF ALL AGESWith a new foreword by Ann PatchettIn the 1930s, Lucy Dawson's friendly, sympathetic portraits of dogs were so popular with readers of American and British magazines that she agreed to gather them together in a book, Dogs As I See Them.

Throughout his career, Henri Matisse used imagery as a means of engaging critically with poetry and prose by a diverse range of authors.

An entirely new perspective on Churchill and his paintings told in his own words and including material never before published, edited and introduced by David Cannadine.

Across almost 50 years, Winston Churchill produced more than 500 paintings.

Massive fire-breathing dragons can be terrifying or kind, evil or accomplices of the hero, but they're never supporting characters, and all expert fantasy artists know how to depict them.

A Beginner's Guide to Chinese Brush Painting teaches this ancient art form in an easy-to-understand wayno prior experience necessary!

This practical guide is perfect for those looking to try this ancient art form for the first time!

* Haydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low calibre bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain.

In The Red Earl Selina Hastings tells the extraordinary story of her father, Jack Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon In 1925, Hastings infuriated his ultra-conservative parents by turning his back on centuries of tradition to make a scandalous run-away marriage.

In The Red Earl Selina Hastings tells the extraordinary story of her father, Jack Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon.