Portraits and self-portraiture in art

Award-winning artist Hashim Akib's striking portraits are at the heart of this inspirational book.

Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again.

A celebrated young British artist uses her gift to convey the dignity and resilience of women survivors of violence in forgotten corners of the world.

Das Buch beleuchtet die Facetten des ultimativen, von modischen Torheiten – scheinbar – verschonten Kleidungsensembles aus Rock, Weste, Hemd, Hose und Halsbinder.

Kickstart your creativity and create a masterpiece with step-by-step workshops and advice from professional artists.

Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) has recently been recognised by a wide general public, as well as by art historians, as probably the greatest English painter of the twentieth century.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZECHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATORTHE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'A dazzling tour de force' THE TIMES 'Does justice to Freud's pitiless genius as an artist' DAILY MAIL 'You can hear Freud's voice on the page' OBSERVER 'Mesmerising the ideal companion to Freud's work' GUARDIANWilliam Feaver, Lucian Freud's collaborator, curator and close friend, knew the unknowable artist better than most.

Es lebe der Ausdruck!

'I am out of the country and will not be checking my emails' DAWN FRENCH 'The file is just showing up blank my end?

Create stunning portraits while developing your own remarkable artistic style with this practical, inspiring, and easy-to-follow guide.

Moving with the Magdalen is the first art-historical book dedicated to the cult of Mary Magdalen in the late medieval Alps.

The visual images of Queen Elizabeth I displayed in contemporary portraits and perpetuated and developed in more recent media, such as film and television, make her one of the most familiar and popular of all British monarchs.

This book examines the renowned portrait collection assembled by C.

The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (18521925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard Munch.

AIDS & Representation explores portraits and self-portraits made in response to the AIDS epidemic in America in the 1980s and 1990s.

Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms.

Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world.

Frederick Horsman Varley was unique among the members of the Group of Seven.

Pensacola is a city of many firsts.

A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time.

Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibitionChurchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a black Othello in the nineteenth century, the poet-artist Rossetti trying to capture on canvas what he couldn't possess in life, a surgeon-artist making studies of wounded faces brought in from the Battle of the Somme; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death.

One of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century, Jean Dubuffet has featured in a multitude of exhibitions and catalogues.

The definitive English-language account of a singular Nordic artistThe Norwegian painter, novelist, and social critic Christian Krohg (18521925) is best known for creating highly political paintings of workers, prostitutes, and Skagen fishermen of the 1880s and for serving as a mentor to Edvard Munch.

The first book to focus on the individualized portrayal of enslaved people from the late sixteenth century to abolition in 1888.

An original study of the relationship between comic acting and the visual arts in late-Georgian and Regency England.

The first book to focus on the individualized portrayal of enslaved people from the late sixteenth century to abolition in 1888.

What does it mean to face a life prison sentence?

Das Selbstporträt gehört zu den klassischen Motiven der Malerei, führt darüber hinaus aber auch zu der für die Moderne zentralen Frage nach den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Künstler*in und Werk.

Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Jean Lafittethe names conjure up a romantic, swashbuckling figure with a black patch over one eye, a cutlass in his teeth, and a brace of pistols tucked into his waistband.

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Step into the world of Renaissance genius and uncover the secrets behind the most celebrated portrait in art history.

Faces are more than a montage of organs that see, breathe, speak, hear, eat, sing, smell, and yell.

In Drawing and PaintingExpressive Little Faces, artist and popular Skillshare instructor Amarilys Henderson shares her practical and creative techniques for drawing and painting faces with style and personality.

Photographing interiors is not as easy as you might think, and it takes a lot of practice to produce consistently strong, high-impact compositions for your clients.

From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans, to 1918, when John Alberts, the last of Frank Duveneck's students, worked in Louisville, a wide variety of portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley.

One of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century, Jean Dubuffet has featured in a multitude of exhibitions and catalogues.

Rob Wareing has built a formidable international reputation as a portrait artist.

SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATORSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019'This exceptional book is far from standard biography A compendium of high-grade gossip about everyone from Princess Margaret to the Krays, a tour of the immediate post-war art world, a snapshot of grimy London and a narrative of Freud's career and rackety life and loves Leaves the reader itchy for volume two' SUNDAY TIMES, ART BOOK OF THE YEAR'Brilliant Freud would have approved' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Sparkling' SUNDAY TIMES 'Superlative packed with stories' GUARDIAN'Brilliant and compendious .

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLO ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history' JENNY PERY | 'An essential read' EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHINGMeet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history.

Drawing the human face has a timeless and universal appeal, though it's often perceived as being difficult to achieve.

An original study of the relationship between comic acting and the visual arts in late-Georgian and Regency England.

According to the defined canons of art technique, a portrait should be, above all, a faithful representation of its model.

Learn to create gorgeous portraits in watercolor using easy techniques.

Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms.

The Manuela Dias book design and Illustration Awards - General illustrations categoryAlexander Kennedy Ishister Award for Non-FictionEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookMcNally Robinson Book of the Year AwardThis is a truly unique book.

During the summer of 2011, armed with a camera and a map, award-winning Canadian filmmaker and photographer Afzal Huda set out to chronicle the Separation Wall in Palestine.