Individual artists, art monographs

Addison Mizner's Mediterranean-style mansions are much-admired Florida icons, where even today you can find many homes modeled with stucco walls and tiled roofs.

An illustrated examination of a 1995 work by Mike Kelley that marked a significant change in his work.

The study of the chimpanzee, one of the human species' closest relatives, has led scientists to exciting discoveries about evolution, behavior, and cognition over the past half century.

Though his father had faced bankruptcy, James Clarke Hook (1819-1907) nevertheless managed to paint himself into country-gentlemanhood, becoming famous for his landscapes of British coastal scenes and his ability to evoke not just the sights but also the sounds and even the smell of the sea.

An examination of the complex and subtle world on display in Rodney Graham''s film of an LSD-inflected bicycle ride.

An illustrated examination of one of Hirschhorn''s “precarious” monuments, now dismantled.

Este libro compila el esfuerzo del Semillero de Investigacion en Primatologia y Conservacion de sus Ecosistemas (SIPCE) y el Laboratorio de Historia Natural (IZBD) del Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Caldas por resaltar y divulgar informacion asociada a las especies de primates y otros vertebrados que habitan en el departamento con miras a su conservacion.

La entrevista con Sissy Engl, una reconocida y exitosa cantante, actriz y coreógrafa, tuvo lugar el 6 de julio de 2012 en Múnich.

A world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel McKay expressed her genius through her celebrated baskets, her Dreams, her cures, and the stories with which she kept her culture alive.

From his earliest work with glass to the stunning aerial panoramas of Maine islands that have gained him far-reaching fame, Eric Hopkins has consistently explored boundaries-of medium, of space, of vision.

A world-class colorist of international standing in modern glass, Stephen Rolfe Powell creates his work in a quiet outpost of rural Kentucky.

LeRoy Neiman was arguably the world's most recognizable contemporary artist until his passing in June 2012.

Examining the career of a largely unstudied eighteenth-century engraver, this book establishes Jeronimo Antonio Gil, a man immersed within the complicated culture and politics of the Spanish empire, as a major figure in the history of both Spanish and Mexican art.

Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology.

A fascinating biography of a revolutionary American artist ripe for rediscovery as a photographer and champion of other artists   Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) was an enormously influential artist and nurturer of artists even though his accomplishments are often overshadowed by his role as Georgia O’Keeffe’s husband.

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.

Morris Graves is a major American painter with roots in the Pacific Northwest.

The first comprehensive biography of Mary Granville Delany – the artist and court insider whose flower collages, in particular, continue to inspire widespread admiration   Mrs Delany is best remembered for her captivating paper collages of flowers, but her artistic flourishing came late in life.

The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755'Ai1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette.

A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both   Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies.

Memory Work demonstrates the evolution of the pioneering minimalist sculptor Anne Truitt.

Thomas Bewick wrote A History of British Birds at the end of the eighteenth century, just as Britain fell in love with nature.

Louise Larocque Serpa often said she was born ';in the wrong place, to the wrong woman, at the wrong time.

This book is about celebrating so many beautiful cultures, customs, languages, and landscapes.

Amazingly, one can arrange numbers 1 through 6 to arrive at so many different combinations of 6-digit numbers.

Dahlov Ipcar is best known for her vibrant collage-style paintings of jungle and farm animals.

This guide introduces aspiring manga artists to drawing chibi characterswide-eyed caricatures beloved for their cartoonish exaggeration.

"e;Reading Patricia Vigderman is like attending an ideal dinner party, where everyone has read your favorite books.

Only now can we see Paul Cezanne as the invisible genius at the very inception of modern art.

Identified as "e;the first designer of what would become known as Swedish Modern"e; by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.

In words and photographs, the story of visionary architect Addison Mizner* Introduced the Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles to southern Florida* Designed and developed the resort town of Boca Raton* Designed the exquisite Everglades Club in Palm BeachAddison Mizner transformed Palm Beach and South Florida with his visionary architecture.

A richly illustrated new exploration of the painting, photography, and illustration of the politically progressive American artist Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity offers a fresh and wide-ranging account of the work of Ben Shahn (18981969), a Jewish immigrant from Russian-controlled Lithuania who became one of America's most prominent and prolific ';social viewpoint' artists from the Great Depression through the Vietnam War.

A richly illustrated history of the glittering world of queer artistic life in the 1920s and '30sIn Queer Moderns, Alice Friedman tells the fascinating story of the queer avant-garde of the 1920s and '30s in New York, Paris, and Venice, as seen through the eyes of Max Ewing (19031934), a young musician, photographer, and man-about-town who, although virtually unknown today, moved in extraordinary circles.

When artist Tom Curry first moved to Maine, his house overlooked a small, uninhabited island in Eggemoggin Reach.

Winslow Homer was the antithesis of the unkempt bohemian artist of the nineteenth century.

Acclaimed photographer Kosti Ruohomaa is widely known for his photographs of hard scrabble Yankees in mid-century Maine.

This book is targeted to all Indie Artist who is looking to gain some basic knowledge about the vital steps to solidify themselves as Indie Artist.

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"e;There was never an artist who came close to capturing horror and dread like Lee Brown Coye.

Por detrás dos retratos de Frida Kahlo esconde-se a história da sua vida - todo um trabalho elaborado a partir de gritos de cólera e fúria, misturado numa potente combinação artisticamente excepcional.

The deeply personal story of artist, activist, and influencer Laetitia Ky, told through the powerful sculptures she creates with her own hair that embrace Black culture and beauty, the fight for social justice, and the journey toward self-love.

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Jenseits der Sonnenblumen, der Schwertlilien und des Porträts von Doktor Gachet befindet sich ein Mensch, Vincent van Gogh (geboren 1853; gestorben 1890) mit all seiner Begabung und Zerbrechlichkeit.

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) est un artiste incontournable de l’Expressionnisme.

Paul Cézanne (Aix-en-Provence, 1839 – 1906)Depuis sa mort il y a deux siècles, Cézanne est devenu le peintre le plus célèbre du XIXe siècle.

Hieronymus Bosch, der um 1450 im niederländischen 's-Hertogenbosch geboren wurde, gehört zu den Künstlern, deren Werke den Kunsthistorikern bis heute Rätsel aufgeben.

Maler, Designer, Hersteller von seltsamen Gegenständen, Autor und Filmemacher: Dali wurde der Berühmteste der Surrealisten.

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is one of the great Expressionist painters.

Whistler's work can be divided into four periods.