Individual artists, art monographs

Discover anew the herstory of art that Publishers Weekly calls illuminating and Foreword Reviews calls spirited for an enlightening art history read.

The art of the Ukiyo-e reflected the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation which, when it became accessible to the West, significantly influenced a number of European artists.

William Bouguereau (1825-1905) war ein Vertreter des französischen akademischen Klassizismus und des klassischen Realismus.

Leonardo pasó los primeros años de su vida en Florencia, su madurez en Milán y los últimos tres años de su existencia en Francia.

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.

Women, Art and Money in England establishes the importance of women artists' commercial dealings to their professional identities and reputations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion.

Author Michael Chabon described Ben Katchor (b.

In 1944, Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) wrote his first letter to fellow painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) after seeing Tobey's first solo show at the Willard Gallery in New York.

Artiste imprévisible et excentrique, le peintre américain Whistler est un véritable personnage de roman, admiré et très discuté.

Alberto Giacometti's attenuated figures of the human form are among the most significant artistic images of the twentieth century.

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Venise, 1697 – 1768) Comme son père, il commença sa carrière comme peintre de décors de théâtre.

Pornografisch, unsittlich, amoralisch und letztendlich sogar „entartet“ wurde die Kunst des Egon Schiele genannt.

Gustave Courbet(Ornans, 1819 – La Tour de Peilz, Suisse, 1877)Ornans, sa ville natale, se situe près la ravissante vallée du Doubs, et c'est là que jeune garçon, et plus tard en tant qu'homme, il acquit l'amour du paysage.

Jean Giraud (1938-2012) started drawing comics in the late 1950s for a variety of French comics magazines.

2016 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award for Non-Fiction - WinnerDavid Milne is one of Canada's finest artists, a man whose work speaks to the intricate beauty of the world as he experienced it.

Mit DeConceptualize – Zur Dekonstruktion des Konzeptuellen in Kunst, Film, Musik legt Stefan Römer nach Strategien des Fake (2001) und Inter-esse (2014) sein drittes Theoriebuch vor, das durch das Berliner Förderprogramm Künstlerische Forschung ermöglicht wurde.

Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and Raymond Pettibon-these Southern California artists formed a "e;bad boy"e; trifecta.

The political and social turmoil of the twentieth century took Magda Nachman from a privileged childhood in St.

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century.

The first English-language book about Joanna Rajkowska and her unique practice of work in public space, in extremely diverse cultures and geographies.

Die Bruegels – allen voran Pieter der Ältere, zusammen mit seinen Söhnen Pieter („Höllenbruegel“) und Jan („Samt- oder Blumenbruegel“) – sind die bedeutendste flämische Malerfamilie.

Wenn das Land der aufgehenden Sonne in einem der häufigen Erdbeben für immer im Meer versinken sollte, würde es durch den magischen Pinsel Hiroshiges für uns dennoch fortleben.

Global iconSix-time Grammy winnerHeadline-makerThe most talented recording artist of her generationMuch has been said about Amy Winehouse since her tragic death aged just 27.

Ganz dem Sprichwort zufolge: Du bist, was du isst„, setzte Arcimboldo seine Zeitgenossen, Männer wie Frauen, in Szene.

La vida y obra de Vincent van Gogh están tan entremezcladas que es prácticamente imposible observar una sin pensar en la otra.

The compelling life story of Armenian ceramicist David Ohannessian, whose work changed the face of Jerusalem-and a granddaughter's search for his legacy.

Reviews the most important topics in current primatology using research on the long-studied Arashiyama population of Japanese macaques.

Social Play in Primates provides comprehensive discussions on the social aspect of play in the behavior of primates.

C’est avec Impression, soleil levant, exposé en 1874, que le peintre Claude Monet (18401926) se fait connaître du grand public et donne naissance au mouvement impressionniste.

Figure majeure du mouvement romantique, le britannique William Blake (1757-1827) fut à la fois peintre, dessinateur, graveur et poète.

Edvard Munch (1863-1944), peintre norvégien rattaché à l’expressionnisme, était si impliqué dans ses oeuvres qu’il les appelait ses « enfants », ce qui paraît plutôt cohérent au vu du contenu hautement personnel de ses toiles.

This definitive volume vividly chronicles the glass artist's remarkable work and unique methods as they evolved over the course of his career.

An Endless Thread serves as a long-overdue celebration of Grant, who has long advocated for the intersection of cultural pride, style, and a maintaining of tradition.

This is the story of one of the world' s most iconic images.

Sculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

A TOUCHING MEMOIR OF ART AND MARRIAGE IN BOSTON'S VIBRANT SOUTH END In Love Made Visible, Jean Gibran portrays her role as spouse of a gifted artist and their often stormy family life together in Boston's diverse South End.