Individual artists, art monographs

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.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Geishas!

"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.

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.

We are used to seeing the everyday as an ordinary aspect of life, something that we need to "e;overcome"e;; whereas it actually plays a crucial role in any event of our lives.

Born in 1887, Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the key figures who participated in the emancipation of modern art from its conventional forms and subjects.

The first sustained examination of a canonical and widely exhibited work by a leading artist of the former Yugoslavia.

An examination of Lee Lozano''s greatest experiment in art and endurance—a major work of art that might not exist at all.

An illustrated examination of Philip Guston''s comic and complex painting The Studio.

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

A study of Kusama''s era-defining work, a “sublime, miraculous field of phalluses,” against the background of abstraction, eroticism, sexuality, and softness.

After sixty surgeries at a cost of almost $200,000 to feminize and beautify her originally male body, transgendered Canadian artist Nina Arsenault has created a body of work emanating from her experiences that includes photographs, videos disseminated online, a website, a blog, several social networking presentation sites, stage plays, print media writing and performance of the body in both celebrity appearances and daily public life.

An illustrated study that casts a new light on Oiticica''s most important work of “quasi-cinema” on its fortieth anniversary.

The first sustained critical examination of a work by Martha Rosler that bridged the concerns of conceptual art with those of political documentary.

Teary, big-eyed orphans and a multitude of trashy knockoffs epitomized American kitsch art as they clogged thrift stores for decades.

In 2009 Roy Huteson Stewart set out on an expedition into unknown realms to chronicle the life and times of the so-called "e;wickedest man in the world"e;.

"e;This is the book of my art life so far.

This book presents a detailed analysis of what it means to be absorbed in playing music.

This ground-breaking book is the first to address the feminine and feminist politics of Intimiste art - a modernist mode of art making developed in the 1890s by douard Vuillard while associated with the Nabi 'brotherhood'.

Bertram Kaschek legt die erste umfassende Analyse und Interpretation der berühmten "Monatsbilder" Pieter Bruegels vor und präsentiert überraschende Ergebnisse.

The sixteen studies in this book include six specially translated from Greek and another two published here for the first time.

The sixteen studies in this book include six specially translated from Greek and another two published here for the first time.

The infamous Salvator Mundi painting sold in 2017 for $450.

William Henry Jackson was an explorer, photographer, and artist.

Using five case studies of contemporary art, this book uses ideas of systems and dispersion to understand identity and experience in late capitalism.

Using five case studies of contemporary art, this book uses ideas of systems and dispersion to understand identity and experience in late capitalism.

Lucas Cranach the Elder - painter of the Reformation and master of sensual beautyWith around 500 works to his name, Lucas Cranach remains one of the most influential artists of the 16th century.

Feelings of rootlessness, fragmentation and loneliness are endemic in today's secular societies.

Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art focuses on practices that operate at the edges of sexuality and its socially sanctioned expressions.

Taken together, the chapters in this book outline a theory and a practice of painting ecstatic ordinarinesses in contemporary, diverse American queer life.

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

This book is a first and long-awaited study of the directorial work of the animation master Fedor Khitruk (1917-2012), an artist who formed in the tradition of classical cel animation only to break the conventions once he turned into a director; a liaison between artists and authorities; a personality who promoted daring films to be created in the Soviet Union dominated by socialist realism; and a teacher and supporter of young artists that continued to carry on his legacy long after the Soviet empire collapsed.

This book is a first and long-awaited study of the directorial work of the animation master Fedor Khitruk (1917-2012), an artist who formed in the tradition of classical cel animation only to break the conventions once he turned into a director; a liaison between artists and authorities; a personality who promoted daring films to be created in the Soviet Union dominated by socialist realism; and a teacher and supporter of young artists that continued to carry on his legacy long after the Soviet empire collapsed.

Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art focuses on practices that operate at the edges of sexuality and its socially sanctioned expressions.

Taken together, the chapters in this book outline a theory and a practice of painting ecstatic ordinarinesses in contemporary, diverse American queer life.

A groundbreaking account of the role of writing in Michelangelo's artMichelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Pieta, and the dome of St.

Discover the must-read, coming-of-age queer memoir about learning how to love yourself in a world that doesn t want you to.

'Hypnotic and propulsive' - The Sunday Times'Thrilling' - The TLS'Compulsive' - The ObserverIn Naked Portrait Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, drawing on a diary she kept while sitting for him and which she found five years after his death.

Do your heart and soul need encouragement, refreshment, and inspiration?