Individual artists, art monographs

Leonardo da Vinci was obsessed with water.

Piet Mondrian pioneered the de Stijl movement—Dutch for “The Style”—that emerged in the early 20th century and which served as an important transition from a focus on Symbolism and Realism to a new and growing focus on abstraction.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was an innovator.

Horizon of the Unseen' is a compilation of quotes taken from the eternal and universal truths that exist in all of the world's spiritual traditions.

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.

Franklin Furnace is a renowned New York-based arts organization whose mission is to preserve, document and present works of avant-garde art by emerging artists - particularly those whose works may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect or politically unpopular content.

He did not paint his pictures; it was like he exhaled them in a gasping, boiling breath - Julius Meier-GraefVan Gogh's distinctive style of expressive brushstrokes and bold colors is now world famous, but during his lifetime the artist was met with cold disinterest from his contemporaries.

Gustav Klimt's exotic, sensuous paintings recall the art of ancient civilizations - their patterns and ornamentation reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics and Egyptian murals.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the foremost Impressionist artists, known for his en plein air scenes of middle-class leisure.

In the words of Matisse and Picasso, Paul Cezanne was the 'father of us all', his approach to color and perspective paving the way for later modernist art movements such as Cubism and Expressionism, as he moved beyond the figurative tradition and towards abstraction.

She is famous throughout the world, but how many know her name?

Do you want to learn how to draw manga characters from scratch?

Muito antes de serem inventados os jogos electrónicos já Hiëronymus Bosch pintava monstros terríveis, embora estranhamente admirados, frequentemente com um toque humorístico.

'The most charming.

This book was born out of the popular sketch booking class taught by Lori Van Kirk Schue for the Smithsonian Associates Arts Program in Washington, DC.

Sifting the available evidence, Carlo Ginzburg builds up a vivid portrait of Piero della Francesca's patrons and convincingly explains the contemporary intrigues resonant in his painting.

Animals and Artists discusses a selection of modern and contemporary artworks that challenge traditional representations of nonhuman animals, and that expose human viewers to animal otherness.

Animals and Artists discusses a selection of modern and contemporary artworks that challenge traditional representations of nonhuman animals, and that expose human viewers to animal otherness.

This book focuses on the performance art of Marilyn Arsem, an internationally acclaimed performance artist known for her innovative and experimental work.

Joshua Sofaer works across boundaries, borders and disciplines to create artworks that engage with all levels of society.

Horizon of the Unseen' is a compilation of quotes taken from the eternal and universal truths that exist in all of the world's spiritual traditions.

Between 1966 and 1976, American artist Nancy Spero completed some of her most aggressively political work.

Between 1966 and 1976, American artist Nancy Spero completed some of her most aggressively political work.

In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France.

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Kunst erleben, die Grenzen auflöst – zwischen Malerei, Performance und Natur.

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.

Since his death 100 years ago, Cezanne has become the most famous painter of the nineteenth century.

Pionnier au Portugal, son pays d’origine, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1918), fut aussi bien in fluencé par l’impressionnisme que par le fauvisme, l’expressionnisme et le futurisme.

Not only does Sir Claude Phillips offer the reader a studied and insightful loook into the work of one of the world's most cherished painters, but he also invites us to discover the bustling world on the Venetian art circle in which Titian lived and worked.

C’est avec Impression, soleil levant, exposé en 1874, que le peintre Claude Monet (1840-1926) se fait connaître du grand public et donne naissance au mouvement impressionniste.

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.

With Impression, Sunrise, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (18401926) took part in thecreation of the Impressionist movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art.

With Impression, Sunrise, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (18401926) took part in thecreation of the Impressionist movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art.

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung.

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung.

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.

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.

With Impression, Sunrise, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (18401926) took part in thecreation of the Impressionist movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art.

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung.

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung.

With Impression, Sunrise, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (18401926) took part in thecreation of the Impressionist movement that introduced the 19th century to modern art.

Heredero de los preceptos de la Antigüedad y de Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) recibió una innegable influencia de Miguel Ángel, en particular, por su obra Los esclavos.