Individual artists, art monographs

One of the most admired artists of the twentieth century, Max Ernst was a proponent of Dada and founder of surrealism, known for his strange, evocative paintings and drawings.

The stunning, specially commissioned cover illustrations are one of the great joys of the New Naturalist series, lending it a distinctive style which has inspired nature enthusiasts for many decades.

Experience taught William Blake that "e;Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy.

This book provides a fresh assessment of the works of British-born poet and painter Mina Loy.

To be a writer, Amitava Kumar says, is to be an observer.

Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius.

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.

Si le portrait devait, avant tout, être la représentation fidèle de son modèle, selon des canons strictement définis, cette galerie de 1000 portraits montre au contraire, combien ce genre fut bousculé au fil de l’histoire et s’avère être beaucoup plus complexe qu’une simple imitation de la réalité.

In a career that spanned six decades, the Dutch-Kiwi photographer Ans Westra (1936– 2023) made it her life' s work to capture the growth of a nation through hundreds of thousands of images.

Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017.

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

An exquisite, full colour country almanac by artist Catherine Hyde, following the phases of the moon and a hare's journey throughout the twelve months of the year in a lyrical tribute to the natural world.

Detrás de los retratos de Frida Kahlo se ocultan tanto la historia de su vida como la de su obra.

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.

Neurobiology of Social Communication in Primates: An Evolutionary Perspective presents evidence on the neural basis of communicative behavior in primates, reevaluating the relationship between human language and animal communication in view of the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees.

A wide-ranging collection of essays written for the William Morris Society exploring the various intersections between the life, work and achievements of William Morris (1834-1896) and that of John Ruskin (1819-1900).

Wer glaubt, die Großen hätten sich immer mit Großem verabschiedet, irrt.

Vasilij Kandinskij (1866–1944) gehört zu den innovativsten und einflussreichsten Künstlern des 20.

Dem Grafiker, Maler, Bildhauer und Lehrer Max Beckmann (1884-1950) gelang mit seinem Lebenswerk etwas, um dass sich viele Künstler vor und nach ihm vergeblich bemüht haben: Ein Œuvre zu schaffen, das den großen Kunsttraditionen huldigt ohne dabei nachahmerisch zu wirken, das expressionistisch ist ohne dabei die Realität ins Unkenntliche oder Lächerliche zu abstrahieren, das modern und wegweisend ist ohne der Selbstgefälligkeit eines avantgardistischen Denkens zu verfallen.

Bonnard, Vuillard, Roussel, und Denis, die bekanntesten Vertreter der Nabis-Gruppe, revolutionierten den Geist der dekorativen Techniken während einerder produktivsten Perioden der französischen Malerei.

Mit The Great Hidden Inspirer, dem vierten Band der Poiesis-Reihe, widmet sich der renommierte Duchamp-Forscher Michael R.

As an American comic book writer, editor, and businessman, Jim Shooter (b.

Michelangelo war, genau wie Leonardo, ein “universeller” Künstler: Maler, Baumeister, Bildhauer und Dichter.

Of the six Impressionist painters whose first exhibition scandalized and fascinated Paris in 1874, Berthe Morisot was the only woman.

“War Leonardos deutliche Berufung zur wissenschaftlichen Forschung eine Hilfe oder ein Hindernis für seine Arbeit als Künstler?

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

Beccy Cole's inspirational memoir from the heart of Australian country music.

Frida Kahlo est devenue plus familière aux amateurs d’art après la sortie d’un film sur sa vie.

Born in Coolidge, Texas, Samuel Marshall Gore was the sixth of ten children born to a Baptist preacher and a mother described as "e;an angel.

A captivating and definitive account of the final days of Van Gogh's life and the incredible story of what followed.

Honore Daumier (1808-79), who was imprisoned early on for a politically offensive cartoon, painted scenes from seventeenth-century theatre and literature at moments of stifling censorship later in his career.

"e; a beautifully illustrated hardcover book.

Twice a year, in summer and in winter, appointments to the Order of Canada are posted in newspapers across the country.

Frederic Church (1826–1900), the most celebrated painter in the United States during the mid-19th century, created monumental landscapes of North and South America, the Arctic, and the Middle East.

Ilya Répine (1844 Chuguyev –1930 Kuokkala)Ilya Répine était le plus doué du groupe que l'on appelait en Russie «Les Ambulants ».

Wer sind die wichtigen Kunstler*innen der 1980er-Jahre?

The first clearly-illustrated, comparative book on developmental primate skeletal anatomy, focused on the highly informative newborn stage.

Harley Crossley was a professional artist for over forty years.

In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf.

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.

El arquitecto y diseñador español Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) es una importante e influyente figura en la historia del arte contemporáneo de España.

Highly respected by her peers and hugely influential on the subsequent generation of artists, the British artist Helen Chadwick produced a wideranging body of work in a variety of media, which shifted from early institutional and architectural critique to operatic installations, and to photographic projects and sculptures.

Widely acknowledged as a major turning point in the history of visual depictions of war, Francisco de Goya's renowned print series The Disasters of War remains a touchstone for serious engagement with the violence of war and the questions raised by its artistic representation.

In the wake of Ireland s recent economic rise, fall, and associated social crises, theatre and performance have played vital roles in reflecting on the past, engaging the present, and imagining possible futures.

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.