Individual artists, art monographs

This book reimagines the foundations of moral philosophy by centering on the ethical significance of second-personal experience—our direct, lived responsiveness to others.

This book reimagines the foundations of moral philosophy by centering on the ethical significance of second-personal experience—our direct, lived responsiveness to others.

AKTMALEREI – LOVIS CORINTHLovis Corinth (21.

This text presents a critical synthesis of the thought of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), a philosopher of Jewish origin and former pupil of M.

This text presents a critical synthesis of the thought of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), a philosopher of Jewish origin and former pupil of M.

AKTMALEREI – GUSTAV KLIMTGustav Klimt (14.

This is the first book in English dedicated to Caravaggio's life and work in Sicily.

This is the first book in English dedicated to Caravaggio's life and work in Sicily.

Das Leben der deutsch-mexikanischen Malerin Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), das über viele Jahre an der Grenze zum Tod verlief, ist so unvergleichlich wie die Bilder, die sie gemalt hat.

Twelve Paintingsis an intimate and compelling exploration of the life and work of the renowned Irish artist Colin Davidson.

The painter's unpublished novel, an account of the misadventures of his autobiographical heroa painter who wanders, dreams, remembers, frets, polemicizes, and tells stories.

Over the past two decades, Lisa Oppenheim has developed a critically acclaimed practice that is deeply rooted in the field of photography while also constantly exploring its margins.

Harry Zuban reist durch Landschaften und Erinnerungen, zwischen Zügen, Zimmern und stillen Gärten.

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Rembrandt's paintings have been admired throughout centuries because of their artistic freedom.

Rembrandt's paintings have been admired throughout centuries because of their artistic freedom.

This book is the first major study of Edita Schubert's art published outside Croatia.

This book is the first major study of Edita Schubert's art published outside Croatia.

Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo's art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo's lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for manslaughter.

Zuckerguss trifft Zersetzung – Rachel Maclean entlarvt die digitale Gegenwart in grellen Farben und surrealer SchärfeIn Mama Mimi Duck treffen zuckersüße Bildwelten auf eine schonungslose Auseinandersetzung mit Social Media, Schönheitswahn und digitaler Scheinrealität.

Thomas Wijck's painted alchemical laboratories were celebrated in his day as artful and ingenious.

Thomas Wijck's painted alchemical laboratories were celebrated in his day as artful and ingenious.

Claude III Audran, Arbiter of the French Arabesque' is the first substantial biographical study of Claude III Audran, a late 17th- and early 18th-century master of ornament and a proponent of cutting-edge design who took inspiration from contemporary sources.

The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel is the first extensive biographical narrative in English of Rosalba Carriera.

Romeyn de Hooghe was the most inventive and prolific etcher of the later Dutch Golden Age.

By almost any measure Bernardino Barbatelli, called Poccetti, was a successful and sought after painter in late sixteenth-century Florence, but his works have remained largely overlooked.

The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782) is the first English-language monograph on this exceptional German artist that critically examines Therbusch's artworks and career as a history and mythological painter, portraitist, and maker of synthetic pigments within the German and international milieu that both condemned and celebrated her accomplishments.

This book offers nine new approaches toward a single work of art, Titian's Allegory of Marriage or Allegory of Alfonso d'Avalos, dated to 1530/5.

Rembrandt, Vermeer, and the Gift in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art offers a new perspective on the art of the Dutch Golden Age by exploring the interaction between the gift's symbolic economy of reciprocity and obligation and the artistic culture of early modern Holland.

Even during the artist's lifetime, contemporary art lovers considered Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) to be an exceptional artist.

The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782) is the first English-language monograph on this exceptional German artist that critically examines Therbusch's artworks and career as a history and mythological painter, portraitist, and maker of synthetic pigments within the German and international milieu that both condemned and celebrated her accomplishments.

This collection brings together art historians, museum professionals, conservators, and conservation scientists whose work involves Rembrandt van Rijn and associated artists such as Gerrit Dou, Jan Lievens, and Ferdinand Bol.

Romeyn de Hooghe was the most inventive and prolific etcher of the later Dutch Golden Age.

By almost any measure Bernardino Barbatelli, called Poccetti, was a successful and sought after painter in late sixteenth-century Florence, but his works have remained largely overlooked.

Caterina Vigri (later Saint Catherine of Bologna) was a mystic, writer, teacher and nun-artist.

This collection brings together art historians, museum professionals, conservators, and conservation scientists whose work involves Rembrandt van Rijn and associated artists such as Gerrit Dou, Jan Lievens, and Ferdinand Bol.

In 1454 the Sienese painter Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei faced litigation from the Mercanzia in Siena for defaulting on a contract from one of the leading Franciscan confraternities in the city.

This book offers nine new approaches toward a single work of art, Titian's Allegory of Marriage or Allegory of Alfonso d'Avalos, dated to 1530/5.

Caterina Vigri (later Saint Catherine of Bologna) was a mystic, writer, teacher and nun-artist.

The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel is the first extensive biographical narrative in English of Rosalba Carriera.

Claude III Audran, Arbiter of the French Arabesque' is the first substantial biographical study of Claude III Audran, a late 17th- and early 18th-century master of ornament and a proponent of cutting-edge design who took inspiration from contemporary sources.

Rembrandt, Vermeer, and the Gift in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art offers a new perspective on the art of the Dutch Golden Age by exploring the interaction between the gift's symbolic economy of reciprocity and obligation and the artistic culture of early modern Holland.

Poussin's Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women.

Even during the artist's lifetime, contemporary art lovers considered Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) to be an exceptional artist.

In 1454 the Sienese painter Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei faced litigation from the Mercanzia in Siena for defaulting on a contract from one of the leading Franciscan confraternities in the city.

Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo's art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo's lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for manslaughter.

The Pictorial Art of El Greco: Transmaterialities, Temporalities, and Media investigates El Greco's pictorial art as foundational to the globalising trends manifested in the visual culture of early modernity.

Poussin's Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women.

Figuring Faith and Female Power in the Art of Rubens argues that the Baroque painter, propagandist, and diplomat, Peter Paul Rubens, was not only aware of rapidly shifting religious and cultural attitudes toward women, but actively engaged in shaping them.

Incorporating over 250 illustrations, this is the first comprehensive study in English of French artist and caricaturist George Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927) who, during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, was renowned in Japan but barely known in his own country.