Individual artists, art monographs

My love for art inspired the creation of this book.

When I take communion (ritualized cannibalism) tears come to my eyes.

In 1956, as an excited, hopeful, 20 year old young man, I began a career in the feature animation department of Walt Disney Productions, now known as Walt Disney Feature Animation.

In 1971, after buying their acreage in a very remote area of the Colorado Mountains, the Wood family began to develop their dream ranch.

Artist Grace Glick Prosser walks with you through the pages of this colorful book about her life as a person who creates to better understand the world.

Most girls grow up fantasizing about the type of man they are going to marry and how their wedding will be, and they imagine things like the house with the white picket fence, two kids, and maybe a dog.

Filled with Thomas Kinkade artwork and quotes from notable writers, this Little Book commemorates the miracle that comes with having a child.

Thomas Kinkade has always cherished the qualities that make America great.

A look back at the career of the Painter of Light(TM), including more than 150 of his most beloved paintings, personal mementos, and unpublished artworks.

I depict the flags of different countries as a way to express my appreciation and respect to all nations.

Virginia Woolf was a close friend of Roger Fry for many years - after his death she wrote this loving account of his passion for art, his own painting, and his challenging critical theories.

Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year 2015 Winner of the New Angle Book Prize 2017John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was born in 1881 and in 1917, when he had just turned thirty-six, he fell seriously ill.

Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models.

An art historical epic for dangerous timesWhat do artworks look like in extreme cases of collective experience?

One of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, Hans Holbein the Younger was also a complex and fascinating man who knew Erasmus, Thomas More, Henry VIII and many of the sixteenth century's wielders of power and influence.

Of all Italian painters, Caravaggio (c.

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

'Phiz' - Hablot Knight Browne - was the great illustrator of Dickens' fiction.

Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life.

At seventy, Henri Matisse is a trim, clean old gentleman with a passion for naked women.

Alfred Wallis was born in 1855 and died in a workhouse in Cornwall in 1942.

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLO ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history' JENNY PERY | 'An essential read' EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHINGMeet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history.

Harley Crossley was a professional artist for over forty years.

Thomas Rowlandson was one of the most productive and influential artists of Britain's Regency years.

Harley Crossley paints for the major shipping lines, with his work adorning many cruise ships.

The story behind the hit Netflix documentary: The bestselling account of the bond between brothers and the shocking legacy of a dangerous mother.

The formative memories of one of Britain's greatest contemporary artists, now with a new introduction from Emin herself'Honest and extraordinary' GUARDIAN'A remarkable book - and an original, beautiful mind' EVENING STANDARDHere I am, a fucked, crazy, anorexic-alcoholic-childless, beautiful woman.

Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous.

Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous.

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Die offizielle Biografie über Deutschlands wichtigsten Hollywood-Export.

This long-awaited study, lavishly illustrated, tells the remarkable story of the work of one of Canada's great artists.

Did he ever play Hamlet?

Charlie James (1867-1937) was a premier carver and painter from the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation of British Columbia.

Charlie James (1867-1937) was a premier carver and painter from the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation of British Columbia.

Louise Larocque Serpa often said she was born ';in the wrong place, to the wrong woman, at the wrong time.

For ten years, Calvin and Hobbes was one the world's most beloved comic strips.

For ten years, Calvin and Hobbes was one the world's most beloved comic strips.

Based on interviews with the subject, this visual biography is an intimate portrait of Quentin Blake, the much-loved illustrator and artistic genius of our age.

Quentin Blake is one of the foremost illustrators of the twentieth century.

Whatever you've heard about Leonardo Da Vinci, the truth is even more fascinating!

This memoir chronicles the life of an artist who began his professional career as a Harvard trained lawyer before discovering the artist within.

Writings on human life and the refugee crisis by the most important political artist of our timeAi Weiwei (b.

Unique perspectives from an acclaimed art historian on the relationship between drawing and paintingFrom Drawing to Painting interweaves biographical information about five renowned French artists-Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres-with a fascinating look at dozens of their drawings and the links that they have to their paintings.

Jo Mora (1876-1947) lived the Western life he depicted in his prolific body of visual art, comprising sculpture, paintings, architectural adornments, dioramas, and maps.