Individual artists, art monographs

In the years before, during, and after the First World War, hundreds of young Jews flocked to Paris, artistic capital of the world and center of modernist experimentation.

Egon Schiele's work is so distinctive that it resists categorisation.

The remarkable story of the famous painting by Picasso and its diverse meanings from its conception to the present day'Enthralling .

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.

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

Encapsulates the behaviour of wild chimps, discussing the differences observed in populations across the species, and levels of social behaviour.

A survey of primate cognition from lemurs to great apes; studied in labs, zoos, sanctuaries, and in the field.

The complete guide to our closest living relative, drawing on thirty years of primate observation.

As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Minimalist movement, for his significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century American art.

Die Portraits, Akte und Stillleben von Tamara Lempicka (1898-1980) atmen den Geist des Art Deco und des Jazz Age.

Entre courbes et contre-courbes, Mucha créa, à la fin du XIXe siècle, une égérie nouvelle qui devait hanter les rues de Paris.

Memory Work demonstrates the evolution of the pioneering minimalist sculptor Anne Truitt.

Entre courbes et contre-courbes, Mucha créa, à la fin du XIXe siècle, une égérie nouvelle qui devait hanter les rues de Paris.

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved motherBarbara Chase-Riboud has led a remarkable life.

Claude Monet's water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century.

Für seine wohlgeformten, lasziven nackten Frauen berühmt, war Peter Paul Rubens erstes Anliegen die Darstellung der Sinnenfreuden in all ihren Formen.

Marc Chagall nació en el seno de una familia judía sumamente estricta, para la cual la prohibición de la representación de la figura humana tenía la fuerza de un dogma.

Sie lernten sich 1928 kennen, als Frida Kahlo gerade einundzwanzig Jahre und Diego doppelt so alt war.

Can a work of art help us know our world differently?

The first extensive treatment of the mandrill''s reproductive and behavioural biology, focusing on mechanisms of sexual selection and evolution.

The young Thomas Eakins's most revealing letters-published here for the first timeThe most revealing and interesting writings of American artist Thomas Eakins are the letters he sent to family and friends while he was a student in Paris between 1866 and 1870.

Zu Lebzeiten für seine emotional aufgeladenen Meereslandschaften mit Schiffen gefeiert und umworben, geriet Anton Melbye nach seinem Tod allmählich in Vergessenheit und wurde erst in den letzten Jahren wiederentdeckt.

This book explores the central importance of soil ingestion and earth surface processes in driving the evolution of tooth shape in mammals.

Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973)Picasso naquit en Espagne et l’on dit même qu’il commença à dessiner avant de savoir parler.

An essential guide to the sensitive topic of cousin marriage, examining its social, medical, political and legal connotations.

Gustav Klimt (Baumgarten, 1862 – Vienne, 1918)«Faire un autoportrait ne m'intéresse pas.

Felix Vallotton (1865-1925) was active at the turn of the century.

The woolly spider monkey, or muriqui, is one of the most endangered primate species in the world today.

Hieronymus Bosch (S’Hertogenbosch, 1450 – 1516)Né au milieu du XVe siècle, Jérôme Bosch fait l'expérience d'un monde pris dans les luttes religieuses, où les valeurs médiévalestraditionnelles commencent à s'effondrer.

Influenced by the masters of Antiquity, the genius of Michelangelo and Baroque sculpture, particularly of Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is one of the most renowned artists in history.

In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O'Keeffe, then ninety-six.

Als Impressionist zu gelten war für Monet eine Auszeichnung.

'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.

An intimate depiction of the visionary who revolutionized the art worldA man who created portraits of the rich and powerful, Andy Warhol was one of the most incendiary figures in American culture, a celebrity whose star shone as brightly as those of the Marilyns and Jackies whose likenesses brought him renown.

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dali became the most famous of the Surrealists.

Kasimir Malewitsch (1878-1935) war ein Maler und ein großer Kunsttheoretiker, vor allem aber war er der Begründer des Suprematismus, einer auf geometrische Formen gegründeten Ausprägung der reinen abstrakten Kunst.

Der zu seinen Lebzeiten als kontrovers geltende italienische Maler Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) hat seinen heutigen Weltruhm als hervorragender Künstler des Barock einer Wiederentdeckung im frühen 20.

Uwe Fleckner nähert sich dem »politischen« Picasso aus unterschiedlichen Richtungen: Von der Beschlagnahme seines frühen Gemäldes Die eingeschlafene Trinkerin durch die Nationalsozialisten bis zur Ikonisierung von Guernica durch die zeitgenössische Kunst und die aktuelle Protestkultur.

Ilya Repin was the most gifted of the group known in Russia as "e;The Itinerants"e;.

At a time when the dominant mode of painting, Abstract Expressionism, emphasised expressive drama through bold brushwork and largely abstract compositions, Johns' paintings of the American flag, targets, numbers and the alphabet demonstrated a decided departure from convention.

“No me intereso en mí mismo como tema de una pintura, sino en los demás.

La campagne russe est l’une des plus charmantes du monde pour ses célèbres étendues de fleurs sauvages qui lui donnent un air de forêt au printemps, pour les hivers polaires de la toundra qui triomphèrent sur l’avancée de Napoléon ou Hitler et qui seront le cadre de nombreuses scènes célèbres de la littérature russe.

Here is an important new examination of the work of American German Jewish artist Eva Hesse, one of the most significant figures in twentieth century art.

Tout à la fois influencé par les maîtres de l’Antiquité, le génie de Michel-Ange et la sculpture baroque, Auguste Rodin est l’un des artistes les plus reconnus de l’histoire.

A beautiful survey of the work of the members of the internationally respected Royal Watercolour Society, representing the finest contemporary watercolour painting in Britain today.

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs.

An "e;immensely valuable"e; dual biography of the iconic American architect and the city that transformed his career in the early twentieth century (Francis Morrone, New Criterion).