The late nineteenth-century Biloxi potter, George Ohr (1857-1918), was considered an eccentric in his time but has emerged as a major figure in American art since the discovery of thousands of examples of his work in the 1960s.
Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) war ein französischer Künstler der Jahrhundertwende, dessen Werke bürgerliche Konventionen hinterfragten und den Geschlechterkampf thematisierten.
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France's Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is one of Canada's best-loved and most celebrated artists.
The first book on the central importance of literary sources in the paintings of Cy TwomblyMany of Cy Twombly's paintings and drawings include handwritten words and phrases-naming or quoting poets ranging from Sappho, Homer, and Virgil to Mallarme, Rilke, and Cavafy.
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.
#1 New Release in Performing Arts & Personal Success Find Your Creative Artist WithinCreative conversations from some of the world's top photographers, filmmakers, Grammy award winners, TED presenters, actors, CEOs and more!
A second-generation Holocaust survivor weaves together fragments of her familys history and witness testimony in narrative and collage, using her art as transformation and remembrance.
Largely neglected for the four centuries after his death, the fifteenth century Italian artist Piero della Francesca is now seen to embody the fullest expression of the Renaissance perspective painter, raising him to an artistic stature comparable with that of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
This ground-breaking book is the first to address the feminine and feminist politics of Intimiste art - a modernist mode of art making developed in the 1890s by douard Vuillard while associated with the Nabi 'brotherhood'.
Ana Mendieta, a Cuban-born artist who lived in exile in the United States, was one of the most provocative and complex personalities of the 1970s' artworld.
This biography follows the remarkable life of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, whose portraits of European royalty and nobility hang in many of the world's most important galleries.
A comprehensive reinterpretation of the pioneering and media-savvy artistThe modern artist strives to be independent of the public's tasteand yet depends on the public for a living.
Germain Hilaire Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834 – 1917)Dans le cercle des impressionnistes, c'est de Renoir que Degas fut le plus proche : tous deux préférèrent comme motif de leur peinture le Paris vivant de leur époque.
Félix Vallotton, né à Lausanne le 28 décembre 1865 et mort à Paris le 29 décembre 1925, est un artiste peintre, sculpteur et graveur sur bois Suisse, naturalisé Français en 1900.
A groundbreaking account of the role of writing in Michelangelo's artMichelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Pieta, and the dome of St.
He was the son of a citizen in comfortable circumstances, and had been, in Vasari's words, "e;instructed in all such things as children are usually taught before they choose a calling.
Deeply influenced by studies of female iconology, the medieval, the afterlife and hybrid bodies, Faith Wilding's art is instantly recognizable and distinctive in style.
"e;[The] successful writer for TV, movies, and comics makes his debut as a memoirist with a stunning chronicle of survival"e;-introduction by Neil Gaiman (Kirkus).
