Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early The Potato Eaters to his late masterpieces Sunflowers and The Starry Night.
This fascinating edited collection of art historian Titus Burckhardt's most important writings on Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist art is lavishly illustrated with 140 superb examples of Oriental art, architecture, statuary, and painting.
This edition of renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon's writings on the subject of art, selected and edited by his wife Catherine Schuon, contains over 270 photographs-200 color and 70 black and white.
Known as an expert on Islam, Sufism, and Islamic arts & crafts, Burckhardt presents in-depth analyses of seminal examples of Islamic architecture, from Spain and Morocco to Persia and India.
Bertram Kaschek legt die erste umfassende Analyse und Interpretation der berühmten "Monatsbilder" Pieter Bruegels vor und präsentiert überraschende Ergebnisse.
Due to popular demand, the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author, Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, is back with a second collection of 'ultra realistic' pet portraits.
'I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland' Yayoi KusamaNonagenarian Japanese artist is simultaneously one of the most famous and most mysterious artists on the planet.
**WINNER OF THE SALTIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024****WINNER OF THE WRITERS' PRIZE 2024 | NON-FICTION****SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**A beautifully illustrated new memoir of a life in art, a father and daughter, and what a shared love of a painting can come to mean.
El objetivo de este libro es reflexionar sobre cómo se manifestó artísticamente el muralismo en Bogotá, y en qué condiciones fueron producidas las imágenes que dan cuenta de él.
A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider's account of 25 years working at the very top of British political television'What Rob Burley doesn't know about political interviewing isn't worth knowing' - Andrew Neil'A delicious read' - Emily Maitlis 'He writes beautifully' - Jeremy Paxman'Very funny' - Steve Coogan'An excellent book' - James O'Brien'He writes brilliantly' - Adam BuxtonWhy Is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?
For award-winning science writer and photographer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights.
Desde niño, Álvaro Delgado Vélez acompañaba a su padre, Manuel Delgado Hernández, a seguir de cerca los aconteceres de la sociedad cartagenera con una "máquina de retratar" en su manos.
Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon-and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselvesIn The Entanglement, philosopher Alva Noe explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, arguing that we have greatly underestimated what this entangled reality means for understanding human nature.
Lucas Cranach the Elder - painter of the Reformation and master of sensual beautyWith around 500 works to his name, Lucas Cranach remains one of the most influential artists of the 16th century.
Der Expressionismus scheint als Bewegung uneingeschränkt mit Deutschland verbunden zu sein, sowohl im Hinblick auf Topoi der Bildenden Kunst als auch hinsichtlich ästhetischer Konventionen literarischer Werke.
Esta obra es una selección de estudios sobre las complejas relaciones entre la imagen y el lenguaje, y sobre las dependencias ideológicas nacidas de su relación.
Recuerdos de un coleccionista de arte surge de la necesidad de reunir, ordenar y difundir la experiencia, recuerdos y reflexiones de Jorge Helft como coleccionista de arte contemporáneo, gestor y promotor de actividades culturales y testigo privilegiado de los derroteros del arte nacional desde fines de los años cuarenta.
Ambitious Form describes the transformation of Italian sculpture during the neglected half century between the death of Michelangelo and the rise of Bernini.
Between the third and sixth centuries, the ancient gods, goddesses, and heroes who had populated the imagination of humankind for a millennium were replaced by a new imagery of Christ and his saints.
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.
A cultural history of the face in Western art, ranging from portraiture in painting and photography to film, theater, and mass mediaThis fascinating book presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media.
A trailblazing look at the historical emergence of a global field in contemporary art and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwidePrior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of ';international' contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists from North America and Western Europe, while cultural agents from other parts of the world often found themselves on the margins.
An artist's uniquely personal journey across AmericaIn the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River.
How California's counterculture of the 1960s to 1980s profoundly shaped-and was shaped by-West Coast artistsThe 1960s exert a special fascination in modern art.
'Hypnotic and propulsive' - The Sunday Times'Thrilling' - The TLS'Compulsive' - The ObserverIn Naked Portrait Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, drawing on a diary she kept while sitting for him and which she found five years after his death.
A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance libraryWith the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics.
In September 1979, at age fifty-six, writer and artist Arturo Benvenuti fueled up his motor home and set forth on what he knew would be an emotional journey.
A stunning anniversary edition of Alice's adventures, illustrated by Salvador Dali Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before.
