Commissioned in the 1470s most likely by Afonso V, king of Portugal, the Pastrana Tapestries are a group of four towering (12 by 36 feet each) tapestries memorialising his conquest of the Moroccan...

"Dunhuang shi ku yi shu jian shi " yi shu, you dun huang yan jiu yuan yan jiu yuan zhao sheng liang zhuan xie. quan shu yue 15 wan yu zi, cha tu 200 yu fu, gong fen liu zhang, an zhao shi dai shun xu...

The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world’s most significant sites of Buddhist art. The hundreds of caves carved into rock...

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79 pages with 24 illustrations in color. Includes an essay by John Yau, "The Anatomy of an Artist". Published on the occasion of the exhibition from PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York NY May 3-June 9,...

This Artists Series book presents a fascinating introduction to the life and work of Tracey Emin, whose frank and deeply personal work has challenged stereotypes about female experience and sexuality...

Examines the use of filmsetting, hot metal, and computers in setting type and how these systems have influenced book design.

A revealing look at a revolutionary graphic designer. Chip Kidd is renowned and revered as a maverick graphic designer. Specifically, Kidd's book jacket designs for such major New York publishers as...

A wide-ranging investigation of the interaction between writing and portraiture across history and cultures Portraits often claim a revered place in worlds remote from their origins, but they also...

"A Silent Apostrophe unravels the story of the Fayum mummy portraits, from their origins in Roman Egypt to their discovery nearly two millennia later, their enduring enigma, and their unique status...

A deft reinterpretation of the most zealously interpreted picture in the Western canon as a therapeutic artifact.Albrecht Dürer's famous portrayal of creative effort in paralysis, the unsurpassed...

Dive into the evocative world of The Blue Hour, by author Jill Conner, where art, memory, and the passage of time intertwine through the lens of Max Beckmann's poignant reflections. The Blue Hour...

"Milton Resnick: Painter in the Age of Painting is the first biography to explore Resnick's life and work, and his place among the New York City artists who became known as the abstract...

Discípulo de Dvorák en Viena, de Wöllflin en Berlín y de Warburg en Hamburgo, Fritz Saxl (1890-1948) es una de las figuras clave de la historiografía artística contemporánea y, en particular, de la...