"A finely wrought, highly precious piece of work. Russell presents all the available evidence in a highly readable way" is how The Sunday Times described the author's detailed account of Seurat's...

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Examines Matisse's impact on modern art as well as examining his career, techniques, aesthetics, and stages of artistic development

Baroque and Rococo art and architecture have become popular once more, after a century and a half of neglect, misunderstanding and scorn. This radical shift in taste has led to a rapid growth of...

Great book featuring art from the High Renaissance and Mannerist periods in Italy, Northern Europe and Spain from 1500 to 1600. 301 illustrations (37 in color) of works of art and architecture...

A critical examination of the history and development of the art of photography ranges from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present

There have been many books about this astonishing artist, most of them written as celebrations of his creative abundance. Timothy Hilton has a more challenging to define Picasso's achievement and his...

In the age of revolutions, at the end of the 18th century, the mental and spiritual life of Europe and North America began to undergo a historic and irreversible change. The ideas of spontaneity,...

Dutch art spans the history of Western easel painting from the Middle Ages to the present, and has a psychological development of its own which makes it a fascinating field of study.

The documents and texts surrounding any great artistic achievement have little importance except in relation to the works of art themselves. But taken together, the written and the visual records of...

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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art provides readers at every level with a wealth of material and information on the art of our time. No other reference book or guide to twentieth-century...

This volume, fully illustrated, contains 125 of the best and most important drawings from The Pierpont Morgan Library, one of the most extensive collections in existence.

In this book, Aleš Debeljak offers a refreshing alternative to postmodernists such as Baudrillard, who declare the death of art conceived as yet another source of rootless, circulating fictions...

Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society – from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields...

Industrialiseringsprocessen i England ca. 1760-1860 belyst gennem samtlige kunstnere og økonomer

With A Catalogue Raisonné Based On A Draft Catalogue By John Kerslake. Bibliography: P. [92]-95.

Edited and Introduced by Nicolas BarkerThis book is an autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's...

The long-awaited reissue of Remnant's classic study of misericords in the United Kingdom, this new edition provides a complete listing of carvings from parish churches throughout the UK and also...

Survey of the styles expressed in the native arts of North America from prehistoric times to the present and explores some of their historic dimensions. Includes paintings, engravings, textiles and...