The two great polar tendencies of Gerhard Richter's art -- pure abstraction and photo-realism -- have never been at odds with one another, and are in fact complementary aspects of Richter's total...

In this book an experienced collector and writer conveys the adventure of postcard collecting, including chapters on the history of cards, their publishers, artists and the themes

SOON TO BE A TV SERIES WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ANDREW HAIGH New York Times Book Critics Favorite Book of the Year · Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "It's all here: the grade school Walt...

An Essential And Lavishly Illustrated Visual Compendium On The Epoch-shifting Artist Whose Radical Vision Reshaped Art-and The Museum-forever More Than Any Other Modern Artist, Marcel Duchamp...

On the two-hundredth anniversary of Frederic Edwin Church’s birth, leading scholars explore how his wide-ranging work continues to resonate in today’s world The work of Frederic Edwin Church...

A vivid history of the evolution of printmaking as a means of creative expression, from prehistory to the present day The significance of printmaking within the history of art is often underplayed,...

This volume provides new historical and literary insights into the Harlem Renaissance, returning attention to it not only as a broad expression of artistic work but also as a movement that found...

The polymath mystic's final suite of illustrated visions presented in its entirety for the first time Around 1170, the German abbess, mystic and composer Hildegard von Bingen embarked on her final...

"Flowering currant, ivy, Portuguese laurel, and woad might all have grown in a medieval garden, but it would have taken special expertise to extract and create rich blue and purple pigments from them...

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Two essential plays from Berger and Bielski on art, politics and liberationGoya's Last Portrait and The Question of Geography are the result of collaboration between John Berger and the actress and...

Tracing the British figurative master's evolving drawing practice throughout his lifetime Examining the intimate dialogue between his sketches and paintings from the 1940s to the early 21st century,...

The proliferation of brand names fills our visual world and affects our daily lives. From soft drinks to couture fashion, the power of the brand to influence tastes and preferences is undeniable...

In the 1920s and 1930s, photography became an immense phenomenon across Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, and Poland. Through magazines and books, in advertisements and at exhibitions, from...

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Between the end of World War I and the Nazi assumption of power, Germany's Weimar Republic (1919-1933) functioned as a thriving laboratory of art and culture. As the country experienced unprecedented...