History of art Books
Thames & Hudson Ltd Fauvism
Book SynopsisLes Fauvres (the wild beasts) was the nickname given in 1905 to a group of painters led by Henri Matisse and including Derain, Vlaminck, Braque and Dufy. This work offers a reappraisal of this popular movement and discusses all its aspects - the artists, their works and their achievements.Table of ContentsThe path to colour; in the face of nature; marketing the new; landscape in Fauvism; dreams of other spaces; a new grand manner.
£12.34
Thames & Hudson Ltd Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Book SynopsisExactly 500 years after its first publication by the great Venetian printing house Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, was translated into English and reprinted in full, together with all of its 174 original - and enchanting - woodcut illustrations.Trade Review"'Joscelyn Godwin, whose translation is a masterpiece of clarity and scholarship, has achieved something truly remarkable with this beautiful edition. It is unquestionably one of the publishing events not just of the year but of the century' - Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Daily Telegraph; 'A mammoth task of inestimable value, carried out with learning, elegance and wit' - International Herald Tribune; 'An extraordinary and exceptional book' - The Architects' Journal; 'Adds a fresh dimension to our understanding of the Renaissance' - The Times; 'Joscelyn Godwin has proven that a desiccated rose can not only live again, but may also, with the help of fantasy, grow vivid as never before' - The New York Review of Books; 'Should undoubtedly find a place in every serious English-speaking academic library' - The Art Book"
£22.50
The University of Michigan Press Beyond Text
Book SynopsisTaking up the work of prominent theater and performance artists, Beyond Text reveals the audacity and beauty of avant-garde performance in print. Jennifer Buckley shows how live performance and print aesthetically revived one another during a period in which both were supposed be in a state of terminal cultural decline.Trade ReviewBy delineating the numerous relationships print can assume to performance, Beyond Text opens up new ways of looking at, thinking about, and appreciating familiar performance works and artists as well as some less familiar ones." - Philip Auslander, Georgia Institute of Technology"Well researched, clearly written, engaged in current debates, and compelling in its argumentation, Beyond Text makes an important and overdue contribution to the fields of theatre, literary, performance and cultural studies. It will also speak to art historians and design scholars and anyone interested in the history of the book as a cultural artifact." - James M. Harding, University of Maryland
£61.70
The University of Michigan Press Inhabiting the Impossible
Book SynopsisThis first-of-its-kind book brings together writing by artists and scholars to survey the field of Puerto Rican experimental dance across four decades. Originally published as Habitar lo Imposible, the translation features essays, artist statements, and interviews plus more than 100 photos of productions, programs, posters, and scores.Trade ReviewInhabiting the Impossible enters into current conversations about the connections between corporealities, choreography, dance, geopolitics, identity construction and ideas of nation, race, gender, class and sexuality, political agency and artistic practices--and the circulation of these concepts in the Americas. The book will interest scholars, students, practitioners and those interested in Latin American cultural theory, aesthetics, political studies, anthropology, or gender and sexuality studies." - Anamaria Tamayo-Duque, Universidad de Antioquia"This history of experimental dance in Puerto Rico also serves as a model for understanding the aesthetic impacts of dance within particular cultural and political contexts. Further, it foregrounds the voices of artists as it narrates the importance of dance as a mode of cultural manifestation, whether on the street, in living rooms and kitchens, within ritual sites, in abandoned, repurposed spaces, or on concert stages." - Jennifer Monson, University of IllinoisTable of Contents Preface to the English Edition Susan Homar and nibia pastrana santiago Introduction: Inhabiting Dance in Puerto RicoPart I. Histories, Bodies, and Alterities Susan Homar Clear the Way, We’re Coming Through! Forging a New Dance Field in Puerto Rico Adriana Garriga-LÓpez Insurrectionary Bodies: Performance at the Borderlands of Governability and Regeneration nibia pastrana santiago against erasure, in favor of strangeness, and remember: this choreography is not a Caribbean myth, others came before itPart II. Considerations about, from, and with Dance Alma ConcepciÓn SuÁrez The Legacy of Gilda Navarra and the Taller de Histriones Teresa PeÑa JordÁn Transforming the Gaze: Moving Beyond Boundaries with Poetry, Testimony, and Dance Translated by Sarah Yates Gibson Nelson Rivera Puerto Rico: Four Encounters Linking Dance, Music, and the Visual ArtsPart III. Decolonial Tasks: Improvisations, Performances, and Events Lydia PlatÓn LÁzaro The Possible from the Unknown: Transformations in the Present-Present of Improvisation Arnaldo RodrÍguez BaguÉ Curating the Foro Permanente de Performance, FPP RamÓn H. Rivera-Servera Moving Queer Feminist Movements in the Commons … or How Puerto Rico Dances its Decolonial DesiresPart IV. To Inhabit, to Write, to Move Alicia DÍaz ConcepciÓn Oscar Mestey Villamil Ñequi GonzÁlez MartÍnez teresa hernÁndez JesÚs Miranda Santiago (Pito) Awilda RodrÍguez Lora Jeanne d’Arc Casas Panouze Javier Cardona Otero NoemÍ Segarra RamÍrez Karen Langevin Pepe Álvarez ColÓnPart V. MAPA: Originary Cartographies--Interviews Alejandra Martorell Mapping Puerto Rico: Coordinates of Five Explorers of Dance as Performance Interviews with: Petra Bravo (HernÁndez) MeriÁn Soto Myrna Renaud Awilda Sterling-Duprey Viveca VÁzquez Sonia DaubÓn Aquino Guide to Informational and Bibliographic Resources on Experimental Dance in Puerto Rico Notes on Collaborators
£73.10
Dover Publications Inc. Hands
Book SynopsisNeed a hand? Here are over a thousand! Over 1,100 pairs of hands in all shapes, sizes, and shades: writing, sewing, with pointing fingers, much more, all royalty-free.
£999.99
Dover Publications Inc. Vasaris Lives of the Artists Giotto Masaccio Fra
Book SynopsisOne of the principal resources for study of Italian Renaissance art and artists, Vasari's Lives offers colorful, detailed portraits of the era's most representative figures. This single-volume edition spotlights 8 prominent artists.
£11.98
Dover Publications Inc. Art Nouveau
Book SynopsisA revolutionary reaction to the eclectic historical styles of nineteenth-century art, the turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau movement drew much of its inspiration from nature. Applying its sinuous, curvilinear motifs to the decorative arts, graphics, architecture, sculpture, and painting, artists and crafters attempted to create a style suitable for a modern age. This treasury of rare Art Nouveau decorative ornaments offers an unusual selection of the genre''s most strikingly imaginative graphics. Originally published in Paris in 1899 and sold by subscription, the collection featuresfifty full-page plates depicting a rich profusion of everyday items rendered in the distinctive Art Nouveau style.Intricate patterns of flowers, vines, faces, and other designs decorate scores of objects made of metal, ceramic, and glass: pitchers and vases, cutlery, walking sticks, jewelry, and other objects and artifacts. A source of authentic Art Nouveau graphics, this compilationwill serve as an inspiration for artists, illustrators, and designers.
£11.24
Dover Publications Inc. Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
Book SynopsisThe second of the great Surrealist's collage novels, this profoundly bizarre work was first published in Paris in 1930. Humor and irony abound in its expression of religious ecstasy and carnal desire.
£16.57
Thames & Hudson Ltd Impressionist PostImpressionist Drawing
Book SynopsisClaude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and their colleagues made some of the most beautiful drawings in the history of art. This book sets drawings by the impressionists and post-impressionists in the context of late nineteenth-century France, explaining why these particular works are as important as these artists? paintings in the representation of modernity.Impressionist & Post-Impressionist DrawingTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Triumph of Drawing • Eugène Boudin 1824–1898 • Camille Pissarro 1830–1903 • Édouard Manet 1832–1883 • Edgar Degas 1834–1917 • Paul Cézanne 1839–1906 • Alfred Sisley 1839–1899 • Odilon Redon 1840–1916 • Claude Monet 1840–1926 • Berthe Morisot 1841–1895 • Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919 • Federico Zandomeneghi 1841–1917 • Mary Cassatt 1844–1926 • Paul Gauguin 1848–1903 • Gustave Caillebotte 1848–1894 • Jean-François Raffaëlli 1850–1924 • Jean-Louis Forain 1852–1931 • Vincent van Gogh 1853–1890 • Georges Seurat 1859–1891 • Paul Signac 1863–1935 • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864–1901
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Matisse The Books
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented biographical and interpretative overview of Matisseâs livres dâartiste â intimate visions of the artistâs war in words and pictures intrinsic to his lifeâs work.Trade Review'Not only does it contain rarely seen images, but also a sensitive analysis of his relationships (as inscribed in these books) and his political affiliations during World War II' - Art Society Magazine'Fresh, in-depth, lavishly illustrated ' - Financial Times'These books-as-works-of-art are both a running commentary upon Matisse himself, the ever evolving, ever surprising image-maker, and an extraordinarily vivid series of critical responses to words that are often so rich and elusive in their meanings' - hyperallergic.com'This extensive study, with its many reproductions and engaging commentary, offers a worthwhile late-period portrait of an artist, who, as Aragon wrote in his many encomia, “used books to tell the story of his life”, and renew(ed) the very concept of illustration' - Apollo'Utterly spellbinding' - The Lady'Louise Rogers Lalaurie carefully and sensitively explores this relationship with an eclectic selection of poetry, drama together with Matisse’s own words … An inspiring portrait of the artist's regeneration and creative powers' - Cellophaneland'Lalaurie pays close attention to the texts, throwing new light onto Matisse’s choice of books … Her linguistic skills are particularly valuable to an English audience, who might easily miss the nuances of the original French …one can only be grateful to the present publishers for doing admirable justice to both the artist’s intentions and those of his original publishers' - Burlington Magazine'The blind embossed cloth cover feels wonderful to the touch and the generous illustrations are printed complete with the torn and deckled paper edges all print lovers adore … Essential reading for Matisse fans' - Printmaking Today'Matisse put an enormous amount of effort into his publishing projects … these were not minor works, but masterpieces. And because they were always intended for the pages of a book, they retain much of the force of originals in this handsome volume' - The SpectatorTable of ContentsPreface • Introduction • 1. Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé 1930-1932 • 2. Dessins, Themes et Variations 1941–43 • 3. Florilege des Amours de Ronsard 1941–48 • 4. Poemes de Charles d'Orleans 1942–1950 • 5. Pasiphaé, Chant de Mindos 1937–1944 • 6. Les Fleurs du Mal 1939–1947 • 7. Lettres Portugaises 1945–1946 • 8. Jazz 1941–1947 • Conclusion
£56.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Bauhaus Imaginista
Book SynopsisPlacing a rare emphasis on the international reach and reception of the Bauhaus, this book assesses the impact of the Bauhaus school from a global perspective.Trade Review'Lavishly illustrated' - SWISS'Splendidly illustrated … a must for modern art lovers' - The LadyTable of ContentsForeword • 1. Correspondence • 2. Designing Life • 3. Vernacular Modernism • 4. Undead
£31.96
Thames & Hudson Ltd Artists Lives
Book SynopsisEngaging encounters, personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art world insider. Praised by the Art Newspaper as âthe best art writer of his generationâ, Michael Peppiatt has encountered many European modern artists over more than fifty years. This selection of some of his best biographical writing covers a wide spectrum of modern art, from Van Gogh and Pierre Bonnard, to personal conversations with painter Sonia Delaunay, artist Dora Maar, who was Picassoâs lover in the 1930s and 1940s, and Francis Bacon, perhaps the most famous of the many artists with whom Peppiatt has formed personal friendships. Michael Peppiattâs lively, engaging writing takes us into the company of many notable art-world personalities, such as the Catalan painter Antoni TÃpies, whom he visits in his studio, and moments of disillusion, such as his meeting with the self-mythologizing artist Balthus. Art criticism blendTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Vincent van Gogh: Between Shadows and the Sun 2. Aristide Maillol and the Red Count 3. The Darker Side of Pierre Bonnard 4. Aubrey Beardsley’s Brief Brilliance 5. Picasso’s Trousers 6. Joan Miró: A Painter Among Poets 7. Talking to Sonia Delaunay 8. Christian Schad’s Portraits of the 1920s 9. A Tribute to Dora Maar 10. Alice Bellony Rewald: Portrait of a Muse 11. John Richardson, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 12. Henri Michaux Painter-Poet 13. Jean Dubuffet’s War on Culture 14. From Breton to Beckett: The Writers in Giacometti’s Life 15. Remembering Alberto Giacometti. An Interview with Jacques Dupin 16. A Broken Dream of Balthus 17. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dalí 18. Looking Back at Nicolas de Staël 19. Zoran Music: Art after Dachau 20. Dado and the Atrocity of Everyday Life 21. In memoriam: Antoni Tàpies 22. The Paradox of Francis Bacon 23. The Legacy of Genius: Van Gogh and Bacon 24. Bacon/Giacometti: Parallel Visions of a Terrible Truth 25. Lucian Freud’s Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau) 26. Raymond Mason Confronts the Torrent of Life 27. R. B. Kitaj: Paintings as Novels
£23.75
Thames & Hudson Ltd Judith Kerr The Illustrators 0
Book SynopsisJoanna Carey is a writer and artist, and former Children's Book Editor for the Guardian.Trade Review'This lovely book is an absolute delight, and the ravishing cover is the colour of a pink sugared almond' - Daily Mail'Beautiful … Please hunt out this book' - Elly Pear'Funny, sympathetic, original' - Jackie Wullshläger’s Art Books of the Year, Financial Times
£16.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd The History of Art A Global View
Book SynopsisWritten by a team of expert authors, this landmark textbook shows that art is more than European and extends far beyond the traditional canon. The History of Art: A Global View answers the urgent need for a more global, inclusive way to teach the history of the worldâs art. Led by Jean Robertson and Deborah Hutton, eleven specialists have cohered around the shared goal of bringing multiple perspectives to a worldwide narrative. The resulting survey represents every global region as an important part of an integrated, chronological history that emphasizes cross-cultural connections, contrasts and comparisons. The first major art history textbook of the 21st century, The History of Art: A Global View equips students to understand the history of art in new and revealing ways.
£142.50
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Art Museum in Modern Times
Book SynopsisDrawing on his unique experience at the helm of three major British art institutions, Charles Saumarez Smith traces how art museums across the world have changed over the past eighty years.Trade Review'An original book, and so beautifully written and constructed' - Professor Sir David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University and President of the British Academy'A wise and insightful tour of our most successful art museums. One couldn’t ask for a better informed or more congenial guide. Highly recommended' - Professor Andrew McClellan, Professor of History of Art and Museum Studies, Tufts University'There are few people as perfectly suited to give an overview of the pre-COVID museum landscape than Charles Saumarez Smith. Respected by the entire museum field, he has directed three major institutions, each with notable success ... Insightful, witty, playful and ironic, who better to guide a reader through the confusing terrain of the past several decades of the ‘museum boom’?' - James Bradburne, Director General, Pinacoteca di Brera and the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, and Editor-in-Chief, Museum Management and Curatorship'I love the style, tone and perspective, the personal experience present along the way, and the open mode of thinking and reflecting on what is seen. That is rare in museum literature and gives a special authority and also a thrill to the text' - Professor Mari Lending, Professor of Architectural History and Theory, Oslo School of Architecture and Design'Charles Saumarez Smith is well placed to consider all of the elements that define a contemporary institution, from architecture and curatorial expertise to funding models and the thorny subject of public duty' - The Arts Society'Written with the crisp elegance found in Baedeker’s guides' - The Financial Times'Charles Saumarez Smith is eminently qualified to answer the two main questions underpinning this survey of 42 museums: How have such institutions changed in the past century? And what does the future look like for these cathedrals of culture? Saumarez Smith … brings his experience and insights to this sweeping overview' - The Art Newspaper'Charles Saumarez Smith thoughtfully charts how quickly and definitively museums have moved on from the Cassoubonish attitude to become the public palaces they are now' - Apollo'Saumarez Smith’s case studies demonstrate how museums have changed since the 1930s and why. Understanding this history helps in understanding why museums look like they do now. With that understanding, a richer experience of those museums awaits us' - Studio International'Remarkable and provocatively thoughtful … The diversity is astounding … For the gallery visitor, this is an essential read, which sharpens our awareness of the absorbing complexity of the museum experience. The reader’s experience is further enhanced by the book’s exemplary design, and very well-chosen images of buildings, their interiors, and of individual architects, curators and patrons' - Artlyst'In his informed and engaging prose, Smith brings out the personality unique to each museum. This is complemented by a diverse selection of images … All these play their part in a book that is, above all else, shockingly good-looking' - The Arts Desk''Saumarez Smith is good on the often antagonistic relationship between architects and directors, and the difficulties of reconciling fantastical plans with a building that actually functions ... Every entry has its nuggets ... [a] clever, persuasive book' - Laura Freeman, Literary Review'How best to use this book? Perhaps simply to absorb the insider knowledge of an art historian, curator and former museum director who opens up the private conversations that have shaped the public spaces in which we experience art' - Art Quarterly'A fascinating look at how museums, their mission and their vision, have evolved over the past half-century… This superb and eminently readable book takes us along a roller coaster of ups and downs, experienced by museums as they lose, regain, refashion their intellectual confidence, their belief in or rejection of, the notion of a set of universal values, alternately giving prompts to, or taking their cues from, the public' - Blue Guides'Saumarez Smith headed the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy, and there seems hardly a museum worldwide that he hasn’t visited. As architectural historian and cultural commentator, he is compelling, charming, tolerant and wise on why museums matter, how their role is changing, and what that reveals about broader social and political transformation' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. The Pre-War Museum • 2. The Modern Museum • 3. The Post-Modern Museum • 4. Museums for the New Millennium • 5. The Museum Re-invented • Conclusion
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Emperors of Byzantium
Book SynopsisKevin Lygo is an expert in Islamic and Byzantine art who has travelled across Europe and the Middle East extensively. He has previously edited the publications Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages (2003) and Pages of the Qur'an. A study of Islamic Calligraphy (2011). He is Director of Television at ITV and was formerly Director of Television at Channel 4. Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Robert Peston is a journalist, writer and the Political Editor of ITV News.Trade Review'I love this book. The strangeness, the darkness, the madness, the gruesomeness, the politics, the families, the feuding, the deaths! It makes Game of Thrones look like a scrap in the playground' - Russell T. Davies'This revelatory and brilliantly researched book opens the door to one of the best-kept secrets in art – the magnificent empire of Byzantium' - Waldemar Januszczak'Kevin Lygo is a connoisseur, collector and specialist in the Byzantine era, which when combined with his flair for storytelling, make this a publication to savour' - Will Gompertz'A highly readable, beautifully illustrated survey of the rulers of a great medieval empire that spanned more than a thousand years, from Constantine the Great to the fall of the Eastern Empire. Lygo has succeeded brilliantly in bringing this fascinating but strangely neglected subject to life' - Paul Lay, Editor, History Today, and author of Providence Lost: the Rise and Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate'A vivid and gorgeously illustrated study of Byzantium and its emperors' - Roger Crowley'A fascinating read and superb production standards' - The Armourer'Highly readable … Confirm[s] that a millennium’s worth of political upheaval and imperial strife coincided with a stunning, artistic florescence. The only thing ‘orthodox’ about Byzantium was the name given to its religion' - Art Quarterly'An informed and accessible survey of the men and women who ruled the empire over its 1,100 years ... Excellent' - The New CriterionTable of ContentsFOREWORD by Robert Peston INTRODUCTION by Bettany Hughes Constantinian Dynasty (306–363) Non-Dynastic Ruler (363–364) Valentinian Dynasty (364–379) Theodosian Dynasty (379–457) Leonid Dynasty (457–518) Justinian Dynasty (518–602) Non-Dynastic Usurper (602–610) Heraklian Dynasty (610–695) Twenty Years of Anarchy (695–717) Isaurian Dynasty (717–802) Nikephorian Dynasty (802–813) Non-Dynastic Ruler (813–820) Amorian Dynasty (820–867) Macedonian Dynasty (867–1056) Non-Dynastic Ruler (1056–1057) Komnenian Dynasty (I: 1057–1059) Doukid Dynasty (1059–1081) Komnenian Dynasty (II: 1081–1185) Angelid Dynasty (1185–1204) Latin Constantinople and the Empire in Exile (1204–1461) The Empire of Nicaea (1208–1261) Palaiologan Dynasty (1261–1453)
£29.23
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Van Gogh Sisters
Book SynopsisA new biography of Vincent van Gogh's sisters, published in English for the first time, containing previously unpublished letters and photographs from the archives of Van Gogh descendants.Trade Review'In 'The Van Gogh Sisters' we see Van Gogh’s story through the eyes and voices of the young women in his family circle. Their distinctive perspective offers valuable insights into Van Gogh’s values and family life and enables the sisters to step forward in their own right' - Carol Jacobi, Curator, Tate'An interior look at the sisters’ challenges and desires ... compelling and intimate' - Hyperallergic'Gives insights into the tragedy and turmoil of [the sisters'] lives' - ObserverTable of Contents1. It was terrible. I shall never forget that night: Nuenen, 1885 • 2. Undisturbed Married Felicity: The Hague, Breda and Zundert, 1851 and earlier • 3. The Land of Desire: Zundert, 1851-1871 • 4. Young Mistresses: Helvoirt, Leeuwarden, Tiel, 1871-1875 • 5. Cottages Covered in Ivy: London, Welwyn, 1873-1877 • 6. Quiet at Home: Etten, Tiel, Dordrecht, Soesterberg, ’s-Hertogenbosch, 1875-1882 • 7. Memories of the Garden: Etten, Hengelo, Leiderdorp, 1876-1877 • 8. Great and Holy in his Final Rest: Nuenen, Leiderdorp, Soesterberg, 1882-1886 • 9. My Greatest Ambition is to Write Something Original: Soesterberg, Elburg, Breda, Middelharnis, Amsterdam, Paris, 1885-1888 • 10. All Such a Dreadful Muddl: Breda, Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Soesterberg, 1886-1889 • 11. I Just Can’t Imagine You in Paris: Soesterberg, Leiden, Paris 1889-1890 • 12. Dear Sister, Dear Vincent: Paris, Leiden, Arles, Auvers-sur-Oise 1888-1890 • 13. Oh, Mother, He Was So Truly My Brother: Paris, Leiden, Auvers-sur-Oise, Utrecht 1890-1891 • 14. The Poison of Impropriety: Nijmegen, The Hague, 1893-1898 • 15. Such Momentous Times! Leiden, Dieren, Baarn, Ermelo-Veldwijk, 1900-1920 • 16. Poetry as Clear as a Brook: Baarn, Ermelo-Veldwijk, 1920-1934 • 17. The Last Years: Amsterdam, Baarn, Dieren, Ermelo-Veldwijk, 1925-1941
£21.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Making of M
Book SynopsisThis visually driven compendium combines brief narrative descriptions and widely sourced images to tell the fascinating story of the creation of Hong Kong's new global museum of modern and contemporary visual culture.
£21.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd Chinese Art Since 1970 The M Sigg Collection
Book SynopsisThe definitive catalogue to a world-class collection of Chinese contemporary art, which includes painting, photography, sculpture, installation and video art.Trade Review'Insightful … a resource for new vantage points on Chinese contemporary art' - South China Morning Post
£999.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Coco Fusco
Book SynopsisThe first monograph on the influential contemporary CubanâAmerican interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco. Tomorrow, I will become an island is the first in-depth study of the performances, videos and social practice of the influential CubanâAmerican artist Coco Fusco. Featuring contributions by renowned scholars of art history, performance art and Cuban cultural politics as well as an essay by the artist herself, the book offers a comprehensive review of Fuscoâs interdisciplinary art practice and her transnational perspective on race, gender and power. For more than three decades, Fusco has been a leader in conversations around the intersection of identity, feminism, culture, and politics in the Americas and beyond. Emerging during the 1980s as a pioneering advocate of multiculturalism in the arts, Fusco utilizes performance, video, exhibition making, archival research and writing to reflect upon the ways that intercultural relations and colonial histories shape the coTrade Review'This beautiful book looks back at [Coco Fusco's] influential work, including many of her memorable performances, in the three decades since she emerged on the scene in the 1990s. It’s an unfinished story as Fusco is still making work and publishing words that bring deep discomfort to the powers to be' - HyperallergicTable of ContentsTomorrow I Will Become an Island: Olga Viso Introduction: Coco Fusco The Politics of Discomfort: Julia Bryan-Wilson Corporeality and Critique: Jill Lane Inverting the Frame: Anna Gritz Coco Fusco and the Empty Spaces of Havana: Antonio José Ponte Body of Work, 1988–2022: Compiled by Ursula Davila-Villa and Anna Stothart Exhibition and Performance History Artist’s Writings Selected Bibliography Contributors
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The AvantGardists
Book SynopsisA fascinating, narrative biography of the art movement that transformed the modern world, tracing the lives and activities of the key protagonists as they set about a revolution in art. October 1917. The Russian Revolution wipes the old tsarist empire off the map. Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Lyubov Popova, Alexander Rodchenko, Olga Rozanova, Vladimir Tatlin and other avant-garde artists participate in the revolutionary struggle, transforming inner cities with their progressive murals, posters, installations and performances. The new political leaders soon want nothing to do with these radical artists. While their reputation is growing in Europe, they experience increasing pressure in the Soviet Union. Against a background of violent social and political change, author Sjeng Scheijen describes with compassion and humour events that shaped the artistic revolution in this, the first illustrated biography to relate the rise and fall of the leading figures of
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art of the Baltic States
Book SynopsisIn this highly illustrated volume, Serge Fauchereau presents the modern art scene of the Baltic countries, showing how artists from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia created their own art movement rooted in Baltic life. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Baltic artists and writers were starting to reclaim and promote their artistic heritage as radically distinct from that of the invading nations, with pioneers such as M. K. Ciurlionis and Vilhelms Purvitis demonstrating rare originality in their work. Focusing on the modern era, Fauchereau tackles a broad range of artistic fields such as painting, sculpture, photography, and art criticism and includes works by Petras Kalpokas, Aleksandra Belcova, and Eduard Ole, among many others.Art of the Baltic State
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Art of the Bible
Book SynopsisAn extensively illustrated compendium of 45 expertly selected illuminated bibles that transport the reader through 1,000 years of history and across the Christian world. For two millennia the Bible has inspired the creation of art. Within this legacy of remarkable art and beauty, illuminated biblical manuscripts offer some of the best evidence for our understanding of early Christian painting and artistic interpretations of the Bible. Compiled and written by two internationally renowned experts, this beautiful book immerses the reader in the world of illuminated manuscripts of the Bible. Through its pictures we are transported across 1,000 years of history, passing chronologically through many of the major centres of the Christian world. Starting in Constantinople in the East, the journey moves on to Lindisfarne in the North, to imperial Aachen, back to Canterbury, then to Carolingian Tours in western France. Later we view some of the riches of Winchester, Mozarabic Spain, CrusTrade Review'Sumptuous … spans 1,000 years and considers the history and significance of 45 illuminated biblical manuscripts, providing much insight into medieval Christian art' - ApolloTable of ContentsIntroduction: One Thousand Years of Art and Beauty The Bibles 1. The Golden Canon Tables Canon Tables of Eusebius of Caesarea, in Greek Constantinople, 6th or 7th century [Turkey] Glimpses of early Christian splendour in Constantinople 2. The Lindisfarne Gospels The Four Gospels, in Latin, with added interlinear gloss in Old English Lindisfarne, c. 700 (added gloss, Chester-le-Street, c. 970) [UK] Spectacular Anglo-Saxon Ornament 3. The Vespasian Psalter Psalter, in Latin, with interlinear gloss in Old English Kent, 1st half of the 8th century [UK] The Earliest Narrative Initials in Western Europe 4. The Harley Golden Gospels The Four Gospels, in Latin Aachen?, Carolingian Empire, c. 800 [UK] The Gospels Written in Gold 5. The Canterbury Royal Bible Bible, in Latin (incomplete, now comprising the Four Gospels only) Canterbury, 1st quarter of the 9th century, [UK] An Early Canterbury Bible 6. The Moutier-Granval Bible Bible, in Latin Tours, 2nd quarter of the 9th century [France] Symbolic Figurative Art 7. The Lothar Psalter Psalter, in Latin Aachen, c. 842–55 [Germany] An Imperial Psalter 8. The Aethelstan or Coronation Gospels The Four Gospels, in Latin Lobbes, south of Brussels, last quarter of the 9th century, or 1st quarter of the 10th century [Belgium] A Royal Gift 9. Guest-Coutts New Testament New Testament, in Greek Constantinople, middle of 10th century [Turkey] An Illuminated New Testament from Constantinople 10. The Harley Psalter Psalter, in Latin (Psalms, incomplete) Canterbury, 1st half of the 11th century [UK] An Anglo-Saxon Masterpiece 11. The Old English Hexateuch Hexateuch (Genesis-Joshua), in Old English Canterbury, 2nd quarter of the 11th century [UK] The Earliest Illustrated Western Vernacular Bible 12. The Harley Echternach Gospels The Four Gospels, in Latin Echternach, middle of the 11th century [Luxembourg] Ottonian Imperial Style 13. The Tiberius Psalter Psalter, in Latin, imperfect, with Old English gloss Winchester, 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century [UK] A Grand Christological Cycle 14. Theodore Psalter Psalter, in Greek Constantinople, 1066 [Turkey] A Byzantine Visual Commentary on the Psalms 15. The Silos Apocalypse Revelation and Beatus of Liébana’s commentary, St Jerome’s commentary on Daniel, in Latin Silos [Spain], 1091 (text) and 1109 (decoration) [Spain] A Spanish Vision of the Apocalypse 16. The Stavelot Bible Bible, in Latin Stavelot, near Liège, 1093–97 [Belgium] Monumental Art 17. The Egerton Gospel Lectionary Gospel Lectionary, in Latin Germany, c. 1100 [Germany] Illuminating the Liturgy 18. The Burney Gospels The Four Gospels, in Greek Constantinople, 10th century (script) and 2nd quarter of 12th century (portraits) [Turkey] An Imperial Tetraevangelion 19. The Psalter of Queen Melisende Psalter, in Latin Jerusalem, between 1131 and 1143 [Middle East] A Psalter for a Crusader Queen 20. The Winchester Psalter Psalter, in Latin and French with the Apostles Creed and some prayers in French Winchester, England, middle of 12th century [UK] An Illustrated Bilingual Psalter 21. The Worms Bible Bible, in Latin Frankenthal, near Worms, c. 1148 [Germany] A Romanesque Giant Bible 22. The Floreffe Bible Bible, in Latin Meuse valley, 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century [Germany] Visual Biblical Exegesis 23. The Arnstein Bible Bible, in Latin Arnstein, Germany, c. 1172 [Germany] A Grand Monastic Bible 24. The Harley Greek Gospels The Four Gospels, in Greek Cyprus or Palestine, late 12th century [Middle East] A Gospels to Aid Devotion 25. Syriac Lectionary Gospel Lectionary, in Syriac Mosul, between 1216 and 1220 [Syria / Middle East] A Syrian Visualization of the Gospels 26. The Harley Bible moralisée Moralized Bible (Maccabees and the New Testament), in Latin, Paris, 2nd quarter of 13th century [France] Royal Instruction 27. Apocalypse Revelation, with extracts from the commentary of Berengaudus, in Latin, imperfect London or Westminster, c. 1260 [UK] An English Illustrated Apocalypse 28. Bolognese Bible Bible, in Latin Bologna, c. 1280–1300 [Italy] Italian Splendour 29. Gospel Lectionary of the Sainte-Chapelle Gospel Lectionary, in Latin Paris, last quarter of 13th century [France] Picturing the Gospels in Medieval Paris 30. The Queen Mary Psalter Psalter, in Latin London?, 1st quarter of 14th century [UK] Unprecedented Psalter Illustration 31. Welles Apocalypse Revelation, with commentary in Anglo-Norman French, bound with Peter of Peckham, La lumere as lais England, c. 1310 [UK] Revelation in the Vernacular 32. Holkham Bible Picture Book Bible Picture Book, with captions in Anglo-Norman French London, c. 1320–30 [UK] The Bible in Pictures 33. The St Omer Psalter Psalter, in Latin Norfolk, c. 1330 (with later additions) [UK] Glorious Marginal Imagery 34. Bible of Clement VII Bible, in Latin Naples, c. 1330–40 [Italy] A Papal Bible 35. The Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander The Four Gospels, in Slavonic of Bulgarian character Turnovo (?), 1355–56 [Bulgaria] Slavonic Emulation of Byzantine Splendour 36. Bible historiale of Charles V Bible historiale completée moyenne: Genesis to the Apocalypse, in French Paris, 1357 [France] The Bible as History 37. Paduan Bible Picture Book Bibbia istoriata: Exodus to Joshua, in Italian Padua, c. 1390–1400 [Italy] The Old Testament in Pictures 38. King’s Biblia pauperum Biblia pauperum The Hague, c. 1395–1400 [Netherlands] The Old Testament revealed in the New 39. The Great Bible of the Kings of England Bible, in Latin London, c. 1410–13 [UK] A Late Medieval Giant Bible 40. Bible historiale of Charles of France Grande Bible historiale à prologues: Genesis to the Apocalypse Paris, c. 1420 [France] Learning Wisdom from the Bible 41. Dutch History Bible Utrecht Bible: Genesis to Esther Utrecht, c. 1440–45 [Netherlands] Seeing Salvation in the Netherlands 42. Edward IV’s Bible historiale Bible historiale: Tobit to Acts, in French Bruges, 1470 (script) and c. 1479 (illumination) [Belgium] A Bible fit for a King 43. The Gospels of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga The Four Gospels, in Greek Rome, 1478 [Italy] A Renaissance Cardinal’s Gospel book 44. Armenian Gospels Four Gospels, in Armenian Isfahan, 1608 [Middle East] Painting the Gospels in Persia 45. Ethiopian Octateuch and Gospels Octateuch, Four Gospels and Apostolic Canons, in classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Gondar (?), late 17th century [Ethiopia] Reviving Former Ethiopian splendour Further Reading Index
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd George HoyningenHuene
Book SynopsisA captivating photographic odyssey spanning fashion, Hollywood and travel, this is the first publication in almost 40 years on the work of George Hoyningen-Huene, the photographer whose images defined an era. Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (19001968), known simply as Huene, worked during the golden age of couture fashion and Hollywood cinema. He was born in St Petersburg to a wealthy family, but they had to flee their home during the Russian revolution in 1917. Huene spent time in England before moving to Paris, where he was employed to create photographs for Vogue and Vanity Fair and rapidly established himself as a visual innovator, fusing elements of neoclassicism and surrealism to create chic, arresting images. In 1935, Huene joined Harper's Bazaar magazine, where he remained a contributor until 1946, following which he settled in California and embarked on a second career as a colour coordinator for Hollywood films. Supported by an international exhibition opening at Chanel Nexus Hall in Tokyo, this book combines elegant design and production values with rigorous new research and scholarship. Organized into eight chapters, each supported by texts by contributing writers from the worlds of fashion, cinema and photography, and featuring names and faces that have defined our view of style, glamour and grace in the 20th century, it reminds us of Huene's position among the greats of photography.
£56.25
Thames & Hudson Ltd A Look at My Life
Book Synopsis'A thrilling insight into one of the 20th century's great artists. Agar's exuberant and colourful life and work come alive in this book' Katy Hessel 'A vivid panorama of an adventurous and stimulating age' Financial Times Whether dancing on the rooftops in Paris, sharing ideas with Pablo Picasso, or gathering starfish on the beaches of Cornwall, Eileen Agar (18991991) transformed the everyday into the extraordinary. Her legacy as a pioneering figure in the Surrealist movement is firmly established, and her work continues to captivate audiences with its otherworldly beauty and imaginative power. Agar's life was no less extraordinary than her art. Here, she traces her life from her birth in Argentina to the late 1980s. She gives an intimate account of very different worlds: grand house parties in Buenos Aires and Belgravia as a young girl give way to la vie bohème in London and Paris, and a peripatetic existence with her lifelong partner, Hungarian writer Joseph Bard. She enjoyed e
£28.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Ronald Moody
Book SynopsisThe first major monograph on sculptor Ronald Moody, exploring his legacy and impact through his key artistic relationships, networks and influences, and his relationship with nature, humanity and spirituality. Ronald Moody (19001984) was a leading modernist sculptor and yet, until now, there has been no comprehensive overview of his work. This biography explores the development of his sculpture, re-establishing his place within the story of 20th-century art. Contributions by those who knew him Paul Dash, David A. Bailey, Cynthia Moody, Errol Lloyd and Val Wilmer punctuate Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski's biographical account. Their personal reflections and photographs, and transcripts of Moody's BBC radio broadcasts, offer insights into his cultural influences and studio life, with his brother Harold, a campaigner for racial equality, and the Caribbean Artist Movement, at the core. Born in Jamaica, Moody arrived in Britain in 1923 and initially trained as a dentist, before switching p
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Griselda Pollock on Gauguin
Book SynopsisGriselda Pollock, feminist art historian and longstanding advocate of gender and racial inclusivity, unpacks the racist, sexist and imperialist underpinnings of works by Gauguin and others as they competed for pre-eminence in the European avant-garde of the 1880s and 90s. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series celebrates writers and thinkers who have helped shape the conversation across the arts. Mixing classic and contemporary texts, reissues and abridgements, these are bite-sized, fully illustrated reads in an attractive, affordable and highly collectable package.
£11.69
Thames and Hudson Ltd PopUp Surrealism
Book SynopsisIn this magical book, pop-up engineer Gérard Lo Monaco brings to life eight works of art by leading surrealists: Salvador Dalí, Victor Brauner, Jean Arp, Man Ray, Joseph Cornell, Dora Maar, René Magritte, and André Breton. Short texts introduce each work and its historical context, while hand-painted illustrations bring a new dimension to this revolutionary period in modern art.Pop-Up Surrealism
£17.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd 101 Surrealists
Book SynopsisDesmond Morris is one of the last surviving Surrealists. His first solo exhibition was held in 1948 and in 1950 he shared his first London show with Joan Miró. He has since completed over 2,500 Surrealist paintings, and eight books have been published about his work. He has also written several books, one of which, The Naked Ape, ranks among the top 100 bestsellers of all time, with over 12 million copies sold. His The Lives of the Surrealists was published in 2018 by Thames & Hudson, followed by Postures: Body Language in Art (2019) and The British Surrealists (2022).
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art
Book SynopsisThames & Hudson's new, affordable, covetable Pocket Perspectives': beautifully illustrated essays by canonical writers' Financial Times Explore the dynamic world of 1960s Pop Art through Lucy Lippard's insightful analysis in this new addition to the Pocket Perspectives series. Pop Art epitomized the free spirit of the 1960s, blending carnival-like qualities with bold colours and monumental scale, but based on a tough, no-nonsense, no-refinement standard appropriate to its time. Renowned art critic and curator Lucy Lippard's classic, contemporaneous study enriches our understanding of this groundbreaking art movement. Across three chapters, the author first outlines the phenomenon of Pop Art, its antecedents and related styles ranging from folk art, Surrealism and Dada as well as the work of key artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. She then focuses on Pop Art in New York, discussing key iconic figures including Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Jame
£11.69
Thames & Hudson Ltd Ancient Ivory
Book SynopsisAn informative and beautifully produced guide to the Nimrud Ivories, one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient ivory, now largely lost as a result of conflict in the Middle East.Trade Review'A beautifully illustrated, authoritative account … an essential work of reference not just for those concerned with the ancient Near East but for everybody interested in ancient ivories' - John Curtis, President of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq and former Keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum'Masterly … Intimately familiar with the spectacular finds from the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, Georgina Herrmann brings to life the story of Near Eastern ivory carving' - Dirk Wicke, Chair of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Goethe Universität'Beautiful … It should certainly belong in the collection of anyone with an interest in ivories and the ancient art of the Assyrian Empire' - The Prehistoric Society
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Hokusai beyond the Great Wave British Museum
Book SynopsisA major publication on Hokusai's remarkable late work, incorporating fresh scholarship on the sublime paintings and prints the artist created in the last thirty years of his life.Trade Review'The most important publication for years on Hokusai … a uniquely valuable overview of the artists’ late career' - Asian Art Newspaper
£32.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Theatres of Melancholy
Book SynopsisThe first substantial book on the French Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting.Table of ContentsAuthor’s note Prologue First act: 1926 1. Exiles 2. Leonid’s travels Second act: Against the tide 3. Gertrude Stein’s prevarications 4. Ten portraits 5. The ‘Bérard era’ 6. Tchelitchew: weightiness and grace 7. Transparent bodies 8. Eugene Berman: dreaming of architecture 9. A Paper Ball 10. Medusa Third act: Figures of style 11. Two minor arcana 12. The strange case of Waldemar-George 13. The invention of Neo-Romanticism 14. Neo-Humanism is a Neo-Mannerism 15. Fantasy landscapes 16. The theory of the saltimbanque Fourth act: Convergence lines 17. The lightness of being 18. The English scene 19. Kit Wood, the outsider 20. The art of nuance
£36.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The History of Asian Art A Global View
Book SynopsisA highly illustrated history of the diverse visual art produced across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, written by two specialist art historians. Asia is home to more than half the worldâs population, and learning about the art of its many cultures helps readers understand the visual world that surrounds us. This book tells the story of the simultaneous development of artistic techniques, styles and ideas across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, exploring the ways these regions were often dynamically interconnected with each other, and with places beyond Asia. It covers the full breadth of Asian art history, with almost 500 artworks from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia and Southeast Asia; including areas often under-represented in other books on the subject, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia. Authors Lee and Hutton are active teachers, writers and speakers who engage with art hiTrade Review'Covering a vast array of visual and material art practices spanning prehistoric to present times, this volume is a timely addition to the growing field of Asian art' - Charlotte Horlyck, SOAS University of London
£70.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Life of Raphael
Book SynopsisPaul Joannides is Emeritus Professor at the History of Art at the University of Cambridge. His publications include The Drawings of Raphael; Masaccio and Masolino; and Titian to 1518: The Assumption of Genius. Rick Scorza is a writer and lecturer on the Renaissance. In 2012 he was the inaugural Senior Thaw Research Fellow at the Drawing Institute of the Morgan Library & Museum, New York. He is also President of the British Museum's British Art Medal Society.Table of ContentsPreface: Vasari’s Life of Raphael and the present translation • Vasari's Raphael: Knowledge and Interpretation • The Life of Raphael of Urbino, Painter and Architect
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Gainsborough
Book SynopsisGainsborough is one of the most appealing artists of the 18th century. The author draws on recently discovered material to provide a fresh perspective on both the life and art of this master.Trade Review'Gainsborough is placed in the premier division of British artists in this perceptive monograph' - The Independent'A tremendous book, with a good flowing concise style…it will be useful for students following a syllabus as well as anyone who sees these delicious paintings and wants to know more' - The LecturerTable of ContentsIntroduction: Effect and Substance Part I: Suffolk - Origins - Learning the Business - The Suffolk Practice - Places and Pastorals - Conversations - Scaling Up Part II: Bath - The Bath Practice - The 'Magick' Studio - Music - The Old Masters - Grand Portraits - The English Arcadia Part III: London - The London Practice - Academy and Exhibition - Royal Patronage - Family Problems - Romantic Women and Painted Ladies - Nature and Fancy - Death and the Woodman Epilogue: The Name of Gainsborough
£12.34
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art and Architecture in Mexico
Book SynopsisOffers an interpretive history of Mexican art and architecture from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the 21st century. The author shows how artists in Mexico participated in local and international developments, and highlights the important role played by Mexicans in the art world of the last five centuries.Trade Review'A sweeping panorama of five rich and diverse centuries of Mexican art and architecture. The best and most up-to-date survey of its kind' - Alan Knight, Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction • Chapter 1: Conquest and Negotiation 1520–1600 • Chapter 2: Art for the New Cities 1550–1700 • Chapter 3: Baroque Splendor under the Bourbons 1700–1810 • Chapter 4: From Neoclassicism to Romanticism 1750–1850 • Chapter 5: National Identity: History, Landscape, Citizens 1840–80 • Chapter 6: From the Porfiriato to the Revolution 1880–1920 • Chapter 7: From Revolution to Renaissance 1920–34 • Chapter 8: Political and Personal Dreams 1934–46 • Chapter 9: Construction and Rebellion 1946–72 • Chapter 10: From the Olympics to Neo-Mexicanism 1968–94 • Chapter 11: Contemporary Art
£13.46
Thames & Hudson Ltd Art Since 1960
Book SynopsisPresents an overview that helps you make coherent sense of the often-bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques, and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art. This edition includes a new chapter on developments in contemporary art since 2000. It offers information on the evolution of art over the decades.Trade Review'Archer’s admirable overview treats the history of art of this period in a manner which does justice to its diversity and its complexity of inter-relations, between different aspects of artistic practice and the actualities of the world in which they operate... a?brave and intelligent attempt to live up to its implications' - Art Monthly
£11.66
Thames & Hudson Ltd Maya Art and Architecture
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to the art and architecture of one of the world's most enigmatic civilizations, extensively revised and now in colour throughout.Trade Review'An eloquently written, beautifully illustrated, and completely up-to-date guide to the glories produced by ancient Maya artists, scribes, and architects' - Michael D. Coe, author of The Maya'A milestone in the dissemination of knowledge about Maya art' - Andrea Stone, co-author of Reading Maya ArtTable of ContentsPreface • 1. Discovering Maya Art; 2. Precious and Plain: The Materials of Maya Art and Architecture • 3. People of Maize: The Human Form in Maya Art • 4. Building the Maya World • 5. Makers and Modelers: Developing Sculptural Style • 6. Maya Sculpture of the Palace and Court • 7. Sculpture of the North: The Art of Yucatán and Chichén Itzá • 8. From the Hand of the Scribe: Painted Vessels in Maya Art • 9. The Splendor of Colours: The Art of Murals and Books • 10. A Modern World of Maya Art
£16.13
Thames & Hudson Ltd Greek Art
Book SynopsisWe now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked with a wealth of other materials on a major scale, including wood and precious metals. This edition showcases the artistic endeavours of the ancient Greeks.Trade Review'One of the very best short histories of Greek art' - Financial TimesTable of ContentsPreface • Introduction • 1. The Beginnings and Geometric Greece • 2. Greece and the Arts of the East and Egypt • 3. Archaic Greek Art • 4. Classical Sculpture and Architecture • 5. Other Arts in Classical Greece • 6. Hellenistic Art • 7. Greek Art and the Greeks • 8. The Legacy
£11.66
Thames & Hudson Ltd Oceanic Art
Book SynopsisA new edition of this concise but authoritative survey of the diverse, dazzling and compelling art of Oceania in all its forms, past and present.Trade Review'Excellent … Thomas’s choice of illustrations is exceptional and wide-ranging' - Pacific Arts'In Thomas’s book aesthetics and ethnography support one another' - London Review of Books'Distinctive for its ambitions, erudition and insight … a comprehensive and balanced review' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Revelations • 2. Ancestors and Architecture • 3. The Art of War • 4. The Art of the Body • 5. Mothers and Male Cults • 6. Barkcloth, Exchange, Sanctity • 7. Feathers, Divinity, Power • 8. Narrative Art and Tourism • 9. Decolonization and Diaspora • 10. Globalization and contemporary art
£11.66
Thames & Hudson Ltd Latin American Art Since 1900
Book SynopsisThe only one-volume introduction to modern and post-modern art from Latin America, perhaps the most exciting and rewarding art scene in the world today.Table of Contents1. Forerunners and Independents • 2. The First Modern Movements • 3. Mexican Muralism • 4. Muralism Beyond Mexico • 5. The Exiles • 6. Mexico: Four Women and One Man • 7. A Climate of Change • 8. Geometric Abstraction • 9. Informal Abstraction 10. Expressionist Tendencies • 11. Realism, Pop Art and Surrealism • 12. Moving Towards the Present • 13. Latin American Art Now
£15.26
Thames & Hudson Ltd Turner
Book SynopsisA classic study of Britain's greatest painter, revised and updated to offer a fresh, clear reappraisal of the artist's life and work.Table of Contents1. ‘Life’s Morning Landscape’ • 2. The Academician • 3. ‘A Wonderful Range of Mind’ 4. Italy: ‘That Veil of Matchless Colour’ • 5. The Tragic Vision
£13.46
Thames & Hudson Ltd Viking Art
Book SynopsisThe definitive introduction to art from the Viking age, in all media and styles.Table of ContentsPreface • Introduction: What is Viking Art? • Timeline • 1. The World of the Vikings and the Origins of Viking Art • 2. The Oseberg and Borre Styles • 3. The Jellinge and Mammen Styles • 4. The Ringerike and Urnes Styles • 5. Content: Pagan to Christian • Epilogue, Maps, Further Reading
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Gauguin
Book SynopsisAn updated edition of a classic volume in the World of Art series.Trade Review'A pithy biography and an analytical evaluation written with energy and zest' - The Sunday TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. The Part-Time Painter (1848–1884) • 2. The Full-Time Painter (1885–1888) • 3. Collaborative Experiments (1888) • 4. Leader of the Symbolists (1889–1891) • 5. The Search for the Primitive (1891–1893) • 6. Confronting the Public (1893–1895) • 7. Definitive Exile (1895–1903) • Appendix to the New Edition – Gauguin Research since 1987
£13.46
Thames & Hudson Ltd William Blake 0 World of Art
Book SynopsisAn updated edition of a classic volume and thorough overview of William Blake's life and work.Trade Review'A unique and valuable guide' - The Times'Gracefully written and generously illustrated' - Times Literary Supplement'A thing of joy. Warmly recommended' - GuardianTable of ContentsPreface • Introduction • 1. Apprentice to Antiquity • 2. ‘The lost art of the Greeks’ 3. A New Mode of Printing • 4. ‘Lovely Lambeth’ • 5. Night Thoughts • 6. Natural Friends • 7. The Line of the Almighty • 8. Spiritual Enemies • 9. Visions of Albion 10. The Interpreter • 11. King and Priest in his own Household
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Outsider Art
Book SynopsisAn updated and substantially revised edition of this comprehensive introduction to outsider art, distinguished by its wider international scope and inclusion of global developments since 2000. Outsider Art is the work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught, untrained visionaries, spiritualists, recluses, folk artists, psychiatric patients, prisoners and others beyond the imposed margins of society and the art market. Coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972, the term in English derived from Jean Dubuffetâs âArt Brutâ â literally âraw artâ, âuncookedâ by culture, unaffected by fashion, unmoved by artistic standards. In this comprehensive and indispensable guide, Colin Rhodes surveys the history and reception of Outsider Art â first championed by Dubuffet and the Surrealists, now appreciated by a wider public â while providing fresh insights into the achievements of both major figures and newly discovered artists as well as the emergence of specialized studios, asTrade Review'The best-informed and most lucid account of Outsider Art' - Roger Cardinal'Seeks to illustrate, describe, and give coherence to the concept of Outsider Art … Nicely illustrated and well written' - ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Art Brut and its Affinities 2. Psychopathological Art 3. Alternative Worlds 4. Self-Taught Visionaries 5. Other Positions 6. The Contemporary Turn
£13.49
Thames & Hudson Ltd Sienese Painting
Book SynopsisAn essential visual overview for students and readers with an interest in Sienese art, history and Renaissance culture. For two centuries, the city-republic of Siena was home to a brilliant succession of painters who created some of the greatest masterpieces of all time; an imagery unmatched in colouristic intensity and spatial experimentation. This overview, now revised and updated, is an essential introduction to this extraordinary artistic tradition. Taking a broadly chronological approach, it moves from the 14th-century Siena of Duccio, Simone Martini and the Lorenzetti brothers, to the 15th-century city of Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo. Perceptive visual analysis of the distinctive styles and conventions of Sienese painting is combined with clear explanations of traditional techniques such as fresco and tempera. The works are also placed in their social and religious context through discussion of Sienaâs system of government, its civic consciousness, the importance ofTrade Review'An unimprovable union of exceptionally acute looking, magical prose and authoritative scholarship … a wonderfully balanced account of a woefully neglected school' - David Ekserdjian, The Times Literary Supplement'Required reading for anyone visiting the city' - The Spectator'A work of enthralled advocacy' - Evening StandardTable of ContentsIntroduction: ’An Art Born Amidst City Streets’: The Image of the City 1. Duccio and the Religion of the Commune The Expanded Icon Pisans and Parisians The Maestà Narrative and Predella 'From Greek, Back into Latin’ 2. Simone Martini: ‘The Sweet New Style’ In the French High Fashion The Montefiore Chapel and Franciscan Narrative Simone in Siena 1328–33 The Guidoriccio and Barna Controversies With Petrarch in Avignon: ‘il mio Simon’ 3. Pietro Lorenzetti: Towards a Franciscan Art The Passion Cycle at Assisi 'A Sweetly Passionate Abandonment to Feeling’ New Majesties Imagery of the Journey: Dante and Blessed Umiltà A New Birth 4. Ambrogio Lorenzetti: The Golden Age Returns In the Service of Ben Comun The Image of a Just Society 'The Space of Vernacular Style’ The Winter Wall The Cosmographer 5. After the Black Death (1348–1420) Bartolo and Taddeo: ‘Patent Mediocrities’? The Fountain and the Font: Jacopo della Quercia 'Lowliness’: Bernardino and the Sienese Saints 6. Second Flowering: Sassetta An Alternative Renaissance Francis, Jester of God An Agglomeration of Glimpses Verticality 7. Giovanni di Paolo: The Chessboard Journey Death and the Dante Illuminations The John the Baptist Cycles The Storyteller 8. The Lost Cause: From the Master of the Osservanza to Francesco di Giorgio Asciano and the Shared Idiom Towards Pienza Francesco di Giorgio and ‘Mathematical Humanism’ Discarding the ‘Humble Style’ Epilogue: The Rediscovery
£15.29
