Paintings and painting Books
Phaidon Press Ltd Dana Schutz
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive monograph on one of today’s most innovative and successful painters – made in close collaboration with the artist Defined by bold brushstrokes, a dynamic use of color and imaginative compositions, the paintings of Dana Schutz are panoramic expanses that offer visions of humanity in all its complex facets. Her deeply subjective approach, untethered from realism, translates into images that seem to exist in a place that transcends time while celebrating the intrinsic qualities of her medium of choice with freedom and intelligence. As the artist herself stated, ‘I’m interested in painting as an affective place where the hierarchies of the world can be rearranged within the space of a painting.’ This first comprehensive monograph on her work was created in close collaboration with the artist and features a number of never-before-seen paintings and drawings.
£31.96
Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd Art Class: Line and Colour: Doodling your way to
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£16.99
Flame Tree Publishing Nina Pace Set of 3 Mini Notebooks
Book SynopsisThis Nina Pace Set of 3 Mini Notebooks features a collection of three mini, foiled notebooks with alternating lined and blank pages. Each notebook has a different beautiful design: Love Oracle, Hera and Flora. With a sturdy cover and rounded corners, they are perfect to be carried everywhere! Nina Pace is a painter, illustrator and surface designer based just outside of New York City. Her favourite subject is flowers. She is awestruck by the sheer variety of petal shapes, the detailed patterning and vein layouts. When creating a new piece, Nina takes this inspiration from nature and lets the design build organically. She loves to allow each element she’s drawing to flow from the last, where each one informs the other. Nina’s artwork embraces the full and glorious spectrum of colours embodied in the natural world.
£7.19
Search Press Ltd Palette Knife Painting in Acrylics: Projects,
Book SynopsisAdd vibrancy and texture to your acrylic paintings! Perfect for those new to palette knife painting, Tim Fisher's inspirational guide is the ideal introduction, combining clear instructions and step-by-step photographs with aspirational paintings. Palette knives for painting come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, and can be used in a variety of ways, at different angles, to apply acrylic paint thickly and freely for rich, textural results. Discover the range of techniques you can try, and marks you can make from delicate dots to thick slabs of colour; then progress to a series of eight projects, from a simple yet effective row of bold, blocky beach huts, right through to a challenging yet incredibly satisfying and striking sunset scene of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, painted on a black background for huge visual impact. Use your palette knives alongside traditional paintbrushes to introduce texture and dimension into your paintings, and discover how to combine classic painting techniques with mixed-media and collage featuring found objects.Trade ReviewThis new book from Tim Fisher, tackles the art of painting in acrylics with a palette knife, which allows the paint to be applied thickly and freely. The technique has been used since the 1800s, but beginners tend to shy away from palette knives, leaving them to those with more experience. Tim dispels the myths with an eminently practical guide to the techniques of knife painting. Opening with a comprehensive section on techniques, a series of eight projects allow you to practise what you have learnt. They start simply with bold beach huts and get progressively more complex as your confidence increases, ending with a sunset scene of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. Along the way Tim uses brushes, collage, mixed media and found objects to enhance his textured acrylics. This is a fun and inspiring way to explore the technique and achieve exciting results. * Leisure Painter, September 2023 *It is well written, the text is clear and dark enough to read easily. Tim explains the tools and processes very well – I like that all the equipment photographed is obviously his own. It has inspired me to dig out my few palette knives and have a go. -- Maggie Goodsell * Customer Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction • A brief history of the palette knife • Tools: the knives • Materials: the paints • My palette • Additives and mediums • Surfaces • Other items • Brushes • My workspace • Basic techniques: holding the knife • Loading the knife and making a stroke • Working with the shapes of the knives: mark-making • Care for your knives • Ways of mixing • The importance of sketching • The Projects: Beach Huts • Summer Meadow • Big Rock Splash • Winter Woodland • Salty Seaside Lobster • Taking it further: Barges on the Blackwater • Alpine Pinkweeds • Bamburgh Sunset
£15.29
Tate Publishing Artists Series John Singer Sargent
Book SynopsisAn engaging introduction to the life and work of John Singer Sargent, the most accomplished portrait painter of the late 19th and early 20th century John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) is one of the most famous painters of his time. The masterful portraits for which he is best known capture not only a remarkable likeness to his sitters, but a sense of identity and personality, an energy and intimacy. Conveyed with deft and fluid brushwork, these portraits are testament to Sargent’s exceptional attention to detail and adept characterization. But Sargent was much more than a portraitist, as revealed by the beautifully evocative scenes of the places that he visited and the people that he encountered on his extensive travels. This fascinating introduction explores the life and work of Sargent, contextualizing his practice within the times he lived. Beginning with his cosmopolitan childhood in Europe and studio training in Paris, it charts his rise to fame and est
£10.80
Prestel Chagall: Masters of Art
Book SynopsisMarc Chagall’s remarkable oeuvre spans a variety of media; from painting, ceramics, and stained glass to illustration, tapestry, and stage sets. Regardless of the format, his singular narrative style embraced the memories of his happy childhood in Vitebsk, Russia and his roots in Jewish culture. This engaging examination of the artist and his life features stunning full- page illustrations of Chagall’s works, along with illuminating biographical details. On every page, Chagall’s genius with color and composition spring to life. Comparisons and contrasts are made to the works of other Fauve and Cubist artists among whom he lived and worked, as well as to the poetry of the era. Although he depicted the harsh anti-Semitism that his countrymen faced, Chagall nevertheless embraced a vision of humanism and tolerance that remains refreshingly poignant decades after his death.
£9.49
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Kyffin Williams: The Light and The Dark
Book SynopsisIn Kyffin Williams’ centenary year, this monograph examines the life and work of an artist who, over six decades from Slade student to Royal Academician to knighthood, achieved both success and remarkable popular appeal.Best known for his rendering of the Welsh landscape, Williams conjured the mountains of Snowdonia with an instinct that stemmed from knowing every inch of the terrain since boyhood. Yet he was primarily conditioned by a European aesthetic. His espousal of a bold and thickly impasto painting-knife technique, using characteristic close tones, owes much to the affinity he perceived with Vincent van Gogh, but also with the French-Russian Nicolas de Staël, whose canvases he greatly admired.Williams’ own passionate commitment to his craft and a restlessly creative make-up meant that his output was prolific across different media and genres. Indeed, his portraiture was regarded as highly as his landscapes. Featuring some of the finest examples of an impressive oeuvre, this book – scholarly robust and visually enticing – is essential reading for all those who appreciate the importance of this gifted British painter.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1: Inheriting Landscape; Chapter 2: Studying at the Slade; Chapter 3: The Alchemy of Oils; Chapter 4: European Horizons; Chapter 5: Truth and Interpretation; Chapter 6: The Continuing Excitement of Paint; Chapter 7: A Lasting Legacy; Epilogue; Chronology; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag Florine Stettheimer
Book Synopsis“I was thrilled”, was Andy Warhol’s enthusiastic reaction to the pictures of Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944). Many of the elements of her work inspired his Pop Art. During Stettheimer’s life her sensuous and ironic paintings with their numerous figures were valued highly by artists and curators, although the general public remained largely unaware of their merits. Only after her death did her close friend Marcel Duchamp organise a retrospective in the Museum of Modern Art. The art and literature scene of Roaring Twenties New York gathered at Florine Stettheimer’s extravagant parties. Surrounded by the cultivated and yet unconventional “Dada flair”, the artist staged her pictures as a performance – and was thereby well ahead of her time. As an outstanding painter she was not only at the heart of the American art business, but also attracted attention with her eccentric, subversive and often humorous poems, as well as demonstrating her talent as a stage and costume designer in the theatre. This bibliophile monograph about the multitalented artist is lavishly illustrated and tells a new, exciting history of the modern age through her artworks.Trade Review“Three decades after the publication of her dissertation, Bloemink is again making the case for Stettheimer as a fascinating, and crucial, figure of art history, one deserving a place in the pantheon of American modernists.” * Vogue *“In her thrilling new book Florine Stettheimer: A Biography (Hirmer), art historian Barbara Bloemink persuasively argues that, with this painting, Stettheimer was trying to find a visual way of communicating her élan...Truer words may never have been written about Stettheimer." * ArtNews *
£9.95
Reaktion Books Poussin as a Painter: From Classicism to
Book SynopsisUniversally regarded as the father of French painting, Nicolas Poussin is arguably the greatest of all painters of that school. Yet Poussin's reputation has been founded more on the intellectual and philosophical qualities of his art than its sheer visual beauty. In Poussin as a Painter: From Classicism to Abstraction, Richard Verdi redresses the balance, describing and analyzing Poussin's outstanding gifts as a pictorial storyteller, designer and colourist - in short, on the purely aesthetic (and often abstract) aspects of his art that have inspired so many later painters, from Cezanne to Picasso. The book features more than 220 fine illustrations, the majority in colour, and encompasses all aspects of Poussin's art from the mid 1620s to his death in 1665. This ground-breaking study gives new insight into Poussin, and is essential reading for all who admire this seminal French painter.Trade Review'Poussin as a Painter traces in detail Poussin's evolving approaches to painting through invention, composition and colour, showing how they combine to make his best works both unified and unalterable. By careful forensic analysis of each composition, the author reveals how Poussin's rigour and discipline forge unity from diversity, and then demonstrates how widely these principles have influenced later painters.'-Paul Spencer-Longhurst, Editor, Richard Wilson Online, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
£38.00
Taschen GmbH Bosch. The Complete Works
Book SynopsisA bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 paintings and nine drawings to his name, Netherlandish visionary Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) secured his place as a pillar of art history. To this day, the painter par excellence of hell and its demons continues to puzzle and enthrall scholars, artists, designers, and musicians alike.Based on the best-selling XXL edition, which saw TASCHEN commission new and exclusive photography of details and recently restored works, this large-scale monograph presents Bosch’s complete oeuvre. Texts from art historian and Bosch expert Stefan Fischer dissect the many compelling elements that populate each scene, from hybrid creatures of man and beast to Bosch’s pictorial use of proverbs and idioms. By tying together the elusive threads of his oeuvre into one exhaustive overview, this book reveals just what it was about Bosch and his painting that proved so immensely influential. Features: Impeccable full-page reproductions celebrating the artist’s staggering compositional scope Enlarged details unveiling the most intricate and bizarre scenes as much as the unsuspected technical minutiae, from subtle brush-strokes to the grain of the canvas A fold-out spread drawn from the legendary Last Judgement A special chapter focusing on Bosch’s most famous work, the mesmerizing and terrifying triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights Trade Review“Superb color reproductions and numerous details allow us to examine Bosch’s fantastic imagery with a clarity seldom possible, even in a museum gallery.” * The Burlington Magazine *“Bosch in breathtakingly unearthly depth of field.” * Die Welt *
£50.00
Flame Tree Publishing Kew Gardens: Foliage and Flowers by Marianne
Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE SKETCHBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious, the sketchbooks combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, the thick paper stock makes them ideal for sketching and drawing. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and bookmark ribbons. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. THE ARTIST. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. Kew has a gallery dedicated to the paintings of the remarkable Victorian artist Marianne North, who had a great eye for botanical detail. She set out in 1871 on a painterly progress through world flora. North’s journey to South Africa was among her last, along with trips to the Seychelles and Chile. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
£13.56
HarperCollins Publishers Shinoy and the Chaos Crew The Day the Paintings
Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.When Shinoy downloads the Chaos Crew app on his phone, a glitch in the system gives him the power to summon his TV heroes into his world. With the team on board, Shinoy can figure out what dastardly plans S.N.A.I.R. has come up with, and save the day.Location: Fenton MuseumOperative: Super-sneaky LazloMission: Find out who's behind thefts from the museum. Look out for the cheese!This exciting title is part of the Shinoy and the Chaos Crew series by Chris Callaghan.Purple/Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating act
£9.53
Vintage Publishing Roger Fry
Book SynopsisVirginia Woolf was a close friend of Roger Fry for many years - after his death she wrote this loving account of his passion for art, his own painting, and his challenging critical theories. Born in 1866, he was primarily responsible for bringing the post-Impressionist movement to Britain, organising the first exhibitions and establishing the Omega workshops: he was also curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York. Virginia Woolf describes his career and also brings to life Fry''s private self, his pain, his resilience, his generosity of spirit, which made him such a powerful influence on his own and future generations.
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd Lives of the Artists 2
Book SynopsisIn his Lives of the Artists of the Italian Renaissance, Vasari demonstrated a literary talent that outshone even his outstanding abilities as a painter and architect.Through character sketches and anecdotes he depicts Piero di Cosimo shut away in his derelict house, living only to paint; Giulio Romano''s startling painting of Jove striking down the giants; and his friend Francesco Salviati, whose biography also tells us much about Vasari''s own early career. Vasari''s original and soaring vision plus his acute aesthetic judgements have made him one of the most influential art historians of all time.Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Lives:Part OneNicola and Giovanni PisanoDuccio di BuoninsegnaPart TwoLuca della RobbiaMichelozzo MichelozziAndrea del Castagno and Domenico VenezianoJacopo, Giovanni, and Gentile BelliniAntonio and Piero PollaiuoloPart ThreePiero di CosimoFra Bartolommeo of San MarcoAndrea del SartoGiovanni Battista RossoFrancesco Mazzuoli (Parmigianino)Jacopo Palma and Lorenzo LottoGiulio RomanoJacopo PontormoFrancesco SalviatiJacopo SansovinoNotes on the ArtistsFurther Reading
£11.69
Oxford University Press Traces of Vermeer
Book SynopsisJohannes Vermeer''s luminous paintings are loved and admired around the world, yet we do not understand how they were made. We see sunlit spaces; the glimmer of satin, silver, and linen; we see the softness of a hand on a lute string or letter. We recognise the distilled impression of a moment of time; and we feel it to be real.We might hope for some answers from the experts, but they are confounded too. Even with the modern technology available, they do not know why there is no evidence of any preliminary drawing; why there are shifts in focus; and why his pictures are unusually blurred. Some wonder if he might possibly have used a camera obscura to capture what he saw before him. The few traces Vermeer has left behind tell us little: there are no letters or diaries; and no reports of him at work.Jane Jelley has taken a new path in this detective story. A painter herself, she has worked with the materials of his time: the cochineal insect and lapis lazuli; the sheep bones, soot, earthTrade ReviewThis is not another speculative Vermeer biography, a fill-in-the-gaps, guesswork life. This is Vermeer the painter, by a painter.... Jelley's meticulous approach yields fascinating insights. * Laura Freeman, Literary Review *Well-researched... vivid... fascinating. * Lynn Roberts, Tablet *The exquisitely luminous paintings of Johannes Vermeer have long stirred debate over whether the seventeenth-century Dutch master used optical aids. Artist Jane Jelley probed the issue pragmatically. * Barbara Kiser, Nature *The appeal of Jelley's elegant book is the product of her literary style and the abundant reproductions of Vermeer's work and that of his contemporaries. Jelley's volume is a work of art in itself. * New York Journal of Books *Fascinating. Jelley brings a vast knowledge, and, more importantly, practice, of traditional painting techniques... she proposes a novel suggestion as to how exactly Vermeer could have used a camera obscura... A boon to both scholars and casual art appreciators. * Politics and Prose, Washington DC *Along the way... Jelley infuses her descriptions of Vermeer's world with a vivid immediacy, taking readers into the hustle and bustle of market day in Delft... It quickly becomes an immersive reading experience, like an excellent historical novel with 62 pages of fine-type end notes attached to help with further inquiries. * Simon Donoghue, Christian Science *In this overtly investigative yet very readable book [Jane Jelley] bequeaths the reader with an inexorable intrigue that is altogether contagious. * David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews *Magnificent. * Anna Maria Polidori, Al Femminile *Sensational... revelatory and wholly convincing. * Simon Jenkins, Guardian *A fascinating approach that throws up a plethora of intriguing details that add to the texture of Vermeer's life and technique... Jelley's ingenious experiment offer[s] a plausible suggestion as to how he set about his magical paintings. * Michael Prodger, Sunday Times *Traces of Vermeer is an intriguing account of artistic practice... [Jane Jelley's] writing is fluid and poetic, and this publication is an enjoyable read, feeling like a detective story from the outset... [the] discoveries made by the author in this book... give us valuable insights that will influence the way we view and interpret Vermeer's paintings and mysterious working practices. * Laura Hinde, The Picture Restorer *An absolute delight. A rich and highly original exploration of Vermeer's life and work seen through the eyes of a practising painter. * Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe *Featuring wonderful illustrations, engaging prose, and a deep knowledge of the craft, this is a study in art history and methodology to delight an audience beyond just visual artists. * Kirkus, Starred Review *Jane Jelley adds a unique perspective on Vermeer's techniques and style. * Johan Wagemans, University of Leuven *Table of ContentsMap of Central Delft in 1675 Chronology of Vermeer's Paintings Prelude1. A Painter at Home2. Colours of Delft3. Substance and Supports4. Working in the Studio5. Layers and Layers6. Through the Lens7. A Glimpse of Vermeer8. The Brightness of Day9. Into the Dark10. Printed LightCodaNotes Suppliers of Materials Bibliography Picture Credits Index
£13.49
Oxford University Press Piero della Francesca
Book SynopsisPiecing together the story of Piero's artistic and mathematical achievements with the story of his life for the first time, a book that at last brings this fascinating Renaissance enigma to life.Trade ReviewThanks to Banker we have an enormously clearer idea of just how common it was for Renaissance people to stay connected and use their connections in new places and for new ventures. * Gary Radke, Syracuse University, The American Historical Review *[A] remarkable biography ... This compact, clearly written book rescues Piero from the dangerous fate of being an enigma. * Caroline Campbell, Burlington Magazine *A vitally important contribution to Piero studies. * Julian Bell, New York Review of Books *Banker's scholarship and research are impeccable and should be celebrated. * Literary Review *Fascinating insight. * Good Book Guide *making compelling claims about the dating of certain works, and offering a new interpretation of the enigmatic Flagellation of Christ. * Apollo *insightful * Art & Collections *This publication is beautifully produced and is a joy to read. * The Art Newspaper *a carefully argued, highly accessible volume ... [Banker] masterfully summarizes and analyzes the sometimes daunting art historical and technical scholarship on Piero's visual and written works, offering a compelling portrait of the artist and the world in which he lived. * Gary Radke, American Historical Review *James R. Banker's magisterial study, Piero della Francesca: Artist and Man, represents a major contribution to the scholarship on this Renaissance painter and mathematician and has a grounded keel and quiet strength that is evocative of the timeless quality of Piero's paintings themselves ... Banker's study serves as the culmination of a lifetime of scholarly work that will be welcomed by serious readers looking for a detailed study of one of the most complex of Renaissance artists, Piero della Francesca. * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Piero's Formation in Sansepolcro ; 2. Piero the Incessant Learner and Traveler, 1439-1450 ; 3. Piero in the Court of Sigismondo Malatesta in Rimini ; 4. Piero in Arezzo: The Legend of the True Cross ; 5. The Confraternity and the Altarpiece of Madonna della Misericordia ; 6. Greek Geometry in Rome and Piero's Trattato d'abaco ; 7. Piero's Return to Patria and Family ; 8. An Arezzo Interlude ; 9. The Practice of Perspective: The Sant'Antonio and Sant'Agostino Altarpieces and the Flagellation ; 10. Piero della Francesca in Urbino in the Early 1470s ; 11. Piero in Sansepolcro, 1472-1475 ; 12. Piero in Urbino in 1475-1476 ; 13. The Persuasiveness of Paternal Authority, 1477-81 ; 14. Piero in the Last Decade of His Life ; Conclusion ; Chronology of Piero's Life and Work ; Index
£26.09
Yale University Press Samuel Palmer
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Vaughan’s magisterial, readable account gives us the whole story of this artist whose work still resonates and surprises.”—Ruth Guilding, Evening Standard -- Ruth Guilding * Evening Standard *“At every point, Vaughan refuses to comply with the image of Palmer as an isolated visionary, doing him far greater justice instead by painting a rich portrait of the age as well of the man: where he was influenced and where he influenced, where he triumphed and where he fell short.”—Alice Spawls, TLS -- Alice Spawls * TLS *“[A] substantial, fully illustrated, color monograph . . . [that] presents Palmer’s career chronologically and comprehensively.”—K. Rhodes, Choice -- K. Rhodes * Choice *“Vaughan’s Samuel Palmer, with its many gorgeously reproduced images, shows Palmer’s deeply rural world . . . Palmer was an artist of an imaginary, unspoiled Arcadian England that nonetheless referenced contemporary costume and details of domestic architecture.”—Kate Flint, Public Books -- Kate Flint * Public Books *
£47.50
Yale University Press Hieronymus Bosch
Book SynopsisAn accessible survey on a genius artist, published to accompany the 500th anniversary of Bosch's deathTrade Review"Lushly illustrated with descriptions of the works . . . [in] reader-friendly prose."—Nina Siegal, New York Times Book Review
£19.00
Yale University Press Hieronymus Bosch Painter and Draughtsman
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Dense [and] beautifully illustrated"-Ingrid D. Rowland, New York Review of Books -- Ingrid D. Rowland New York Review of Books "[A] landmark achievement ... a comprehensive catalog raisonne, produced by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project ... it contains revelations that have led to controversial new attributions ... The wealth of new data and ideas will no doubt keep scholars busy for decades."-Nina Siegal, New York Times Book Review -- Nina Siegal New York Times Book Review
£999.99
Yale University Press Sargent Claude Johnson
Book SynopsisA rich reappraisal of a key Black American modernist through a lens of cross-cultural engagement
£28.50
Little, Brown & Company Norman Rockwell Behind The Camera
Book Synopsis Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera is the first book to explore the meticulously composed and richly detailed photographs that Norman Rockwell used to create his famous artworks. Working alongside skilled photographers, Rockwell acted as director, carefully orchestrating models, selecting props, and choosing locations for the photographs -- works of art in their own right -- that served as the basis of his iconic images. Readers will be surprised to find that many of his most memorable characters -- the girl at the mirror, the young couple on prom night, the family on vacation -- were friends and neighbors who served as his amateur models. In this groundbreaking book, author and historian Ron Schick delves into the archive of nearly 20,000 photographs housed at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Featuring reproductions of Rockwell''s black-and-white photographs and related full-color artworks, along with an incisive narrative and quotes from Rockwell models and family members, this book will intrigue anyone interested in photography, art, and Americana.
£32.00
Little, Brown Book Group Golem Girl
Book Synopsis''A hymn to life, love, family, and spirit'' DAVID MITCHELL, author of Cloud AtlasThe vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies.***WINNER OF THE BARBELLION PRIZE***In 1958, amongst the children born with spina bifida is Riva Lehrer. She endures endless medical procedures and is told she will never have a job, a romantic relationship or an independent life. But everything changes when as an adult Riva is invited to join a group of artists, writers, and performers who are building Disability Culture. Their work is daring, edgy, funny, and dark, and it rejects tropes that define disabled people as pathetic, frightening or worthless, instead insisting that disability is an opportunity for creativity and resistance. Riva begins to paint their portraits - and her art begins to transform the myths she''s been told her whole Trade ReviewLuminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young-and mature-woman; an unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love, family, and spirit * David Mitchell *Riva Lehrer is a great artist and a great storyteller. This is a brilliant book, full of strangeness, beauty, and wonder * Audrey Niffenegger *This searing personal history expands Lehrer's project of looking at our bodies inside and out, in all their queerness, fragility, and strength, into a stunning new dimension * Alison Bechdel *Vivid . . . unforgettable . . . It is the story of how someone who is fundamentally different made not a life that transcends that difference, but a life that lionizes it. This book expands our notion of what constitutes the human experience, and it does so with generosity and open-heartedness * Andrew Solomon *With deft painter's prose, Riva Lehrer helps us discover what it is to be human when others see us as broken. In Golem Girl, Lehrer gives us the gift, at long last, of our own crip beauty * Nicola Griffith, author of HILD *One of the most dedicated, stalwart, witty, funny people that I've ever met * Mat Fraser *Not your typical memoir about 'what it's like to be disabled in a non-disabled world . . . Lehrer tells her stories about becoming the monster she was always meant to be: glorious, defiant, unbound, and voracious. Read it! * Alice Wong, founder and director, Disability Visibility Project *Lehrer's story is a revelation of an inner subjective life-full of tragedy, love, and creativity-pushing against the external social stigmas, cultural narratives, and prejudices surrounding disability. She admits a felt kinship with other 'monsters' because their bodies were also 'built by human hands', but unlike them, she is her own purpose, her own meaning, her own unstoppable golem * Stephen Asma *Oy, what a story: Job, eat your heart out! In Riva Lehrer's life chronicle, an appalling fate (and I don't just mean the circumstances of her birth) gets visited upon an invincible character, and the result is a wincing-wise tale, by turns harrowing and hilarious, cut clean through with flecks of grace and beauty. Lehrer is one wry mensch, and an extraordinary kinstler to boot * Lawrence Weschler *Readers will be sucked into Lehrer's powerful memoir * Publishers Weekly *A chronicle of a free spirit who finds solace and purpose in creating art that represents the socially challenged body... [readers] will respond to Lehrer's remarkable resilience and robust sense of humor * Booklist (starred review) *Every bit as powerful as Lucy Grealy's Autobiography of a Face ... An extraordinary memoir suffused with generosity, consistent insight, and striking artwork * Kirkus Reviews (Starred) *An extraordinary memoir in which Riva Lehrer charts with great humour and intimacy her life story, growing up in America with the spina bifida condition . . . Throughout this powerful book - which took her six and a half years to write - Lehrer draws the reader in, giving the sense of what it is like to be on the margins of society, and having metaphorically to shriek to get the mainstream to pay attention * Jewish Chronicle *This astonishing, heart soaring and often shocking memoir of a Jewish woman with spina Bifida born in the 50's is bright and dark, terrifying and wonderful. An ode to art and the beauty of disability * Cerrie Burnell *
£11.69
Thames & Hudson Ltd Van Gogh in AuverssurOise
Book SynopsisA landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty drawings in the course of the intense, productive period leading up to his self-inflicted death on 29 July 1890. While the Portrait of Dr Gachet, The Church at Auvers and Wheatfield with Crows are numbered among his greatest masterpieces, this part of his oeuvre is otherwise less known - unfairly so - than the sunny landscapes he painted in the south of France. The book follows the artist from his arrival in Auvers-Sur-Oise, where he set to work full of hope and with fresh ambitions, through to his final weeks. Essays by leading Van Gogh specialists highlight his artistic ambitions and mental state during this final phase; his exploration of the Auvers landscape
£36.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Heaven on Earth
Book SynopsisOne of the world's most respected writers on art investigates the very different ways painting has given form to the afterlife.Trade Review'A more novel and compelling book about art’s version of the afterlife, and how it is inflected by worldly politics and reality, can hardly be imagined' - Observer, Books of the Year 2018'Utopian modernism has been Clark’s lifetime study, to which this book is an imaginative, heartfelt coda ... gracefully skims a tightrope between attentive looking and political thinking' - Financial Times'Remarkable … You don’t have to be religious to get it. You just have to have faith in the force of belief' - New York Times, Best Art Books of 2018'Lavishly illustrated … there is some characteristically arresting phrase-making' - World of InteriorsTable of Contents1. Giotto and the Angel • 2. Bruegel in Paradise • 3. Poussin and the Unbeliever • 4. Veronese’s Higher Beings • Conclusion: Picasso & the Fall • Coda: For a Left with No Future
£17.06
Thames & Hudson Ltd The Ajanta Caves
Book Synopsis'Benoy K. Behlâs remarkable photographs, painstakingly gathered and digitally restored over thirty years of hard labour, are probably the best and truest record of these fabulous treasures that will ever be created.' William Dalrymple A revised edition of a classic title, now with digitally restored photographs, showcasing the finest surviving examples of ancient Buddhist art. Since their chance re-discovery in 1819, the breathtaking paintings and sculptures of the Ajanta caves have inspired and delighted experts and amateurs alike. Ranging in date from the second century BCE to the sixth century CE, these ancient Buddhist artworks rank among the worldâs most important cultural treasures. Benoy K. Behl captured the beauty and luminosity of these works using long exposures and only natural light and now presents them here digitally restored to show the paintings closer to their original glory than ever before. The exquisite murals, depicting the tales of previous incarnations oTrade Review'The Ajanta paintings are reproduced truly for the first time in all their actual ravishing colours and incredible flowing, loving detail... the well-structured text genuinely illuminates the images ... one of the most gorgeous and stimulating books of Indian art ever produced' - Times Higher Education Supplement'Lavishly produced and magnificently illustrated ... the most successful photographic record of the cave and its paintings ever achieved' - Ancient'Benoy K. Behl’s remarkable photographs, painstakingly gathered and digitally restored over thirty years of hard labour, are probably the best and truest record of these fabulous treasures that will ever be created' - William Dalrymple
£24.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Humankind Ruskin Spear
Book SynopsisA long overdue monograph on the life and work of artist Ruskin Spear.Trade Review'Engaging and impressively researched … There is much to praise in this book, owing to Harrod’s firm grasp of historical, political and artistic detail, and the intelligence and insight with which she writes' - Literary Review'A meticulous piece of art historical rescue … an important study of a neglected artist' - ApolloTable of ContentsPrologue: Why Spear? 1. Hammersmith: boy & man 2. At the College and after 3. A Pacifist’s War 4. Hammersmith in Darkness and Light: Making Life more complicated 5. A teacher among friends 6. An Academician entertains his Public: An Annunciation 7. Ruskin as peacenik: The Pleasures of Peace 8. Painting for money 9. Retrospective
£28.00
University of California Press Kandinsky and Klee in Tunisia
Book SynopsisOffers an understanding of how the European avant-garde was formed in dialogue with cultural difference. This book looks closely at the cities of Tunis, Sousse, Hammamet, and Kairouan to flesh out a profound confrontation between European high modernism and the wealth of Islamic lifeways and architecture.Trade Review"The sensitive exploration of the subject, the wide range of sources consulted, the fieldwork carried out, and Benjamin's captivating and accessible writing make this book essential reading for anyone who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the art inspired by these two journeys and of the experiences and cultural encounters provided for the artists concerned." -- MAURICE RUMMENS Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Revisiting Kairouan Part 1: Kandinsky and Munter in Tunisia 1. "Ella" and "Wassi": The Lovers as Tourists 2. Kandinsky and the Ethno-Decorative: Working Negroes 3. Hotel Saint Georges and the Terrain Vague 4. Tunisian Decorative Art and the Belvedere Park 5. Modern Carthage 6. Carnivals and Fantasias 7. Open Space: Mosques and Marabouts 8. Compressed Space: Alleys and Arches 9. Arab City: Views of Sousse and Kairouan 10. Memories of the Maghreb and Arab Cemetery, 1909 Part 2: Klee, Macke, and Moilliet in Tunisia 11. Munich--Tunis: A Bildungsreise 12. Pictures of Tunis, April 1914 13. The "European Colony" of St. Germain 14. A Crystalline Hammamet 15. The Holy City of Kairouan 16. S idi Sahabi and L'art populaire 17. The Walls of Kairouan 18. Mosque of the Sabers 19. North African Resonances, 1914--1924 20. Conclusion: Navigating Colonial Cultures Notes Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index
£37.80
British Museum Press A Rothschild Renaissance Treasures from the
Book SynopsisA beautiful and sumptuously illustrated book presenting the highlights of Renaissance court treasures.
£25.50
James Clarke & Co Ltd Artist about Cambridge
Book SynopsisJon Harris has lived, breathed and drawn Cambridge for over 50 years. His architect''s sense of structure and fabric, his draughtsman''s eye and vigorous use of pen and brush have produced an outstanding body of work. In 1997 the Fitzwilliam Museum honoured him with an exhibition of some 90 paintings and drawings. A great many of his best works are published for the fi rst time in Artist about Cambridge. They include drawings from the more than 40 sketchbooks which have been his constant companions over the past half century. Jon Harris''s text describes in compelling detail how the images came into being. Harris''s work is not a depiction of Cambridge as the tourist might like to have it, but is rather about his fascination with unregarded vistas, its back streets, crucial buildings lost to the wrecking ball, and with the city''s industrial past. The artist''s unrivalled knowledge and understanding of Cambridge and its environs inform every painting and drawing, helping you enjoy a thTrade Review"Citing - as he often did - Edgar Degas, my old Reading professor said, if you can't draw you can't paint. Jon Harris's art has gone that right way. Artist about Cambridge should reap every reward." Anthony DayTable of ContentsForeword, by Dame Fiona Reynolds Note on the Illustrations About the Artist The Singularity of a Questing Eye, by Patrick Carnegy 1. Home Base: Roofscapes from Green Street 2. The Kite and its Satellites 3. Around Midsummer Common 4. Mapping Town and Gown 5. Riverside and Industrial 6. The Mechanical Muse 7. The Wrecking Ball 8. Excursions 9. Scherzo and Finale List of Exhibitions Illustrations used in this Book Paintings and Some Sketchbook Pages by Jon Harris
£21.38
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Raphael
Book Synopsis* A major new biography on one of the greatest artists of all time, Raphael Sanzio, written by a leading Renaissance expert. * Retraces Raphael s career by re-examining contemporary documents and accounts and interpreting the artist s works with the eye of an expert restorer.Trade Review"A brilliant and lyrical biography ... The masterful quality of Forcellino’s account lies not only in the beauty of its language, translated impeccably from Italian into English, but in the seamlessness and self-assurance with which he himself works across northern Italy, its paintings, its politics."The Spectator"An excellent introduction to the workshop of the Renaissance artist, and to the careful and patient techniques employed in the making of timeless art works … Forcellino has done a very creditable service in his re-examination of the life of an artist who, more than any other, embodied the spirit of the Italian Renaissance."Irish Examiner"Antonio Forcellino has now celebrated Raphael's life and career by writing this ebullient book, elegantly translated by Lucinda Byatt ... [Forcellino] is ingenious and fastidious in describing Raphael's works, and his book will give pleasure to those coming to them for the first time; it even highlights a few things connoisseurs may have missed."Literary Review"Written in a lively and entertaining style, ForcellinoÉ demonstrates his skills as a passionate and consummate storyteller revealing the life of a challenging and unique artist who introduced a new conception of Renaissance art combining sublimity and sensuality, within an Italian epoch of violence, wealth and eroticism."European Journal of History"A detailed biography that explains Raphael's achievements during his short life, while also showing how his social skills and affable temperament helped him to advance his career … This informative book is also a rich treasury of information about the artistic developments and techniques of the period."Historical Novel Society"Forcellino seeks to liberate his subject from later cultural and art-historical associations. Challenging post-Romantic conventions of the solitary genius, he presents Raphael as fully engaged with his society: a man whose eroticism and talent for friendship flowed naturally into his art ... Forcellino's Raphael is a lover, not a fighter."The Art Newspaper"Written in his usual lively style, Forcellino's new book combines fast-moving narrative, a vivid portrait of Raphael the man, and a perceptive analysis of his art."Peter Burke, University of Cambridge "The last century saw the development of the legend that depicts the life of the artist as one of torment and desperation: Raphael demolishes every trace of this romantic myth and demonstrates on the contrary that it is in fact complete happiness and the gratification of desires that can lead to the conquering of the highest peaks of creativity."Corriere della Sera "Beyond simply recounting the biographical journey, Antonio Forcellino also seamlessly incorporates analyses of Raphael’s works in this lively study. Painter, architect, set designer: all facets of Raphael are discussed with the consummate art of the storyteller."Tout pour les femmesTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Giovanni�s Son1 A Well-To-Do Household2 A Sophisticated Court3 Home and Workshop4 Assistants and Masters5 A Precocious Master2 From Urbino to Umbria1 The First Test2 Recognition3 Challenging the Masters4 Turbulent Landscapes5 The End of the Terror3 The Florentine Period1 In the City of Titans2 A New World3 The Way Up4 Chronicle of a Tragedy5 A Sudden Departure4 In Rome1 The Half-Hidden Ruins2 From Chalices to Helmets3 The War of Images4 The Rise to Primacy5 The School of Raphael5. The Pope and his Banker1 The Pope�s Beard2 The Stanza of Heliodorus3 Through the Streets of Rome4 The Pope�s Banker5 Amor Vincit Omnia6 Venus Emerges from the Water7 Death of a Warrior Pope6 The Years of Triumph1 A New Era2 One Long Party3 Serving the Dream4 Raven Black Hair and Eyes5 State Portraits7 The Discovery of Architecture1 Devout Women2 Storming the Fortress3 The Flight of Icarus 4 Private Pleasures5 Between The Tiber and Monte Mario8 A New Artist1 The Inaccessible Palace2 A Web of Jealousies 3 Venus Returns4 Vila Madama5 The Star that Fell from HeavenNotesIndex
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Medieval Wall Paintings
Book SynopsisWhat medieval wall paintings remain in English churches tend to be shadows of their former selves rare fragments of art that have survived not only the Reformation, but successive waves of iconoclastic zeal and unsympathetic restoration. The whitewashed walls of most parish churches belie the riot of color and decoration that once adorned them, but the remnants of paintings tucked into corners or rescued from later layers of paint help us to understand the role of art in medieval religion. Roger Rosewell here offers a guide to the role played by medieval wall paintings, as religious, didactic and commemorative works of art, telling the stories of those who created them and those who used them on a daily basis. He also compares and contrasts religious and domestic wall paintings and uses beautiful color photography throughout to illustrate the story.Table of ContentsIntroduction / The Painted Church / The Purpose of Wall Paintings / The Subjects: The Bible and Saints / The Subjects: Death and Judgement / The Subjects: Pieties and Transgressions / Text and Other Subjects / Making Wall Paintings / Reformation and Afterwards / Domestic Wall Paintings / Survival and Conservation / Further Reading / Gazeteer / Index
£9.49
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Squeegee Art Revolution
Book SynopsisLearn the hottest new painting technique in 22 step-by-step projects! Use an art squeegee and acrylic paint to scrape and swipe your way to gorgeous abstract art. Clara Cristina de Souza Rego (@aclaracris) first went viral for a squeegee painting video that she posted on social media. Her hundreds of thousands of followers frequently ask for her for tips and techniques. In Squeegee Art Revolution, Clara offers them in abundance so you can learn to make abstract art in her signature style. Complete instructions for making 22 finished pieces are included in the book, as well as tips throughout, suggestions for creating a balanced artwork, ideas for what to do with leftover paint to reduce waste and cost, how to know when you’re done painting, and much more. Each project can be done in minutes using affordable, accessible materials and makes perfect gifts and home decor. Clara’s pieces are beautifully photographed and s
£16.19
Running Press,U.S. The Louvre All The Paintings
Book SynopsisThe Louvre Museum houses many of the world''s most celebrated and important art of all time -- from da Vinci''s Mona Lisa to Vermeer''s The Lacemaker -- making it also the most visited art museum in the world. The Louvre: All the Paintings allows you to experience every painting currently on display in the permanent collection in Paris, without ever having to step on a plane. Divided and organized into the four main painting collections of the museum -- the Italian School, the Northern School, the Spanish School, and the French School -- the paintings are then presented chronologically by the artists'' date of birth. Four hundred of the most iconic and significant paintings are illuminated with 300-word discussions by art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomarède on the key attributes of the work, what to look for when viewing, the artist''s inspirations and techniques, biographical information on the artist, the artist''s overall impact on history, and
£36.00
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. David Hockney
Book SynopsisFrom his theatrical early canvases to his more recent photographic collages and operatic set designs, Hockney has tackled the challenge of space on a grand scale. At the same time, much of his work has been devoted to the things most dear to him-friends, family, home, and studio. An intellectual of wide-ranging erudition and a world traveller who makes his home in Hollywood, he still cherishes his roots in Bradford, the northern British town where he was born in 1937.Invention, the driving force behind Hockney''s art, is in good part play: If art isn''t playful, he once commented, it''s nothing.This illuminating, colour-rich volume conveys with vivid clarity Hockney''s serious delight in making art that gives pleasure to both its creator and its audience.About the Modern Masters series:With informative, enjoyable texts and over 100 illustrations - approximately 48 in full colour - this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influentialTable of ContentsIntroduction 7 Early Days 11 Toward Naturalism 25 Out of the Trap 43 Explorations in Space 65 Turning Inward 83 Notes 101 Artists' Statements 103 Notes on Technique 109 Chronology 115 Exhibitions 119 Public Collections 122 Selected Bibliography 123 Index 126
£999.99
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. Watercolor A History
Book Synopsis The most comprehensive and best-illustrated history of watercolour painting ever published. The term watercolour calls to mind atmosphere, luminosity, and immediacy - qualities that derive directly from the quick-drying, translucent nature of water-based pigments. In Watercolor: A History, Louvre curator Marie-Pierre Salé provides an authoritative and beautifully illustrated account of this versatile and widely beloved artistic medium. Salé''s incisive text traces the development of watercolour from the 13th to the 20th century in Europe and the United States, encompassing every type of work - from plein-air sketches to finished studio pieces - and a wide variety of artists. Here are Dürer''s detailed animal studies, Turner''s landscapes, Cézanne''s tireless explorations, Sargent''s light-dappled sketches, O''Keeffe''s pioneering abstractions. This handsome volume features more than 300 full-colour illustrations, specially printed onTrade Review"More than 300 examples are gorgeously displayed in this large-scale volume in magnificent reproductions offering spectacular detail and enabling full appreciation of watercolor’s most remarkable quality, its translucency.” -- Booklist;
£93.50
Rizzoli International Publications Share the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
Book SynopsisHappy trees, almighty mountains, clouds floating in blue skies—share Bob Ross’s joy of painting with collectible postcards featuring thirty-five of the beloved art teacher’s serene masterpieces.Choose the perfect calming vista, from dramatic mountains to serene lakes, refreshing woodland streams to peaceful seascapes—all, of course, with happy little clouds. Each of the thirty-five detachable postcards includes a Bob Ross masterpiece and words of wisdom to make the day of any of his legions of fans.As Ross said while painting one of his most beloved paintings, A Spectacular View, “You can put any dream here that you can conceive.” The postcards are a selection of his most popular artworks, from seasonal landscapes to cozy cottages and awe-inspiring mountains. The back of each postcard includes the painting’s title and an inspiring quote from the episode of his television series in which the painting was created, as
£999.99
Tuttle Publishing Japanese Ink Painting
Book SynopsisIn this text, Saito discusses brushes, inks and other tools unique to Japanese ink painting, as well as the correct way to create different brush strokes. Lessons are also included on the "Four Gentlemen" - orchid, bamboo, cherry blossom and chrysanthemum flower.Trade Review"…designed for the beginner or amateur who can by himself learn and enjoy this technique as a hobby…well worth the money." --The Decorator"…illustrated step-by-step lessons are compact and clear…recommended." --Library Journal"…invaluable for understanding Oriental painting and the actual technique to be enjoyed as a hobby or used as a supplementary skill integrated with the professional's vocabulary." --American Artist
£13.49
Museum of Modern Art Fernand Lger MoMA Artist Series
Book SynopsisExplores the important artists represented in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, and guides readers through various artists' memorable achievements.
£6.95
Anthroposophic Press Inc Conversations About Painting with Rudolf Steiner
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£31.50
Getty Trust Publications Insects and Flowers The Art of Maria Sibylla
Book SynopsisBetween 1699-1701, Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to the Dutch colony of Suriname in South America to study the area's unique flora and fauna. Many of the drawings and painting she produced on this trip were published in her "Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname" (1705). This volume reproduces details of sixteen plates from that volume.
£10.97
Hurtwood Press Stacey Gillian Abe Shrublet of Old Ayivu
Book SynopsisThe debut monograph of Stacey Gillian Abe's work is created to accompany her first London solo show at Unit London. Featuring works spanning her career to date, the book explores the key themes from Abe's work and delves deep into her expressive and symbolic indigo portraits. Shrub-let of Old Ayivu includes insightful written contributions from Flavia Frigeri, art historian, lecturer and the Chanel Curator at the National Portrait Gallery and Serubiri Moses, renowned writer and curator, alongside a conversation between the artist and Catherine McKinley, curator and author of the critically acclaimed Indigo: In Search of the Color that Seduced the World and The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts. Abe's work reflects her past and her memories, highlighting her personal experiences and her relationships to her community. Renowned for her indigo skin-tone paintings, the colour has become crucial in reshaping narratives surrounding the black body.
£44.00
New York Review Books Renoir My Father
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£19.55
White Lane Press Robert Lenkiewicz Selfportraits
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£17.50
Korero Press Day of the Dead and Other Works
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£16.99
Cambridge University Press Painting in Renaissance Perugia
Book SynopsisThe first monograph on Italian Renaissance painting in Perugia, its focus is on Pietro Perugino, Raphael Santi, and artists in their circles. Richly illustrated in color, it will interest readers of books on the Renaissance and Renaissance art history, Italian art, European cultural history, Economic history of Art, and Art Patronage.Table of Contents1. Pietro Perugino and his Perugian workshop; 2. Giannicola di Paolo, case study of a prominent local painter; 3. Berto di Giovanni, Eusebio da San Giorgio, and the Società del 1496; 4. Raphael Santi and the Perugians; 5. Domenico Alfani, the next generation.
£80.75
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to William Morris
Book SynopsisIn his short life, William Morris (1834-96) combined the roles of poet, author, painter, designer, translator, lecturer, political activist, journalist, weaver, bookmaker, and businessman. This volume draws together influential voices from different disciplines who have participated in the recent critical, political, and curatorial revival of his work, with essays exploring the contemporary resonance of his exceptional legacy. As a critic of capitalism, his thinking has thrived in these years of financial crisis; as a theorist of work and craftsmanship, his legacy interacts with a more recent ethics of making that questions the values of ''off-shored'' production; and as a protector of landscape and buildings Morris''s concern with what is precious strikes a chord in our age of environmental crisis. At the same time, a careful and scholarly approach observes the particularity of Morris''s context, in a way that confounds the ''false friends'' of hasty historical reception and reveals unexpected connections.
£21.84
WW Norton & Co Botticellis Secret
Book SynopsisA New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A Guardian Book of the Day Brilliantly conceived and executed, Botticelli's Secret is a riveting search for buried treasure.Stephen Greenblatt, author of The SwerveTrade Review"A lively book…[Luzzi] brilliantly sets the operatic stage of vibrant, violent Renaissance Florence and brings to life the characters who helped resurrect Botticelli." -- Max Norman - The Wall Street Journal"Wide-ranging...[Luzzi] reads Botticelli’s drawings as “a ‘poem’ in their own regard,” and as a crucial link in the “mapping of the human spirit’s transition” from one era to the next." -- The New Yorker"The Italian Renaissance has rarely been so brilliantly examined or put before us in such a delectable style. I would recommend Botticelli’s Secret to anyone who loves art, who enjoys good storytelling, and who is interested in how the human spirit rediscovered itself in such a magnificent and dramatic fashion." -- Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me"Botticelli’s Secret is sheer delight from beginning to end. Under the guise of tracing a fascinating history, this book finally presents a compelling brief for the lasting importance to all of us, as thinking, feeling people, irrespective of nation" -- Ingrid Rowland, coauthor of The Collector of Lives"Brilliantly conceived and executed...a riveting search for buried treasure. Luzzi takes one of the Florentine master’s least familiar works, his cycle of illustrations of Dante’s?Divine Comedy, and, tracing its history along winding passages from the fift" -- Stephen Greenblatt, author of Tyrant
£14.24
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Philosophy of Painting
Book SynopsisWhat can philosophy reveal about painting and how might it deepen our understanding of this enduring art form? Philosophy of Painting investigates the complex relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject, opening up current debates to address questions concerning the historicality of art. Embracing contemporary painting, it examines topics such as the post-medium condition and the digital divide, and the work of artists such as Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Amy Sillman and Katharina Grosse. Illustrated with 24 colour plates and highly readable throughout, Philosophy of Painting provides a philosophically rigorous defence of the relevance of painting in the 21st century, making an original contribution to the major ideas informing painting as an art. Here is a clear and coherent account of the contemporary significance of painting and the pressures and possibilities that distinguish it from other art forms.Trade ReviewPhilosophy of Painting fills an important void. Jason Gaiger shows why it's important to think about paintings – not only newer media such as photography or films – and what contemporary paintings offer in our own time. Beautifully and clearly written – a gem that brings theoretical issues to life. * Sonia Sedivy, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada *This book will appeal to both experts and non-experts. It deftly combines philosophical insight and rigour with art historical substance and detail. I can’t think of a better introduction to the philosophy of painting. * Hans Maes, Senior Lecturer History and Philosophy of Art, University of Kent, UK *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Philosophical Questions 2. A Window onto the World 3. Surface and Subject 4. Resemblance and Denotation 5. The Specifically Visual 6. Modernism and the Avant-Garde 7. Contemporary Painting Bibliography Index
£20.89
