Paintings and painting Books
Stolpe Publishing Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné Volume IV:
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£38.00
Stolpe Publishing Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné Volume V:
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£38.00
Stolpe Publishing Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné Volume VII:
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£38.00
Hirmer Verlag Henri Matisse
Book SynopsisHenri Matisse created an oeuvre that is unparalleled in its brilliance and originality. His colorfully luminescent paintings are a sweeping affirmation of joie - de - vivre, levity and sensitivity. Featuring well - researched texts and numerous illustrations, this volume offers fascinating insights into the life and artistic development of Henri Matisse Henri Matisse, one of the preeminent pioneers of modern art. When people think of Matisse’s art, they tend to remember above all the famous cut - o uts from the last years of his life. He created these at a time when he was already confined to his bed and traded his brush for scissors. In the new volume of the The Great Masters of Art series, Markus Müller knowledgeably and vividly describes how Matis se’s artistic oeuvre developed towards these color - intensive and near - abstract works. An illustrated biography, as well as archive finds the author was able to include thanks to his close connection to the artist’s estate, present Matisse as an artist whos e works are a feast of colors and forms.
£9.95
Getty Trust Publications The Dawn of Christian Art - In Panel Painings and
Book SynopsisStaking out new territory in the history of art, this book presents a compelling argument for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance. While art historians place the origin of icons in the seventh century, Thomas F. Mathews finds strong evidence as early as the second century in the texts of Irenaeus and the Acts of John that describe private Christian worship. In closely studying an obscure set of sixty neglected panel paintings from Egypt in Roman times, the author explains how these paintings of the Egyptian gods offer the missing link in the long history of religious painting. Christian panel paintings and icons are for the first time placed in a continuum with the pagan paintings that preceded them, sharing elements of iconography, technology, and religious usages as votive offerings.Exciting discoveries punctuate the narrative: the technology of the triptych, enormously popular in Europe, traced by the authors to the construction of Egyptian portable shrines, such as the Isis and Serapis of the J. Paul Getty Museum; the discovery that the egg tempera painting medium, usually credited to Renaissance artistCimabue, has been identified in Egyptian panels a millennium earlier; and the reconstruction of a ring of icons on the chancel of Saint Sophia in Istanbul.This book will be a vital addition to the fields ofEgyptian, Greco-Roman, and late antique art history and, more generally, to the history of painting.Trade Review"Essential."--Apollo "Thomas Mathews and Norman Muller offer a radical alternative picture, based on years of research."--Times Literary Supplement
£42.75
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Portfolio: Beginning Acrylic: Tips and techniques
Book SynopsisWith comprehensive instruction and artist tips and tricks, Beginning Acrylic is the perfect resource for aspiring painters just getting started in this colorful medium.Beginning Acrylic teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in acrylic. From showing how to choose the right paper, brushes, and paints to basic painting tips and techniques, this beginner’s guide to acrylic painting is bursting with valuable exercises and advice to help artists master this colorful and approachable medium. This book guides beginners through an exploration of acrylic painting with easy-to-understand concepts and step-by-step methods, including how to paint a variety of skies, trees, mountains, roads, clouds, and waterscapes from start to finish. Building on these basic, fundamental techniques, novice artists can practice their craft with step-by-step painting projects that are broken down and explained with large, detailed images and examples. From the first brushstroke to the finishing touch, let Beginning Acrylic guide you as you begin your artistic journey in acrylic painting. The Portfolio series covers essential art techniques, core concepts, and media with an approach and format that’s perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists.Also available from the series:Beginning Drawing, Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Pastel, Beginning Colored Pencil, Beginning Color Mixing, Expressive Painting, Beginning Color Mixing, Beginning Pen & Ink, and Beginning Composition.Trade ReviewAcrylic paint is an agreeable, user-friendly medium. The same could be said for Beginning Acrylic. The brilliant cover draws the reader in, and the pleasing illustrations hold the learner's interest. Ms. Gertsch provides relevant instruction on color, the art elements and principles and a number of acrylic mediums...a blessing to beginners. * Arts & Activities *
£12.99
University of Arkansas Press Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object
Book SynopsisThis title offers an art model's take on taking it off. ""Live Nude Girl"" is a lively meditation on the profession of nude modeling - that 'spine-tingling combination of power and vulnerability, submission and dominance' - as it has been practiced in history and as it is practiced today. Kathleen Rooney draws on her own experiences working as an artist's model, as well as on the stories of famous, notorious, and mysterious artists and models through the ages. Combining personal perspective, historical anecdote, and witty prose, Rooney reveals that both the appeal of posing nude for artists and the appeal of drawing the naked figure lie in our deeply human responses to beauty, sex, love, and death.Trade ReviewKathleen Rooney boldly and bravely dissects what it means to disrobe in the name of art - and money. For anyone who wants to know why a woman would prefer to be nude rather than naked (and what the difference is), read Live Nude Girl and find out. - Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of Best Sex Writing 2009 ""Though the title of Kathleen Rooney's Live Nude Girl seems to promise an external approach to the subject, modeling nude for art classes, the book itself is surprisingly introspective, learned, and thoughtful. While revealing what a nude model does, how she does it and why, what she feels and thinks while doing it, Rooney explores what her profession means to her personally and what it means and has meant to others. The writing is enticing, engaging, inviting, and the anecdotes it tells are irresistible."" - Peter Stitt, editor of The Gettysburg Review ""If Live Nude Girl caught your eye, promised, beckoned - good. Follow the enticement and you'll encounter the thrill of a rigorous and questioning mind in motion."" - Lia Purpura, author of On Looking
£21.21
Stolpe Publishing Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné volume II:
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£38.00
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd Scottish Painting: 1837 to the Present
Book SynopsisThe only book available on Scottish painting, this book is now in its third edition with a new introduction and final chapter that brings the book up to date with the latest developments in Scottish painting (Richard Wright's win of the Turner Prize 2009). Illustrated throughout, the work is by acknowledged authority on Scottish painting William Hardie. Scottish society has been reflected through the strong colour and energetic brushwork of its artists. The book traces the beginnings of Scottish painting from the foundation of the Foulis Academy in 1753, with William Dyce and Scott Lauder establishing themselves in the south, followed by W Q Orchardson and John Pettie around 1860. European travel ensured Scottish painters were open to new techniques, and the explosion of the Glasgow Boys and then the Colourists onto the scene meant Scotland was respected for its innovation and imagination. Charles Rennie Mackintosh today is still internationally recognised for his work, and the painting of John Byrne, Curister, and Peter Howson bring the book to the present day.Trade ReviewPress attention for 'Scottish Painting' first edition 'No better introductions to painting by Scottish artists has yet appeared, and this book is strongly recommended not only to those who have already looked into this field but also to those to whom Scottish painting is unknown. The style chosen is modest and scholarly, making no extravagant claims for the artists - It is a pleasure to read work of such quality. ' John Pinkerton, Connoisseur ' - A fund of much-needed and fascinating information - it is in his capacity for exploring the sequence of new dawns that Mr Hardie scores repeatedly - ' Christopher Neve, Country Life ' - A thorough and scholarly study - ' Arts Review And second edition: ' - A literary achievement opening to a larger public the particular richness of the medium in the talented hands of the Scots - The author is one of the few who could have compiled so discerning a history. This illuminating monograph - is the best available in its comprehensive survey of two centuries of Scots painting.' Leisure Painting 'For those interested in acquiring a good foundation on the development of the visual arts in Scotland from the 1830s, you could do no better than read William Hardie's scholarly 'Scottish Painting 1837 to the Present' the book is a delight to read.' The World of Antiques
£19.00
National Gallery Company Ltd Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
Book SynopsisThe English Romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was hailed as the "painter of light" for his brilliantly colored landscapes and seascapes. He drew much influence from the French painter Claude Lorrain (c. 1604/5?–1682), who was a vital force in Turner's artistic practice from his formative years until the end of his working life. So great was Claude's influence that Turner stipulated in his will that his works hang alongside Claude's in the National Gallery, London.This book examines the ways in which Turner consistently strove to confront Claude's achievement and legacy. He had encountered Claude's works in salerooms and in the collections of his aristocratic patrons, and applied what he had learned to the British countryside, producing views of the Thames valley that transform it into an idyllic pastoral scene reminiscent of the Roman Campagna. For the balance of his career, Turner continued to pit himself against Claude, paying homage even as he continually sought to go beyond the accomplishments of his master.Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The National Gallery, London(03/14/12-06/05/12)Trade Review“A remarkable book...”—Souren Melikian, New York Times -- Souren Melikian * New York Times *
£28.50
Legare Street Press Studienbuch
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£15.95
Royal Academy of Arts We Think the World of You: People and Dogs Drawn
Book SynopsisDavid Remfry MBE RA has long been fascinated by the relationships that develop between dogs and their owners. In this charming new book, his deft portraits in watercolour and gouache reveal the mutual understanding and sympathy of these partnerships. Many of his portraits are accompanied by sketches from the artist's many notebooks alongside brief accounts by his sitters of how dog and owner came to find each other. Remfry's lively watercolours and sketches illustrate such celebrities as Ethan Hawke (and Nina), Susan Sarandon (and Penny and Rigby) and Alan Cumming (and Honey). Some of the sitters were Remfry’s neighbours at the iconic Chelsea Hotel in New York.Table of Contents6 Love and Dogs 10 Alan and Honey 22 Michael and Dino 26 Laura and Oscar 34 Mayer and Louise 42 Drew and Fuzzy 46 Josh, Lucio and Acteón 50 Jeanne, Charley and Molly 56 Agnes, Tina, Giotto and Bronzino 64 Nikki and Wallis, Duchess of Pugs 70 Kate and Pickle 72 Lester and Devage 76 Geoffrey and Rocco 84 Susan, Penny and Rigby 90 Richard, Stephen and Mona 96 Jim and Teddy 98 Ethan and Nina 100 La Tasha and Kahlua 104 April and Ava 110 David and Blue 114 In the Park 115 Sketchbooks and Postcards 126 Prints
£18.00
LEGARE STREET PR Gauguin et le Groupe de PontAven
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LEGARE STREET PR Felsina Pittrice
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£24.65
LEGARE STREET PR Gio
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LEGARE STREET PR The Work of Murillo Reproduced in two Hundred and Eightyseven Illustrations With a Biographical Introd
£18.95
LEGARE STREET PR Felsina Pittrice
£19.95
Goose Lane Editions The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case: The Group of
Book SynopsisIn May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, trial involving forgeries of the art of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven.The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case takes readers back to 1962, a time when forgeries were turning up on gallery walls, in auction houses, and (unwittingly) being hung in the homes of luminaries across Canada. Inspector James Erskine, enlisting the help of A.J. Casson, the youngest living member of the Group of Seven, set out to discover where the forgeries were coming from. Fifty years later, Dellandrea follows Erskine’s hunt to the end, uncovering the masterminds behind the forgeries.Lavishly illustrated with reproductions and archival images, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case unravels the mystery of the greatest art fraud trial in Canadian history. Along the way, it also tells the story of a talented artist whose career might have been so very different.Trade Review“Was the last Group of Seven painting you looked at a fake? Quite possibly, according to Jon S. Dellandrea. Packed with art, history, case examples, careful examinations, and jaw-dropping details about how crime has been part of the Canadian cultural ecosystem, The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case reveals why for decades scholars, auction houses, galleries, and museums have turned a blind eye to felonies in plain sight.” -- Sara Angel, Executive Director, The Art Canada Institute“The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case reads like the detective story it actually is. It even boasts a real-life police inspector as the protagonist who delves dutifully into a subject that he initially knows practically nothing about but becomes a bonafide art expert and the hero of the hour. Yet, not even the inspector could supply a definitive answer to just who the forger was ... It is left to Dellandrea to point the finger, following his years of painstaking research among dusty archives and ramshackle attics, tracking down anyone who had even the briefest recollection of the case as well as those involved in it.” -- Kate Barlow * Oakville News *“The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case combines detailed scholarship, solid journalistic research, and engaging personal stories in an enjoyable and enlightening read. Leavened with flashes of wit and interesting contextual side paths, Dellandrea’s book, which reads like just what he describes it as — a labour of love — is highly recommended reading for anyone who is interested in the rewards and the pitfalls of collecting Canadian ‘blue-chip’ art.” -- Ray Cronin * Billie *
£31.44
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Igniting Penguins: On Painting Now
Book SynopsisBritish-born artist Rachel Lumsden creates primarily large-format figurative paintings characterised by intensely atmospheric, pictorial spaces. Her imagery coalesces on the canvas through a virtuoso handling of paint, evoking visual narratives that come unexpectedly close and yet cannot be entirely grasped. In her book Igniting Penguins, Lumsden invites the reader on an entertaining excursion into the art world and to the core of painting itself. Along the way we are introduced to some of its powerful and quirky gatekeepers, we are baffled by art’s apparently unshakeable gender roles, and we discover what makes figurative painting the sexy form of quantum physics. Lumsden’s essay is both a personal manifesto and a survey of today’s art scene. It offers everything you ever wanted to know about painting and the art world but never dared to ask.
£22.50
LEGARE STREET PR Albert Durer
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LEGARE STREET PR The Work of Fra Angelico Da Fiesole
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Hurtwood Press Marguerite Horner Numinous
Book SynopsisThe first publication on British artist Marguerite Horner presents her monochromatic, radiant and accomplished paintings inspired by a trip to Beachwood Canyon, California, and produced in 2023. Numinous presents the monochromatic, radiant and accomplished paintings of British artist Marguerite Horner (b. 1954), inspired by a trip to Beachwood Canyon, California, and produced in 2023. The twenty-one watercolours and two oil paintings which make up the series of the same name depict flat expanses of sand, the sunlit sea, cacti, the silhouettes of distant people seen from above and occasionally American highways. They were first exhibited at the Crypt in St Marylebone Parish Church, London, in October 2023. The first publication on Horner's work features a foreword by publisher and writer Matt Price, describing the charged, luminous moments depicted in the Numinous series and the significance of the natural world in the artworks. In his essay, multidisciplinary scholar Dr Matthew HolmaTable of ContentsForeword by Matt Price Facing West by Matthew Holman Paintings Biographies
£18.00
Munch Museum Living Lines: Five Contemporary Artists on Edvard
Book SynopsisIn this book the five prominent contemporary artists Marlene Dumas, Terje Nicolaisen, Nalini Malani, Georg Baselitz and Tracey Emin have each compiled a personal selection of Edvard Munch’s drawings. Munch drew more or less daily throughout his long life and left behind approximately 7700 drawings. Each of the five selections provide a unique glimpse into this abundant material and is presented together with works by the artists, and an interview in which they reflect on Munch’s drawings and their own art.Table of ContentsIntroduction Edvard Munch’s Drawings in Perspective Ambiguity is Munch’s Middle Name Marlene Dumas interviewed by Mieke Bal Dumas chooses Munch The Same Free, Interesting Zone Terje Nicolaisen interviewed by Halvor Haugen Nicolaisen chooses Munch Modes of Thinking and Figuring Nalini Malani interviewed by Mieke Bal Malani chooses Munch There is No Longer Any Need for Landscape Georg Baselitz interviewed by Jon-Ove Steihaug Baselitz chooses Munch True Drawing is Like a Heartbeat Tracey Emin interviewed by Jon-Ove Steihaug Emin chooses Munch The Work Behind the Catalogue Raisonné of Munch’s Drawings Magne Bruteig
£31.96
LEGARE STREET PR The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Volume 2
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LEGARE STREET PR Charles Conder His Life and Work
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LEGARE STREET PR Catalogue of Paintings by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
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£13.95
Legare Street Press Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Gaston La Touche and Louis Maurice Boutet De Monvel
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£13.22
Stolpe Publishing Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné Volume III: The
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£38.00
Flame Tree Publishing Kew: Marianne North: View in Brisbane Botanic
Book SynopsisA FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. 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 rose red end-papers. 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.PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy.THE ARTIST. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has a gallery dedicated to the paintings of the remarkable Victorian artist Marianne North, who had a great eye for botanical detail. 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."
£9.11
State Hermitage Museum Publications Western European Painting of the Fourteenth -
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£45.00
Oratia Media Te Kuia Moko
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£40.00
Reliable Copy The Significance and Relevance of Early Modern
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£24.70
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Art of Paint Pouring: Tips, techniques, and
Book SynopsisLearn the creative, innovative technique of making art by pouring paint with The Art of Paint Pouring. Featuring easy step-by-step projects, practical tips, and beautiful art from an established paint-pouring expert, this book helps artists of any skill level make colorful, textured art by pouring acrylic paint onto a canvas. There are many techniques for making poured art, and this book details them all. You will learn to swipe, pour, and more using the manyhow-to projects provided in this book. Also included are chapters on the following: Tools and materials, including affordable options for items that will help you create poured art Basic color theory and how to choose paint colors that will create pleasing mixtures Eye-catching full-page artwork Tips for creating the paint consistency that you want Instructions for keeping your work area clean, even while working with a potentially messy technique Written and illustrated by a well-recognized paint-pouring artist, The Art of Paint Pouring is a comprehensive reference that eliminates the need to search online for multiple videos that you would continually have to pause and re-watch. If you are new to paint pouring, you will love the beginners’ tips and instructions that allow anyone to master this contemporary craft. Start creating stunning works of poured art with The Art of Paint Pouring. Also from the Fluid Art series, refresh your paint-pouring skills and learn new techniques with: The Art of Paint Pouring: Swipe, Swirl & Spin and The Art of Paint Marbling.Trade ReviewArtist Amanda VanEver starts with the basics and proceeds to demonstrate 11 acrylic pouring techniques, yielding striking visual textures and abstract patterns. * Artists Magazine *
£999.99
American Art Catalogues PETER SHEAR ACCIDENT REPORT
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£36.00
Taschen GmbH Klimt
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£14.25
Skira Editore The Atlantic Ocean
Book SynopsisStefanie Hessler is a contemporary art curator, writer, editor and director of Swiss Institute in New York. Knut Ljøgodt, art historian, is director of the Nordic Institute of Art, Oslo. Susanne Østby Sæther is curator of photography and new media at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo.
£36.00
Edinburgh University Press Derek Walcotts Painters
Book SynopsisWalcott?s lifelong concern with painting and painters deeply inflected his aesthetics and politics. Walcott?s interventions on the relationship between Caribbean and colonial history have been thoroughly scrutinised, but, arguably, Walcott was also keen to address and (re)write an art history of which, paraphrasing a line from Omeros, the Caribbean too was/is capable. Contextualising and putting in conversation Walcott?s published and unpublished writings (poems, plays, essays, journalism) and his drawings or paintings (privately owned and publicly disseminated) with specific artists from the Caribbean, Europe, South and North America, Derek Walcott?s Painters recalibrates and sharpens our understanding of Walcott?s articulation of his own politics and poetics and of the Caribbean?s contributions to Atlantic and global culture.
£31.49
British Museum Press Masterpieces
Book SynopsisDrawn from all the major cultures of the period and covering an extensive geographical and chronological sweep, this richly illustrated book celebrates the artistic accomplishment of objects made from a varied and attractive array of materials such as gold, silver, precious stones, ivory, glass, ceramics and textiles.
£22.50
De Gruyter Graffiti Expressionism
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£30.15
Flame Tree Publishing The Courtauld 2026 Desk Diary Planner Week to View Illustrated throughout
Book SynopsisProduced in partnership with The Courtauld gallery and featuring over 30 treasured and important works from the collection by British and international artists such as Cézanne, Monet, Roger Eliot Fry, Morisot, Gauguin, Van Gogh and many more, this week-to-view desk diary is a stunning gift or a treat for yourself. Printed on FSC-certified paper.
£11.69
Flame Tree Publishing Tate 2026 Desk Diary Planner Week to View Illustrated throughout
Book SynopsisProduced in partnership with Tate and featuring over 30 beautiful and important works from across the collections by British and international artists such as Alvaro Barrington, Emily Kam Kngwarray, Keiko Minami, Paul Nash, Turner and many more, this week-to-view desk diary is a stunning gift or a treat for yourself. Printed on FSC-certified paper.
£11.69
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd Glasgow Boys in Your Pocket
Book SynopsisThe Glasgow Boys revolutionized Scottish painting from 1880 until around 1895, although their influence lasted until just before World War 1. Painters such as Sir John Lavery, Sir James Guthrie, George Henry, Edward Atkinson Hornel, Joseph Crawhall, Edward Arthur Walton, and William Kennedy formed the main group of painters, although there were 18 in total. They were a loose group, with various friendships and painting groups among them. Influenced by the Impressionists and post-Impressionists, they were also inspired by Japanese and Dutch art. Their style went against Victorian sentimentality and they brought the look of some forms of Impressionism and post-Impressionism to Scotland, with fresh views of the Scottish countryside and typical scenes from Scottish life. They painted outdoors, and captured a way of life that changed Scottish painting. Many settled after their early rebellious phase into quieter styles, or moved away as the art scene evolved into the Scottish Colourists' phase. As Glasgow became the fourth largest city in Europe, with a massive explosion in its population, money from wealthy industrialists, publishers and merchants became available to support the art commissioned from The Glasgow Boys. New walls needed art, as Glasgow celebrated its prosperity in a new phase of building - the city centre saw a new Art School, and City Chambers, and industrialists built homes in the country. The author's understanding of the art world and the importance of financial support and also painting techniques makes this book a unique contribution to books written on The Glasgow Boys. The Glasgow Boys are the subject of an exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery in spring/summer 2010, and then at the Royal Academy, London until January 2011.
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Taschen GmbH Bosch
Book SynopsisAs cryptic as they are compelling, the masterpieces of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516) remain some of the most enduring enigmas of the art world. Their intricate, allegorical, and often startling content has captivated not only art historians, but also fashion designers, rock stars, writers, and punk rockers, as well as countless modern and contemporary artist successors. Although rooted in the Old Netherlandish tradition, Bosch developed a highly subjective, richly suggestive style to render both the celestial bliss of heaven and the grotesque tortures of hell, most famously and meticulously excecuted in The Garden of Earthly Delights. Here, as in his other known works, his artistic language combined religious humility with a razor-sharp wit, often playing off pictorial versions of contemporary proverbs or figures of speech. This book ties together the elusive threads of Bosch’s oeuvre to provide a concise introduction to an at once haunting and enthralling pictorial world.
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Yale University Press The Painted Face Portraits of Women in France
Book SynopsisCharts the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. This book focuses on six canonic paintings and how they illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century.
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Dover Publications Inc. Six Frida Kahlo Postcards Dover Postcards
Book SynopsisHauntingly beautiful reproductions of Self-Portrait (1926), The Deceased Dimas (1937), Girl with Death Mask (1938), Self-Portrait with Monkeys (1943), DoÃa Rosita Morillo (1944), and Still Life with Parrot (1951).
£6.50
McGill-Queen's University Press David Alexander
Book SynopsisIt can be easy to consider landscape painting as cliche, an art form whose time has passed. David Alexander's vibrant, large-scale works show the wonder and possibility that remain undiminished in paintings of the natural environment and breathe new life into the landscape tradition
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McNidder & Grace Painting the Toon Portraits of Newcastle and
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Te Papa Press Nga Tai Whakarongorua Encounters
Book SynopsisA handy and accessibly priced take-home guide to the portrait wall in Toi Art, the best-loved and most-visited section of the Te Papa art galleries. Beautifully designed, published in te reo Māori and English, and with artist biographies and insights into conservation.Table of ContentsHe Tūtakinga, He Tūtukinga | Encounters and Collisions page 7 Mō ngā ringatoa | About the artists page 106 Kuputaka | Glossary page 110 Hei pānui anō | Further reading page 111
£15.29
