Site-specific art installations create structures and performance spaces from cast-off objects Described as an artist of......more
Robert A. Slayton is Henry Salvatori Professor of American Values and Traditions at Chapman University. He is the author......more
A beautiful pack of 10 cards featuring two of Alfred Sisley s paintings; the 1897 The Cliff at Penarth, Evening, low ti......more
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Aubrey Beardsleys stylish, monochrome illustrations became increasingly popular in the 1960s and have stayed popular eve......more
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A comprehensive survey of art in Moscow in the era of the Soviet Union that champions the unquenchable spirit of artisti......more
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Sound is an integral part of contemporary art. Once understood to be a marginal practice, increasingly we encounter soun......more
Sound is an integral part of contemporary art. Once understood to be a marginal practice, increasingly we encounter soun......more
In celebration of Arthur Rackham’s 150th birthday, this volume features 150 of the Golden Age Illustrator’s most beautif......more
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A fascinating history of Chicago s innovative and invaluable contributions to American literature and art from the late ......more
The complex facets of Cubism remain relevant subjects in art history today, a century after Pablo Picasso and Georges Br......more
In the course of browsing an illustrated book of objects--umbrellas, watches, tools, clothes--artist Max Ernst was struc......more
Vasily Kandinsky was one of the first painters of abstract art and a founding member of the Blue Rider movement. Althoug......more
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While much has been written on Marcel Duchamp - one of the twentieth century s most beguiling artists - the subject of h......more
In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the Hanseatic city of Bremen was a flourishing centre of rapidly growing ......more
Many of the most celebrated African American artists have created works that visually manifest Christian motifs and them......more
The Art of Football is a singular look at early college football art and illustrations. This collection contains more th......more
Although Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is often thought of as a solitary genius, his career was fueled by the inspiration he......more
The point of departure for the present publication is the strikingly innovative artistic spirit of the Russian avant-gar......more
A glimpse into the exciting, and often tumultuous, history of a small seaside town, by Geoffrey Munn....more
Groundbreaking new insight into a rich spectrum of early Soviet art and its spaces of display Published on the centenary......more
Phenomenal Difference grants new attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its critical and social signific......more
Phenomenal Difference grants new attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its critical and social signific......more
Vincent van Gogh s career lasted just a decade, but in this short time he created more than two thousand paintings, incl......more
WithImpression, Soleil levant, exhibited in 1874, Claude Monet (1840-1926) took part in the creation of the Impressionis......more
In The Other American Moderns, ShiPu Wang analyzes the works of four early twentieth-century American artists who engage......more
During the last 30 years, technological, social, economic and environmental changes have brought about the most dramatic......more
An unprecedented exploration of Gauguin’s works in various media, from works on paper to clay and furniture Paul Gauguin......more
A penetrating reassessment of Munch’s memorable painting and profound artistic legacy This engaging book offers a fresh ......more
With his graphic style, figural distortion, and defiance of conventional standards of beauty, Egon Schiele (1890-1918) w......more
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French-born Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) was the 20th century’s leading construction designer, a self-declared constructeur a......more
Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds with individual artworks in museums or galleries--hardly time e......more
By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise ......more
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Foreign Artists and Communities in Modern Paris, 1870-1914 examines Paris as a center of international culture that attr......more
Depicting characters like the eponymous young sculptor in Roderick Hudson and spaces like the crowded galleries in The W......more
Address book companion to the exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnif......more
Traces two intersecting trajectories in American art. It shows how rights-based 1960s politics and the identity politics......more
Natural science buffs, graphics professionals, and anyone interested in the visual expression of ideas will be fascinate......more
With the rise of museums in the 19th century, including the formation in 1824 of the National Gallery in London, as well......more
Among many art, music and literature lovers, particularly devotees of modernism, the expatriate community in France duri......more
El prestigioso cr tico y Premio Pulitzer Sebastian Smee compone en este libro una historia del arte contada a trav s de ......more
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The synthetic proposition examines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, the student, feminist and sexual-liberty mov......more
Global biennials have proliferated in the contemporary art world, but artists engagement with large-scale international......more
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Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Sketch Books. Combining high-quality production with magnificent f......more
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This book takes a new, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing modern Viennese visual culture, one informed by Austro-Ge......more
Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine......more
Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine......more
Over a century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, da......more
Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which b......more
A major Symbolist artist, Odilon Redon (1840-1916) was also a painter of scenic and emotional extremes. Until around 189......more
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An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition...more
Visual Propaganda, Exhibitions, and the Spanish Civil War is a history of art during wartime that analyzes images in var......more
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A new look at the art of one of the most charming and idiosyncratic personalities of early 20th-century New York Florine......more
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists--Manet and Degas, ......more
For decades, aesthetics has been subjected to a variety of critiques, often concerning its treatment of beauty or the au......more
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) was one of the most prolific and creative members of the German expressionist movement......more
Surrealism was not merely an artistic movement to its adherents but an instrument of knowledge, an attempt to transfor......more
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter known for insightful and appealing images of women and children. Her wo......more
Edgar Degas (1834-1917) masterfully depicted ballerinas, racehorses, and the street life of 19th century Paris. He paint......more
Painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a founder of French Impressionism, best known for his beautiful landscapes of the F......more
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most widely recognized artists in the world. Although he only painted for 10 ......more
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This beautiful slipcased volume offers an intimate tour inside Monet s home and through the idyllic Giverny garden that ......more
A glimpse into the markets, crafts, and signage of early modern Japan Kanban are the traditional signs Japanese merchant......more
A photographic tour of the Detroit Public Library’s rich art and architectural history. For the last century, the Detroi......more
This volume presents in-depth and contextualized analyses of a wealth of visual materials. These documents provide viewe......more
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Tramp art describes a particular type of wood carving practiced in the United States and Europe between the 1880s and 19......more
Futurism Studies in its canonical form has followed in the steps of Marinetti’s concept of Futurisme mondial, according ......more
This study analyzes the impact of color-making technologies on the visual culture of nineteenth-century France, from the......more
Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine......more
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Although he is best known for pioneering Cubism, Picasso s works over a prolific seven-decade career are characterized b......more