This is Rembrandt by Jorella Andrews
Category: Art and Design | Series: This is
Rembrandt van Rijn is probably the most famous Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. His works are greatly loved today, but he was not always so well regarded. His life was one of a dramatic rise and fall, unfolding during the Golden Age of the newly formed Dutch Republic. Rembrandt's public acclaim ...Show more
Pop Art: A Colourful History by Alastair Sooke
Category: Art and Design
Pop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. A shift from the archetype to the stereotype, from the exalted to the everyday, it brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with Coke cans and comics. Today, in our age of selfies and social networking, we are still living in a wor ...Show more
This is Cézanne by Jorella Andrews
Category: Art and Design | Series: This is
Paul Cezanne challenged convention, and proposed new possibilities for modern art. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint everyday places, people, and things in ways that revealed the multiplicity and beauty of vision, while also unveiling the deep, cohesive structures of the visible wo ...Show more
Rembrandt by Tancred Borenius
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Classics
Rembrandt van Rijn (1601-69) was one of the greatest masters of northern Europe, whose works contributed to the fantastically creative Dutch Golden Age of the seventeenth century. His supreme empathy for the human condition, exhibited in his portraits, self-portraits and genre paintings, have made him o ...Show more
Story of Painting: The How Art Was Made by DK
Category: Art and Design
A fascinating new history of art, this gloriously illustrated book reveals how materials, techniques, and ideas have evolved over the centuries, inspiring artists and giving them the means to create their most celebrated works. Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and fresco ...Show more
A Year in the Art World by Matthew Israel
Category: Art and Design
The world of contemporary art has become more globalized and transparent in the last few decades, yet it is still perceived as closed-off and obscure. In A Year in the Art World, Matthew Israel takes the reader on a cross-continental journey through a year in the field of art, lifting the veil on a cult ...Show more
Reversing Into The Future: New Wave Graphics 1977-1990 by Andrew Krivine
Category: Art and Design
Packed with exclusive artworks and expert texts, this is the comprehensive guide to the unforgettable period of New Wave. Having witnessed an emerging generation of music buyers who'd been energised by punk, major record labels and independents alike went in search of sounds and visions that captured s ...Show more
Art: The Definitive Visual Guide by Andrew Graham-Dixon
Category: Art and Design
The most comprehensive illustrated visual guide to 30,000 years of paintings and sculpture from around the world.The ultimate introduction to global art, presenting 30,000 years of creativity in one lavishly illustrated book.Discover all you need to know about art history in this definite guide. Art- Th ...Show more
Art: A Visual History by Robert Cumming
Category: Art and Design
Discover the history of Western art - from prehistory to the 21st century - through profiles of over 650 artists and their key works. Covering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide offers an accessible yet expansive view of art history, featuring everything from iconic wo ...Show more
The Louvre: All The Paintings by Vincent Pomarede
Category: Art and Design
The 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 ...Show more
Paul McCarthy: Piccadilly Circus / Bunker Basement by Damon McCarthy
Category: Art and Design
Born 1945 in Salt Lake City and trained as a painter, McCarthy began experimenting with film in 1967 and began producing photographic work through the late 60s and early 70s. Based in Los Angeles, he is notorious for his perverted interpretations of childhood stories and vulgarity of expression. As crit ...Show more
Abstract Art by Stephanie Straine
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
While it is considered by many artists to be a pure and simplistic form of expression, abstract art is also often thought of as vague or exceedingly theoretical. This new installment in the Art Essentials series demystifies the concept and history of abstraction, taking the reader on a journey that span ...Show more