Art category: 43213 books
by David W. Galenson
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2009
From Picasso's Cubism and Duchamp's readymades to Warhol's silkscreens and Smithson's earthworks, the art of the twentieth century broke completely with earlier artistic traditions. A basic change in the market for advanced art produced a heightened demand for innovation, and young conceptual innovators...
Aesthetic Journalism
How to Inform Without Informing
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
As the art world eagerly embraces a journalistic approach, Aesthetic Journalism explores why contemporary art exhibitions often consist of interviews, documentaries and reportage. This new mode of journalism is grasping more and more space in modern culture and Cramerotti probes the current merge...
The Perpetual Guest
Art in the Unfinished Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Leading art critic explores the connections between art’s past and present
Contemporary art sometimes pretends to have made a clean break with history. In The Perpetual Guest, poet and critic Barry Schwabsky demonstrates that any robust understanding of art’s present must also account for...
by Margaret Tali
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This book analyzes practices of collecting in European art museums from 1989 to the present, arguing that museums actualize absence both consciously and unconsciously, while misrepresentation is an outcome of the absent perspectives and voices of minority community members which are rarely considered...
Jean Fouquet, un artiste polyvalent
Entre ars nova et Renaissance italienne
Language: French
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Décryptez l'art de Jean Fouquet en moins d'une heure !Longtemps ignoré et déprécié jusqu'à sa redécouverte au début du XXe siècle, l'art de Jean Fouquet est aujourd'hui reconnu comme l'un des plus originaux de son temps. Au-delà d'une simple synthèse entre l'ars nova nordique et la Renaissance...
by Stephen Zeifman
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Stephen Zeifman, artist and teacher of studio art and art history, and the founder of Mill Road Studio, discusses his unique approach to art. He talks about being an artist, and about the importance of having a focus driven not by commerce but rather by the challenges of engaging in a creative practice. The...
by Babette Bohn, James M. Saslow
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art provides a diverse, fresh collection of accessible, comprehensive essays addressing key issues for European art produced between 1300 and 1700, a period that might be termed the beginning of modern history.
Presents a collection of original, in-depth...
by Tony Green
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
This book hopes it will pose some critical questions of method for the study of the arts. These essays reveal a Nicolas Poussin that has rarely been noticed before. Is that because he has been so honoured as a great classical master – serious painter of serious histories and neo-stoic philosopher...
Eye for Art
Focusing on Great Artists and Their Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full-color images, this family-oriented art resource introduces children to more than 50 great artists and their work, with corresponding activities and explorations that inspire artistic development, focused looking, and creative writing. This treasure trove...
Holbein le Jeune, le maître du portrait
De l'art gothique à la Renaissance nordique
Language: French
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Décryptez l'art d'Holbein le Jeune en moins d'une heure !Dans l’Allemagne du XVIe siècle, déchirée par les tensions entre catholiques et protestants, Holbein le Jeune comprend très tôt la nécessité de s’exiler pour pouvoir vivre de son art. C’est donc en Angleterre qu’il construit sa...
50 Art Ideas
You Really Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
A visit to an art gallery can be a baffling experience - a bewildering parade of paintings, sculptures, artists and movements with little perspective on how they all fit together. 50 Art Ideas you Really Need to Know is here to help. For all those who don't know their Degas from Dali or their Monet...
Getting The Best Paintings
This Superb Guide To Buying Outstanding Paintings Will Surely Bring You Excellent Ideas On Abstract Paintings, Jewish Paintings, Minimalist Art, Modern Oil Painting, Cubist Paintings And So Much More
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Buying folk art paintings has become a passion of mine. I’ve been looking for them everywhere it seems. I found a bunch of folk art paintings recently and I am having trouble deciding which one to buy.
There was a folk art painting by Rev. Howard Finster that is titled Howard...
by Paul Cézanne, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The innovative works of the Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne laid the foundations of a new and radically different form of art in the twentieth century. Challenging the conventional values of art in his time, Cézanne’s insistence on personal expression and the integrity of the painting itself,...
Art Journal Kickstarter
Pages and Prompts to Energize Your Art Journals
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Kickstart your art journaling journey today!
With back-to-back journal pages from more than 100 art journaling enthusiasts, you'll embark on an exploration filled with top-notch techniques and the kind of journal fodder that your artistic soul has been craving! So soak it up and discover the...