In this life of painter John Singleton Copley, award-winning Harvard historian Jane Kamensky masterfully untangles the web of principles and interests that shaped the age of America’s revolution. Copl
Francesco de Mura (16911782), a leader of the Neapolitan school, was the most sought-after painter of his day. His robust yet elegant compositions placed him among lauded Baroque masters, while his li
Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter Rene Magritte—the artist,
Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter Rene Magritte—the artist,
Unlike the work of his contemporaries Rubens and Caravaggio, who painted on a grand scale, seventeenth-century Flemish painter Jan Brueghel’s tiny, detail-filled paintings took their place not in gall
A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug examines the extraordinary career of Levine Flexhaug (19181974), an itinerant artist who sold thousands of variations of essentially th
Monet, the father of French impressionist painting, devoted twenty-five years to a series of paintings of the water lilies that floated in the pond of his lavish garden in Giverny. This volume is dedi
Claude Monet is perhaps the world's most beloved artist, and among all his creations, the paintings of the water lilies in his garden at Giverny are most famous. Seeing them in museums around the worl
Intertwining art history, aesthetic theory, and Latin American studies, Aarnoud Rommens challenges contemporary Eurocentric revisions of the history of abstraction through this study of the Uruguayan
Irish-born Sean Scully is one of the most important abstract painters alive today. Over the course of more than thirty years, he has produced a vibrant, compelling and constantly inventive body of wor
A gallery of cats painted as movie stars, full of charm and humor.Susan Herbert's innovative and witty feline renderings of cats in human situations, from Shakespearean drama to masterpieces of Wester
Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Dali's birth, a compact museumgoer's guide to the life, times, and works of one of the most notorious personalities of twentiethcentury art, and one
This revelatory publication features a selection of beautifully reproduced images from his sketchbooks. Most of the sketches - which include works in pencil, pastel and watercolour from across the art
The Russian Canvas charts the remarkable rise of Russian painting in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the nature of its relationship with other European schools. Starting with the foundation of the Im
Art historian Simonetta Carr draws on recent scholarship that challenges the traditional view of Michelangelo as a recluse. Readers will also learn about the complex and fluid era of the Italian Renai
Known fondly as 'Robert des ruines' because of his penchant for painting ancient ruins, Hubert Robert (1733-1808) was one of France’s most successful and prominent artists during his lifetime. This ou
