"[The Shadow Drawing] reorients our perspective, distills a life and brings it into focus—the very work of revision and refining that its subject loved best." —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times | Editors' ChoiceAn entirely new account of Leonardo the...

In this book, the "humanitarianism" of the unpeopled land and townscapes is related to an obsession with pathos in the artist's melancholy allegories and existential portraits. A unique feature of this book is the twenty-three page "Schiele Photograph...

"This book seeks to trace through seminal essays by art critics Sally O'Reilly and David Lillington and artists John Stezaker and Ian Monroe. Divided into five themes, Collage is lavishly illustrated with works by both collage 'masters', such as Picasso,...

An innovative and dynamic look at 20-century American art, focusing on its relationship to the nation’s evolving identity and ambitions.How did artists of the twentieth century use their work to respond to their unique personal experiences and moment in...

Product Description Explores the social, political, economic, and cultural atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties and its impact on the development and character of the arts From Library Journal Architecture, sculpture, painting, film, graphic...

This fascinating biography--the first in over forty years--of Diego Rivera, the brilliant Mexican artist and revolutionary (and twice-married husband of Frida Kahlo), captures the explosively passionate nature that made Rivera one of this century's most...

The evolution and philosophy of color field painting, as revealed by four masters of the movement.Developed at the tail end of the abstract expressionist movement, color field painting is distinguished by pure, unmodulated areas of color, flat,...

Cone, Michele

Great, virually unread condtion. Clean, unmarked pages. From the shelf of a notable collector

"This important book revises our understanding of one of the key moments in American art: the beginnings of Pop art. A style celebrated for its use of mass-production, Pop art has conventionally been seen as constituting a complete break with the art...

80 pages. Hardcover. Text in English. Bound in stamped white boards and issued without a dustjacket. 40 illustrations, 22 in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from L & M Arts, New York NY April 12-June 2, 2012. List of Works. Selected...

Ironically, Kazuo Shiraga’s feet were nearly his feet of clay. The breakout star of the Gutai Art Association, Shiraga became colloquially known as the “foot painter”; the Japanese postwar movement’s founder, Jiro Yoshihara, even dismissed Shiraga as a...

In 1946 the art critic Robert Coates, writing in the New Yorker, first used the term 'Abstract Expressionism'. The two words combine the emotional intensity of the German Expressionists with the anti-figurative aesthetic of the European Abstract schools...

An immersive workbook for artists ready to unlock their unique creative voice and tap into their ultimate superpower--authenticity No matter where you are on your creative journey, Follow Your Art will help you quiet the outside noise so you can turn up...

Maria Luisa Meoni has studied Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Good Government from the point of view of an anthropologist. And how wonderful this anthropology is, for not only does it contribute to the interpretation of a utopia and dream of civility, introducing...

This artful and authoritative guide charts manga's rise from historical narrative scrolls to its position as an international creative powerhouse that has changed the way books are read. Renowned manga historian Helen McCarthy delivers the ultimate...