5470 results for '"Berend Strik (Artist)'

At the time of his death in 1820, Benjamin West was the most famous artist in the English-speaking world, and much admired throughout Europe. From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania, he had become the...

Rembrandt was revered as a genius during his lifetime and has fascinated generations of artists and connoisseurs ever since. Rembrandt's trademark – rough, impasto brushwork, his unique lighting and...

Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today’s multifaceted...

Contemporary art and the culture of speedHow have artists responded to our market-driven, tech-enabled culture of speed? Viewing Velocities explores a contemporary art scene caught in the gears of...

This copiously illustrated book, by the ever-provocative Desmond Morris, is a pioneering and lively exploration of the importance of body language in how we understand art.Every time an artist...

Art Making with MoMA , from educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents twenty interactive activities that invite kids (and adults!) to discover the materials and techniques of modern...

A landmark volume—the first authoritative publication to cover in its entirety one of the most significant holdings of Matisse in the world.Matisse in the Barnes Foundation is a vibrant...

A major reevaluation of a towering figure in twentieth-century art and the relationship of his sculpture to the crisis of nationalism in modern Europe In 1935, Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti...

John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images of the past transports the viewer to another time and place. Take the journey with him, in this notepad perfect for jotting down...

The perfect gift for music fans and anyone who loves artists like Elvis Presley, Randy Newman, Sly Stone, Robert Johnson, and Harmonica Frank.In 1975, Greil Marcus’s Mystery Train changed the way...

Jewish texts are a hidden treasure of information on Jewish art and artists, the patronage and use of art, and the art created by non-Jews. Most of these texts are written in Hebrew and Aramaic...

Arthur C. Danto argues that recent developments in the art world, in particular the production of works of art that cannot be told from ordinary things, make urgent the need for a new theory of art...

Mushrooms—psychoactive, medicinal, or delicious—have fascinated us for millennia. They have facilitated spiritual quests in ancient and modern times, and their whimsical forms have inspired artists...

In Art Can Help, the internationally acclaimed American photographer Robert Adams offers over two dozen meditations on the purpose of art and the responsibility of the artist. In particular, Adams...

For centuries, women's self-portraiture was a highly overlooked genre. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Seeing Ourselves finally gives this richly...

This innovative history explores the rich tradition of music behind bars and shows how policing and prisons have shaped our musical culture from blues to hip-hop. In American popular music, we often...

First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity, Dust Tracks on a Road is Zora Neale Hurston's candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography, an imaginative and exuberant account of her...

Gustav Klimt's gorgeous landscape art is an unexpected inspiration. A fine new art calendar from Flame Tree. Renowned Austrian artist Gustav is well known for his richly decorative commissioned...

Bold and colourful prints by the influential artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth. A fine new art calendar from Flame Tree. This calendar is a stunning display of 12 prints by Barbara Hepworth, one...

“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.”In 2010, more than 750,000...