Painter, Marxist activist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera is renowned as much for his active politics as for his monumental mural paintings. This...
Baroque and RollMeet Sir Peter Paul Rubens, master painter and polymathThere are over 1,000 catalogued works by&,nbsp,Sir Peter Paul Rubens&,nbsp,(1577-1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for...
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) byl průkopníkem rakouského expresionismu a jedním z nejvýraznějších portrétních malířů 20. století. Jeho tvorbu definuje neklid a výrazná barevnost, jeho deformované postavy...
Rejecting society's standards and burrowing into deepest desires, Surrealism sought to attain a whole new realm of both art and experience. This introduction covers the...
Though he died aged 36, Toulouse-Lautrec's influence was immense, immortalizing the nightlife of the Belle Epoque and putting the Paris neighborhood of Montmartre on the...
Enter a world of ravishing light and color. English Romanticist J. M. W. Turner transformed the essence of landscape painting from serene contemplative scenes to...
A post-Impressionist pioneer, Vincent van Gogh is also one of the most quintessential ",tortured artists", in history. Through his lurid colors and emphatic brushwork, this...
From prairie houses to skyscrapers and the Guggenheim Museum, explore the life and work of one of the greatest pioneers in the history of architecture,...
From bad music, fame and infomercials to raising kids, sex and airport security, this book is the result of a one-man mission to demonstrate the...
Daniel Kramer’s classic Bob Dylan portfolio captures the artist’s transformative “big bang” year of 1964-65. Through vast concert halls, intimate recording sessions, and the famous...
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Having spanned both banks of the Vltava River since 1357, Charles Bridge has become an inseparable part of Prague’s breathtaking panorama. Its foundation stone was...
From Parisian banlieues to cities worldwide, JR’s monumental works celebrate humanity. He takes portraiture out of the gallery and into the street, inviting the otherwise...
Karma is the definitive autobiography from music icon, Boy George - the fabulous Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of 80s pop/reggae band,...
No other 17th-century artist played the self-portrait game as extravagantly as the Dutchman Rembrandt. Spanning from his youth until just a year prior to his...
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It seems excessive…but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. The mass of black curls. The top hat.The cigarette dangling from pouty lips. These are the...
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This ",beautiful tribute to a legendary artist", (Quincy Jones) is the first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip-hop mogul,...
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Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan....