It was the decade of daring Expressionist canvases, of brilliant book design, of the Bauhaus total work of art, of pioneering psychology, of drag balls,...
A concise introduction to the compelling pictorial world of one of art history's most mysterious masters, Hieronymus Bosch. From celestial scenes to nightmarish creatures and...
Vivid colors, woodcut flatness, crude figures, and unsettling sexual scenes: This essential introduction to 20th-century artist group Die Brucke reveals a revolutionary movement which sliced...
With an acute sense of observation and subjects ranging from the biblical tower of Babel to the small-town festivals of peasant life, the master draftsman...
Through apples, pears, and experimental new perspectives, explore the defining oeuvre of Paul Cezanne, the artist identified by both Matisse and Picasso as ",father of...
Readymade man Changing the course of 20th-century art When is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887 1968) declared it to be...
All you need to know about Albrecht Durer, the German Renaissance polymath whose masterful compositions-including Melancholia I and Knight, Death and the Devil-revolutionized woodcut illustration,...
To his contemporaries in late 16th-century Venice, El Greco (1541–1614) was a contrary fellow, an innate artist blessed with extraordinary talent, but stubborn in the...
Enter the ominous and enigmatic world of masks, the macabre, and mockery as we explore Belgian maverick James Ensor's unique repertoire of ghoulish scenes and...
From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, explore the graphic genius of M.C. Escher, master of quirky vantage points, mathematical puzzles, and the transition from paper...
Through panoramas of mood, ideas, and emotions, Expressionism stands as one of the most reactionary and influential movements of the early twentieth century. This introduction...
Debuting in Milan, Fontana settled in Paris in the mid 1930s, where he joined the Abstraction-Creation group and created expressionist sculptures in ceramic and bronze....
Witness unapologetic portraits and precision worthy of a laboratory in this exploration into the oeuvre of renowned figurative painter Lucian Freud. A master of the...
Inspired by the development of Cubism, the Futurist movement was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Giacomo Balla. Umberto Boccioni, Carlo...
H.R. Giger s multi-faceted career: From surrealistic dream landscapes to album cover designs and sculpturesFor decades H.R. Giger (1940 2014) reigned as one of the...
These cute-as-can-be notecards give you the chance to spread happiness on every important occasion - birthday, thank you, congratulations, friendship, and just because!...
Hiroshige was one of the last great artists of ukiyo-e, the woodblock print genre that flourished between the 17th and 19th century and did much...
Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world.Hokusai(1760–1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend...
Struggling artist turned icon of the modern, urban experience, Edward Hopper is most famed for his haunting nocturnal diner scene Nighthawks. This book introduces his...
Discover Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the artist duo who were born on the same day, met in Paris, fell in love, and became a unique creative...
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