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,...
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...
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...
From night skies to morning mists to the much-cited Wanderer above a Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich mastered the emotional and metaphysical experience of...
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...
The art of ancient Egypt that has been handed down to us bears no names of its creators, and yet we value the creations of...
Poets and intellectuals brushed shoulders in bustling coffeehouses, young avant-gardists heralded a new era in social and sexual liberalism, waltzes resounded through the Ringstrasse, the...
The divide between the digital and the real world no longer exists: we are connected all the time. How do we find out who we...
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!...
Keith Haring spent little more than a decade in the spotlight, but in his singular blend of street art, graffiti, a Pop sensibility, and cartoon...
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...
With his enchanting roster of musicans, roosters, flowers, and floating lovers, Marc Chagall is celebrated to this day as one of the most readily identifiable...
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...
The Japanese woodblock print showcased breathtaking landscapes, blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons that torment the living, and made sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors...
Throughout his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky transformed not only his own practice, but the course of art history itself. This essential guide traces Kandinsky's rich...
Bridging the gapExpressionist pioneer Ernst Ludwig Kirchner heralded a new perspective in 20th-century paintingErnst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) is regarded as one of the key figures...
Brace yourself for the blues: Declaring that a ",new world calls for a new man",, showman-artist Yves Klein made his name with his large monochrome...
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