Discover the master of the modern minimalist, Mies van der Rohe, one of the defining and most hotly debated tastemakers of the twentieth century. In...
Nicknamed ",il divino,", Renaissance genius Michelangelo combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces across sculpture, painting, and architecture. From The Pieta to the extraordinary...
Explore the incomparable reach of the most beloved of impressionist masters, Claude Monet. Working en plein air, Monet's dappled renderings of the reality taking place...
William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the great figures of the 19th century-a pioneer of modern design. His work as a visionary designer, manufacturer, political...
With graceful lines and floral details, Alphonse Mucha gave the Belle Epoque its visual character. His work permeated illustration and advertising of the day, most...
Take in the dark, compelling visions of Edvard Munch, artist of lurid colors, strange distortions, and a haunting Mona Lisa for modernity: The Scream. This...
Founded in 1848 as a secret society, the Pre-Raphaelites rejected classical ideals and the dominant artistic genre painting of their era for what they saw...
In just two decades of work, Raphael Santi painted his way to legendary greatness. This essential introduction to the artist we know simply as Raphael...
Produced in collaboration with the Musee Rodin, this essential introduction examines the key works of Auguste Rodin, pioneering French sculptor behind The Kiss and The...
Shimmering, pulsating color masses characterize the Abstract Expressionist masterpieces of Mark Rothko. Like no other artist in his generation, Rothko developed his own stylistic vocabulary,...
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to...
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...
The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this...
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...
Urban sketching has become one of the biggest art trends of the last decade, with artists preferring to capture a scene on location rather than...
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...
The 50th anniversary edition of the first major work of feminist art history, published together with the author's reflections three decades on....
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A DAILY TELEGRAPH and IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe must-read music book of the year, now with a brand new chapter covering the death...
'Strikingly original' The Times'Absorbing' Wall Street Journal‘Just as a cello’s voice is divided across four strings, each with its own colour and character, this is...
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