This beautiful publication accompanies an exhibition that brings together the only two known self-portraits by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (1617–1682), one of the finest painter
In 1958, artist Joan Miró and critic Yvon Taillandier sat down for an in-depth discussion on Miró's life and work. Their conversation, one of the most illuminating and insightful looks i
"You can paint with whatever you like, with pipes, postage stamps, postcards or playing cards, candlesticks, pieces of oil-cloth, detachable collars, wallpaper, newspapers ..." This list drawn up by p
Francesco de Mura (16911782), a leader of the Neapolitan school, was the most sought-after painter of his day. His robust yet elegant compositions placed him among lauded Baroque masters, while his li
Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Dali's birth, a compact museumgoer's guide to the life, times, and works of one of the most notorious personalities of twentiethcentury art, and one
In this original and innovative book, Christopher Green explores how Pablo Picasso, through the manipulation of pictorial signs, explored ideas about the living and the dead. Oscillating between the a
From one of the world’s most expert art critics, the incredible true story—part art history and part mystery—of a Velazquez portrait that went missing and the obsessed nineteenth-century bookseller de
Introduces eleven Spanish and Latin American painters, including Diego Velaazquez, Carmen Lomas Garza, Haector Poleo, Roberto Benaitez, and Luis Jaso, and uses a painting by each one and a short poem
"Donated to the museum in 1925, the Yale University Art Gallery's Education of the Virgin-depicting Saint Anne teaching a young Virgin Mary to read-was long considered to be a work by an unknown Spani
Presents the life and accomplishments of the Spanish painter known for his bold use of paints, discussing his childhood, the themes in his art, and his famous works.
"Explores the early works of seventeenth-century Spanish painter Diego Velaazquez. Focuses on works from 1617 to 1623, examining the painter's critical engagement with the artistic, religious, and soc
The visionary art of Portuguese artist Joma Sipe is all about light-not the ordinary light of day but the light of spiritual illumination, which brilliantly radiates from the over one hundred, full-co
Behind the famous painting by Diego Velazquez lies a rich story of the artist's life in artWhat began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory in the Eighty Years' War with Holland, The S
If New York City is a state of mind, then Jorge Colombo captures the metropolis' thoughts like no other. Colombo's beautiful illustrations of New York City have graced the cover of The New Yorker seve
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most famous and controversial artists of the twentieth century. Although he was prolific for more than sixty years---creating 1,200 oil paintings and countless
Published to accompany the exhibition showing in Avignon this summer, this book presents an ensemble of recent works by acclaimed Spanish artist Miquel Barceló. Jean Clottes, anthropologist and pre-hi
