A comprehensive survey of the National Gallery's masterpieces, revised and expanded to include key acquisitions from the past fifteen years.The permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art in W
EXOTIQUE presents 228 examples of exceptional character artwork by 113 artists from 37 countries presented over 192 pages of the highest quality production. In addition to exhilarating character artwo
Published in conjunction with a 2005 exhibition of the same name at the Palmer Museum of Art, Wos up man? features numerous works from Joseph and Janet Shein’s important collection of self-taugh
In this engaging, award-winning book, an acclaimed art writer journeys through centuries of the painted world?from the luscious fruit of Italy's Caravaggio to the lonely landscapes of New Zealand's Ri
In this stunningly produced volume, the artist's mastery and devotion are combined with compelling stories depicting the magical life of Krishna. Excerpts from classics such as the Bhagavat Purana an
From the cut-up Cubist collages of Picasso to the monumental filmic narratives of Fiona Banner, and from the schoolboy subversion of Magritte to the demotic scrawl of Cy Twombly, the use of words is o
"Godzookie Lives! Kim, Machida, and Mizota have opened up a whole new series of conversations on identity within a varied and distinguished group of artists and writers. And we get to eavesdrop. The a
Presented for the first time in a collection of museum quality blank notecards, these fantastic celestials include compassionate buddhas on their lotus seats and wrathful fire goddesses in dragon-fill
Presented for the first time in a collection of museum quality postcards, these fantastic celestials include compassionate buddhas on their lotus seats and wrathful fire goddesses in dragon-filled rea
From the phenomenally successful new Tate Modern to the Dia:Beacon and Liverpool Biennial, contemporary visual art seems more than ever enmeshed in prominent public institutions and new forms of patro
This deluxe collector's edition exquisitely presents Form of Beauty in a silk-covered clamshell box, with one Sharma's finest miniatures hand tipped on to the case. Each book has been numbered and sig
A look at saddles in England from Roman times until the 18th century the English saddle developed rapidly into the world's leading design and remains pre-eminent today.
02 In this fourth volume of the Art of the Twentieth Century series, the contributors address a fascinating variety of themes relating to art from the 1960s to the end of the century—the period
02 This book, the third in the Art of the Twentieth Century series, considers works of art produced in Europe and the United States between the 1930s and the 1960s.Arranged in four main parts, this ab
02 Despite the perception that artworks are timeless and unchanging, they are actually subject to biological attack from a variety of sources—from bacteria to fungi to insects. This groundbreak
Masterworks of The Jewish Museum begins with two complementary essays: a lively overview of the museum's history by Joan Rosenbaum, documenting the evolution of the collection and the key figures who
