Born in Coolidge, Texas, Samuel Marshall Gore was the sixth of ten children born to a Baptist preacher and a mother described as "an angel." From early childhood, Samuel Gore remembe
Lawrence Alloway (1926–1990) was a key figure in the development of modern art in Europe and America from the 1950s to the 1980s. He is credited with coining the term pop art and with championing conc
"During the years 1627 and 1628, Charles I of England purchased the cream of the Gonzaga art collection, belonging to the dukes of Mantua, in what would become the greatest art deal of the 17th centur
In 1925, the 22-year-old Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) and the legendary art critic and historian Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) met in Italy. From that moment, they began a correspondence that lasted until
"500 Capp Street tells the story of David Ireland's house, a rundown Victorian in the Mission District of San Francisco that the artist transformed into an environmental artwork, taking the detritus o
Featuring nearly 100 full-color reproductions of Germaine Arnaktauyok’s most important works from throughout her career, this beautiful book provides an in-depth look at one of the Canadian North’s mo
Tucked away among the letters, diaries, and other ephemera in the Smithsonian's archives lies a trove of rarely seen snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most celebrated artists. Unlike the fa
While the rest of her classmates were making pastries in cooking classes, Mary Nohl was making art—anything she fancied out of anything she could find. Inspiration struck Mary even when she wasn’t loo
"Working from his studio in China, internationally acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei has created a major series of site-specific installations for Alcatraz Island. In this essential catalog, bea
Hailed as a brilliant theoretician, VoldemArs Matvejs (best known by his pen name Vladimir Markov) was a Latvian artist who spearheaded the Union of Youth, a dynamic group championing artistic change
Long obfuscated by modern definitions of historical evidence and art patronage, Lucrezia Tornabuoni dea€? Medicia€?s impact on the visual world of her time comes to light in this book, the first full-
Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo . . . so many great artists have shared one very special love: the companionship of cats. Gathered here for the first time are behind-thescenes stories of more
One of India’s foremost artists of the twentieth-century, Somnath Hore had a long and storied career that overlapped the boundaries between art and activism. My Concept of Art is a quasi-autobiographi
Young readers may have seen reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and even some of his inventions, but there was much more to his genius. Leonardo was also a scientist and a sculptor. He love
Edgar Degas was a French artist who rose to fame in the late 18s. His paintings and sculptures of both horses and dancers are still known throughout the world today. Readers explore Degas’s life by ta
Celebrated connoisseur, drawings collector, print dealer, book publisher and authority on the art of antiquity, Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774) was a pivotal figure in the eighteenth-century European
"The first book dedicated solely to this important member of the Russian avant-garde, this volume profiles Lazar Khidekel, a brilliant artist and architect whose career proves a key link in the story
"The passing of great Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci- artist, anatomist, engineer, inventor- marked the end of an era. The world hasn't seen a visionary like him since...until now. On a school t
