Author: Rosalind Ormiston

This comprehensive new book is an essential volume for anyone who wants to learn more about Leonardo and to survey his greatest works in one beauti...

The first half of this stunning new book explores Michelangelo's fascinating life through his family, friends, patrons and commissions. Born near F...

Austrian painter Egon Schiele was a gifted artist, mentored by the great Gustav Klimt. Inspired by the human form, he is best-known for his figurat...

The English Romantic painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851) was a brilliant landscape artist, a watercolourist and p...

Vincent van Gogh remains indisputably one of the world''s greatest painters, his work having had a huge and far-reaching influence on 20th-century ...

For lovers of art history, this lavishly illustrated and well-written book is an absolute gem. Italia! MagazineLeonardo da Vinci was the epitome o...

A must-have book for anyone interested in Dutch masters and the Dutch Golden Age. - Timeless Travel Magazine Today we marvel at the shimmering li...

An illustrated exploration of the artist, Rembrandt van Rijn, his life and context, with a gallery of 300 of his finest works. This is a fascinatin...

Revised edition of the bestselling backlist title. William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social ...

Hans Holbein the Younger's life is discovered through his artworks, his family, his patrons and the people who met him. Born into a family of tal...

Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decadesand included thousands ...

A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Vincent van Gogh is considered one of the world''s greatest painters, his work having had ...

Bosch lived and worked over 500 years ago in the Netherlands town of s Hertogenbosch, from which he takes his name. He is best known for his fantas...

The tender roots of Modern Art can be seen in the wild sea paintings of Turner, as early as the mid 19th Century, but it took the Impressionists an...

Perhaps no individual is more associated with the 20th century art deco revival than Russian-born French artist and designer, Erté. Although his ta...

The story of modern art begins with a revolution-when the realists started rejecting romanticism in favor of depicting life as it really was. Since...