Art Forms

A polymath of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (14711528) was a prolific artist, theorist, and writer whose works explored everything from re...

Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (17601849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a ...

Painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman Salvador Dalí (19041989) was one of the 20th centurys greatest exhibitionists and eccen...

This book explores historical and modern uses of makeup for self-expression, with a focus on gender.The book begins by exploring the historical inf...

This book explores historical and modern uses of makeup for self-expression, with a focus on gender.The book begins by exploring the historical inf...

Bestselling author Phoebe Hoban chronicles Alice Neel's colourful and chaotic life, from her turn-of-the-century upbringing through her later years...

Edward Hopper (18821967) is something of an American success story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he was a failing artist...

Future Art Ecosystems (FAE) is an annual strategic briefing that provides analytical and conceptual tools for the construction of 21st-century cult...

From impossible staircases to tessellated birds, Dutch artist M.C. Escher (18981972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and ma...

Out of Time? has many different meanings, amongst them outmoded, out of step, under time pressure, no time left, or simply delayed. In the disabili...

A stunning collection of artwork from the Arborealists, a group of highly skilled artists who feature trees, forests and woodland as their most vit...

In endless odes to the female form, Amedeo Modigliani (18841920) traced elongated bodies, almond eyes, and his own name into art history. His langu...

Before reaching the tender age of 30, Michelangelo Buonarroti (14751564) had already sculpted Pietà and David, two of the most famous sculptures in...

In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (19281962) declared that a new world calls for a new man. With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold ar...

While earlier studies have focused predominantly on artist François Bouchers artistic style and identity, this book presents the first full-length ...

The intersections of religion, politics, and performance form the loci of many of the most serious issues facing the world today, sites where some ...

First published in 1952. An invaluable introduction to Shakespeare, this book places Shakespeare's work and criticism against the background of Eli...

Hailed the Prince of the Impressionists, Claude Monet (1840-1926) transformed expectations for the purpose of paint on canvas. Defying the preceden...

Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) not only stands as one of the most exceptiona...

Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) not only stands as one of the most exceptiona...

Filling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (14521519) not only stands as one of the most exceptiona...

This volume is a groundbreaking discussion of the role of digital media in research on ancient painting, and a deep reflection on the effectiveness...

Italian Painting in the Age of Unification reconstructs the artistic motivations and messaging of three artistsTommaso Minardi, Francesco Hayez, an...

This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that...

This study reveals the broad material, devotional, and cultural implications of sculpture in Renaissance Venice. Examining a wide range of sourcest...

This volume examines the location of memories and histories of popular music and its multiple pasts, exploring the different places in which popula...

This book offers microhistories related to the transnational circulations of impressionism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Th...

On the leading edge of trauma and archival studies, this timely book engages with the recent growth in visual projects that respond to the archive,...

Progressive Perspective Drawing for Theatrical Scene Design provides theatrical scenic designers with the tools to create quick and precise perspec...