History of Art & Design Styles: c 1800 to c 1900

This generously illustrated volume examines Hammershoi's work as a whole and in relation to the artists of his generation. Hammershoi's enigmatic p...

The life of the poor rural worker appears to have been one of unmitigated toil within an unequal society, a reality seldom endorsed in paintings of...

Whistler was one of the most original, if also tirelessly self-promoting artists of the later 19th century. After his disastrous run-in with John R...

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852 - 1913), a group of historians and writers reflect on various ...

A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. ''As devourable as a thriller......

A woman once rang me up and said, Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles, you have given such a striking illustr...

In 1921/22 Édouard Vuillard created a cycle of six paintings for the entrance hall of the Villa Bauer in Basel. Four large-format pictures show exh...

From the visually seductive E-Type Jaguar to Giles Gilbert Scott's iconic red telephone boxes, British design is distinguished by a combination of ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between the National Galleries of Scotland, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Finnish National Gallery, this ...

Focusing specifically on portraiture as a genre, this volume challenges scholarly assumptions that regard interior spaces as uniquely feminine. Con...

J.M.W. Turner's elegant pencil sketches and watercolours of Venice are so poignant and evocative that the gentle sound of water lapping against gon...

Delve deeper into the work of the intriguing and iconic artist Aubrey Beardsley with this beautiful reissue of his classic 1897 illustrated book, c...

A groundbreaking comparison of two titans of American art Winslow Homer (18361910) and Frederic Remington (18611909) represent a distinct artistic ...

An engaging look at one of the central motifs in the work of the great 19th-century painter Widely considered Britains greatest painter, Joseph Mal...

The untold story of a radical approach to the teaching of sculpture at Saint Martin''s School of Art. In 1969, four tutors at Saint Martin''s Sc...

Biography of three artists closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites whose letters give a vivid insight into the dramas of their personal life. ...

Demonstrates, through an investigation of material culture, the complexity of the relationship between rulers and ruled in early nineteenth-century...

A beautiful overview of fascinating paintings of the classical world and the Holy Land by a beloved American artist  Frederic Church (18261900), on...

A new look at George Caleb Bingham''s iconic river paintings and his creative process in making them George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) moved to Miss...

Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight,...

The core of the Clark''s collection was assembled by Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956), who once declared, I like all kinds of art if it is good o...

A celebration of the work and lives of women artists who shaped the art world of 19th-century Paris In the second half of the 19th century, Paris a...

This handsome volume is the first authoritative survey of one of the most intriguing periods of British art-the radically innovative decade of the ...

A definitive new biography, deftly interweaving an account of Turner''s early life with profound scholarly and aesthetic appreciation of his work A...

From the walls of the Salon to the pages of weekly newspapers, war imagery was immensely popular in postrevolutionary France. This fascinating book...

William Bouguereau, the most popular artist in nineteenth-century France, is rapidly becoming one of the most popular realist artists of all time. ...

This book uses the busts on the Chantrey Wall in the Ashmolean Museum to give an introduction to the remarkable career of Francis Chantrey (1781-18...

A fascinating exploration of the time Winslow Homer spent in England and how it influenced his art Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is widely regarded as ...

A fresh interpretation of the group of Fragonards paintings known as the figures de fantaisie, Fragonard and the Fantasy Figure: Painting the Imagi...

Turner's sketchbooks were private things which he kept to himself. They might live for some time, rolled up in his coat pockets or travel bags, to ...

This is the third of three text books, published in association with the Open University, which offer an innovatory exploration of art and visual c...

The remarkable story of the stylistic, cultural, and technical innovations that drove the surge of comics, caricature, and other print media in 19t...

In 1967, sex between consenting men in England and Wales was finally decriminalised - an entire century after the death penalty was abolished for s...

This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing...

This fully illustrated exhibition catalogue surveys the strength and range of British art from 1789 to 1918, while charting changes and development...

Robin Veder''s The Living Line is a radical reconceptualization of the development of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American moderni...

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Gauguin: Metamorphoses at The Museum of Modern Art, this volume explores the remarkable relationship b...

Winterthur Museum is world renowned for its decorative arts collections and its exceptional educational programs. Adapted from the training materia...

A national treasure is celebrated in this landmark publication. The Birds of America is a monumental classic, but it has never been explored like...

Arguing in favour of renewed critical attention to the 'nation' as a category in art history, this study examines the intertwining of art theory, n...

With more than 26,000 works, the Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. collection of photographs is the largest single group of artworks in any medium at the J. P...

Due to the technological advances of the nineteenth century, an abundance of black drawing media exploded onto the market. Charcoal, conte crayon, ...