Human figures Depicted in Art

In late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, ten black men and one black woman, Mary Turner, eight months pregnant at the time, were lynched and tortured...

The first in-depth exploration of the rise and evolution of abstract, symbolic, and conceptual portraiture in American art This groundbreaking book...

This sumptuous catalogue provides an overview of French art circa 1500, a dynamic, transitional period when the country, resurgent after the disloc...

A presentation of Eric Kennington's powerful, poignant and unforgettable portraits of soldiers of the Second World War in charcoal and pastel. The...

`Look at people and their pets today. Pets tell something about their owners, whether they are bought to make a fashion statement, as child substit...

Apart from a handful of art historians no one has ever heard of the Brussels painter Hendrick De Clerck (1560-1630). Nevertheless, De Clerck was a...

Figurative art is currently riding high. Contemporary works depicting the human form grace the walls of public institutions and commercial gallerie...

Imagined by Maly Siri, this coffee table book and accompanying postcard box set is a love letter to vintage magazines and an invitation to enter th...

Originally published in 1930 in an edition of 100 copies, Gertrude Steins Dix Portraits pairs her singular literary style with original lithographs...

Russian portraiture enjoyed a golden age between the late 1860s and the First World War. While Tolstoy and Dostoevsky were publishing masterpieces ...