Human figures Depicted in Art

This elegant survey of more than 60 works of art chronicles the nascent liberation when women began to walk freely by themselves in public. At the ...

Though images of women were ubiquitous in the Roman world, these were seldom intended to be taken simply at face value. The importance of marriage,...

Evocative and often highly erotic works on paper by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Pablo Picasso are presented along with new details about Scofie...

Lois van Baarle is a freelance animator/illustrator from the Netherlands who graduated in 2009 from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. Since t...

The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings t...

Award-winning illustrator Gabriel Campanario first introduced his approach to drawing in The Art of Urban Sketching, a showcase of more than 500 sk...

Since the first dissections of corpses, anatomy and art have always been connected. From Leonardo da Vincis drawings to Francis Bacons naked figure...

This is a professional book focused on foundational principles of art and illustrated by old and contemporary masters. It gives serious beginners t...

Whether for work on a finished piece, trying a new technique, or getting in some practice time, this figure study enables artists to work when and ...

An illustrated exploration of artists' depictions of war and warriors, from antiquity to modern times How have artists across the millennia respond...

'A book about a strange form of pop art where the criminal and the celebrity meet' Jeremy Deller 'I've been waiting for a book like this for y...

With this book, Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen brings a new formal and conceptual rubric to the study of turn-of-the-century modernism, transforming our...

***''Figure Drawing is structured like an art school course and is every bit as rewarding.'' Artists and IllustratorsInformative and instructive, t...

Written by a long-time expert on drawing and painting human anatomy, Classic Human Anatomy in Motion offers artists everything they need to realist...

The first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries.Body of A...

Mickalene Thomas's vivid paintings, collages, and photographs explode off the wall. Their larger-than-life women stare back and down at the viewer,...

First book to place the art of British sculptor Lynn Chadwick in its international context. Examines in particular the reception and promotion of C...

How do women paint or photograph each other? How do they represent each other in performance or sculpture? As mothers or heroines? With tenderness,...