Portraits in Art

Award-winning artist Hashim Akib''s striking portraits are at the heart of this inspirational book. The subject of portraiture is seen by many as t...

The National Portrait Gallery holds the worlds most extensive collection of portraits: a museum of people, a gallery of stories and ideas, and a ho...

Portraying people is undoubtedly one of the most difficult aspects of drawing. Expressions, movements, emotions and gazes add a series of challenge...

The BP Portrait Award, now in its thirtieth year, is one of Britain''s most prestigious art prizes, and is the leading showcase for artists throug...

Churchill is today remembered as a great leader, a war hero, a literary heavyweight and a renowned wit. This incarnation of Churchill is the latest...

Open this book as an absolute beginner, and come away as a proud portrait artist! Mark and Mary Willenbrink's Absolute Beginner books have helped t...

Shows how Charles V used music and ritual to reinforce his image and status as the most important and powerful sovereign in Europe. The presentati...

In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian ...

In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian ...

David Hockneys continuing belief in the importance of the portrait and his virtuoso skill in creating a sense of close communication between artist...

A groundbreaking and essential survey of the art of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, offering an in-depth discussion of the development of the artist and pos...

In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries there was one art form in which English artists excelled above all their continental European...