Portraits in Art

It has long been thought that imperial portrait types were officially commissioned to commemorate specific historical moments and that they were ma...

Slave Portraiture in the Atlantic World is the first book to focus on the individualized portrayal of enslaved people from the time of Europe's ful...

The popularity of the comic performers of late-Georgian and Regency England and their frequent depiction in portraits, caricatures and prints is be...

The blank page can be daunting, but 10 Step Drawing: Faces offers an easy jumping-off point for any doodler to get into simple portraiture. Feat...

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'Rich and detailed' CHLOË ASHBY | 'Enlightening' TABISH KHAN | 'Sheds light on an uncharted area of ar...

Five compelling essays and fifty stunning portraits and profiles of American environmental activists This second volume in the Americans Who Tell t...

With Art Makers: Empowered Embroidery, learn to sketch and stitch strong, recognizable women from all walks of life.Featuring sketching and illustr...

Sofonisba Anguissola (c.15321625), an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a noble family, was one of the first women artists of Europe t...

The brand new romcom from a New York Times bestseller, perfect for fans of Emily Henry's BOOK LOVERS, THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and THE UNHONEYMOO...

Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer and broadcaster James Halls lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including ...

Portrait-making receives a revisionist survey uniting artists of all ages, identities and nationalities Spanning from the early 19th century to th...

Portraits of Queen Marie Leszczinska (1703-1768) were highly visible in eighteenth-century France. Appearing in royal châteaux and, after 1737, in ...

Internationally renowned, highly educated and very well connected, Angelica Kauffman (17411807) led a brilliant career as a pioneering history pain...

Francis Bacons portrait of his first partner Peter Lacy is somehow simultaneously attractive and repulsive. The monumental portrait dating from 196...

The volume presents a wide-ranging investigation of the ways in which Petrarchs legacy informed the relationship between visual and literary portra...