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...

*Named Art Book of the Year by Colored Pencil Magazine* *Named One of the 54 Best Colored Pencil Drawing Books of All Time by BookAuthority* Render...

This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artists who redefined modern sel...

Despite this famous protestation in a letter to his friend William Jackson, Gainsborough was clearly prepared to make an exception when it came t...

Illustrated with 167 full colour images, this landmark book charts Alexander Moffats career from student days at Edinburgh College of Art in the 19...

A Touch of Blossom considers John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture and argues...

An intriguing new look at the historical significance of Rembrandt''s representations of Christ With the creation of the dramatic Supper at Emmaus ...

Philip de László (18691937) was born into a humble Hungarian family in Budapest and rose to become the preeminent portrait artist working in Britai...

This compelling book is the result of a project intended to visually communicate the hardships endured by Iraqi communities. Utilizing art material...

A fantastic compilation of Susie Hodges popular How to Draw titles, instructing the reader on how to draw all aspects and variations of the human f...

In 1970 in Munich Gerhard Richter met Brigid Berlin alias Brigid Polk, Andy Warhols legendary muse and enfant terrible of New Yorks high society. T...

Throughout the history of art most of the world's greatest artists have produced portraits at some point in their careers, whether commissioned by ...

John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated storytellers and writers on art, tells a personal history of art from the prehistoric paintings of ...

A unique collective portrait of the United Kingdom during the national lockdown of 2020. Introduction by The Duchess of Cambridge. Text by Lemn ...

A charming, quirky, and utterly unique gift book with more than 100 portraits of famous historical, contemporary, factual, and fictional bearers of...

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...