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Best known for his depictions of the human form, Schiele was also interested in portraying the beauty and structure of the world he inhabited. In f...

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. A superb draftsman and colourist, he produced images of startlin...

This book traces Schiele''s development as a portraitist through four principal chronological phases, from 1906 to 1918. Starting with the artist''...

El Anatsui: Art and Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the essential resource on the Ghanaian artist known worldwide for spectacular tapestries of recla...

Sime''s brightly-colored sculptural tableaus feature found objects including thread, buttons, electrical wires, and computer detritus. This book hi...

Widely considered to be the foundational text of the American landscape tradition, Ralph Waldo Emersons Nature urges Americans to value and immerse...

Is there such a thing as Impressionist sculpture ? Since 1881 when Edgar Degas presented Little Dancer Aged Fourteen at the Sixth Impressionist Ex...

Perfect for display or close observation, the posters in this elegantly produced collection of Ernst Haeckel's exquisite illustrations of natural f...

Throughout his career, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner employed a highly inventive and original use of colour. He favoured novel applications of paint in unu...

Throughout Ernst Ludwig Kirchners career, one unifying theme emergesthe search for what he saw as unadulterated and primal. This volume explores th...

For decades, women have been overlooked in the cultural history of photography, especially Black female and gender- fluid artists of African descen...

This fascinating sourcebook presents the most remarkable, beautiful, and innovative building fa ades in contemporary architecture. A building's fa ...

This beautifully illustrated vegetarian cookbook by bestselling author Hetty McKinnon features modern, easy, and healthy recipes for a new generati...

What did Vogue's first cover look like? When did film stars become part of the fashion industry? What led to the development of ready-to-wear cloth...

Candid and personal, dazzling with color and immediacy, this first and only monograph of a rising star of the photography scene features work from ...

Historically, women have been depicted as a projection of male fantasies, prejudices, and relationships. However in the 1970s, there was a tectonic...

Olaf Hajeks fantastical and mesmerising art is familiar to many adults. Now young readers can enjoy his work while learning about the fascinating h...