Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. This monograph presents the infamous Surrealist in full color and in his own words. It features his provocative imagery, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe.

More than two hundred photographs and text trace the development of cathedral design from its Norman beginnings through the flowering of Gothic to the new Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool.

Italian Futurism proclaimed the bankruptcy of an artistic culture that clung to the forms and values of the past. The movement was launched in 1909 and a group of spectacular talents set out to revolutionize human culture. It was a young man's movement, eventually overtaken by war and Fascism.

An introduction to the life and work of James Whistler. Flamboyant dandy and publicist, he was also a meticulous craftsman dedicated to the perfection of his art. Under the influence of Courbet, he began as a realist painter, but gradually developed an original method of composition.

The author, a member of the Surrealist movement, surveys Surrealism from its beginnings to the present time in this overview.