Presents reproductions and text discussing paintings by famous 20th century artists.

The 16th revised and updated edition of this introduction to art, from the earliest cave paintings to experimental art. New artists have been incorporated such as Corot, Kollwitz and Nolde, and six fold-outs present large-scale works such as Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece.

This volume illustrates Monet's works from the last 40 years of his life at Giverny. It includes examples of the Haystacks, Poplars, Morning on the Seine, Japanese Footbridge and Water Lilies series, an account of Monet's life at Giverny and photographs of Monet and his house and garden.

This volume reproduces more than 100 of Mark Rothko's paintings, prints and drawings, including many of his rectangle paintings. It features commentary on various formal aspects of Rothko's work, interviews with contemporary artists, and a chronology of his life.

Describes the work of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), who is considered the first significant American painter in 20th-century art. In canvas after canvas he painted the loneliness of big-city people, often imbuing his paintings with a mood of eerie disquiet.

Designated as degenerate by the Nazis, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is today considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works stand out for the variety in their forms of artistic expression. This title explores the evolution of Klee's work.

The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters. This title describes Kahlo's arresting pictures, most of them small format self-portraits, which express the many burdens that weighed upon her soul.

This highly illustrated overview of the state of painting documents concerns and ideas among contemporary painters. Often moving beyond the traditional image associated with this medium, this survey illustrates the richness, eclecticism, dynamism and contemporaneity of painting.

In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists goes missing and is feared murdered, their master seeks outside help.

A novel of beauty and betrayal, which reminds us that deception can be unearthed - and love unveiled - in the most unexpected of places

The art of Richard Diebenkorn is identified with California, but is valued throughout the US. This catalogue is published to coincide with the first retrospective of his work since his death in 1993. The three essays provide insights into the artist's life and work.

How much fun can three mice have with three differently coloured pots of paint? LOTS!

Born and brought up near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution, painter, Frida Kahlo suffered a devastating accident aged eighteen, which left her crippled and unable to bear children. This book provides an account of this woman.

Packed with facts, attributions, and entertaining anecdotes about his contemporaries, Vasari's collection of biographical accounts also presents a highly influential theory of the development of Renaissance art. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto, who represent the infancy of art, Vasari considers the period of youthful vigour, shaped by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, and Masaccio, before ...

A visual guide to enjoying and appreciating art. It helps readers discover how masterpieces were created and where they can be viewed. It is suitable as a museum and gallery companion.

The author discusses the van Eyck brothers - the inventors of easel painting in oils - and the effects that oil painting had on our perceptions of the world. This guide acts as cultural history and the story of two inventions, the third dimension through perspective, and oil-paint.

Traditional technique based books on acrylics cover traditional methods of painting.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed one of the greatest minds of all time; his importance and influence are inestimable. Including details of Leonardo's masterworks, this publication allows the reader to inspect the subtlest facets of his brushstrokes.