The first volume in this series focuses on aspects of Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Paris between 1848 and 1900. The book demonstrates how some historians view this art as representative of the social, historical and economic circumstances in which it was produced.

Dutch-born American painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was a leader of the abstract expressionist movement. Inspired by Arshile Gorky to abandon the realist style that had dominated his work in the 1930s, he began experimenting with abstraction in the 1940s and quickly gained critical success.

Presents the biography of Matisse.

This title examines the relationship between music and painting in Klee's art.

A compendium of hundreds of effects that can be created using the five major mediums of ink, watercolour, acrylic, oil and pastel in both traditional and experimental ways. Each of the five sections of the book begins with a discussion of the specific medium's properties and methods of application.

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917) has become one of the most popular of the Victorian painters, and his wistful female figures are widely reproduced icons. In this study of the artist, Peter Trippi reviews the life of this surprisingly enigmatic man, concentrating in particular on Waterhouse's depiction of women.

One of Taschen's new art albums, tremendous value at 3.99.

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the artist, this engaging book, newly available in paperback, explores in vivid detail the life and career of Jackson Pollock. It reproduces more than 100 paintings in full colour, including six foldouts, together with over 170 illustrations in black and white.

Collects works by French impressionist painters to commemorate the 1998/1999 exhibition.

The paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema reveal much about 19th-century values. His forays into sentimentality, escapism and hedonism were adored by the Victorian public. This book features his work from private and public collections, in large-format colour plates.

This guide to painting in oils examines such topics as massing values, chiaroscuro and light value, handling edges and other topics.

Presents an illustrated journal revealing the life of artist, Frida Kahlo. This record contains the artist's thoughts, poems, and dreams, many reflecting her stormy relationship with her husband, along with 70 watercolour illustrations. It reveals the artist's political sensibilities, recollections of her childhood, and more.

Vermeer has always been considered the most elusive of great artists, but this work tracks him down in his home town. It takes the reader back to 17th-century Delft, and gives a portrait of Vermeer, the Protestant who married a prosperous Catholic girl and had 15 children.

The Romanesque was the first epoch of medieval art that encompassed all of Europe. Its origins hearken back to characteristic elements of Roman construction and in the course of the High Middle Ages developed into the embodiment of Christian sacred art. This book explains the manifold aspects of Romanesque artistic composition.

First published in 1940, this is the fifth edition of Ralph Mayer's book. It is designed as a reference guide to the materials necessary for the modern artist. Techniques for watercolour, oil and acrylic painting are included.

An account of Vincent Van Gogh, together with a selection of his works.

Central to the work of Gerhard Richter is a strong set of values and ideas which throughout his career he has expressed in notes and writings. This book presents a selection of these writings, accompanied by illustrations of pictures from both private collections and from the studio.

An account of artist, David Hockney, who describes in his own words his life and work since the mid-1970s. Hockney has worked in almost every medium - painting, drawing, stage design, photography and printmaking - experimenting with ways of seeing and ways of representing sight.

Offers a profile of the German artist, shows examples of his paintings and photographs, and discusses his approach to art.