Organizes angels by their closeness to God. This book contains illustrations, short stories, and quotes that highlight the importance of guardian angels and archangels including Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. It explores such topics as the use of music as the voice of angels, angels in mythology, and angels and the last judgement.

Milos Sobaic's work is a torrential outpouring of images in a wide variety of forms - paintings, sculptures, installations, and works that combine both painting and sculpture. These have gained him recognition as the leading Serbian artist of his generation. By its very nature, Sobaic's work is difficult to classify.

Presents some of the most engaging life stories, eventful, intimate and poignant. This book evokes the lives of great personalities, from Picasso and Duchamp to Joseph Beuys and Louise Bourgeois, guiding the reader through the maze of different styles and movements.

Evokes the lives of some of the great artists, from Picasso and Duchamp to Joseph Beuys and Louise Bourgeois, guiding the reader through the maze of different styles and movements. This book features entries on rising stars such as Marlene Dumas, Shirin Neshat and Zhang Xiaogang.

A perspective on art you may never have appreciated. This cheeky book challenges you to identify the full picture behind the detail. Beautiful bottoms from the full spectrum of world art are shown in luscious close-up, uncluttered by text.

A set of brief biographies of writers and artists with a Sussex connection. From the seedy squalor of Graham Greene's Brighton to the sunlit innocence of Winnie the Pooh's Ashdown Forest , from Eric Gill's erotic line to Turner's lyrical recreation of Petworth Park , this work looks at the impact that the county made on the creative muse.

A survey of one of the most controversial epochs art history, the Modern Movement, this text combines a critical eye with a historian's insight into wider trends. It reflects the changes that have swept across the art world since 1960, challenging the old assumptions and certainties.

Contained here are the strange, sad and intriguing life stories of 100 artists of the 20th century, from Picasso and Duchamp to Louise Bourgeois and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The stories are illustrated with their paintings, including self-portraits, and there is a guide for further reading.

A revised and redesigned edition of a classic work of reference, to keep the user up to date with the ever-changing vocabulary of the art world. Over 2000 entries embrace everything from painting, sculpture and architecture to photography, the graphic arts and computer imaging.

From the earliest times human beings have found it difficult to represent their own bodies in a straightforward way. This book exposes our bodies and our ideas about our bodies, revealing the complex historical and cultural legacies which frame - and obscure - our vision.

An extensively revised and updated edition of this valuable account of contemporary art. It covers and illustrates all international trends and artists in the postwar era, including Neo-Expressionist tendencies, Post-Pop Blues, New Classicism, and art based on feminist and gay issues.

David Hepher's work lies at the junction between conceptual and traditional art. His subject matter, ranging from near life-size suburban house-fronts to monumental tower blocks, allies him with the avant garde; so too does his use of architectural materials such as concrete.

A comprehensive survey discuses the genre's major subjects and issues, citing the works of such contributors as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Miguel Calder n while discussing how their achievements reflect current movements as well as the politics, society, and art of their periods. Original.

Mirrored. Mirrored is the first monograph dedicated to the collaborative practice of Maslen Mehra. Working in a remarkably diverse, experimental and imaginative graphic language they engage in a powerful dialogue on the natural and human world in which we live. Maslen Mehra, artists basing themselves in London, have invented a way of seeing what is closely related to one of the favourite tropes ..

Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in Western art from prehistory to the present first treats the tradition chronologically, then considers its characteristic themes and symbols.

A monograph on the paintings of contemporary British artist, John Kirby whose work explores the agonies of the human spirit.