Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), scion of an ancient aristocratic family, was a crippled dwarf. In Paris he was drawn to the world of the red-light district around Montmartre. Lautrec recorded what he saw, and transferred his observations to paper and canvas. This monograph examines the close relations between Lautrec's work and life.

The works selected for this pocket-book cover artist Pablo Picasso's entire output, from the less familiar to key masterpieces such as Guernica , from the Blue and Rose Periods through his cubist and classicist phases to his later involvement with politics in art.

From Klimt to Koons and everything in between: it's all here (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Who could possibly have forecast on New Year's Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisites? The term art has been defined and redefined so many times over the.

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is widely regarded as epitomizing the painter as poet . Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. This art album presents Chagll's work.

Part of the Basic Art Movement and Genre series, in which each book includes an introduction with approximately 35 photographs, and a timeline of the most important events that took place during that time period. This book deals with Romanticism and contains a selection of the most important works of the epoch.

Emerging out of Baroque as a more relaxed style, Rococo was dominant in interiors, decorative art, and painting throughout Europe in the 18th century. With sentiment and emotion prevailing over reason, Rococo was a dramatic and theatrical style. This book contains a selection of the most important works pertaining to this style.

Traces the history of painting from medieval times. The book has 10 chapters that include essays profiling the age and achievements of major artists, and present selected works, accompanied by commentaries. The reader is guided through the techniques and motifs of the artists, and familiarised with the spirit and background concerns of the age.

Includes an introduction with approximately 35 photographs. This book contains a selection of the most important works of the epoch. It features artists such as: Giotto di Bondone, Duccio di Bouninsegna, Dieric Bouts, Robert Campin, Cimabue, Petrus Christus, Barthelemy d'Eyck, Jan van Eyck, Andrea da Firenze, Jean Fouquet, and others.

Presents a review of Picasso's entire oeuvre, from the early Blue and Rose Periods , through the analytic and synthetic cubism and classicist phase all the way up to the art of the old savage Picasso. This work also includes a bibliography section as well as illustrated section about Picasso's life and work.

Includes an introduction with approximately 35 photographs. This book contains a selection of the most important works of the epoch. It features artists such as: Albrecht Altdorfer, Fra Angelico, Giovanni Bellini, Hieronymus Bosch, Sandro Botticelli, Pieter Breughel, Agnolo Bronzino, Vittore Carpaccio, Francois Clouet, Correggio, and others.

Vincent Van Gogh, who followed a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairing and self-destructive man. This study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his home parts, to the work of his final years under a southern sun in Arles.

Introduces the reader to the fascinating world of medieval miniature painting and illumination. 167 of the medieval scripts from the 4th century to 1600 are presented in chronological order. Each sample of script is headed by an informative synopses which serves to orient the reader.

Includes an introduction with approximately 35 photographs. This book contains a selection of the most important works of the epoch. It features artists such as: Francesco Albani, Caravaggio, Valentin de Boulogne, Jan Breughel the Elder, Annibale Carracci, Anthonis van Dyck, Adam Elsheimer, Georg Flegel, Luca Giordano, Guercino, and others.

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

This volume traces the history of painting from medieval times to modern times with a focus on each era and its major artists.

Covering the full scope of Impressionist painting, this book outlines the history of Impressionism in France, addressing the work of the acknowledged masters, and that of such unjustly neglected artists as Bazille, Caillebotte, Berthe Morisot or Lucien Pissarro. It contains bibliographies, portraits and biographical data on 236 artists.

Vincent van Gogh lived an unhappy and difficult life during which his work received almost no appreciation. But now he is considered one of the most important painters. This study of Gogh (1853-1890) presents a monograph on his life and art combined with a catalogue of his 871 paintings. It also reproduces most of van Gogh's paintings in color.

This study of Picasso includes an exhaustive record of his work to date and contains almost 1500 illustrations - from his earliest drawings to the master's very last painting.

In the history of 20th century art, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) stands out over all the others. In Picasso's paintings, drawings, lithographs, ceramics, and sculptures, he was inventive and innovative, exhibiting an aesthetic bravado. This is a review of Picasso's oeuvre, from the early Blue and Rose Periods, to the art of the old savage Picasso.