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Alfons Mucha by Rogasch, Wilfried
Category: Art and Design | Series: Great Masters in Art Ser.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, when poster designer, Art Nouveau book illustrator, designer, photographer, and painter Alfons Mucha traveled to the United States to take up a teaching position, he was greeted with great enthusiasm. One of the most important representatives of Jugendstil, Muc ...Show more
Armed With Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington by Mary M. Talbot
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Art Masters Ser.
Reluctant muse and feminist champion - heiress, rebel, refugee - and perhaps the last of the great Surrealist artists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Exchanging her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for the more exciting elite of Paris's 1930s avant-garde ...Show more
Art Masters: Basquiat by Julian Voloj (Text by); Søren Glosimodt Mosdal (Illustrator)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art Masters Ser.
The dazzling, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat would come to define the vibrant New York art scene of the late '70s and early '80s. Punk, jazz, graffiti, hip-hop: his work drew heavily on the cultural trappings of Lower Manhattan, to which he fled (from Brooklyn) at the age of 15.Writer Julian V ...Show more
Botticelli: Masters of Art by Frederico Poletti
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
The Florentine painter Botticelli personifies the Golden Age of the early Renaissance. Best known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera, Botticelli painted with an expressive poeticism that eschewed formal realism. He used line and colour to gorgeous effect, creating some of the most beloved and familiar ...Show more
Bruegel: Masters of Art by William Dello Russo
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
A Renaissance painter and printmaker best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes, Bruegel's paintings were often unsentimental depictions of daily village life. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details ...Show more
Caravaggio: Masters of Art by Stefano Zuffi
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Although fewer than eighty of Caravaggio's painted works exist, they represent a critical moment in the development of European painting as the Renaissance style gave way to that of the Baroque. This monograph explores the Italian master's entire life and career by focusing on the most important of his ...Show more
Cezanne: Masters of Art by Roberat Bernabei
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Widely regarded as the bridging link between late nineteenth-century Impressionism and Cubism, Cezanne's work is characterized by his intense study of his subjects. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full-page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details ...Show more
Chagall: Masters of Art by INES SCHLENKER
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Explore the vibrant work of artist Marc Chagall in this lively introduction and discover how his unique narrative style embraced Jewish culture and folklore. Marc Chagall's remarkable oeuvre spans a variety of media; from painting, ceramics, and stained glass to illustration, tapestry, and stage set ...Show more
Degas: Masters of Art by ALEXANDER ADAMS
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Best known for his depictions of young dancers on the stage and in the studio, Degas was an accomplished draughtsman and portraitist of superb emotional dep ...Show more
Digital Art Masters: Volume 9 by 3DTotal
Category: Art | Series: Digital Art Masters Ser.
Digital Art Masters has long been supporting the up-and-coming talent in the digital art industry, showcasing their work to a global audience and helping to bring them the recognition they richly deserve. In the ninth volume of this ground-breaking series, 50 more artists bring their imagination and tal ...Show more
Egon Schiele - Masters of Art by Isabel Kuhl
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
An elegant introduction to Egon Schiele's career, this book untangles the mysteries and misunderstandings behind his genius. Egon Schiele left an enormous artistic legacy that is all the more powerful for the brevity of his career. Isabel Kuhl's lively text follows Schiele's trajectory from an artis ...Show more
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner by Thorsten Sadowsky
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.