Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Individual Artists - General

• An illustration section showing the complete work of art, details, preliminary studies, and iconographic sources;
• An introductory essay by the editor;
• Documents and literary sources;
• Critical essays from the art-historical literature.

That Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) became the most fashionable painter of his time was not simply due to his artistic gifts or good fortune. The art of pleasing, Richard Wendorf contends, was as much a part of Reynolds's success--in his life and in his work--as the art of painting. The author's examination of Reynolds's life and career illuminates the nature of eighteenth-century English society in relation to the enterprise of portrait-painting. Conceived as an experiment in cultural criticism, written along the fault lines that separate (but also link) art history and literary...

The Phaidon Focus series presents engaging, up to date introductions to art s modern masters. Compact, affordable, and beautifully produced, the books in this growing series are written by top experts in their field. Each features a complete chronological survey of an artist s life and career, interspersed throughout with one page "Focus" essays examining specific bodies of work.

Joseph Beuys ranks amongst the most radical and influential artists to emerge during the second half of the twentieth century. An enigmatic figure who was never one to shun controversy, Beuys strove to establish...

The Phaidon Focus series presents engaging, up to date introductions to art s modern masters. Compact, affordable, and beautifully produced, the books in this growing series are written by top experts in their field. Each features a complete chronological survey of an artist s life and career, interspersed throughout with one page "Focus" essays examining specific bodies of work.

In "Cindy Sherman," author Paul Moorhouse, Curator of Twentieth Century Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London, explores the groundbreaking artist s use of portraiture to raise challenging and...

This book of 184 pictures is a selection of Jindrich Degen's paintings, presenting both realistic and abstract art in various media including oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolour. His diverse range of subjects is organized under twelve categories. The collection features still lifes, landscapes, townscapes, real-life portraits, as well as abstract images representing floral, nature, and spirituality themes.

The poet and artist Robert Sund is a Pacific Northwest legend. This book is an inspired biography comprised of stories, memories, poetry, photography and artwork by those who knew him. The book is also filled with previously unpublished and uncollected works by Sund. A tribute to a life committed to poetry, calligraphy, art and friendship.