Art category: 43213 books
by Édouard Manet, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The French painter Édouard Manet, often associated with the Impressionists, broke new ground by defying traditional techniques of representation and by choosing contemporary subjects of Parisian life. His ‘Déjeuner sur l’herbe’ and ‘Olympia’ sparked public outcries, while inspiring a new...
ArtSpeak
A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
The leading lexicon of contemporary art returns in an expanded, full-color third edition and is now available for the first time as an ebook.
An indispensable guide for art-world neophytes and seasoned professionals alike, the best-selling ArtSpeak returns in a revised and expanded third edition,...
by IntroBooks
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Many people fall in love with the antique art pieces. In fact, in every artifact, you can find a beautiful meaning that is portrayed in the form of a painting. Basically, modern art was produced during the year 1870 to 1970. There are many artists who love to do modern art. In fact, there are many...
by Ben Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
9.5 Theses on Art and Class seeks to show how a clear understanding of class makes sense of what is at stake in a broad number of contemporary art's most persistent debates, from definitions of political art to the troubled status of "outsider" and street art to the question of how we maintain...
The Chinese on the Art of Painting
Texts by the Painter-Critics, from the Han through the Ch'ing Dynasties
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Because so many Chinese artworks have been ravaged by time, the only way to really understand their history and significance is to turn to writings by the painters themselves or by contemporary critics. That is what Osvald Sirén has done in this classic book, with eye-opening results.
One of the...
The Complete Book of Drawing Fantasy Art
How to draw amazing characters and scenes
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
This action-packed volume brings together a whole range of fantasy art projects, from the nearly human to the downright monstrous. Steve Beaumont's two successful fantasy art titles, How to Draw Fantasy Art and How to Draw Fantasy Worlds, are brought together into one bumper volume. Projects range from...
Zhang Hongtu
Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese art, Zhang created the first example of "China Pop" art, and his oeuvre is as diverse, intellectually...
Citizen Spectator
Art, Illusion, and Visual Perception in Early National America
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In this richly illustrated study, the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Wendy Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped their understanding of knowledge, representation,...
Venus in Exile
The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-century Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2001
Whereas previous eras had celebrated beauty as the central aim of art, the modernist avant-garde were deeply suspicious of beauty and its perennial symbols, woman and ornament, preferring instead the thrill and alienation of the sublime. They rejected harmony, empathy, and femininity in a denial still...
by Giorgio Vasari
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. It is also the first comprehensive book on art history ever created. In the work, Vasari brings together facts, knowledge, and sometimes gossip...
by Giorgio Vasari
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. It is also the first comprehensive book on art history ever created. In the work, Vasari brings together facts, knowledge, and sometimes gossip...
by Giorgio Vasari
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Giorgio Vasari's biographical collection "The Lives of the Artists" is one of the most frequently cited art history books since the 16th century. It is also the first comprehensive book on art history ever created. In the work, Vasari brings together facts, knowledge, and sometimes gossip...
The Contemporaries
Travels in the 21st-Century Art World
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
It's been nearly a century since Marcel Duchamp exhibited a urinal and called it art. Since then, painting has been declared dead several times over, and contemporary art has now expanded to include just about any object, action, or event: dance routines, slideshows, functional hair salons, seemingly...
by Victoria Charles
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
From ancient Sumerian pottery to Tiffany stained glass, decorative art has been a fundamental part of the human experience for generations. While fine art is confined to galleries and museums, decorative art is the art of the every day, combining beauty with functionality in objects ranging from the...