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This title was first published in 2002: Jörg Breu belonged to the generation of German Renaissance artists that included Dürer, Cranach, Grünewald, Altdorfer, and, in his own city of Augsburg, Hans Burgkmair the Elder. His art registered the early reception of Italian art in Germany and spanned...

As she did for the Modernists IN MONTMARTRE, noted art historian and biographer Sue Roe now tells the story of the Surrealists in Montparnasse. In Montparnasse begins on the eve of the First World War and ends with the 1936 unveiling of Dalí’s Lobster Telephone. As those extraordinary years...

From the winner of the Booker Prize: A ravishing book that opens a window into the lives, designs, and passions of Mariano Fortuny and William Morris, two remarkable artists who themselves are passions of the writer A. S. Byatt. Born a generation apart in the mid-1800s, Fortuny and Morris...

The 84th issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here. This May 2015 issue is one you need to read. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with: Phil Buck Creator of Those Shadow People Jean-Paul Deshong Creator of Sons of Fate Mike Wolfer Creaor of Ragdoll and Daughters of the Dark Oracle Emiliyan...

The purpose behind this book is not only to give children a lot of enjoyment by freely splashing colour on a page, but also to introduce them to one of America’s forgotten artists – Jay van Everen. It also serves another purpose - to introduce them to abstract art. So often we think of...

Step into the world of one of history's most celebrated artists and feminist icons: Frida Kahlo. This beautifully illustrated biography is full of colorful details that illuminate the woman behind the artwork, including excerpts from Kahlo's personal letters and diaries on her childhood dreams of...

Concise, essential and annotated by Raia Iotova, this Art Book contains annotated reproductions of Albrecht Durer portrait drawings and paintings, date and interesting facts page below. Albrecht Durer was a painter, print-maker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. It has been observed...

An exploration of Crowley’s relationship with the United States • Details Crowley’s travels, passions, literary and artistic endeavors, sex magick, and psychedelic experimentation • Investigates Crowley’s undercover intelligence adventures that actively promoted U.S. involvement...

  Jay-Z is a rapper, songwriter and businessman. His career in the music industry, beginning as co-founder (with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs) of Roc-A-Fella records, where he began his recording career.   In 1996, after release of his first album, Reasonable Doubt,...

A major new biography of this enduringly popular artist by the world’s foremost scholar of his life and work Expertly researched and beautifully written by the world’s leading authority on Auguste Renoir’s life and work, Renoir fully reveals this most intriguing of Impressionist artists....

In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists. Young American artists quickly responded by experimenting with impressionism, cubism, and abstraction. In Monumental Dreams, author Caroline Seebohm tells...

The early 1980s saw a revolution in mainstream comics--in subject matter, artistic integrity, and creators' rights--as new methods of publishing and distribution broadened the possibilities. Among those artists utilizing these new methods, Chester Brown (b. 1960) quickly developed a cult following...

If you're an Arts and Crafts Show Vendor who wants to know the secrets of what successful artists use to become a success, and earn a profitable living with Arts & Crafts shows, then you're about to discover how to achieve real financial independence right now!In fact, if you want...

Everyone says there artwork is one of the greatest…but why? What makes it so great? At a single glance, the Mona Lisa just looks like a normal painting of a woman. Why is his artwork celebrated around the globe, and for hundreds of years? This book looks at three different artist: Picasso, Van Gogh, Da Vinci Each topic may also be purchased as an individual book.