Artists category: 3350 books
Sharp: 1942-1979
A Biography Of Martin Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Martin Sharp was an integral part of international Pop Art in the 1960s, magnified through his covers for OZ magazine in Sydney and London, his covers for Cream, and posters of Dylan, Hendrix and Donovan. His efforts at making The Yellow House and Luna Park cultural precincts were aided by his screen...
Kippenberger
The Artist and His Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Over the course of his 20-year career, Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) cast himself alternately as hard-drinking carouser and confrontational art-world jester, thrusting these personae to the forefront of his prodigious creativity. He was also very much a player in the international art world of the...
Caresse Crosby
From Black Sun to Roccasinibalda
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
An exciting figure among the avant-garde of Paris in the 1920s, Caresse Crosby is little known today. She and her husband Harry founded the Black Sun Press, early publishers of such titans as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce. This flamboyant chapter...
by John Flaxman
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Since its creation at the beginning of the fourteenth century, Dante's Divine Comedy—a masterpiece of European literature—has moved legendary artists such as William Blake and Gustave Doré to illustrate the famed poem. John Flaxman, English sculptor, draughtsman, and renowned Wedgwood designer,...
by Boyan Stanimorov
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837–1887) was a Russian painter and art critic. He was an intellectual leader of the Russian democratic art movement in 1860-1880.
Kramskoi came from an impoverished petit-bourgeois family. From 1857 to 1863 he studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts; he...
Women in Art
50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists--from the 11th century to today--from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science.
A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Art highlights the achievements and stories of 50 notable women in the arts--from well-known...
by Venice Kichura
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
“Tips for Producing Realistic Pencil Drawings” is an instructional guide for drawing lifelike drawings. This book or long article of about 6,100 words contains tips from the artist, besides well-known artists who’ve discovered ways to make their drawings realistic.Basically, this is done...
Pretty Patterns
Surface Design by 25 Contemporary Artists
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This beautiful lookbook celebrates oodles of groundbreaking new talent in the world of pattern design, showcasing the gorgeous work of today's top indie artists, designers, and illustrators. Including surface art by Julia Rothman, Jill Bliss, Junzo Terada, Rifle Paper Co., Amy Butler, Sukie, and many...
Young Leonardo
The Evolution of a Revolutionary Artist, 1472-1499
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Provocative and original, this fresh look at Leonardo da Vinci’s formative years in Florence and Milan provides a radically different scenario of how he created his signature style that would transform Western art forever.
The traditional view of Leonardo da Vinci’s career is that he enjoyed...
by Ingrid Rowland, Noah Charney
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
“Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages.” —Wall Street Journal
Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents—a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar—but he is...
by James Ru
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Interviews with:
Heather Caunt-Nalton, henna artist
Alison Sigethey, glass artist
Patrick Daugherty, scultor
Richard Shilling, land artist
Pammela Springfield, Cannibals gallery
Stephen Chandler, artist
Diego Agullo, performance artist/choreographer
Anastassia...
Eye of the Sixties
Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
In 1959, Richard Bellamy was a witty, poetry-loving beatnik on the fringe of the New York art world who was drawn to artists impatient for change. By 1965, he was representing Mark di Suvero, was the first to show Andy Warhol’s pop art, and pioneered the practice of “off-site” exhibitions and...
Violet Oakley
An Artist’s Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Violet Oakley: An Artist's Life is the first full-length biography of Violet Oakley (1874–1961), the only major female artist of the beaux-arts mural movement in the United States, as well as an illustrator, stained glass artist, portraitist and author. There is much human interest here: a pampered...
Bright Fields
The Mastery of Marie Hull
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Bright Fields is a comprehensive and deeply intimate exploration of the life and work of Mississippi-born artist Marie Hull (1890-1980). Her paintings reflect a nine-decade journey of search, thought, and growth. She produced some of the most memorable and iconic works ever created by a southern artist....