Individual Artist category: 1922 books

For Claude Monet the designation ‘impressionist’ always remained a source of pride. In spite of all the things critics have written about his work, Monet continued to be a true impressionist to the end of his very long life. He was so by deep conviction, and for his Impressionism he may have sacrificed...

Felipe Cossío del Pomar (1888-1981) de origen peruano, llegó a San Miguel de Allende, México en 1926. El era un humanista, un hombre aristocrático de modales y gustos refinados. Fue pintor, escritor (ensayista, biógrafo, crítico de arte), historiador, profesor y líder político. Fundó la Universidad...

An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic...

Included in the Discovering Art Series, The Life, Times and Work of Claude Monet provides an accessible introduction to Monet’s life and work and his important role in establishing French Impressionism. Illustrations in the book chart Monet’s progression from the creation of light and space by...

Ken Jacobs has been making cinema for more than fifty years. Along with over thirty film and video works, he has created an array of shadow plays, sound pieces, installations, and magic lantern and film performances that have transformed how we look at and think about moving images. He is part of...

In Portrait of a Young Painter, the distinguished historian Mary Kay Vaughan adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s. Her chronicle of the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga counters a literature that portrays post-1940 Mexican...

Are photographers the artists with the camera as they would imagine themselves to be, or are they indeed nothing more than glorified photocopiers? This question was posed to me recently and I felt it worthy of discussion. In this age of high tech equipment and equally high tech software, are we photographers merely photocopiers? It is an interesting question.

Sexy Asian Bikini Book 2, a photo book collection of sexy asian woman in sexy bikini with high quality of photography

'Every page is a window open in Heaven … interwoven designs companion the poems, and gold and yellow tints diffuse themselves over the page like summer clouds. The poems [of Song of Innocence] are the morning song of Blake's genius.' - W.B. Yeats' Blake sang of the ideal world, of the truth of the...

The greatest sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, Donatello produced both marble and bronze masterpieces. His revolutionary statues were lauded for their incredible realism, while he also developed his very own form of shallow bas-relief, known as ‘schiacciato’. Donatello possessed an extensive...

This book forms part of a series, dedicated to the artwork of Arthur Rackham ­(1867 – 1939), one of the most celebrated artists of the British Golden Age of Illustration. Over his long and illustrious career, he contributed to over 150 books, magazines and periodicals, resulting in a vast array...

Ever wondered how Hugh Jackman rose to stardom? Hugh Michael Jackman was born on October 12th 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . Similar to most children in Wahroonga, Hugh was privileged enough to go to private school. After his education in school he decided to attend the Western...

Ever wondered how Orlando Bloom rose to stardom? Orlando Bloom was born on January 13, 1977 in Canterbury, England. Before Bloom even set foot on earth, his family name was well-known across the countryside. Bloom’s mother was a respected foreign language teacher who provided linguistic tutoring...

Everybody loves the movies. But a movie about the colour blue, or an isolated mountain range, or a man grown so thin the world floats through his perfect transparency? 'You know what would be really great - to make a two-hour movie about Taylor Mead's ass,' remarked Andy Warhol, the most notorious...