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VAN DYCK. A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF THE PAINTINGS

Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) is among the greatest portrait painters of all time. The 1990s opened and closed with major exhibitions devoted to ...

LONDON 6: WESTMINSTER

This guide opens up the treasures of London's most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and the palatial Government buildings of ...

DOMESTIC INTERIORS. THE BRITISH TRADITION 1500- 1850

Although the interiors of aristocratic homes have received much attention, there has been little written about how the interiors of middle-class homes evolved through ...

WILMARTH: CHRISTOPHER WILMARTH

Christopher Wilmarth (1943-1987), an American artist best known for his expressive sculptures constructed from plate glass and steel, was also an innovative draftsman. This ...

KIEFER: ANSELM KIEFER. THE HEAVENLY PALACES: MERKABAH

While most major museums in the United States and abroad hold examples of the German artist Anselm Kiefer's work, the nature and extent of ...

RAUSCHENBERG: ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG. BREAKING BOUNDARIES

Robert Rauschenberg is one of the most prolific and best-known artists of the post-war period, whose work, ranging across a number of disciplines, has ...

MEDIEVAL LONDON HOUSES

A comprehensive study of domestic buildings in London from about 1200 to the Great Fire in 1666. John Schofield describes houses and such related ...

LEONARDO DA VINCI MASTER DRAFTSMAN

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as a supreme icon in the history of Western civilization. With much of his work lost or unfinished, the ...

GOTHIC ART IN IRELAND 1169-1550

It will come as a surprise to many that a wealth of Gothic art and architecture can still be found in Ireland. This text ...

LOIS ORSWELL, DAVID SMITH, AND MODERN ART

Lois Orswell (1904-1998) was a pioneering collector of abstract expressionist art and modern sculpture. She was notable not only for the quality of her ...

WOMEN DESIGNERS IN THE USA 1900- 2000 * "DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE"

Published in conjunction with a landmark exhibition mounted at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts (Nov. 2000-Feb. 2001), this lavish ...

LICHTENSTEIN: IMAGE DUPLICATOR. ROY LICHTENSTEIN AND THE EMERGENCE OF POP ART

Roy Lichtenstein´s distinctive paintings of the early 1960s are synonymous with the Pop art movement. These bold, oversized images inspired by newspaper advertisements and ...

ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1800 -1850

.This study traces the development of American architecture from the age of Jefferson to the antebellum era, providing a survey of this important period. ...

BERNINI AND THE BELL TOWERS. ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS AT THE VATICAN

In 1638, the great artist-architect Gianlorenzo Bernini began one of the most ambitious architectural projects of his career: to design and construct massive twin ...

ARTISTS ON THE LEFT

A detailed examination of the relation between visual artists and the American Communist movement during the 20th century. Andrew Hemingway charts the rise and ...

THE WRITTEN IMAGE

Calligraphy is often regarded as the purest manifestation of an artist's inner character and level of cultivation, as well as the expression of his ...

MONDRIAN. THE TRANSATLANTIC PAINTINGS*

AMBITION & LOVE IN MODERN AMERICAN ART

Freud wrote that the artist "desires to win honour, power, wealth, fame, and the love of women". In this engrossing book, Jonathan Weinberg investigates ...

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND 1680- 1760

.This innovative book examines the public architecture of Ireland from 1680 to 1760, a crucial period during which the country undertook the combined tasks ...

NEW WORLDS. GERMAN AND AUSTRALIAN ART 1890-1940

This volume, the inaugural catalogue of the Neue Galerie New York, seeks to bring to light the history of the works of fine and ...