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Erscheinungsformen höfischer Kultur und ihre Träger im Mittelalter
De Gruyter 2002; US$ 154.00Among the testimonies of medieval courtly culture that have come down to us, mural art is the only form to be located precisely where it was conceived, realized, and needed. At the very least, we know the sites where such art materialized. Accordingly, these testimonies provide a direct link to the proponents of that culture and enable us to include... more...
Diego Rivera: A Biography
ABC-CLIO 2011; US$ 37.00This revealing biography covers the life and art of painter Diego Rivera. more...
Ornamental Wall Painting in the Art of the Assyrian Empire
BRILL 2004; US$ 136.00This study provides the archaeological record and pictorial documentation of ornamental wall painting produced for Assyrian royal residences. It examines the changing trends in the decorative designs and selection of motifs, some with symbolic meaning. Many illustrations are from the excavation reports. more...
Joan Mitchell
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 40.00She was a steel heiress from the Midwest?Chicago and Lake Forest (her grandfather built Chicago?s bridges and worked for Andrew Carnegie). She was a daughter of the American Revolution?Anglo-Saxon, Republican, Episcopalian. She was tough, disciplined, courageous, dazzling, and went up against the masculine art world at its most entrenched, made... more...
The Simple Secret to Better Painting
F+W Media 2003; US$ 24.99Create art that's more attractive, interesting and eye-catching! Even if your perspective is accurate, your subject realistic and colors vibrant, a weak composition - predictable, repetitious or monotonous - means a weak painting. The Simple Secret to Better Painting ensures that your compositions work every time. It's an insightful artistic philosophy... more...
Pictures of People
Brandeis University Press 2013;A vibrant chronicle of the life and work of a prolific painter and bohemian eccentric. more...
The Fine Art of Anthony M. Alonso
Eclipse Press 2007; US$ 9.99The Fine Art of Anthony M. Alonso showcases the artists mastery of his venue with more than 150 original oil paintings. The book, which represents the first compilation of his work, features portraits of stars such as Secretariat, Ruffian, Kelso, and Barbaro, as well as racings finest riders and trainers. The stretch run of the memorable... more...
Kubismus
Parkstone International 2012; US$ 8.95Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: fünf junge Damen, die die moderne Kunst für immer verändern sollten. Gesichter, die man gleichzeitig von vorn und im Profil erkennt, verwinkelte Körper, deren üppige Formen hinter asymmetrischen Linien verschwinden - mit diesem Gemälde revolutionierte Picasso die Geschichte der Malerei. 1907 war der Kubismus geboren. Kubistische... more...
Classical Painting Atelier
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 35.00Want to paint more like Manet and less like Jackson Pollock? Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier , Juliette Aristides?s first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. The educational process... more...
Gainsboroughs Vision
Liverpool University Press 1999; US$ 85.00Thomas Gainsborough, one of the most popular British painters, has been celebrated as a landscapist, a portrait painter, and a man of feeling whose impetuous character is revealed in his art, life and letters. This book reveals that the style, themes and ideas of Gainsboroughs paintings constitute purposeful expressions of an intellectual and... more...









