It’s a bargain, too – Sunday TimesThis comprehensive, vibrant book leads you through the world’s iconic images – those that we encounter every time we open a newspaper, visit a gallery, or look at the front cover of a novel.Art: The Whole Story traces the development of art period by period, with the illustrated text covering every genre, from painting and sculpture to conceptual art and performance art. Cultural timelines are there too, to help to the reader with historical context.• The most accessible history of world art ever assembled• More than 1,100 colour illustrations of iconic pieces• Covers every genre of art, from painting and sculpture to conceptual art• Designed in an easily navigable and user-friendly fashionWritten by an international team of artists, art historians and curators, this absorbing and beautiful book will give you insight into the world’s most iconic images.Masterpieces that epitomize each period or movement are highlighted and analysed in detail. Everything from use of colour and visual metaphors to technical innovations is explained, enabling you to interpret the meanings of world-famous masterpieces – Mughal miniatures; Japanese prints in the nineteenth century; the colour theories behind Seurat’s remarkable La Grande Jatte; and why Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon was so shocking in its day.

    Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance art piece in the late 1960s. Throughout the 1970s, Anderson did a variety of different performance art activities. She became widely known outside the art world in 1981 when her single "O Superman," reached number two on the UK pop charts. She also starred in and directed the 1986 concert film, Home of the Brave.

    In the six years it has taken to produce the project, the layers of its creation have been a vital and very personal part of the work. The series parallels two worlds, the fantasy of the finished photographs, but also the deeply emotional journey Kirsty has gone through in the process of bringing it to fruition. This has been documented in her 6-year online diary packed full of her reflections on grief and the narrative that runs through the work. For this reason the book has always been regarded as the final and most important part in completing the project and one that has taken a great deal of consideration. For this reason, we are delighted to announce Kirsty has chosen to finish the series on her own terms, and self-publish the Wonderland book in a manner that will fully reflect the attention to detail that is so key in her work. It has taken many years to dechiper the best way in which to translate the story faithfully into something that will honour Kirsty's original intentions, and also give back to the people who have helped the series grow in such an extraordinary way. In Kirsty's words this will be 'our book, on our terms' something which she strongly feels is the only way to say goodbye to such an indescribable part of her life, and to her beloved mother who this is dedicated to.

    

    Almost a century after Africans arrived in Mexico in 1519, Yanga, an African leader, founded the first free African township in the Americas (January 6, 1609). Since then, Africans have continued to contribute their cultural, musical and culinary traditions to Mexican culture through the present day. No exhibition has showcased the history, artistic expressions, and practices of the Afro-Mexicans in such a broad scope as this one, which includes a comprehensive range of artwork from the 18th Century Colonial Caste Paintings to contemporary artistic expressions.

    

    

    

    Published to accompany the exhibition at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges in March 2002, this sumptuous volume combines the latest scholarship with an array of glorious colour reproductions of some of the most important art of the period, such as Van Eyck's altarpiece Madonna with Canon Van der Paele, among other works by Memling, Christus, da Messina, Bellini and Berruguete. An array of internationally renowned scholars have contributed fifteen essays which explore the artistic presence, influence and activities of early Netherlandish painters in foreign countries, thus securing the lasting academic impact of the project.

    

    The Nympheas of Claude Monet at the Musee De l'Orangerie Paperback

    

    See dolphins and whales, reef fish, and the amazing panorama of underwater life. These are some of the wonders that Christian Riese Lassen is world-renowned for recreating in his magnificent art.

    

    Collect 4 works of art by 8 great artists: Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Manet, Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot. Learn the story behind each painting in the 76-page full-color book that comes with the game.

    The number of products in the Droog collection has now grown to over 150. With a new 700 sq. metre headquarters in Amsterdam within their sights, a review of the last 10 years' exhibitions, ideas, and designers is well timed. Informative, illustrative and a complete documentation of their entire range. Includes a Droog Design biography and articles.

    

    reprint. many illus. an excellent ed. classic work on art and Buddhist art

    A Fourteenth-Century Handscroll in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The book is edited with an Introduction by Stephen D. Korshak and a Preface by Arthur C. Clarke.

    That's why before examining RA&A, John explains all the production steps involved in a commercial animation. The story sketches; The storyboard; Design and Layout; Soundtrack Recordings; Key and Pose animation; Rough Animation and Cleaning; In between; Ink and Paint; photography; print.Chapters on the life and career of:- Johny Gruelle, the creator of the Raggedy Ann & Andy original book series.- The Canadian animator, director and genius behind this movie, Richard Williams. Multiple quotes from Dick, some of his letters during the production, and final comments about any aspect of the movie.- Top class master animators and some young talents (young, back in the day):Cornelius "Corny" Cole (really a Designer, Art); Arthur Babbitt (The Disney legend; here with 69 years old, Key: Camel with the Wrinkled Knees); Hall Ambro (Key: Babette, the french doll); John Kimball (the son of... Yes, Key: Loony Knight; the weird camel mirage, The Spooky, Ha Ha Hall); Emery Hawkins (Warner Bros, MGM, Lantz, Disney... You name it, he's been everywhere, here, Key: The Greedy); Gerry Chiniqui (ex- Warner brothers animator, key: The dancing Twin Penny dolls, and King Koo Koo); Charles E. Downs (Key: The Captain and his parrot); Tissa David (once the assistant of Grim Natwick, and Key animator of Ann, and Andy);Chrystall Russell (Key: Raggedy Ann); GRIM NATWICK (at the time of this movie 87 years old!!!!!, Key: The Loonies in King Koo Koo sequence); Spencer Peel (Key: Playroom dolls)"When you're wrinkled and cold, and your Fortune has all been told, and you're nobody's 'I Love you' How can you be happy? How can you be smiling? How can you be anything but lowdown saggy and blue?"

    Over the course of 60 years, Rego has redefined figurative art, and revolutionized the representation of women and their experience. This essential book captures the full and striking breadth of Rego’s work, from early collage, to large-scale pastels of complex scenes staged in her studio. It includes both the iconic and the rarely seen, alongside insights into the deeply personal nature and socio-political roots of her uniquely subversive art. “This is painting with the subversive edge of a contemporary fable, fresh from the imaginative depths of a wicked national treasure.” —New York Times

    

    

    Regarded by many as one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars of the Baroque era, Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) published more than thirty works on such topics as astronomy, magnetism, cryptology, numerology, Egyptology, geology, and music. A contemporary of Newton and Descartes, Kircher was also the creator of one of Europe's earliest and most famous museums at the Collegio Romano in Rome. As a tribute to Kircher, his museum was recently reconstructed in the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, and also in an exhibit that opened this winter at the Palazzo Venezia in Rome. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the renowned Jesuit's birth, this volume features eleven original, captivating and highly readable essays by Kircher scholars at Stanford, Stonehill College, and the University of Manchester, England. This special 160-page volume, edited by Daniel Stolzenberg, features over 120 elaborate illustrations photographed directly from Stanford's 17th and 18th century Kircher holdings. The book is a metaphorical "guided tour" of Kircher's encyclopedia, touching on many aspects of intellectual, scientific, cultural, religious, and artistic life in the Baroque era. The essays are supplemented by two appendices; the first focuses on a project to place Kircher's correspondence on the World Wide Web, and the second is a bibliography of the Stanford University Libraries' holdings of books by and related to Kircher. A must buy for Kircher enthusiasts, those interested in the history of science and the culture of the Baroque, polymaths, general readers, and more!