A friend and pupil of Edward Bawden, student and teacher at Goldsmiths and a successful book illustrator, Swanwick was a visionary 20th century British artist in the tradition of William Blake and Samuel Palmer. Including a chronology and catalogue record documentary, this book examines his unique, spiritual and sometimes eccentric work and life.
Presenting a collection of interviews, this title features some of the important women artists practising in modern Britain, who talk about their work, their influences and their relationships with the art historical canon. It includes Tacita Dean, Tanya Kovats, Christine Borland, Jane Harris, Vanessa Jackson, Tracey Emin, Maria Lalic, and others.
This book with more than 120 colour illustrations was published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition.Includes essays on the artists techniques & an interview given by the artist's mother in 1973.
Explores the pictorial world of Degass whose formal innovations, commitment to realism and exploration of both the light and dark sides of contemporary society foreshadowed the art of the 20th century.
This is a much needed and lively study of the still insufficiently known Finnish modern master Alvar Aalto, whose sensitive and increasingly revelant architectural legacy will surely only increase in stature as the years unfold. Kenneth Frampton, Columbia University
Meet the women who have created art throughout history, from ancient Greek potters and painters to luminaries from the past 200 years. . . . the perfect gift for that budding young woman artist on your shopping list. -- Art Times. 160 pages (85 in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
Captures Leonardo's philosophical thoughts divided into sections dealing with life, education, health, nature, science and art and offers the comments of others - Freud, Engels, Visari, Welles, Brown - on Leonardo's contribution to our lives and culture.
Provides an illustrated history of Leonardo da Vinci with emphasis on his artistic contributions and his scientific inventions. This book includes a discussion of the three challenges that drove his desire to succeed: his illegitimate birth, his left-handness, and his probable homosexuality.
Illustrates and describes the crucial moments in the life of Leonardo da Vinci - including his family background, education, travels, inventions, discoveries, paintings.
Discusses and illustrates why three crucial aspects of Leonardo da Vinci's life - his illegitimate birth, his left-handedness, and his homosexuality - drove an ordinary man to make extraordinary contributions in art, science, and philosophy. The author shows how many of his 15th century contributions still have relevance to the 21st century.