Great Women Artists MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volume The most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published, Great Women Artists reflects an era where art made by... MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was:
Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice Lonnie G. Bunch III, Virginia Mecklenburg MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: The first book to celebrate painter William H. Johnson’s Fighters for Freedom series, a tribute to African American heroes who worked to achieve social justice. William H. Johnson painted his Fighters for Freedom series in the mid-1940s as a... MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was:
Giotto and His Works in Padua by John Ruskin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The Arena Chapel in Padua was completed in 1303; Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint it in 1306. The resulting fresco cycle, detailing the history, birth, life, and death of Christ, ranks among the greatest... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Strange Impressions by Romaine Brooks - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Selections from Romaine Brooks’s unpublished memoir No Pleasant Memories expose the psyche and practice of this underrecognized queer, female artist. Most known for her bold and darkly painted portraits, Brooks was revolutionary in her... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Salon of 1846 by Charles Baudelaire - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Charles Baudelaire, considered a father of modern poetry, wrote some of the most daring and influential prose of the nineteenth century. Prior to publishing the international bestseller Les Fleurs du mal (1857), he was already notable as a forthright... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Dix Portraits by Gertrude Stein - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Written between 1913 and 1929, revolutionary years in art history, Dix Portraits conveys the deep human engagement between an artist and her subject. The artist book unites Stein’s ten portraits in prose with sketches by five artists: Pablo... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Blue by Derek Jarman - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Derek Jarman's Blue weaves a sensory tapestry that serves as both a political call to action and a meditation on illness, dying, and love. “For Blue there are no boundaries or solutions.” —Derek Jarman Originally... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter by Paul Gauguin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: “Criticism is our censorship . . .” So begins one of the greatest invectives against criticism ever written by an artist. Paul Gauguin wrote “Racontars de rapin” only months before he died in 1903, but the essay remained... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Chardin and Rembrandt by Marcel Proust - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Long overlooked in Proust’s posthumously published writings, Chardin and Rembrandt, written when he was only twenty-four years old, not only reemphasizes the importance of visual art to his development, but contains the seeds of his later work... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
On Contemporary Art by César Aira - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Translated into English for the first time, On Contemporary Art, a speech by the renowned novelist César Aira, was delivered at a 2010 colloquium in Madrid dedicated to bridging the gap between writing and the visual arts. On... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Showcases some of the most stunning treasures from the dynasty that created the Taj Mahal The Great Mughals presents, for the first time, the opulent, internationalist culture of Mughal Hindustan in the age of its greatest emperors: Akbar (r... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was:
El Anatsui: Art and Life MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: This expanded and revised edition celebrates the work of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui by exploring the artist's life and the trajectory of his remarkable career. El Anatsui: Art and Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the essential resource on the Ghanaian... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was:
El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: The product of more than 30 years of research, this astounding and authoritative volume reveals the political metaphors underpinning El Anatsui’s magnificent abstract sculpture Authored by two acclaimed scholars, Okwui Enwezor and Chika... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was:
Travelling with Vincent - Van Gogh in Drenthe MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Vincent van Gogh boarded the last train from The Hague to Hoogeveen on Tuesday, September 11, 1883. He stays there for several weeks, then moves to Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord and visits Zweeloo. The landscape makes a deep impression on him. Everywhere... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was:
Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Afterglow brings together the known memorial paintings by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) for the first time, unveiling how Church returned to the medium of landscape throughout his career to create solace in times of loss. This book presents new... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was:
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: 'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'We want people to see themselves… We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz... MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was:
Amy Sherald: The World We Make MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This is the first comprehensive monograph on acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, whose distinctive style of simplified realist portraiture features African American subjects rendered against colorful monochrome backdrops or in everyday settings. Sherald rose... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was:
Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Tender yet compelling, Johnson's portraits of herself, her friends and her relatives are touchstones of Black figuration. A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement, Claudette Johnson (born 1959) creates large-scale drawings of Black people... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was:
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer’s activism The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924–87) considered himself a “witness” as he challenged perspectives on America and its history through his work... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was:
Reframing the Black Figure MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: This visual gift book introduces readers to the field of Black figuration by highlighting key works from the National Portrait Gallery exhibition The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure. The selections included in this brief introduction... MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was:
