My Friend Van Gogh by Emile Bernard - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: “I exaggerate, I sometimes make changes to the subject, but I still don’t invent the whole of painting; on the contrary, I find it ready-made—but to be untangled—in the real world.” —Vincent van Gogh to Émile... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
The Critic as Artist by Oscar Wilde - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: In The Critic as Artist, arguably the most complete exploration of his aesthetic thinking, and certainly the most entertaining, Oscar Wilde harnesses his famous wit to demolish the supposed boundary between art and criticism... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Oh, to Be a Painter! by Virginia Woolf - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The twentieth volume in the renowned ekphrasis series, this collection of Virginia Woolf’s writings on the visual arts offers a whole new perspective on the revolutionary author. Despite wide interest in Woolf’s writings, and in the... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Degas and His Model - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: There are many myths about the artist Edgar Degas—from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant, to Degas the obsessive. But there is no single text that better stokes the fire than Degas and His Model, a short memoir published by Alice... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Mad About Painting by Katsushika Hokusai - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Mad about Painting collects beautiful new translations of Hokusai’s painting tutorials and related essays written by the artist and his peers—a selection made available in English for the first time. Best known for his iconic print... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: A compilation of esoteric musings, Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty explores Alexandre Kojève’s philosophical approach to the relationship between art and beauty. A teacher to Jacques Lacan, André Breton, and Albert Camus,... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Cathedral is Dying by Rodin - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Master sculptor Auguste Rodin’s illuminating writings on cathedrals in France are especially relevant and significant following the recent fire at Notre Dame. In this volume, the writer and Rodin scholar Rachel Corbett selects... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Psychology of an Art Writer - Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Though she was widely known for her supernatural fictions, Lee hasn’t gained the recognition she so clearly deserves for her contributions in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy of empathy, and art criticism. An early follower of Walter Pater, her... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was:
Artists on Art MSRP: Now: $17.99 Was: Through a carefully curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Artists on Art reveals what matters most to the masters. You'll discover how the giants of the different artistic genres developed their distinctive visual... MSRP: Now: $17.99 Was:
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century. Funny Weather brings together a career’s... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was:
