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This engrossing biography of Diego Rivera, the brilliant Mexican artist and revolutionary, captures the explosively passionate nature that made Rivera one of the twentieth-century's most gifted and controversial painters.This engrossing biography of Diego Rivera, the brilliant Mexican artist and rev... More

First published in 1916 in German, "Rembrandt" is one of Simmel's most important works. Is has never been translated into English--until now. Simmel attacks such questions as "What do we see in a work of Art?" and "What do Rembrandt's portraits tell us about human nature?" This is a major work by a ... More

The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illust... More

While the collected writings of many major 20th-century artists, including Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell, and Ad Reinhardt, have been published, Mark Rothko's writings have only recently come to light, beginning with the critically acclaimed "The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art," Rothko's ... More

Influenced by his contemporaries Michelangelo and Leonardo, Raphael Santi (1483-1520) became, in his own right, one of the most important artists of the High Renaissance. Though Raphael painted many important works in his Florence period, including his famous Madonnas, it was his mature work in Rome... More

14 high quality prints suitable for framing; each with a brief description14 high quality prints suitable for framing; each with a brief description... More

Picasso's first style is influenced by El Greco, Munch and Toulouse-Lautrec, who he discovered as a student in Barcelona. Fascinated by psychological expression. Picasso, in his Blue Period (1901-1904), expressed moral misery: his genre scenes, still lifes and portraits stained with melancholy. Pica... More

Renoir on Renoir, is a comprehensive collection of essays by, and interviews of, the legendary film-maker Jean Renoir, who created such classics as The Grand Illusion, The River, and The Rules of the Game. Renoir's career in cinema, which stradled the transition from silent film to the talkies, has ... More

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) was one of the most complex and multi-faceted artists of the 17th century. From his initial period in Leiden to his earlier and later phases in Amsterdam, the stages of Rembrandt's career mirror the artistic and intellectual developments of the century. Afte... More

At the height of his powers, Pablo Picasso was the artist as revolutionary, breaking through the niceties of form in order to mount a direct challenge to the values of his time. At the height of his fame, he was the artist as royalty: incalculably wealthy, universally idolized--and wholly isolated.I... More

Rich color reproductions and informative text cover the enormous output of the brilliant Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, who worked up to the age of 91. This is a wonderful introduction to the man that many consider the greatest artistic genius of the 20th century.... More

The Extraordinary Story Of An Artist, An Atrocity - And A Painting That Shook The WorldOn 26 April 1937, the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain was bombed by Hitler's Luftwaffe on behalf of Francisco Franco as he waged a bloody civil war. Twenty-four hours later, the village lay in ruins, its... More

Long recognized as one of the most significant paintings of the twentieth century, contributors to this volume consider Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon from a variety of methodological and topical perspectives, including psychoanalytical, feminist, historical, and postcolonial. Through these var... More

"Rizzoli Art Classics" presents "Rembrandt," the next installment in this successful art series. With authoritative text by renowned cultural commentators, this lavishly illustrated monograph is the perfect companion for art history's most passionate fans. The book includes commentary by famous art ... More

Raphael was for centuries considered the greatest artist who ever lived. Much of what we know about him comes from this biography, written by Florentine painter Giorgio Vasari. "The Life of Raphael" is a key text not only for the appreciation of Raphael's art--whose development Vasari portrays in de... More

This book features the work of Auguste Renoir who lived from 1841 to 1919. The artist, perhaps the most recognizable of the Impressionist portraitists, was a painter who combined classical and modern techniques to portray an intimate vision of the late-nineteenth-century Parisian life of leisure he ... More