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Emily Carr
Life & Work
Emily Carr (1871–1945) gained prominence when female painters were not recognized internationally. Her work reveals a fascination with questions inspired by the Canadian sea, landscapes, and people, reflecting a profound commitment to the land she...
ISBN: 9781487102326
more detailsPark Dae Sung
Ink Reimagined
Contemporary Korean artist Park Dae Sung (b. 1945) works in the traditional medium of ink painting while transforming familiar Korean landscapes with his modern and imaginative interpretations of the natural world. Park, who lost his...
ISBN: 9781737183754
more detailsVivienne Binns
On and through the Surface
Vivienne Binns is an important and singular figure in the history of Australian visual art. Her groundbreaking and experimental work has tested the philosophical underpinnings of art itself, both preempting and participating in the most...
ISBN: 9780648152996
more detailsBotticelli and Renaissance Florence
Masterworks from the Uffizi
This sumptuously illustrated book presents the most recent scholarship in English on Botticelli and Renaissance Florence, featuring essays and entries written by an international team of scholars and experts in the field.
The authors examine both...
ISBN: 9780998587226
more detailsFaces from the Interior
The North American Portraits of Karl Bodmer
In the early nineteenth century, Prince Maximilian of Wied traveled the Missouri River to uncover what he called “the natural face of North America”—its landscapes, flora and fauna, and Native inhabitants. Among his small party...
ISBN: 9781735441641
more detailsShifting Grounds
Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art
A distinctly Indigenous form of landscape representation is emerging among contemporary Indigenous artists from North America. For centuries, landscape painting in European art typically used representational strategies such as single-point perspective to lure viewers—and settlers—into...
ISBN: 9780295749167
more detailsMeleko Mokgosi
Bread, Butter, and Power
Botswana-born Meleko Mokgosi is an emerging contemporary artist whose large-scale figurative paintings are garnering growing accolades and attention worldwide. In all his work, Mokgosi emphasizes narrative storytelling. This approach inspires the viewer to think deeply...
ISBN: 9780990762676
more detailsThe Cycle of Life in the Paintings of Thai Artist Pichai Nirand
The paintings of contemporary Thai artist Pichai Nirand (b. 1936) are a vivid exploration of the interplay between Thailand’s Buddhist roots and its modern aspirations and struggles. Pichai engages fully with the world and belief...
ISBN: 9786162151552
more detailsGreat Qing
Painting in China, 1644-1911
Addressing the previous lack of a comprehensive English-language study of Qing painting, art historian Claudia Brown’s account ranges from the tumultuous Ming–Qing transition to the end of imperial rule. In response to omissions in previous...
ISBN: 9780295747231
more detailsWanted: Ed Bereal
For Disturbing the Peace
Born in Riverside, California in 1937 and profoundly affected by World War II, Ed Bereal made significant contributions to assemblage and performance arts in Los Angeles during the early 1960s through 1980s. A consummate draftsman...
ISBN: 9780578486932
more detailsThree Caribbean Artists
Jose Maria Capricorne, Nelson Carrilho, Philippe Zanolino
Caribbean art is strong, passionate and filled with contradictions, as are the lives of the three men profiled inThree Caribbean Artists. A rare glimpse is offered into the lives of three different artists, their upbringing,...
ISBN: 9789460224911
more detailsThe Art of Collecting
East Indies Paintings
Painters were fascinated by the tropical landscapes, picturesque villages and markets, and especially the diverse inhabitants of the Dutch East Indies. In the first half of the 20th century a large group of European artists...
ISBN: 9789460225123
more detailsTony Tuckson
Tony Tuckson’s story is not a simple one. He was an artist, arguably Australia’s most significant abstract expressionist painter, but he also played a crucial role in shaping the modern art museum in Australia. This...
ISBN: 9781741741414
more detailsFendry Ekel
Entries
Fendry Ekel: Entries is a comprehensive monograph, with contributions by several international art historians, looking at the painter’s recent work on canvas from 2011 to 2015.
The first chapter, “Chess Problems: On the Paintings of Fendry...
ISBN: 9789460224485
more detailsMichael C. Spafford
Epic Works
Michael C. Spafford, one of the most respected and admired painters in the Northwest, has created a cohesive body of work of rare intelligence and power. Now professor emeritus at the University of Washington School...
ISBN: 9780998681795
more detailsVictorian Watercolours
This book features over eighty artworks by more than seventy artists that represent the glory of British watercolors from the Victorian period. Artists include: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne‐Jones, George John Pinwell and Myles Birket...
ISBN: 9781741741315
more detailsLouis Bunce
Dialogue with Modernism
Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism explores and assesses the art and life of the iconic Pacific Northwest modernist painter and printmaker who engaged with American and European modern art from Surrealism to Post-Modernism. Based in...
ISBN: 9781930957749
more detailsArctic Ambitions
Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage
Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally significant. On his third and...
ISBN: 9780295993997
more detailsRoger Shimomura
An American Knockoff
For four decades, Roger Shimomura’s paintings, prints, and theatre pieces have addressed sociopolitical issues of Asian America. He does this through a style that combines his childhood interest in comic books, American Pop Art, and...
ISBN: 9780975566275
more detailsAlfredo Arreguin
Patterns of Dreams and Nature / Disenos, Suenos y Naturaleza
Born in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguín has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that mingle diverse...
ISBN: 9780295987347
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