Creative personalities are always fascinating, and to learn something new about the 20th and 21st centuries' greatest artists whether eccentric or sober, outspoken or reclusive is compelling.
This is the first comprehensive retrospective of Alexander de Cadenet's twenty five years of art practice, spanning photography, painting and sculpture.
This comprehensive survey introduces an exceptionally rich, fascinating, and complex art that has gained great popularity in recent years. Edward Lucie-Smith discusses all the major subjects and issues: magic realism, expressionism, and other concepts shared with Latin American literature, the great muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco, the interaction of politics, society, and art, the continuing interest i...
The most iconic face in art over the past two thousand years has been that of Jesus. As the central figure in Christianity, he has been a source of comfort and consolation to followers around the world. This title traces Jesus' life in famous works of art by artists such as Piero della Francesca, Leonardo da Vinci, El Greco, Rembrandt, and more.
Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in Western art from prehistory to the present first treats the tradition chronologically, then considers its characteristic themes and symbols.
From the earliest times human beings have found it difficult to represent their own bodies in a straightforward way. This book exposes our bodies and our ideas about our bodies, revealing the complex historical and cultural legacies which frame - and obscure - our vision.
The Tolstoys in the 21st Century is a photographic portrayal of the modern day Tolstoy dynasty, as photographed by Oleg Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, a relation of one of the world's greatest writers. Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, who trained in London and whose work has been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery amongst other renowned venues, wanted to pay homage to his illustrious forefather. When the far-flung clan gathered at Tolstoy's country estate for a famil...
Fascinating insight into the creative figures associated with Sussex: Blake hated it, Kipling fell in love with it, Shelley ran away from it as soon as he could and Stella Gibbons poked fun at it!