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First book dedicated to pioneering equine artist James Seymour, who painted many of the great horses and races of the first Golden Age of British racing. Over 700 illustrations.
A vivid collage-portrait of Rome - three parts complete in one volume - the most comprehensive anthology of writings by visitors to the eternal city ever compiled.
The extraordinary creatures and landscapes of the Galapagos Islands brought to life in a beautiful facsimile sketchbook
Facsimile pressed flower book - rare example of important botanical history. Full scientific and art historical analysis by the two leading authorities. Important for current research into the effects of climate change.
Jan Marsh examines Elizabeth Siddal's story to coincide with The Rossetti's exhibition at Tate Britain.
- William Blake's fine watercolors illustrating the most perfect of John Milton's shorter poems, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, a revelation in English literature and art Blake engaged with the legacy of Milton all his life. These watercolors, made around 1816-20 to illustrate the most perfect of Milton's shorter poems, are some of the finest of all his works. All 12 watercolors are reproduced here in actual size.
- First book to explore the visionary late paintings of the Irish-based abstract painter John Kingerlee - Includes 51 paintings, drawings and collages reproduced, many for the first time Though born in England, John Kingerlee has lived on Ireland's Beara peninsula for much of his life, the wild landscapes finding passionate and all- encompassing expression in his paintings. This beautiful book celebrates his most recent work, with 51 paintings, drawings and collages reproduced, many for the first time. For the first time too, John Kingerlee has written about his life and the inspirations for his work. His words are complemented by a suite of specially commissioned portrait photographs by the great Irish photographer John Minihan. John Kingerlee has produced some of his very best, most expressive, most free spirited and ultimately most profound work in his later years. These paintings deal with universal problems of our existence and our planet; they address fundamental rather than ephemeral issues. The art itself has a quality of timelessness about it, not least because it is often created over many years and is often so multi-layered as to feel sculptural.
- The conversations of Burne-Jones, 19th-century painter of melancholy, abstract angels, with his assistant, revealing a loveable, witty man, articulate about his world, craft and contemporariesTo know his work without his talk is "not to know him" ...only when they are side by side is the common origin and aim seen and the complete man displayed.' Thus Thomas Rooke, studio assistant to Burne-Jones, who over four years memorized and recorded much of his master's studio and lunch-table talk. The man revealed with startling freshness and immediacy is far from the familiar painter of knightly melancholy and abstract angels. Burne-Jones emerges as a loveable and charming man, far more practical and down-to-earth, far more witty and ironic than might have been expected. He may still regret that he was not born in the Middle Ages and reminisce about the golden years with William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the 1850's and '60s. But he is still hard at work on his last great collaboration with Morris, the Kelmscott Chaucer, while not hesitating to fulminate about Britain's imperial pretensions and the hypocrisy that accompanied them. And he is unfailingly articulate when it comes to discussing the craft of painting in relation to himself, his contemporaries and the giants of the past. The conversations are edited by Mary Lago, Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
William Blake's engravings of the Book of Job, his last masterpiece of printmaking, based on watercolours he had painted 20 years earlier, reproduced at actual size.
The first book dedicated to the fascinating nineteenth-century art collector and philanthropist Richard Wallace, with 490 illustrations and new information on Wallace's origins and life.
A practical guide to visiting the many treasures of Libya - desert landscapes, vast classical ruins and vibrant modern cities.
Simms presents ten new destinations half an hour from Paris by train, each with a carefully planned walk, ample meanderings through the cultural, historical and social milieu, comprehensive practical information and clear, detailed maps.
A genial, witty, and touching journey through the endlessly evocative art of Carpaccio. Saluting the painter whose pictures remain some of the most enchanting ever made of Venice, Jan Morris makes her own last journey to a city she has written about like no other.
John Ramsden's fascinating, entertaining history of eleven great poets who made significant contributions to economic theory and practice, from Shelley to Hilaire Belloc and John Ruskin.
The most important contemporary appreciation of Hogarth, by one of the leading figures of the German enlightenment, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg ('simply Hogarth's best interpreter' according to Ronald Paulson). copiously illustrated with details from Hogarths' Marriage a la Mode series of engravings. Introduction and full notes.
Facsimile of Durer's Apocalypse of 1498, arguably the greatest set of prints in Western art.
Anthony Dawton has worked as a photographer in some of the most deprived areas of the world, raising awareness of poverty and suffering. Shocked, on his return to London, by widespread homelessness, he set out to photograph rough sleepers as fellow-humans with a name and a story. These haunting images define another London
A facsimile of Whistler's published 1885 lecture, the culmination of years of work and self-promotion after Ruskin's bruising criticism, expressing his artistic beliefs with satire and beauty.
The last work of Burne-Jones: a series of woodcut illustrations to the first chapters of Genesis, making a perfect epitome of his art. Reprinted from the original edition of 1902.
Following on from the success of her large book, TastingGeorgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus, awardwinningfood, wine and travel writer and photographerCarla Capalbo is launching a new series of pocket books onGeorgian food, wine and culture.
Fully illustrated with many details, this publication marks the first time the 24 Woburn Canalettos have been reproduced in colour. An extensive introduction by the leading Canaletto scholar Charles Beddington puts these works into perspective.
An account of the invention of soft power and the bucket list destination, through Alexander VII and Bernini's creation of Baroque Rome
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