Art Monographs
LEONARDO DA VINCI: A CLOSER LOOK
Written by Donnithorne, Alan
Leonardo da Vinci's drawings are among the most accomplished and technically varied ever made. Detailed study of those in the Royal Collection - the finest group in existence - reveals much about his materials and techniques and his innovative approach to drawing. This ground-breaking book explores a substantial number of Leonardo's most celebrated drawings in unprecedented detail.
ALI CAVANAUGH: MODERN FRESCO PAINTINGS
Written by Cavanaugh, Ali
Modern Fresco Paintings is the first collection of Ali Cavanaugh's paintings, andit follows her entire career using watercolor on kaolin clay to create hermodern fresco technique and the lovely work that flows from it.
LYNN CHADWICK: A SCULPTOR ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Written by Michael Bird
A leading modern British sculptor, Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) was celebrated for his abstracted figures of human and animal forms in welded steel and bronze. His work first attracted international attention at the 1952 Venice Biennale. Just four years later he became the youngest artist to be awarded the International Prize for Sculpture, which Alberto Giacometti had been expected to win.
JIM DINE -- I NEVER LOOK AWAY
Written by Jim Dine
100 fascinating self-portraits by the Pop Art star
VAN GOGH: INTO THE UNDERGROWTH
There is something intrinsically fresh, immediate and approachable about van Gogh's sous-bois paintings, which are some of his most famous and finest works, and which beautifully capture the subtle and transient effects of light on foliage.
MICHELANGELO: DIVINE DRAFTSMAN AND DESIGNER
A comprehensive and breathtakingly illustrated presentation of the genius of Michelangelo by the world's leading expert on the artist
SMALL RADIUS OF LIGHT: G. DANIEL MASSAD, A RETROSPECTIVE
A Small Radius of Light maps the territory artist G. Daniel Massad has explored for almost four decades. After earning degrees in English at Princeton and the University of Chicago and working for a time as a psychotherapist, Massad made the decision to pursue graduate work in painting in 1979.
BECOMING MARY SULLY: TOWARD AN AMERICAN INDIAN ABSTRACT
Dakota Sioux artist Mary Sully was the great-granddaughter of respected nineteenth-century portraitist Thomas Sully, who captured the personalities of America's first generation of celebrities (including the figure of Andrew Jackson immortalized on the twenty-dollar bill). Born on the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota in 1896, she was largely self-taught.
FRANZ WEST
From abstract sculptures and collage to furniture and large-scale works, the work of Austrian artist Franz West (1947-2012) is unrestrainedly irreverent and also profoundly philosophical. His papier-mâché pieces that were intentionally made to be handled explore an immediate relationship between art and audience.
J.M.W. TURNER: THE 'LUCERNE' SKETCHBOOK
Renowned artist J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) kept his sketchbooks private. He often used soft-bound "roll" sketchbooks when traveling; he could carry them easily in his pockets. A number survive at Tate in London, and they contain some of his most magical and intensely personal watercolors and sketches.
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