The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today"[An] insightful debut....Featuring meticulous research and elegant turns of phras
Celebrated for his masterful brushstrokes, depictions of nature, and use of translucent blue-green pigments, Qiu Ying is the least known of the four Ming Dynasty masters of the Wu School. This elegant
The newest addition to the Artist’s Materials series offers the first technical studyof one of Australia’s greatest modern painters. Sidney Nolan (1917–1992) is renowned for an oeuvre ranging fro
Lucian Freud's portraits are known for their spectacular detail and unflinching gaze. Although Freud brought the same qualities to his paintings and drawings of plants, flowers, and landscapes, these
Over the past decade Los Angeles painter Vance's practice has evolved from her acclaimed early still-life works into colorful, gestural abstract compositions. Employing the same virtuosic command of p
One of the first American artists to bring French Impressionism home to develop on native soil, Theodore Wendel is likely the last to have a monograph that records his remarkable career and stunning o
★ 從洞穴壁畫到抽象藝術，一本看懂2萬5千年繪畫史★ 色彩×技法×觀念，揭開大師創作的祕密★ 全彩精裝圖像，帶你重新愛上每一幅畫本書完整呈現繪畫發展歷程，從史前藝術到現代創作，解析技法與觀念演變。結合精美圖像與深入解說，帶領讀者重新理解與欣賞繪畫之美。A fascinating new history of art, this gloriously illustrated book reveals how materials, techniques, and ideas have evolved over the centuries, inspiring artists to create their most celebrated works.Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and frescos to linear perspective in Renaissance paintings, the influence of photography, Impressionism, and the birth of modern art, The Story of Painting follows each step in the evolution of painting over the last 25,000 years, from the first cave paintings to the abstract works of the last 100 years.Packed with lavish colour reproductions of paintings and photographs of artists at work and the materials they used, it also focuses on key paintings from each period to analyse the techniques and secrets of the great masters in detail.Immerse yourself in the pages of this beautiful book and find your
