First serious study of Rodin’s late sculptural series known as the Dance Movements (from 1911), comprising essays from leading scholars in the field of sculpture.
Inspired by the recent identification of a third autograph version of Gainsborough’s masterpiece The Cottage Door, this book examines the significance of the multiple versions of designs that the artist produced during the 1780s.
Isabella Stewart Gardner routinely went toe-to-toe with major museums and titans of industry to purchase masterpieces, created a museum unlike any other, and was... Læs mere
This richly illustrated and beautifully produced scholarly catalogue of the superlative collection of Renaissance and Baroque bronze figurative... Læs mere
Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745) was one of 18th-century England's most significant cultural figures. At the age of 61, shortly before his retirement, Richardson began to... Læs mere
Timed to coincide with the first ever public exhibition of the Crystal Sceptre, this new book will present the Sceptre and over 80 of the finest, most historic pieces in the plate collection at Mansion House – the home and office of the Lord Mayor of the City of London.
This exceptional collection of Islamic textiles published here ranges widely in region, material and... Læs mere
Accompanying an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Thomas Gainsborough: Experiments in Drawing off ers an overview of his work as a draftsman, with a particular look at his technical innovations and his mastery of material.
Accompanying an exhibition that will be the first to investigate the depiction of rural figures by one of the most admired British watercolourists of the 19th century, William Henry Hunt.
Accompanying the fi rst exhibition devoted to the subject, William Blake in Sussex considers the collective signifi cance of the English county to the life and work of the the celebrated artist and writer.
This groundbreaking reconstruction of Goya's so-called 'Witches and Old Women' album will offer rich insights into the artist's concerns and preoccupations and will immeasurably deepen our understanding of the artist.
A lively and engaging introduction to one of the most charismatic figures in the history of British art, G.F. Watts. Covering all aspects of Watts’s career, it places him back at the... Læs mere