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Edward Lucie-Smith
A new edition of the classic introduction to art since the end of the Second World War.
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An anthology of essays and reviews by the eminent art historian and writer, Edward Lucie-Smith. The articles cover a broad span, from the Italian Renaissance of Giotto and Antonello da…
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A comprehensive survey discuses the genre’s major subjects and issues, citing the works of such contributors as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Miguel Calder n while discussing how their achievements…
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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.
The only one-volume introduction to modern and post-modern art from Latin America, perhaps the most exciting and rewarding art scene in the world today.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
An extensively revised and updated edition of this valuable account of contemporary art. It covers and illustrates all international trends and artists in the postwar era, including Neo-Expressionist tendencies, Post-Pop…
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This long awaited collection is comprised mainly of new works, previously unpublished, as well as his most anthologised poem, ‘The Lesson’.
Essays on Art and artists from classical to contemporary eras.
Cv/VAR Series 177 publishes a study by the celebrated art historian and writer Edward Lucie-Smith of the leading American artist Chuck Close. Finding his early impetus in the photorealistic works…
Picasso-Pollock rival trends of modern art-history and analysis
In his fascinating study of the pervasive theme of ‘The Dance of Death’ ‘Edward Lucie-Smith traces its lineage in art from mosaiics of Pompeii and early Medieval frescos. He cites…
A study of the masters Rembrandt van Rijn and JMW Turner exhibited at Tate Britain and the National Gallery London.
In this book Edward Lucie-Smith considers the achievement of John Singer Sargent in response to a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. This exhibition features Sargent's more…
A study of Goya album of drawings exhibited at the Courtauld Gallery London.
A history of the development of the art market spanning the 17th century to contemporary art today.
In this book, which compares and contrasts the work of these two exceptional artists, Edward Lucie-Smith examines the changed but still vital role of portraiture in the art of our…
Rich in information … sharp in perception.–The Times Educational Supplement
Edward Lucie-Smith,Sergei Reviakin
There is surprisingly little, and certainly nothing comprehensive, written about the contemporary Russian scene now. What appear in the West are mostly reports about so-called ‘dissidents’, not about what is…
As London evolves into a Babylonian-style city of lofty towers, the artist Anna Keen has been inspired to paint this London Metamorphosis. While each new edifice heads to the heavens…
The mention of ‘Faith in The City of London’ conjures up images of ceremonial events in St. Paul’s Cathedral, but there are over 40 other Anglican churches, as well as…
Here, renowned Greek photographer Dimitris Yeros (born 1948) shares his intimate portraits of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the great Colombian writer and Nobel Laureate. In this tribute to the author, Yeros…
Edward Lucie-Smith,Nina Moaddel
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar focuses on the importance of being connected with the eternal self, particularly in our modern world where, he believes, people lose themselves more and more every day. The…
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Edward Lucie-Smith,James Cahill
Explores the history and development of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the mid 19th century; and works which figure amongst the most lasting and generally propular in British art.
In the Centenary Year of the outbreak of the First World War the authors consider of the historical impact on the general psyche of the calamitous events, reflected in the…
He uses elaborate systems of arbitrary rules to regulate his patterns of markings - the absolute opposite of the freewheeling calligraphy typical of Abstract Expressionist predecessors such as Jackson Pollock…
Edward Lucie-Smith,Joe Machine
36 previously unpublished books by renowned art critic, writer and poet Edward Lucie-Smith. This book, complete with illustrations by English painter Joe Machine, was published on the occasion of Edward…
Sergei Reviakin,Edward Lucie-Smith
Xu Bin Jueyi’s sculpture breaks nearly a hundred years of stasis in Buddha sculpting. Using contemporary materials such as metal, resin and wood, Jueyi literally reshapes the aesthetic for Buddha…
John K. Grande
Environmental artists from Europe and North America talk about their work.
Art Nature Dialogues offers interviews with artists working with, in, and around nature and the environment. The interviews explore art practices, ecological issues, and values as they pertain to the…
John K. Grande,Edward Lucie-smith
John K. Grande is an art critic, curator, and the author of a dozen books about art and artists.
Jack Fritscher
Built on all new information recently unearthed, this stylishly written and illustrated timeline archive of art, sex, obscenity, gender, culture wars, homophobia, pop culture, and the gay mafia, will get…
Prismatic, dreamy landscapes from a protagonist of the Stuckist movement
The enigmatic, colorful landscapes of Stuckist Czech painter Jiri Hauschka (born 1965) hark back to the Symbolism of turn-of-the-century painters…
James Cahill,Edward Lucie-Smith,James Nicholas
Reviews ‘Jammers’ by the celebrated American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), in an exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street London, from 16th February to 28th March 2013. The series comes…
Shani Rhys James,Edward Lucie-Smith,William Packer
New paintings on the subject of women and the constraints of domesticity by Shani Rhys James, accompanied by an informative interview and commentary by Edward Lucie-Smith.
Oleg Tolstoy-Miloslavsky,Edward Lucie-Smith,Rosamund Bartlett
The Tolstoys in the 21st Century is a photographic portrayal of the modern day Tolstoy dynasty, as photographed by Oleg Tolstoy, a relation of one of the world’s greatest writers…
John Waters,Camille Paglia,Todd Oldham,Armistead Maupin,Edward Lucie-Smith
Discover the full range of Tom’s talent, from sensitive portraits and frank sexual pleasure to tender expressions of love and haunting tributes and young men struck down by AIDS. Essays…
