Portraits in art books

Sheds light on the relationship between portraiture, social affirmation and the myth of Antiquity as it was experienced...  Read More >>

English summary: Seven early modern and modern examples of Italian portraiture are reproduced and analyzed in their...  Read More >>

Did portraits exist in the medieval era? This title challenges the canonical account of the invention of modern...  Read More >>

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In the voluminous scholarship that's been written on Paul Cezanne, little has been said about the 24 portraits in...  Read More >>

This richly illustrated book features the most recent scholarly insights into Backer's work. Text in Dutch.  Read More >>

A study of Frederic Leighton's portrait of May Sartoris. This book places the work both within the tradition of...  Read More >>

Sharply focused, spectacularly reproduced in an extraordinarily large format volume, and featuring meticulously...  Read More >>

From Burt Reynolds to Jake Gyllenhaall, Tom Selleck to Orlando Bloom, ""Hairy Hunks"" seduces and sizzles with the...  Read More >>

Accompanying DVD has title: The wisdom film: ideas.  Read More >>

This handy guide provides a color photograph of each Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the...  Read More >>

Offers instructions on a range of skills and approaches.  Read More >>

A catalogue that accompanies an important exhibition organized by the Meadows Museum entitled Diego Rivera: The...  Read More >>

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Explores the life and works of one of Revolutionary France's most significant female artists. This book traces the...  Read More >>

An old genre is given a new look, as portraits and self-portraits of Marcel Duchamp invent and cover up as much...  Read More >>

Demonstrates how to achieve lifelike portraits through smooth blending and gradual tonal changes. This title shows...  Read More >>

"""Appearance, semblance is the theme of my life."" This statement by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) suggests the importance...  Read More >>

Lanterns on the Prairie explores the motivations of the players in McClintock's story and the historic context of...  Read More >>

Lanterns on the Prairie explores the motivations of the players in McClintock's story and the historic context of...  Read More >>

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John Constable (1776-1837) is renowned throughout the world as a landscape painter of profound originality. Far...  Read More >>

Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists is a delicious combination of biographical anecdote and art history, and an...  Read More >>

Christian Schad's (1894?1982) cool vibrant portraits, with their immaculate surface and the expressive eyes, functioning...  Read More >>

Reviewing the sometimes unflinchingly realistic portraits of Christian Schad, this discussion emphasizes how his...  Read More >>