A survey on Aboriginal Art that touches on the variations and the traditions and beliefs from which the indigenous artworks stem. This reference work includes 187 illustrations, 31 in color, a map, glossary and a select bibliography. [details]
"The words of praise lavished on David Hockney's prints by his admirers would probably send shivers of terror through most other serious contemporary artists: 'charming,' 'pretty,' 'light-hearted,' 'whitty,' 'decorative. ... [details]
Art historical text by R.H. Fuchs. "In this new survey R.H. Fuchs reviews its development from the foundation of Netherlandish realism in the fifteenth century the Van Eycks, through the elevated style of Renaissance history painting, the language of symbols of the seventeenth century and the work of its masters - Claesz's still life; the portraits of Hals and Rembrandt; and Ruisdael's landscapes - on through eighteenth- and nineteenth-century realism, right up to Van Gogh's pioneering Expressionism, the radical simplification of Mondrian, and the present-day art of Dibbets and Brouwn. ... [details]
"The fashion for 'art and revolution' continues, and so does the effort to prove, more or less a priori, that art has nothing to do with politics. Mr. Clark has written a study of the art of Gustave Courbet in the years directly after the 1848 revolution. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 23, 1988 - January 8, 1989. Text by Mark Rosenthal. Includes notes, bibliography, index of works, and artist's exhibition history. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 18 - June 18, 2006. Contributions by Bridgette Lardinois, Val Williams, Enrique Juncosa, John Banville, Anthony Cronin, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamonn McCann, Fintan O'Toole, Colm Tóibín and Anne Enright. ... [details]
"Sir Roland Penrose was a close friend of Man Ray for some fifty years. He organized the International Surrealist Exhibition in London, in 1936, where Man Ray's work was shown for the first time in England. ... [details]
A critical look at modern art and its relationship to the object by Ellen H. Johnson. Among the long list of artists mentioned, some notable names include Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Paul Cézanne, Jackson Pollock, John Marin, John F. ... [details]
Exhibition cataologue published in conjunction with show held in 1986, Royal Academy of Arts, Picadilly, United Kingdom. Essay by Deyan Sudjic. Architects includes Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and James Stirling. ... [details]
Collection of published statements by Russian artists and critics, edited and translated by John E. Bowlt. With texts by John E. Bowlt, Aleksandr Benois, Nikolai Ryabushinsky, David Burliuk, Nikolai Kulbin, Vasili Kandinsky, Vladimir Markov, Alexsandr Shevchenko, Natalya Goncharova, Ivan Aksenov, Ilya Zdanevich, Mikhail Larionov, Olga Rozanova, Ivan Puni, Kseniya Boguslavskaya, Kasimir Malevich, Ivan Klyun, Mikhail Menkov, Varvara Stepanova, Lyubov Popova, El Lissitzky, Natan Altman, Boris Kushner, Nikolai Punin, Aleksandr Bogdanov, Anatolii Lunacharsky, Yuvenal Slavinsky, David Shterenberg, Naum Gabo, Aleksei Gan, Boris Aratov, Viktor Pertsov, Osip Brik, Yakov Chernikhov, and Pavel Filonov. ... [details]