Baroque & Rococo
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Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture
$50.00 Add to cartThis publication explores the rich intersections of portraiture and fashion in the art of the English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), one of the most sought-after society portraitists of his … [more below]
- Author: Ng, Aimee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0847876233
- Language: English
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Josefa de ?bidos
$45.00 Add to cartThe first English-language monograph to explore the remarkable life and diverse oeuvre of one of the most famous artists of the Portuguese Baroque era.
Josefa de Ayala, known as Josefa de ?bidos (ca.- Series: Illuminating Women Artists
- Author: Ripollés, Carmen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1606069853
- Language: English
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Maria Sibylla Merian
$45.00 Add to cartThis captivating study of the life and career of Maria Sibylla Merian focuses on her artistic output and accomplishments.
The career and achievements of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) are well-docu- Series: Illuminating Women Artists
- Author: Powell-Warren, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1606069926
- Language: English
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Rembrandt. the Complete Self-Portraits
$20.00 Add to cartFew devotees of the form can approach Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn‘s radical contributions to self-portraiture. Challenging the conventions enshrined by his predecessors, Rembrandt transformed the a
- Author: de Winkel, Marieke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 3836596679
- Language: English
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Manhattan Masters: Dutch Paintings from the Frick Collection
$39.95 Read moreIncludes paintings by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals, and others.
- Author: Waanders Publishers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: July 26 2024
- ISBN10: 9462624305
- Language: English
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Velázquez
$24.95 Read moreDiego Velázquez (1599-1660) was one of the towering figures of Western painting and baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was… [more below]
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Verdi, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0500204748
- Language: English
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Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome
$99.99 Read moreBernini and His World is a unique exploration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini the sculptor, offering new insights into the artist including discussions of his stylistic innovations and the ways he approached … [more below]
- Author: Pestilli, Livio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1848225490
- Language: English
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Vermeer and the Art of Love
$59.99 Read moreVermeer and the Art of Love is about the emotions evoked in those elegant interiors in which a young woman may be writing a letter to her absent beloved or playing a virginal in the presence of an adm… [more below]
- Series: Northern Lights
- Author: Georgievska-Shine, Aneta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1848224893
- Language: English
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Rosalba Carriera
$45.00 Read moreThis stunning new volume is the first accessibly written, illustrated, English-language biography of Rosalba Carriera, one of the most famous women artists in eighteenth-century Europe.
- Series: Illuminating Women Artists
- Author: Oberer, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1606068601
- Language: English
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Artemisia Gentileschi
$40.00 Read moreThis second volume in the groundbreaking Illuminating Women Artists series delves into the stirring life and work of the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.
The life of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593- Series: Illuminating Women Artists
- Author: Barker, Sheila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1606067338
- Language: English
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Art History 101 . . . Without the Exams: Looking Closely at Objects from the History of Art
$34.95 Add to cartWhy is something a masterpiece? Art History 101 . . . Without the Exams is about revisiting famous works of art that we may have studied in an art history class or seen in a textbook. Each discussion … [more below]
- Author: Labatt, Annie Montgomery
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1595348786
- Language: English
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Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
$20.99 Add to cartNamed a Top 100 Must-Read Book of the Year by Time and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker * Winner of the 2024 Writers’ Prize for Nonfiction * Shortlisted for the Inaugural Women’s Prize for No… [more below]
- Author: Cumming, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1982181753
- Language: English
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Vermeer’s Maps
$39.95 Add to cartExploring the convergence of art and science in the map renderings of one of the world’s most beloved artists
Marcel Proust declared View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer (1632-75) “the most beautiful pain
- Author: Vermeer, Johannes
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1636810241
- Language: English
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The Sleeve Should Be Illegal: & Other Reflections on Art at the Frick
$29.95 Read moreExplore the treasures of The Frick Collection through the eyes of a diverse group of contemporary writers, artists and other cultural figures, from George Condo, Lydia Davis and Julie Mehretu to Abbi
- Author: Mitchell, Michaelyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1942884796
- Language: English
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Rubens
$20.00 Add to cartThere are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality. This essential introduction takes in the most impo
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Néret, Gilles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 3836545144
- Language: English
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El Greco
$20.00 Read moreTo his contemporaries in late 16th-century Venice, El Greco (1541–1614) was a contrary fellow, an innate artist blessed with extraordinary talent, but stubborn in the pursuit of his own path. Through
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Scholz-Hänsel, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 16 2016
- ISBN10: 3836534533
- Language: English
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Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry, and Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
$29.95 Read moreDiscover the story of Ad?la?de Labille-Guiard–a long-ignored artist and feminist of eighteenth-century France–in this imaginative and illuminating biography from an award-winning writer.
Summer in P- Author: Quinn, Bridget
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1797211870
- Language: English
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Versailles: A Biography of a Palace
$22.99 Add to cartCalled “fast-paced” (Kirkus Reviews) and “highly engrossing” (Publishers Weekly), this is the behind-the-scenes story of the world’s most famous palace.
The story of Versailles is one of high historic- Author: Spawforth, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 16 2010
- ISBN10: 0312603460
- Language: English
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Women Artists in the Reign of Catherine the Great
$89.99 Read moreCatherine the Great’s reign marked a watershed in Russian history, with vast territorial expansion, town planning, and construction across the empire, and civic, educational, and social reform. Determ… [more below]
- Series: Northern Lights
- Author: Blakesley, Rosalind P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1848225458
- Language: English
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Velázquez
$20.00 Add to cartCourt painter to King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Rodr?guez de Silva y Vel?zquez (June 1599 – August 6, 1660) is not only a leading light of the Spanish Golden Age, but among the most celebrated masters
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Wolf, Norbert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 30 2016
- ISBN10: 3836532107
- Language: English
