Presents a new way of thinking about French painting in the 1820s and beyond. Fresh insights into the life and work of a hugely important and popular artist.

How Art Is Made looks at renowned works of art from across the centuries and around the globe and asks the intriguingly simple question – how were these works actually made?

Richard Serra began making prints as early as 1972. For the past five decades he has consistently pursued the myriad possibilities of printmaking and created a graphic oeuvre as concentrated as it is rich and diverse. Even if the relationship between Serra's prints and his sculptural works cannot be denied-the exploration of form, establishing and testing the tension between positive and negative space, the dialogue between two- and three-dimensionality-the prints are an autonomous form of ex...

'Blauw en Groen' is het uitgebreide vervolg op het uitverkochte standaardwerk 'Verf, 500.000 jaar verf en schilderkunst'.

Een origineel, rijk geïllustreerd en toegankelijk geschreven boek dat de praktijk van het schilderen met de theoretische kunstgeschiedenis verbindt. De opzet van het geheel is historisch. Hoe kijken wij naar kunst en hoe heeft het kleurgebruik zich ontwikkeld. Maar ook technisch: welke pigmenten had men vroeger en welke nu. Elk pigment wordt in mondiale context apart beha...

Like a comforting sip of tea amidst life’s chaos, these delightful illustrations celebrate the small joys of existence.

Frida Kahlo transcended art history like no woman artist before her. She was a key figure of Mexican revolutionary modern art and a pioneer of the politics of gender, sexuality, and feminism. This XXL monograph combines all of Kahlo’s 152 paintings with rare photos, diary pages, letters, and an illustrated biography.