A surprising look at how medieval etiquette can improve our lives today, from the author of the popular How to Live Like a Monk.

Pablo Picasso's artistic output is astonishing in its ambition and variety. This handsome new publication examines a particular aspect of his legendary capacity for invention: his imaginative and original use of paper.

This publication presents some seventy masterworks on paper by leading Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

Tilla Durieux (1880-1971) war gefeierter Theater- und Filmstar, moderne Frau der 1920er-Jahre, politisch engagierte Zeitgenossin und galt als die am meisten porträtierte Frau ihrer Epoche. Ihre Rollen waren ebenso vielfältig wie auch die Liste der Künstler*innen, denen sie Modell saß: unter ihnen Auguste Renoir, Max Slevogt, Lovis Corinth, Franz von Stuck, Charley Toorop, Ernst Barlach, August Gaul, Mary Duras, Emil Orlik, Sasha Stone, Oskar Kokoschka, Olaf Gulbransson, Max Oppenheimer o...

In 1912-1913, James Ensor produced a series of 32 drawings in coloured pencil titled Scènes de la vie du Christ [Scenes from the life of Christ]. Each drawing on paper measures about 15 by 21 cm. The series depicts different episodes from the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. In it, Ensor managed to combine the sublime and the grotesque in an unsurpassed manner. Some compositions are quite conventional, others typically 'Ensorian', and some even humorous. Among the works in the series is a...

A comprehensive introduction to the archaeological site of Knossos and the search for its mythical past, unveiling the myths, mysteries and historical facts of this incredible site.

A journey out of time along the biblical shores and the great sites of ancient Egypt, to the delicate rhythm of the ship...

A captivating visual exploration of motherhood as seen through the eyes of artists over the last 150 years.

This publication presents a new body of work by Cindy Sherman that continues her explorations of the genre of portraiture going back to her early work of the 1970s. Across thirty-six photographs, the artist collages parts of her own face to construct the identities of various sitters, using digital manipulation to accent the layered aspects and plasticity of the self. The book also includes a text by Sherman chronicling her process in the studio, offering an intimate glimpse into her thinking...