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The Story of the America's Cup - 1851-2021 (Hardcover): Ranulf Rayner, Tim Thompson The Story of the America's Cup - 1851-2021 (Hardcover)
Ranulf Rayner, Tim Thompson
R846 Discovery Miles 8 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Story of the America's Cup 1851-2021 tells the chronological history of 150 years of the most exciting and exhilarating yacht race, open the pages and you can almost feel the wind in the sails and the salt spray. Full page colour illustrations bring the yachts alive, set as they are in their natural element, at sea, on the waves; detailed descriptions give an amazing insider's view of the construction of individual boats, the routes sailed, the crews, the highs and lows of what was undoubtedly, extremely tough and competitive sailing, the victories and the defeats. Paintings by Tim Thompson, a leading marine artist are an integral part of the book's appeal; he has captured the pure essence, the spirit of the race and its place in history.

Six Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm (Hardcover): David Hockney Six Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm (Hardcover)
David Hockney 1
R514 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R114 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm according to David Hockney are like no other version you will have read before. Although inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, from Arthur Rackham to Edmund Dulac, Hockney's extraordinary etchings re-imagine these strange and supernatural stories for a modern audience, capturing their distinctive atmosphere in a style that is recognisably the artist's own. Reprinted for the first time since its original publication in 1969, Hockney's book brings together some well-known tales - Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin - with others that are less familiar. Informed by great art of the past, attuned to idiosyncrasies of character and incident, and fresh in execution and content, his illustrations invite us to read each one as if for the first time.

Vermeer's Family Secrets - Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown Apprentice (Paperback): Benjamin Binstock Vermeer's Family Secrets - Genius, Discovery, and the Unknown Apprentice (Paperback)
Benjamin Binstock
R1,431 Discovery Miles 14 310 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work. In Vermeer's Family Secrets, Benjamin Binstock revolutionizes how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer, The Sphinx of Delft, is famously a mystery in art: despite the common claim that little is known of his biography, there is actually an abundance of fascinating information about Vermeer's life that Binstock brings to bear on Vermeer's art for the first time; he also offers new interpretations of several key documents pertaining to Vermeer that have been misunderstood. Lavishly illustrated with more than 180 black and white images and more than sixty color plates, the book also includes a remarkable color two-page spread that presents the entirety of Vermeer's oeuvre arranged in chronological order in 1/20 scale, demonstrating his gradual formal and conceptual development. No book on Vermeer has ever done this kind of visual comparison of his complete output. Like Poe's purloined letter, Vermeer's secrets are sometimes out in the open where everyone can see them. Benjamin Binstock shows us where to look. Piecing together evidence, the tools of art history, and his own intuitive skills, he gives us for the first time a history of Vermeer's work in light of Vermeer's life. On almost every page of Vermeer's Family Secrets, there is a perception or an adjustment that rethinks what we know about Vermeer, his oeuvre, Dutch painting, and Western Art. Perhaps the most arresting revelation of Vermeer's Family Secrets is the final one: in response to inconsistencies in technique, materials, and artistic level, Binstock posits that several of the paintings accepted as canonical works by Vermeer, are in fact not by Vermeer at all but by his eldest daughter, Maria. How he argues this is one of the book's many pleasures.

Interviews with Francis Bacon - The Brutality of Fact (Paperback, Third edition): David Sylvester Interviews with Francis Bacon - The Brutality of Fact (Paperback, Third edition)
David Sylvester 1
R540 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R67 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The extraordinarily revealing interviews with Francis Bacon conducted over a period of 25 years by the distinguished art critic David Sylvester amount to a unique statement by Bacon on his art and on art in general. In the book, a classic of its kind, Bacon considers the problems of realism and sheds new light on aspects of his life. With a rare and brilliant use of language, Bacon talks about his aims as a painter and ways in which he works, responding always with vivacity and candour to Sylvester's searching questions. Bacon's obsessive effort to record and re-create the human form, his practice of making variation on old masters' painting and on photographs, his dependence on chance, and his views about the way in which his work has been interpreted are only some of the many subjects discussed and investigated in depth during these historic encounters.

Maya Ruiz-Picasso - Daughter of Pablo (Hardcover): Emilia Philippot, Diana Widmaier Picasso Maya Ruiz-Picasso - Daughter of Pablo (Hardcover)
Emilia Philippot, Diana Widmaier Picasso
R996 Discovery Miles 9 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
RBGE: Charlotte Cowan Pearson: Stitchworts, Woodruff and Pepperwort (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio RBGE: Charlotte Cowan Pearson: Stitchworts, Woodruff and Pepperwort (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Very little is known of Charlotte Cowan Pearson's life but it is known that she was admitted as a lady member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh (now Botanical Society of Scotland) in 1894 and that she was an enthusiastic botanical artist. An album of Charlotte's beautiful botanical paintings of British plants is held in the Library of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and pays witness to her talents as an artist. The artwork on this journal shows 'Stellaria nemorum, Lepidium campestre, Asperula odorata, Stellaria holostea' painted in 1871. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

Lucy Innes Williams: Viridian Garden House, 2019 (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio Lucy Innes Williams: Viridian Garden House, 2019 (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Based in Falmouth, Cornwall, Lucy Innes Williams is a painter and illustrator with a passion for bright colours, cold shapes and joyous mark-making. With an artistic interest in highly ornate textiles, patterns, and the decorative arts of the early-mid twentieth century, she uses a combination of gouache, watercolour and printmaking. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

Pagan Art, Folk Art - Drawings, Paintings & Lino-Cuts of Karen Cater (Paperback): Karen Cater Pagan Art, Folk Art - Drawings, Paintings & Lino-Cuts of Karen Cater (Paperback)
Karen Cater; Illustrated by Karen Cater; Edited by Colin Cater; Foreword by Geraldine Beskin
R575 Discovery Miles 5 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Karin Kneffel: Haymatlos (Hardcover): Karin Kneffel Karin Kneffel: Haymatlos (Hardcover)
Karin Kneffel
R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Colour - A workshop for artists and designers (Paperback, 3rd Edition): David Hornung Colour - A workshop for artists and designers (Paperback, 3rd Edition)
David Hornung
R914 R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Save R177 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Taking a practical approach to colour, Colour: A workshop for artists and designers is an invaluable resource for art students and professionals alike. With its sequence of specially designed assignments and in-depth discussions, it effectively bridges the gap between colour theory and practice to inspire confidence and understanding in anyone working with colour. This third edition is updated with more contemporary examples drawn not just from painting, but from textiles, graphic design, illustration and animation. An expanded discussion of digital techniques, new assignments and a refreshed design have all been brought together to create a highly readable and relevant text.

Conservation of Easel Paintings (Paperback, 2nd edition): Joyce Hill Stoner, Rebecca Rushfield Conservation of Easel Paintings (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Joyce Hill Stoner, Rebecca Rushfield
R2,244 Discovery Miles 22 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings. Including 49 chapters written by more than 90 respected authors from around the world, this volume offers the necessary background knowledge in technical art history, artists' materials and scientific methods of examination and documentation. Later sections of the book provide information about the varying approaches and methods for treatment and issues of preventive conservation, as well as valuable reflections on storage, shipping, and exhibition. Including exciting developments that have taken place since the last edition was published, the book also covers new techniques of examination, especially MacroXRF scanning and Reflectance Transmission Imagery. Drawing on research presented at recent professional conferences, information about innovative methods for cleaning modern and contemporary paintings and insights into modern oil paints is also included. Incorporating the latest regulations and understanding of health and safety practices and integrating theory with practice throughout, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition will continue to be an indispensable reference for practicing conservators. It will also be an essential resource for students taking conservation courses around the world.

Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730 - Experiencing Histories (Paperback): Lydia Hamlett Mural Painting in Britain 1630-1730 - Experiencing Histories (Paperback)
Lydia Hamlett
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book illuminates the original meanings of seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century mural paintings in Britain. At the time, these were called 'histories'. Throughout the eighteenth century, though, the term became directly associated with easel painting and, as 'history painting' achieved the status of a sublime genre, any link with painted architectural interiors was lost. Whilst both genres contained historical figures and narratives, it was the ways of viewing them that differed. Lydia Hamlett emphasises the way that mural paintings were experienced by spectators within their architectural settings. New iconographical interpretations and theories of effect and affect are considered an important part of their wider historical, cultural and social contexts. This book is intended to be read primarily by specialists, graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in new approaches to British art of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Scottish Painting - 1837 to the Present (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): William R. Hardie Scottish Painting - 1837 to the Present (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
William R. Hardie
R906 R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Save R259 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The only book available on Scottish painting, this book is now in its third edition with a new introduction and final chapter that brings the book up to date with the latest developments in Scottish painting (Richard Wright's win of the Turner Prize 2009). Illustrated throughout, the work is by acknowledged authority on Scottish painting William Hardie. Scottish society has been reflected through the strong colour and energetic brushwork of its artists. The book traces the beginnings of Scottish painting from the foundation of the Foulis Academy in 1753, with William Dyce and Scott Lauder establishing themselves in the south, followed by W Q Orchardson and John Pettie around 1860. European travel ensured Scottish painters were open to new techniques, and the explosion of the Glasgow Boys and then the Colourists onto the scene meant Scotland was respected for its innovation and imagination. Charles Rennie Mackintosh today is still internationally recognised for his work, and the painting of John Byrne, Curister, and Peter Howson bring the book to the present day.

Paul Cezanne - A-Z (Hardcover): James H. Rubin Paul Cezanne - A-Z (Hardcover)
James H. Rubin; Designed by Torsten Koechlin, Joana Katte
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The incomparable play of light and color in Paul Cezanne's work was the foundation of his reputation as a forerunner of modernism. From the start he went his own way, and his paintings initially evoked a lack of understanding in art critics of the time, as well as ridicule. Despite his romantic, baroque, impressionist, and finally classical influences, it is still difficult to ascribe Cezanne to any particular art movement. Still, which specific places left lasting impressions on the scion of a provincial banker's family? What and who were major influences supporting and advancing his innovative oeuvre? James H. Rubin traces Cezanne's life and work from A to Z in this brief volume, creating an image of a painter who wanted to transform painting itself. The author-and established connoisseur-succeeds in closely approaching the artist while at the same time maintaining the necessary distance to his inimitable paintings.

Bradford & Gahl (Paperback): Katherine Bradford Bradford & Gahl (Paperback)
Katherine Bradford
R710 Discovery Miles 7 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Claude Monet: Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (Foiled Blank Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio Claude Monet: Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies (Foiled Blank Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps and two bookmarks. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example is based on Claude Monet's Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. 'All of a sudden,' Monet would one day recall, 'I had the revelation of the enchantment of my pond. I took up my palette...' And the rest is art-history. Again and again - well over 200 times, and often working on an enormous scale - Claude Monet would return to water lilies as his subject.

Vincent van Gogh: Almond Blossom (Foiled Blank Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio Vincent van Gogh: Almond Blossom (Foiled Blank Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps and two bookmarks. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example is based on Vincent van Gogh's Almond Blossom.

Suzanne Cooper - Paintings under the spare room bed (Hardcover): Jenny Uglow, Lucy Hughes-Hallett Suzanne Cooper - Paintings under the spare room bed (Hardcover)
Jenny Uglow, Lucy Hughes-Hallett; Commentary by Andrew Stewart
R1,100 R971 Discovery Miles 9 710 Save R129 (12%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Lucy Innes Williams: Pink Garden House, 2019 (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio Lucy Innes Williams: Pink Garden House, 2019 (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Lucy Innes Williams is a painter and illustrator with an artistic interest in highly ornate textiles, patterns, and the decorative arts of the early-mid twentieth century. She uses a combination of gouache, watercolour and printmaking. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

Alice Neel - People Come First (Hardcover): Kelly Baum, Randall Griffey Alice Neel - People Come First (Hardcover)
Kelly Baum, Randall Griffey; Contributions by Meredith A. Brown, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Susanna V. Temkin
R1,145 R892 Discovery Miles 8 920 Save R253 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Positioning Alice Neel as a champion of civil rights, this book explores how her paintings convey her humanist politics and capture the humanity, strength, and vulnerability of her subjects   “One of the most ambitious and thorough collections of Neel’s work to date.”—Allison Schaller, Vanity Fair   “For me, people come first,” Alice Neel (1900–1984) declared in 1950. “I have tried to assert the dignity and eternal importance of the human being.” This ambitious publication surveys Neel’s nearly 70-year career through the lens of her radical humanism. Remarkable portraits of victims of the Great Depression, fellow residents of Spanish Harlem, leaders of political organizations, queer artists, visibly pregnant women, and members of New York’s global diaspora reveal that Neel viewed humanism as both a political and philosophical ideal. In addition to these paintings of famous and unknown sitters, the more than 100 works highlighted include Neel’s emotionally charged cityscapes and still lifes as well as the artist’s erotic pastels and watercolors. Essays tackle Neel’s portrayal of LGBTQ subjects; her unique aesthetic language, which merged abstraction and figuration; and her commitment to progressive politics, civil rights, feminism, and racial diversity. The authors also explore Neel’s highly personal preoccupations with death, illness, and motherhood while reasserting her place in the broader cultural history of the 20th century. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (March 22–August 1, 2021)   Guggenheim, Bilbao (September 17, 2021–January 30, 2022)   de Young Museum, San Francisco (March 12–July 10, 2022)

Old Dogs (Hardcover): Sally Muir Old Dogs (Hardcover)
Sally Muir
R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Following the success of A Dog a Day (Pavilion, 2017), Sally Muir returns with a sea of new, but crucially old, faces. Several years ago Sally Muir began a Facebook project, 'A Dog a Day', posting dog art daily. Through the project she was introduced to endless people and their dogs, and the distinct personalities and complex emotions that owners attribute to them. More recently, Sally's project changed focus and she asked the public to send in photographs of their old dogs. Featuring grey muzzles, milky eyes and wobbly legs, as well as tender anecdotes picked up from a whole lifetime of companionship, Sally Muir's paintings of our more senior canines are collected here for the first time. Sally Muir is well known for her portrayal of dogs, with Elderly Dog featuring in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2018 and Hound following up in the Summer Exhibition in 2019. The popularity of Elderly Dog has fuelled Sally's desire to continue to paint older dogs, and celebrate the ageing process of our favourite pets in grace and style. From loose sketches and lithographs to potato prints and oil paintings, Old Dogs includes a range of mediums that Sally has become known for, and embraces dogs of all shapes and sizes: big, small, pedigree and cross breed.

Anita Ree: White Trees (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio Anita Ree: White Trees (Foiled Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Anita Ree (1885-1933) was a German painter, whose works reflect the changes in society during the early twentieth century. She painted portraits, nudes, landscapes, and murals. Unfortunately, her work was denounced by the Nazis and removed from museums. However, much of it remains to be enjoyed today. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

Hokusai: The Great Wave (Foiled Blank Journal) (Notebook / blank book): Flame Tree Studio Hokusai: The Great Wave (Foiled Blank Journal) (Notebook / blank book)
Flame Tree Studio
R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps and two bookmarks. These are perfect for personal use and make a dazzling gift. This example is Hokusai's The Great Wave. The most notable period in Hokusai's artistic life was the latter part of his career, beginning in 1830 when he was 70 years old. He began the series of landscapes he is most famous for: 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji', which included The Great Wave, off Kanagawa, probably his most iconic image.

Leonardo. The Complete Paintings (Hardcover): Frank Zoellner Leonardo. The Complete Paintings (Hardcover)
Frank Zoellner 2
R666 R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Save R107 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) remains a quintessential Renaissance genius. The perfect companion to the Leonardo Graphic Work edition, this book is a compact catalogue raisonne of all of the artist's masterful paintings. Drawn from our best-selling XXL edition, the book traces the artist's life and work across 10 chapters, presenting all known paintings and drawing on his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writings to explore the man behind such groundbreaking artworks. From Virgin of the Rocks to Virgin and Child with St. Anne to the ever-beguiling Mona Lisa, you'll find some of the finest treasures of the Louvre, Prado, and National Gallery, London here, as well as Leonardo works lost to time, but no less startling in their precision and poise. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

The World New Made - Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century (Paperback): Timothy Hyman The World New Made - Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Timothy Hyman
R636 Discovery Miles 6 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A celebration of the richness of figurative painting over the last 100 years and a passionate critique of the accepted history of art in the 20th century. Figurative painting is due a reappraisal. In this passionately argued volume the distinguished writer and artist Timothy Hyman cuts a new path through the tangle of twentieth-century art. The World New Made explores the work of more than fifty individual painters, presenting a collective 'Resistance' who together offer a human-centred alternative to the dominance of the Abstract or the Conceptual in conventional narratives of modern art. Structured not as a survey but as in-depth studies of more than 130 specific artworks, this lavishly illustrated book brings these often marginalized artists centre-stage: not just Alice Neel and Balthus, Max Beckmann and Frida Kahlo, but also Marsden Hartley and Charlotte Salomon, Bhupen Khakhar and Jacob Lawrence. A rich cast is brought to life, partly through their own writings. As the author argues, 'All across the world, isolated artists found new idioms for human-centred painting in the midst of modern life.'

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