An updated edition of this classic survey, a thorough overview of Paul Cézanne's life and work.

For Picasso he was ?like our father'; for Matisse, ?a god of painting'. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) is widely regarded as the father of modern art. In this authoritative and accessible study, Richard Verdi traces the evolution of Cézanne's landscape, still-life and figure compositions, from the turbulently romantic creations of his youth to the visionary masterpieces of his final years. ...

A new field of counter-investigation across journalism, human rights, art and law

This book is about bodies. About how bodies traverse the familiar surroundings of one's home or move along the familiar routes of everyday life, but also about the relation of bodies to the public space. On another level, the book shows what the meaning of artistic research can be. Research tells of experiments and experiences, collections and vistas gained by the researcher during the course of the research. This book shows that any good (artistic) research creates futures.

The book stages...

An entertaining and lively guide to rediscovering the pleasure in art

Introducing over 100 great artists (both historic and contemporary), Art Rules provides practical, creative and sometimes tongue-in-cheek advice inspired by those who have succeeded before.

A reference guide to fifty of the most frequently occurring symbols in global art history

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.

In a pivotal moment in the development of the arts and the sciences, Pieter Bruegel painted The Blind Leading the Blind (1568), a major work that embodies the transition from the medieval to the humanist mind. In The Blind Leading the Blind, Bruegel ascribed a different treatment to the fi gures and the landscape. I will show how Bruegel applied a white preparation underneath the human fi gures and not beneath the earthy ground surrounding the blind men. In doing so, he physically placed the ...

Binnen de zeventiende-eeuwse schilderkunst speelt de krans een

bescheiden, maar interessante rol. Het is vaak een detail dat niet

direct opvalt, maar dat bij nadere beschouwing toch een specifieke

betekenis aan het schilderij blijkt te geven. Het is fascinerend om

te zien op hoeveel verschillende manieren de krans als symbool

opduikt in de zeventiende-eeuwse schilderkunst.

Veel van zulke opmerkelijke en betekenisvolle kransen komen in

deze publicatie aan bod. Enerzijds heb je de bloemenkrans ...