Through a selection of over 100 world-class drawings created by Flemish artists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book gives an insightful and comprehensive overview into how these drawn sheets were used as part of artistic practice, within or beyond the artist’s studio.

What if Vincent van Gogh suddenly realizes that he is... himself a sunflower? Or thinks he is?

This book recounts the story of this wellknown Dutch artist who, standing in the midst of his overwhelming sensory world, becomes aware just how thin the line between reality and dream world is. Did he live and work on a narrow borderline between truth and fantasy? Did he enter a different, perhaps higher frequency? How did all the images and observations come into him so intensely, and then spill ...

An indispensable introduction to the life and work of John Constable, highlighting key aspects of his innovating practice and the ways in which he brought a new vivacity to the observation of nature in nineteenth century art.

An indispensable introduction to the life and work of J.M.W. Turner, whose pioneering explorations into oil and watercolours continue to offer revelatory, efinitive interpretations of modern subjects.

An indispensable introduction to the life and work of Barbara Hepworth, whose sculptures expanded the possibilities for the purpose of art within modern society and how it can express human relationships with our surroundings.

An indispensable introduction to the life and work of John Constable, highlighting key aspects of his innovating practice and the ways in which he brought a new vivacity to the observation of nature in nineteenth century art.