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Sub-Categories of Human figures depicted in art
Human figures depicted in art
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Manuel Neri: The Human Figure in Plaster and on Paper
Director Jock Reynolds
Drawing & drawings; Sculpture; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art; Art techniques & principles
Hardback
This engaging publication examines the prodigious body of work of American sculptor Manuel Neri (b. 1930) through the unique... [more]
Emma Hamilton and Late Eighteenth-Century European Art: Agency, Performance,...
Ersy Contogouris
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Portraits in art; Social & cultural history; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies: women
Hardback
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--Universit e de Montr eal, 2014) under the title: Emma Hamilton, a model of agency... [more]
The Italian Renaissance Nude
Jill Burke
Art & Architecture; Renaissance art; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
The first scholarly monograph to focus on the inception of the Italian Renaissance nude, this lively study subverts the idea... [more]
Van Gogh and Music: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow
Natascha Veldhorst
Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
Ah! . . . to make of painting what the music of Berlioz and Wagner has been before us . . . a consolatory art for distressed... [more]
First World War Poets
Alan Judd, David Crane
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Portraits in art; Poetry anthologies
Paperback
The National Portrait Gallery's series of compact, fully illustrated, historical guides to literary and artisticpersonalities... [more]
Academie Royale: A History in Portraits
Hannah Williams
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Portraits in art; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700
Paperback
From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Academie Royale de Peinture et... [more]
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now
Asma Naeem
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art
Hardback
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. in association with Princeton University Press, Princeton... [more]
Ralph Gibson. Nude
Eric Fischl, Unknown
Nudes depicted in art; Individual photographers; Photographs: portraits; Erotic & nude photography
Hardback
Master photographer Ralph Gibson returns with an exquisite collection of nudes, combining the best of his work with an in-depth... [more]
Portraiture and Critical Reflections on Being
Euripides Altintzoglou (University of Wolverhampton)
History of Art & Design Styles; Portraits in art; Philosophy: aesthetics
Hardback
This book analyzes the philosophical origins of dualism in portraiture in Western culture during the Classical period, through... [more]
500 Self-Portraits
Liz Rideal, Julian Bell
Art & Architecture; Portraits in art
Hardback
A compelling collection of self-portraits from throughout recorded history, revised to include captivating contemporary works... [more]
What Great Paintings Say. Faces of Power
Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen
History of Art & Design Styles; Portraits in art
Hardback
Discover the hidden details concealed within depictions of powerful figures of the past, from the sixth-century prostitute... [more]
Paul Cezanne: Painting People
Marie Tompkins Lewis
Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906) painted almost 200 portra its, including twenty - six of himself and twenty - nine of his wife... [more]
What Great Paintings Say. Beautiful Nudes
Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen
Art styles not defined by date; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Nudes depicted in art
Hardback
Art history's most important nudes bare all in this fascinating investigation into the covert historical and narrative details... [more]
The Art of Colour and the Human Form: Seven Motif Sketches of Rudolf Steiner:...
Dr Rudolf Steiner, Gerard Wagner
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Human figures depicted in art; Art techniques & principles
Hardback
Based on Rudolf Steiner's indications, Gerard Wagner shows a wholly new approach to the human form in art. The Art of Colour... [more]
Pissing Figures
Jean Claude Lebensztejn, Jeff Nagy
Theory of art; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Jean - Claude Lebensztejn's history of the urinating figure in art, Pissing Figures 1280 - 2014, is at once a scholarly inquiry... [more]
Charles White: Black Pope
Esther Adler
Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art; Black & Asian studies
Hardback
Charles White (1918-1979) was an artist, a teacher and an activist. Through a close examination of White's late masterwork... [more]
The Nude Sketchbook: Learn the art of drawing from the masters
Drawing & drawings; Nudes depicted in art; Painting & art manuals
Paperback
The ultimate exercise book for any original, training the eye, the hand and the mind. [more]
Murillo: The Self-Portraits
Xavier F. Salomon, Letizia Treves
Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art
Hardback
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Murillo: The Self-Portraits, on view at The Frick Collection... [more]
Eros Visible: Art, Sexuality and Antiquity in Renaissance Italy
James Grantham Turner
Renaissance art; Erotic art
Hardback
Focusing on the impact of the erotic revolution that swept through 16th-century Italy, Eros Visible presents a compendious,... [more]
Figure Drawing Methods for Artists: Over 130 Methods for Sketching, Drawing,...
Peter Boerboom, Tim Proetel
Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art; Art techniques & principles
Paperback
Figure Drawing Methods for Artists demonstrates how figure in a particular posture can be assembled with a few key characteristic... [more]
The Art of the Erotic
Phaidon Editors
Erotic art
Hardback
Carefully curated and beautifully packaged erotic art through the ages - 170 works from the world's most important artists... [more]
Women, Femininity and Public Space in European Visual Culture, 1789-1914...
Temma Balducci, Heather Belnap Jensen
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Focusing on images of or produced by nineteenth-century European women, this volume explores genteel femininity as resistant... [more]
Selfie: The Changing Face of Self Portraits
Susie Brooks
Portraits in art; Art: general interest (Children's&YA)
Paperback
Think the 'selfie' is a modern phenomenon...? Think again! [more]
The Art of Drawing Folds: An Illustrator's Guide to Drawing the Clothed...
Kelly Brine
Human figures depicted in art; Illustration; Graphical & digital media applications
Hardback
<em>The Art of Drawing Folds: An Illustrator's Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure</em> reveals the common and predictable... [more]
National Portrait Gallery: 100 Portraits
Nicholas Cullinan
Portraits in art
Paperback
100 Portraits presents a selection of images of significant individuals who have shaped the last four centuries of British... [more]
