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Sub-Categories of Human figures depicted in art
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Academie Royale: A History in Portraits
Hannah Williams
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art
Hardback
From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Academie Royale de Peinture et... [more]
The Companion: National Portrait Gallery
Joanna Gilmour, Sarah Engledow
Art & Architecture; Portraits in art
Paperback
<p><i>The Companion</i> is the ultimate record of the National Portrait <span style="line-height: 1.45em;">Galleryâ??s... [more]
National Portrait Gallery: A Portrait of Britain
Sandy Nairne
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art
Paperback
The National Portrait Gallery in London houses a unique collection of famous faces from the late Middle Ages to the present... [more]
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes: Tips and Techniques...
Gabriel Campanario, Gabriel Campanario
Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art; Art techniques & principles; Painting & art manuals
Paperback
The Urban Sketching Handbook: Architecture and Cityscapes provides keys to help make the experience of drawing architecture... [more]
Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from the Musee d'Orsay
George T. M. Shackelford, Xavier Rey
Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art
Paperback
Explores the development of the portrait in French painting and sculpture between 1860 and 1910 as showcased in one of the... [more]
Death, Torture and the Broken Body in European Art, 1300-1650
John R. Decker, Mitzi Kirkland-Ives
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
Bodies mangled, limbs broken, skin flayed, blood spilled: the art of the late medieval and early modern periods contains myriad... [more]
Madame Cezanne
Dita Amory
Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art; Biography
Hardback
A new account of Cezanne's complex relationship with his wife, who served as the subject of some of his most iconic portraits... [more]
Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision
Frances Spalding
Portraits in art; Biography; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback
This revealing, highly illustrated biography of Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) by a leading authority on the Bloomsbury Group... [more]
Berlin Art Scene
Christoph Tannert
Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art; Photographs: collections
Paperback
This book introduces 20 prominent artists working in Berlin such as Saadane Afif, Hadassah Emmerich, Ming Wong and Martin... [more]
The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History
James Hall
Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles; Portraits in art
Hardback
Maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness... [more]
Japanese Erotic Art: The Hidden World of Shunga
Ofer Shagan
Oriental art; Erotic art
Paperback
Shows us the spectrum of sexual practice and expression, including nudity and clothing, voyeurism, gods, monsters and animals,... [more]
The Pre-Raphaelite Circle
Jan Marsh
Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Pre-Raphaelite art; Portraits in art
Paperback
The National Portrait Gallery's series of compact, fully illustrated, historical guides to literary and artistic personalities... [more]
Kings & Queens
David Williamson
Portraits in art; History
Paperback
David Williamson's text paints a vivid and sensitive portrait of each monarch, revealing the dramatic events and controversies... [more]
Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art
Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami
Oriental art; Painting & paintings; Prints & printmaking; Erotic art
Hardback
A magnificent book, the catalogue of a landmark exhibition at the British Museum, the most important international exhibition... [more]
Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood
Susan Bright, Simon Watney, Karen Irvine, Nick Johnstone
Portraits in art; Photographs: collections
Hardback
Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Photographers Gallery and Foundling Museum in London and touring to Chicago's... [more]
Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Dr. Francesca Leoni, Dr. Mika Natif
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Erotic art
Hardback
Dedicated to the topic of eroticism and sexuality in the visual production of the medieval and early modern Muslim world,... [more]
The History of the Nude
Flaminio Gualdoni
Nudes depicted in art
Paperback
Focuses on the historical evolution of the nude. [more]
Mexican Portraits
Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, Vesta Monica Herrerias
Portraits in art; Photographs: collections
Hardback
Tells the history of photography in Mexico, portraiture is an important, established tradition, transcending styles, subjects,... [more]
Modelling and Sculpting the Figure
Tanya Russell
Sculpture; Human figures depicted in art; Carving & modelling, moulding & casting
Paperback
Modelling and Sculpting the Figure details the creative process for sculpting the figure, from conceptual and practical considerations... [more]
Portrayal and the Search for Identity
Marcia Pointon
Portraits in art
Hardback
An investigation of how we view and understand portraiture as a genre, and how portraits function as artworks within social... [more]
The Naked Nude
Frances Borzello
Nudes depicted in art
Hardback
Explores the role of the nude in 20th- and 21st-century art and looks at the work of a range of international artists creating... [more]
Reconciling Art and Mothering
Rachel Epp Buller
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
Contributes a chorus of voices to the burgeoning body of scholarship on art and the maternal and, focuses exclusively on maternal... [more]
Chinese Customs
Xiang Wei, Xiang Wei
Human figures depicted in art; Asian history; Social & cultural history; Social & cultural anthropology; Languages & ESL
Paperback
A basic reader to Chinese customs [more]
Forbidden Asia
Hans-Jurgen Dopp, Hans-Jeurgen Deopp
Erotic art
Hardback
Seafarers, adventurers and travellers have all been enthralled by the exotic nature of the Oriental woman. Illustrated with... [more]
Love
Parkstone Press
History of Art & Design Styles; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
A timeless theme that cannot be ignored, love has always fascinated artists. Painters, sculptors, even architects drew their... [more]
