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Sub-Categories of Human figures depicted in art
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Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt
Susan Walker
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Human figures depicted in art; Archaeological theory; Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology
Hardback
Published to coincide with a new major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this book is a comprehensive,... [more]
The Explicit Body in Performance
Rebecca Schneider
Theory of art; Performance art; Erotic art; Gender studies: women
Hardback
An in-depth and accessible study of the controversial and often shocking issues which surround the use of the female body... [more]
Bodyscape: Art, Modernity and the Ideal Figure
Nicholas Mirzoeff (New York University, USA)
Theory of art; Human figures depicted in art; Cultural studies
Paperback
This book seeks to put the bodies back into modern art. In a series of thematic historical studies, Mirzoeff argues that the... [more]
BP Portrait Award 2019
Christopher Baker
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art
Paperback
The BP Portrait Award, now in its thirtieth year, is one of Britain's most prestigious art prizes, and is the leading showcase... [more]
Character Design Quarterly 10
Publishing 3dtotal
Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Character Design Quarterly is a creative, bright, and engaging magazine for artists, animators, illustrators and character... [more]
$29.99
Forthcoming
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The Women Who Inspired London Art: The Avico Sisters and Other Models of...
Peterson, Lucy M
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Discover one of the most underexplored roles of women in London history models who made obsession a profession from Bloomsbury... [more]
Greg Rook - Honyocker
Greg Rook, Andrea Vento, Michele Robecchi, Matt Price
Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)
Hardback
The practice of British painter Greg Rook (b.1971, London) revolves around those who seek to start a new life or wish to lead... [more]
Creating Characters for the Entertainment Industry: Develop Spectacular...
Kenneth Anderson
Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Creating Professional Characters explores how top professional character designers develop engaging characters from the basic... [more]
Elizabethan Globalism - England, China and the Rainbow Portrait
Matthew Dimmock
Renaissance art; Portraits in art; British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700
Hardback
A fascinating look at how Elizabethan England was transformed by its interactions with cultures from around the world [more]
Draw People Every Day: Short Lessons in Portrait and Figure Drawing Using...
Kagan McLeod
Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Commercial illustrator Kagan McLeod offers an approach to figure and portrait drawing by breaking figure and portrait drawing... [more]
Friedrich Nietzsche and the Artists of the New Weimar
Sebastian Schutze
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900
Paperback
Around 1900, a small group of influential patrons, critics, writers, and artists turned Weimar into a utopian centre of modern... [more]
Eye to I: Self Portraits from 1900 to Today: National Portrait Gallery
Brandon Brame Fortune
Portraits in art
Hardback
This richly illustrated book features an introduction by the National Portrait Gallery's chief curator and nearly 150 insightful... [more]
$75.00
Forthcoming
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Ashley Longshore: I Do Not Cook, I Do Not Clean, I Do Not Fly Commercial...
Ashley Longshore, Linda Fargo
Art & design styles: Pop art; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Hardback
New Orleans-based self-taught pop artist Ashley Longshore, known for her bold fashionista portraits and larger-than-life personality,... [more]
$99.00
Forthcoming
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Jonathan Wateridge - Enclave/Expatria
Jonathan Wateridge, Gilda Williams, Mark Sanders
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes)
Hardback
Through his beautiful and disconcerting works depicting carefree sunny days beside exclusive suburban pools, Lusaka-born,... [more]
AIDS and Representation: Portraits and Self Portraits During the AIDS Crisis...
Fiona Johnstone
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Portraits in art; HIV & AIDS: social aspects; Gay studies (Gay men)
Hardback
How might artists choose to represent themselves before their own death? [more]
Painting Childhood
Emily Knight, Amy Orrock, Martin Postle, Jill Seaton
Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Published to coincide with two major exhibitions at Compton Verney Art Gallery& Park, Warwickshire, this publication will... [more]
Khajuraho - Indian Temples and Sensuous Sculptures
Christophe Hioco, Luca Poggi
Sculpture; Carvings: artworks; Erotic art; Religious subjects depicted in art
Hardback
Situated in the northern Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho is renowned as much for the elegance of its architecture... [more]
Anti-Portraiture: Challenging the Limits of the Portrait
Kirstie Imber (University of London, UK), Fiona Johnstone (Middlesex University, UK)
Theory of art; Portraits in art
Hardback
The portrait has historically been understood as an artistic representation of a human subject. Its purpose was to create... [more]
Shakespeare Seen: Image, Performance and Society
Stuart Sillars (Universitetet i Bergen, Norway)
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Human figures depicted in art; Theatre Studies; Shakespeare studies & criticism
Hardback
This collection of essays, some previously unpublished, discusses the ways in which earlier illustrators and painters approached... [more]
Character Design Quarterly 9
3dtotal Publishing
Theory of art; Electronic, holographic & video art; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Character Design Quarterly is a creative, bright, and engaging magazine for artists, animators, illustrators and character... [more]
Stitchcraft: An Embroidery Book of Simple Stitches and Peculiar Patterns...
Gayla Partridge, BLUE STAR PRESS
Other graphic art forms; Human figures depicted in art; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Embroidery crafts
Paperback
Step inside a world of arcane imagery and rich esoteric symbolism in Stitchcraft- An Embroidery Book of Simple Stitches and... [more]
Caroline Walker - Picture Window
Caroline Walker, Marco Livingstone, Lauren Elkin, Andrew Nairne, Rina Arya
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Celebrated for beautiful yet challenging paintings of women in diverse architectural contexts, from luxury Los Angeles hotels... [more]
The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle
Elizabeth Sears
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
The Description for this book, The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle, will be forthcoming. [more]
Moving with the Magdalen: Late Medieval Art and Devotion in the Alps
Joanne W. Anderson (Lecturer in Art History, Warburg Institute, UK)
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Portraits in art; Religious subjects depicted in art; Medieval history
Hardback
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Warwick, 2009. [more]
Latin Blackness in Parisian Visual Culture, 1852-1932
Lyneise E. Williams (Associate Professor of Art History, UNC Chapel Hill, USA)
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
Latin Blackness in Parisian Visual Culture, 1852-1932 examines an understudied visual language used to portray Latin Americans... [more]
