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Portraits in art
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Facial Expressions
Mark Simon
Art & Architecture; Portraits in art
Paperback
All artists are tired of persuading their nearest and dearest to look sad...look glad...look mad...madder...no, even madder...okay,... [more]
The Face of Courage: Eric Kennington, Portraiture and the Second World War...
Jonathan Black
Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; Sculpture; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Paperback
Eric Kennington produced during the Second World War established him as 'among the most capable draughtsmen' of the day. This... [more]
Lucian Freud: Portraits
Daniel Blau, Daniel Blau
Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Hardback
Freud is one of the most widely acclaimed British artists, this book offers Freud's lesser-known etchings deservedly to the... [more]
The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World
Sheila Dillon (Duke University, North Carolina)
History of art: ancient & classical art; Sculpture; Portraits in art
Hardback
This book is the first detailed analysis of the female portrait statue in the Greek world from the fourth century BCE to the... [more]
Mother
Juliet Heslewood
Portraits in art
Hardback
Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists is a delicious combination of biographical anecdote and art history, and an elegant... [more]
Women and Portraits in Early Modern Europe: Gender, Agency, Identity
Andrea Pearson
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art
Hardback
Considers the possibilities and limits of agency and identity for women in history and, with particular attention to gender,... [more]
Draw Portraits
Benedict Rubbra
Drawing & drawings; Portraits in art; Painting & art manuals
Paperback
Master the art of drawing with these popular step-by-step guides. All titles in the series include information on materials... [more]
Early Hellenistic Portraiture: Image, Style, Context
Peter Schultz (Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota), Ralf von den Hoff (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Germany)
History of art: ancient & classical art; Non-graphic art forms; Sculpture; Portraits in art; Classical history & classical civilisation; Coins, banknotes, medals, seals (numismatics)
Hardback
Examines the styles and contexts of portrait statues produced during one of the most dynamic eras of Western art, the early... [more]
Portrait Miniatures in National Trust Houses: Volume 2 : Cornwall,Devon...
Alastair Laing, Richard Walker
Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Portraits in art
Paperback
Numbering some 1,500 individual items and housed at over 80 historic properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland,... [more]
Painting People: The State of the Art
Charlotte Mullins
Painting & paintings; Portraits in art
Hardback
Assesses the rise of figure painting. This work features the history of the genre and biographies of many featured artists.... [more]
Roman Portraits
Ludwig Goldscheider
Painting & paintings; Portraits in art
Paperback
A wonderful collection of the expressive and powerful Roman portrait sculptures. [more]
Portraiture
Shearer West (Professor of Art History, University of Birmingham)
Art & Architecture; Theory of art; History of Art & Design Styles; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art; Social & cultural history
Paperback
This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about... [more]
J'aime Cheri Samba
Andre Magnin, Robert Storr
Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Paperback
Takes a retrospective look at the achievements of one of the best-known contemporary African artists living and working in... [more]
Portraits: A History
Andreas Beyer
History of Art & Design Styles; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art
Hardback
Presents the history of portrait painting in the Western world, starting with its roots in ancient art and focusing on its... [more]
Hockney's Portraits and People
Marco Livingstone, Kay Heymer
Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Hardback
This work is a record of the life and loves of one of the world's best known artists, David Hockney. It tells the story of... [more]
Portraits In Fiction
A. S. Byatt
Portraits in art; Prose: non-fiction; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback
Portraits seem the opposite of fiction, fixed in time and space, not running with the curve of a story or a life. Byatt delves... [more]
Children in Painting
Marie-Christine Autin Graz
Art styles not defined by date; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art; Small-scale, secular & domestic scenes in art
Hardback
All scenes depict children playing, laughing, hugging, crying, eating, or sleeping, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary... [more]
Portrait Miniatures in Enamel
Sarah Coffin, Bodo Hofstetter
History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art; Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts
Hardback
A study of portrait miniatures in enamel from the Gilbert Collection. It proceeds from 17th-century portrait miniatures by... [more]
Fayoum Portraits (Art Memoir)
Berenice Geoffroy-Schmeiter
History of art: ancient & classical art; Portraits in art; History; Archaeology by period & region
Hardback
Miraculously preserved in the desert sands, the people of Roman Egypt had their likenesses captured in portraits painted on... [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]
$19.99
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Life Drawing for Artists: Understanding Figure Drawing Through Poses, Postures,...
Chris Legaspi
Portraits in art; Art techniques & principles
Paperback
Life Drawing for Artists offers a fresh approach to figure drawing with a focus on drawing figures in movement or in dramatic... [more]
$32.99
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Portrait of an Artist
Paul Liss
Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Portraits in art
Paperback
A large selection of works which reflect the life of British artists of the first half of the 20th century. [more]
John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal
,Richard Ormond
Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Drawing & drawings; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Hardback
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, 4 October 2019 to 12 January 2020, and at the National... [more]
Anatomy for the Artist
Sarah Simblet
Human figures depicted in art; Portraits in art; Art techniques & principles; Anatomy; Educational: Art & design
Hardback
Sarah Simblet unveils the extraordinary construction of the human body and celebrates its continuing prominence in Western... [more]
$49.99
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