Now available in a well-priced paperback edition, this award-winning study explores the life and work of Susan Rothenberg, a major talent (Robert Hughes, Time) who is one of the best artists of her generation (Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times) and our best painter's painter (Peter Plagens, Newsweek).Illustrated with original documentary pho...

Using a seemingly endless range of natural materials, Goldsworthy creates sculpture in the open that manifests a sympathetic contact with the natural world. 120 full-color photographs.

Working within a predominantly abstractionist context, a group of younger artists forged a mode of representational art in the 1950s and 1960s that made use of Abstract Expressionist painterly freedom and spontaneity in order to document the life around them. Wolf Kahn, one of the leaders of this group, directed this approach toward the painting...

The authors trace Picasso's rise from poverty to worldwide recognition. First-hand descriptions of the artist are provided by his friends, lovers, and colleagues. 192 illustrations, 127 in full color and 2 four-page gatefolds include reproductions of Picasso's works.

Scientist, painter, philosopher, anatomist, astronomer, engineer, inventor, courtier: Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance. This book surveys the life and work of a unique genius, from his childhood in Italy to his death in France. More than a biography, it sets his life in the context of the great courts he visite...