A los treinta y un años ya se le consideraba el mejor artista de Italia, y probablemente del mundo; pero para sus enemigos Miguel Ángel era arrogante, zafio y extravagante. Durante décadas, se movió en el centro de la vor&aacut...
Al cumplir ochenta años, David Hockney buscó por primera vez la tranquilidad de la naturaleza: un lugar donde admirar la puesta de sol y el paso de las estaciones, un lugar donde mantenerse al margen de la locura del mundo. Así, el...
Dos expertos de fama internacional analizan cómo experimentamos el arte, cómo lo contemplamos y cómo lo pensamos. El texto se estructura en torno a la conversación que ambos mantuvieron durante sus visitas a algunos de los muse...
«Un libro literalmente deslumbrador. David Hockney estaría de acuerdo con Jean Dubuffet cuando dice que el arte es tan necesario como el pan para los seres humanos. Sin el pan, dice Dubuffet, se mueren de hambre; sin el arte, se mueren de...
More than 480 illustrations, chronologically arranged to reveal the artist's work and development.Created in collaboration with the Lucian Freud Archive and David Dawson, Director of the Archive, and edited by Mark Holborn.Nearly all the artworks include...
On turning eighty, David Hockney sought out rustic tranquility for the first time: a place to watch the sunset and the change of the seasons; a place to keep the madness of the world at bay. So when Covid-19 and lockdown struck, it made little difference...
Painting is an almost inconceivably ancient activity that remains vigorously alive in the twenty-first century. Every successful painting creates a new world, which we inhabit for as long as we care to look at it. Paintings can incorporate profound ideas...
Hughie O' Donoghue (b. 1953) explores themes of universal human experience, ideas of truth and the relationship between memory and identity. Often standing apart from his contemporaries in the scale and ambition of his paintings, O' Donoghue'...
A visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as 'La Serenissima' - a unique and compelling story for both lovers of Venice and lovers of its art.
Reproductions of the young Lucian Freudâs extraordinary illustrated letters (accompanied by insightful commentary) offer an intimate glimpse of the artistâs personality and creative practice.Â
003cp003e003cb003eA sumptuous single-volume edition of Phaidon's acclaimed overview of one of the greatest painters of our time 003c/b003e003c/p003e003cp003eLarger-than-life British artist Lucian Freud enjoyed a career lasting over seven decades. He...
David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy in this inspiring book which includes conversations with the artist and his latest artworks.
With more than 300 gorgeous color photographs, Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion i s a dream book of empowering and fantastical fashion narratives--from the Brothers Grimm to futuristic scenarios--told in the culture magazine's inimitable style.
A History of Pictures for Children takes readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. Based on the bestselling book for adults, this children's edition...