The most successful and resourceful portraitist of America's early national period, Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) possessed enormous natural talent, bringing his witty and irascible manner to bear on each of his works. This handsome book highlights Stuart's achievements by presenting more than ninety portraits of exceptional quality, ranging from the early works he produced in Newport, Rhode Island, to those he executed just before his death in ...

The Princeton University Art Museum's collection of American drawings and watercolors is impressive in both scope and quality, providing a comprehensive overview of the nation's artistic traditions. This lavishly illustrated book highlights seventy-seven master drawings and watercolors chosen from the museum's extensive collection. The selections, which range from the eighteenth century to the present, are by such eminent American artists as ...

For those yet to visit one of the world's greatest art museums, this collection of treasures will provide a wonder-filled introduction to its many collections; for regular visitors, it serves as an album of favorites. 300 color illustrations. ...

Oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens--created at speed and in the heat of invention with a colorful loaded brush--convey all the spontaneity of the great Flemish painter's creative process. This ravishing book draws from both private and public collections to present in full color 40 of Rubens's oil sketches. Viewers will find in these informal paintings an enchanting intimacy and gain a new appreciation of Rubens's capacity for invention and ...

A landmark survey of Latin American portraiture and its powerful significance throughout history, "Retratos" reveals how the tradition of portraiture in Latin America is astonishingly long and rich. This beautiful and wide-ranging book is the first to explore the tradition of portraiture in Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the present day. 200 works included. ...

Der diesjährige Preisträger des dritten The Vincent van Gogh Bi-annual Award for Contemporary Art in Europe ist Pawel Althamer, der 1997 Teilnehmer an der documenta X und 2003 der Biennale Venedig war. Der Künstler ( 1967 in Warschau) arbeitet in einer Vielzahl von Medien, die von kleinen Eingriffen in Alltagssituationen bis zu groß angelegten Performances reichen: Aufsehen erregte er mit einer Aktion, in deren Kontext der Künstler in einem ...

Die Publikation widmet sich erstmals ausführlich dem Frühwerk des international anerkannten Medien- und Konzeptkünstlers Peter Weibel der Jahre 1964 bis 1979. Weibel begann 1964 als visueller Poet, übertrug bald die Strukturen der visuellen Kultur von der Seite auf den Bildschirm und behielt dabei gleichzeitig das Modell der Sprache als Modell der Wahrnehmung im Sinne strukturalistischer und post-strukturalistischer Methoden ...

Das Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst Unna ist das weltweit erste und einzige Museum, das sich ausschließlich der Lichtkunst widmet. Nun liegt ein Bestandskatalog des 2001 eröffneten Lichtzentrums vor, der sowohl die hochkarätige Sammlung internationaler Lichtkünstler als auch die bisherigen Ausstellungen dokumentiert.
Mario Merz, Joseph Kosuth, James Turrell, Mischa Kuball, Christina Kubisch, Johannes Dinnebier, ...

Dieser Band präsentiert die internationalen Projekte von Christo und Jeanne-Claude ...

Featured objects include a selection of Beuys's remarkable vitrines, cousins of standard museum presentations, featuring both hand-made and found objects blackboards on which he jused in delivering lectures and performances; room-sized environments; and many other objects that served as physical documentation of Beuys's performances. With a comprehensive chronology of Beuys's activities both as an artist and activist, this book is essential for ...