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For Interesting Critiquing of this volume and the exhibition itself (arrangement) please read Butterfield's review.  One of Butterfield's criticisms is the lack of historical and biographical data in the volume and the exhibition. You have a limited time opportunity to remedy this for yourself. Be sure to save the Butterfield's review to your computer and print it out.  If you purchase The Book be sure to keep the book and the review together! Your Purchase from a link on this page supports our efforts on this site. THANK YOU! History of Art You won't believe the price!!! Authors: Lucinda Hawksley, Antonia Cunningham, Kirsten Bradbury, Laura Payne Hardcover, 255 pages. The publisher said: No other history of art shows the story of Western art unfolding like this. History of Art is truly innovative in its approach as it allows the reader to see the development of art over the last two thousand years chronologically within specific artistic movements. In addition the book provides accessible text detailing the significance of the featured artists and images, and can be used as a valued source book of some of the most famous images in Western Art. A customer/reviewer commented: Good book, small size This is a compact version of Essential History of Art (about half the size). The print and pictures are smaller, but the book is portable if you want to bring it on trips. A student revieer commented: A GREAT LITTLE BOOK For the money HISTORY OF ART can't be beat. It is a quick and easy reference for students or anyone interested in great works of art though out history. It highlights many artists, all by movement or period, with a brief interesting biograph for each. The Renaissance: European Painting 1400-1600 Barnes & Nobles Synopsis: The Renaissance period was one of the most exciting and innovative in Western art. Many of the world's greatest artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Van Eyck, Dürer, and Holbein created their masterpieces during this era. This panoramic survey of the period traces the complex development of ideas on perspective, expression, composition, color, and iconography as they relate to the historical events and personalities of the age. Florence's Medici family, the Valois of France, and the Holy Roman Emperors in Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands were patrons of these celebrated artists. Patronage and the social and political impulses behind it provide an enormous amount of information about the schools, movements, and artists of the age. The 200 stunning color photographs showcase the art for which this period of rebirth is recognized. (Way Under 10$ - Picasso - Click & See!!) Picasso The publisher says: Intimate, revealing memoir of Picasso as man and artist by influential literary figure. Highly readable amalgam of biographical fact, artistic and aesthetic comments: Picasso as founder of Cubism, associate of Apollinaire, Braque, Derain, other notables; titanic, creative spirit. One of Stein's most accessible works. 61 black-and-white illustrations. Index. Sonia Pereira murphy, a painter and freelance writer wrote: Gertrude Stein, the Mother of the 20th Century, successfully portrays her intricately simple understanding of Picasso's life as the initial interpreter of the 20th Century. Written in Stein's famous repetitive style, Picasso is far more comprehensible than many of Stein's other works such as Lectures or Four in America. Loaded with illustrations, Picasso deftly explains the significance of the painter's way of seeing the world as no one else has, before or after. Clearly enraptured with his style and genius, Stein depicts the Master in the best light which may naturally ignite suspicion in the reader. Of course one must overlook the intimacy of their relationship and trust in Stein's vast knowledge of human nature and the difference between true genius and mere seeing Frida Kahlo: The Paintings From Barnes and Nobles Editors: In recent years, Frida Kahlo, previously an obscure Mexican painter best known for being Diego Rivera's wife, has been championed as a feminist icon. In order to better understand the work behind Kahlo's amazing story, the author of the bestselling biography Frida now presents a beautifully produced book of Kahlo's most important paintings. Of general interest to the uninitiated, it's also a good companion to the existing literature on Kahlo. With more than 286 photographs, 87 of which are in color. 0810981629 (Dali **) Dali From Barnes & Nobles Editors: This study of Salvatore Dali's art is the most complete edition of his known paintings ever published. A fascinating survey of the work of this eccentric Spanish artist whose reputation as a showman almost overshadowed his exceptional ability and extraordinary imagination. Illustrated introduction sets the paintings into context. 10 3/4" x 13". 1648 Images. 780 pages. From the Publisher: This book, the most comprehensive and sumptuous ever published about the exceptional artist Salvador Dali, is a fitting tribute to the great master.   Matisse Picasso From the Synopsis (Barnes & Nobles) Published in conjunction with the exhibition beginning at the Museum of Modern Art in February 2003, this volume presents 34 groups of works in which six curators explore the artistic interactions between Matisse and Picasso who, throughout their careers considered each other their only true equals despite their rivalry. From the Publisher: Picasso sees everything. --Henri Matisse Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art, as polar opposites but also as complementary figures. Between them they are the originators of many of the most significant innovations of 20th-century painting and sculpture, but their relationship has rarely been explored in all of its closeness and complexity. In spite of their initial rivalry, the two masters eventually acknowledged one another as equals, becoming, in their old age, increasingly important to one another both artistically and personally. From the time of their initial encounters in 1906 in Gertrude and Leo Stein's Paris studio until 1917, they individually produced some of the greatest art of the 20th century and maintained an openly competitive relationship brimming with intense innovation. This period saw them create such works as Picasso's majestic "Woman with a Fan" of 1908 and Matisse's great portrait of his wife of 1913. Matisse responds to Synthetic Cubism in his "Piano Lesson" of 1916 and Picasso comes back in turn with a new, more decorative Cubism in "Three Musicians" of 1921. The 20s saw them grow apart, as Matisse moved from Paris to Nice and Picasso became involved with the Surrealists, but the 30s brought them together again, through their sheer fame and devotion to reality-based art. Their story continues until Matisse's death in 1954, when Picasso paid his friend and colleague tribute in his series Women of Algiers, of which he said, "When Matisse died, he left his odalisques to me as a legacy." Matisse Picasso presents the artists' oeuvres in groupings that reveal the affinities but also the extreme contrasts of their artistic visions. Published to accompany the landmark exhibition, a joint effort of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate Modern, London; the Réunion des musées nationaux/Musée Picasso and the Musée national d'art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Matisse Picasso is the first major examination of the fascinating relationships between their art, their careers, and their lives. Thirty-four essays, each by a member of the exhibition's curatorial team, focus on a particular moment in the artists' evolving relationship. The authors present in-depth analyses of specific aspects of the unique artistic dialogue between Matisse and Picasso as reflected in selected juxtapositions of each artist's works. These texts are accompanied by an introductory history, commentary on the public perception of important artistic relationships, and an extensive chronology.   Conversations with Picasso Publisher's Weekly said: Originally published in English in 1966 but long out of print, Brassa 's intimate record of his friendship with Picasso is a remarkable, vibrant document, a dialogue between two creative giants. It spans the period from 1932, their first meeting at the height of the Surrealist movement, through the dark years 1943-47, when Brassa (born Gyula Hal sz), the celebrated photographer of Parisian life, met frequently with Picasso's ever-shifting circle (Sartre, Camus, Dali, Malraux, Raymond Queneau, poets Paul luard and Jacques Pr vert, etc.). The book then jumps to 1960, when Brassa visits Picasso's villa in Cannes and renews their friendship after a 13-year gap. Diarylike entries alternate with free-for-all conversations reconstructed from notes, giving us an unorthodox, fresh portrait of Picasso. With verbal wit and striking directness, Picasso denounces fascism; discusses C zanne, history, his obsession with African art; waxes philosophical on the transitoriness of existence; and comments on fellow artists. Through Brassa 's eyes, we attend the 1941 underground "premiere" of Picasso's burlesque protest play, Desire Caught by the Tail; watch him creating revolutionary sculpture; and catch glimpses of his love affairs with Marie-Therese Walter, Dora Maar and Fran oise Gilot. Though Brassa seems rather in awe of his subject, his image of Picasso as a demiurge who gives life to any material he touches rings true. Illustrated with dozens of photographs by Brassa . (June) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.   The Ultimate Picasso From the publisher: Of all the books on the man many consider the greatest genius of 20th-century art, this sumptuous work stands out as truly the "ultimate" Picasso. Not only does it cover in one volume all the periods of Pablo Picasso's long, incredibly versatile career—with exquisite reproductions of nearly every significant work he ever created—but the scholarship is impeccable: each of the three authors is a leading authority on a particular period of Picasso's artistic evolution. Brigitte Leal covers Picasso's formative years from 1881 through 1916, including his invention of Cubism with Georges Braque. Christine Piot explores the astonishingly fertile period from 1917 thorugh 1952. Marie-Laure Bernadac discusses the unabashed vigor of Picasso's later years, from 1953 until his death in 1973. Nearly 1,200 magnificent reproductions, 720 in full color, illustrate Picasso's breathtaking range of artistic expression. Picasso once boasted that a book would have to be written to him every day to keep up with his creative surges. Perhaps. But for art lovers and students seeking just one book, The Ultimate Picasso is unsurpassed. 188518378X (Picasso One-liners) Picasso's One-Liners From the Publisher: Picasso's "one-liners" constitute a small but delightful contribution to the artist's great body of drawings. His preeminence as a draughtsman has long been recognized, but the unique nature of his one-liners has never been fully examined, or collected together in a single volume. Picasso's One-Liners, featuring 50 of the drawings, offers a fascinating look at this whimsical side of Picasso's work. Defined simply, one-liners are drawings in which the artist's drawing implement touches the paper and is not lifted until the drawing is finished. Picasso worked this way in a variety of media, including pencil, pen and ink, brush, even light crayon. His subjects included harlequins, musicians, circus scenes, and animals. Each drawing is worth careful study, for by following the vibrant line closely, one's eyes take a wonderful roller-coaster ride. Along with the one-liner drawings are similarly direct "one-liner" quotes taken from Picasso's writings, which provide further insight into the artist's creative process. The introduction, by art historian Susan Grace Galassi, examines the special nature of these graphic tours-de-force and their place in his drawings.