Art History & Techniques

Florence Vere O´Brien, born in 1854. Throughout her life Florence had used her skills, much as we would use a camera today, to record the places visited. She had travelled much, with her adoptive parents, throughout Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Germany and Russia; and eventually to Ireland. Her sketch-books contained over a thousand images, and the journals of Florence, which she had maintained throughout her life, and which were very well written. Herein we have matched the sketches with related passages from the journals. The Irish sketches and watercolours are dated between 1880 and 1915, and are part of a large body of her art work. She was a person of quite exceptional abilities and a talented artist, as well as designer for embroidery and lace. Founder of the Limerick Lace School, and the “Clare Embroidery”.

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us

Irreverent and inspiring advice for awakening your creative potential, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic.

From the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Artists introduces babies and toddlers to some of the greatest artists from history and today in a sturdy board book format.

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A stunning book, collecting the artwork from Pink Floyd's The Wall and presenting it as it has never been seen before.

Legendary tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the 1730s to the 1970s. Showcasing over two hundred years of worldwide tattoo history, the book brings together the best of Schiffmacher's renowned private collection with lively personal commentary by the art's most beloved raconteur.

Now available again, this book is a penetrating exploration of the American realist painter Edward Hopper, who was able to capture the many moods of the nation he called home.

Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, Caravaggio is now considered one of the greatest influences in all art history. This neat catalogue raisonne reproduces all of Caravaggio's paintings as well as a number of dramatic details of his boundary-breaking realism. Five accompanying chapters trace Caravaggio's artistic daring and his equally...