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While the Civil War raged in America, another, very different revolution was beginning to take shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris. The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amid scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic movement has ever been, at its inception, quite so controversial.

The idea of 'civilisation' has always been debated, even fought over. At the heart of those debates lies the big question of how people - from prehistory to the present day - have depicted themselves and others, both human and divine. Distinguished historian Mary Beard explores how art has shaped, and been shaped by, the people who created it. How have we looked at these images? Why have they sometimes been so contentious?

"Know thyself" - this fundamental imperative appeared for the first time in ancient Greece. For the Greeks, self-knowledge and identity were the basics of their civilization and their sources were to be found in where one was born and into which social group. These determined who you were and what your duties were. In this book the independent scholar Ingrid Rossellini surveys the major ideas that, from Greek and Roman antiquity through the Christian medieval era up to the dawn of modernity in the Renaissance, have guided the Western project of self-knowledge.

Glamorous international art-dealer Elizabeth Teerlinc knows a thing or two about fakes. After all, she is one herself. Her real identity, Judith Rashleigh, is buried under a layer of lies. Not to mention the corpses of the men foolish enough to get in her way. But now, caught in the murderous crossfire between a Russian Mafia boss and a corrupt Italian police detective, Judith is forced to create an even more daring work of art - a fake masterpiece she must take to the world-famous auction house where she used to be a lowly assistant and sell for $150 million.

Kenneth Clark was the grandest figure in the arts in Britain in the 20th century. Museum director, patron, pioneer of television, cultural panjandrum, he effortlessly dominated the art world for over half a century. Clark belonged to that stratum of society that used to be called "the top people" and was befriended by both the Queen Mother and Winston Churchill. His closest friendships, however, were amongst writers and artists, men such as John Betjeman, Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore and John Piper.

In dit multidisciplinaire college kijkt Kitty Zijlmans naar de vele aspecten van kunstgeschiedenis, waaronder esthetica en kunstkritiek. Maar ook naar de rol van de kunst in de maatschappij en de veranderingen daarin als gevolg van de opkomst van moderne kunst en de mondialisering.

"L'impero delle luci" è uno dei più noti e importanti lavori di Giorgio De Chirico, pittore surrealista belga che operò agli inizi del Novecento, famoso per i suoi uomini con le bombette, la mela che prende il posto della testa e la pipa che non è una pipa. La sua pittura è intrisa di mistero, illusione, trabocchetti e realtà distorte che sono i tratti distintivi del primo surrealismo.

Solo pronunciando il nome di Monet, si pensa all'Impressionismo. Il grande pittore francese è infatti profondamente legato a questo movimento artistico che si sviluppò nel XIX secolo appassionando e meravigliando migliaia di artisti, spettatori e critici in Europa e nel mondo intero. Nel suo corposo ciclo di dipinti dedicato alle ninfee, composto da circa 250 opere, spicca per bellezza e forza poetica il monumentale olio su tela intitolato Ninfee blu.

Intorno alla metà del XX secolo, l'arte cambiò la sua direzione: abbandonò le sponde dell'arte colta figurativa in favore di un avvicinamento alla cultura popolare. Da questo avvicinamento nasce la "Pop Art", abbreviazione di "popular art", i cui esponenti e rappresentanti sono fotografi, pittori, musicisti, scultori, registi, personalità eccentriche. Sono tutti uomini e donne visionari dotati di un particolare senso artistico che molti non avrebbero esitato a definire "bizzarro".

Was sind die 101 wichtigsten Fragen zur Modernen Kunst? Die Kunsthistorikerin Susanna Partsch liefert informative und anschaulich erklärte Antworten, die Licht ins Dickicht einer der wohl facettenreichsten Kunstepochen bringt. Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, was Eat-Art ist, wie der Preis eines Kunstwerks bestimmt wird oder wann man von abstrakter Kunst spricht, der wird in diesem Überblickswerk viele Antworten auf seine Fragen finden.

Will Gompertz, director de Arte de la BBC, exdirector de la Tate Gallery de Londres y uno de los mayores expertos del mundo, ha escrito una deslumbrante guía que cambiará para siempre la manera en que miramos el arte contemporáneo. Desde los nenúfares de Monet hasta los girasoles de Van Gogh, pasando por las latas de sopa de Warhol y los tiburones en formol de Hirst, este libro nos descubre la historia que hay detrás de las obras, las personas que hay detrás de los artistas y la verdadera magia que esconde el arte moderno.

La edad de la penumbra es la historia, en gran parte desconocida, de cómo una religión militante sometió y aniquiló deliberadamente las enseñanzas del mundo clásico, lo que abrió paso a siglos de adhesión incondicional a «una sola fe verdadera». El Imperio romano se había mostrado generoso acogiendo nuevas creencias, pero la llegada del cristianismo lo cambió todo. Esta nueva religión, pese a predicar la paz, era violenta, despiadada y decididamente intolerante.

Tarea es la de pintar a Don Quijote hasta más difícil que la de hinchar un perro. No ya ilustrar la obra imperecedera de Cervantes, sino vestir de carne visible y concreta un espíritu individual y vivo, no mera idea abstracta. Con escrupuloso cuidado me he entretenido en entresacar de las páginas vivas de El Ingenioso Hidalgo, cuantos pasajes se refieren más o menos directamente a los caracteres físicos de Don Quijote. Invito al lector a que divaguemos un poco acerca de la expresión pictórica de este símbolo vivo.

Kim była najbardziej grzeszna Madonna średniowiecza? Kto malował lubieżne służące? Czyje oczy hipnotyzowały Wiedeń? Kolejna książka z bestsellerowej serii biografii historycznych wydawnictwa Lira zabiera czytelników w krainę światowego malarstwa. Dlaczego artysta zdecydował się uwiecznić rysy tej a nie innej damy? Czy były to przypadkowe modelki? A może portretowane były żony, córki lub kochanki bogatych sponsorów zamawiających owe obrazy?

Quadri, sculture, installazioni, arte ambientale e pubblica, arte post-Internet: l'arte visiva ha acquisito nell'ultimo secolo un vocabolario complesso. Nonostante il pubblico la trovi difficile e molti critici l'abbiano dichiarata morta, mai come oggi si dimostra vitale. Nelle sue forme nuove ha invaso il mondo: in una dinamica sempre più internazionale - anche in tempi di crisi - sorgono ovunque mostre, musei e collezioni.

"Rebel Artists" ist ein Buch über 15 Frauen aus aller Welt, die sich als Künstlerinnen Respekt verschafften. Sie mussten gegen Vorurteile und für ihre Rechte kämpfen. Aber sie ließen sich durch nichts und niemanden von ihrer Kunst abbringen. Frida Kahlo kennen alle als starke, mutige Malerin. Doch auch viele weitere Frauen verdienen Beachtung: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, die erst mit 80 Jahren anfing, unermüdlich zu malen, um dann mit über 3000 Bildern zur berühmtesten Aborigines-Künstlerin zu werden.

New York, 1921: Acclaimed photographer Alfred Stieglitz celebrates the success of his latest exhibition - the centerpiece, a series of nude portraits of his soon-to-be wife, the young Georgia O'Keeffe. The exhibit acts as a turning point for the painter poised to make her entrance into the art scene. There, she meets Rebecca Salsbury, the fiancé of Stieglitz’s protégé, Paul Strand, marking the start of a bond between the couples that will last more than a decade and reverberate throughout their lives.

In Montparnasse begins on the eve of the First World War and ends with the 1936 unveiling of Dalí’s Lobster Telephone. As those extraordinary years unfolded, the Surrealists found ever more innovative ways of exploring the interior life, and asking new questions about how to define art. In Montparnasse recounts how this artistic revolution came to be amidst the salons and cafés of that vibrant neighborhood.

Carol Berry and her husband met and befriended Henri Nouwen when she sat in his course on compassion at Yale Divinity School in the 1970s. At the request of Henri Nouwen's literary estate, she has written this book, which includes unpublished material recorded from Nouwen's lectures. As an art educator, Berry is uniquely situated to develop Nouwen's work on Vincent van Gogh and to add her own research. She fills in background on the much misunderstood spiritual context of van Gogh's work, and reinterprets van Gogh's art in light of Nouwen's lectures.

This combination of serious artistic engagement with warmth and clarity of prose revels in the experiences and pleasures of art and the body, identity, and community.

L'histoire de la comtesse Matilde et de son territoire : L'histoire, les Canossa (les origines, la famille, les biens), les personnages, Mathilde de Canossa, Henri IV, Grégoire VII, Henri V, les châteaux, les paroisses rurales (pievi), les bourgs de l'Apennin, le paysage, l'axe directeur de Mathilde, l'artisanat artistique/l'ars canusina et les produits œnogastronomiques.

La storia della Contessa Matilde e del suo territorio: La Storia, I Canossa (le origini, la famiglia, i possedimenti), I personaggi, Matilde di Canossa, Enrico IV, Gregorio VII, I castelli, Il sistema fortificato canossano, Le Pievi, La direttrice matildica, Il Circuito dei Castelli matildici e delle corti reggiane, L'attualità di Canossa, L'artigianato artistico: l'ars canusina, I prodotti enogastronomici e Le strade dei vini e dei sapori.

How to deal with the colonial history of art in museums and monuments in the public realm is a thorny issue that we are only just beginning to address. Alice Procter provides a guide for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about art history and tells the stories that have been left out of the canon. A much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives about art and rethink and disrupt the way we interact with the museums and galleries that display it.

As the witty and passionate chief art critic for New York magazine, Jerry Saltz is often approached by artists, both amateur and professional, asking him for advice: How do I get started? How do I get better? Is what I'm doing even art at all? They want to know, in short, how to be an artist. Now, expanding on his viral cover story for New York magazine - and drawing on his decades of immersion in the art world - Saltz has the answers. How to Be an Artist is an indispensable book of practical inspiration for creative people of all kinds.

The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world's greatest art museum.

Over more than 25 years of teaching and research, Christine Desdemaines-Hugon has become an unrivaled expert in the cave art and artists of the Dordogne region. In Stepping-Stones she combines her expertise in both art and archaeology to convey an intimate understanding of the "cave experience." Her keen insights communicate not only the incomparable artistic value of these works but also the near-spiritual impact of viewing them for oneself.

In the age of Trump and Brexit, every crisis is instantly overridden by the next. The turbulent political weather of the 21st century generates anxiety and makes it difficult to know how to react. Laing makes an inspiring case for why art matters more than ever, as a force of both resistance and repair. Art, she argues, changes how we see the world. It gives us X-ray vision. It reveals inequalities and offers fertile new ways of living. Funny Weather brings together a career's worth of Laing's writing about art and culture, and their role in our political and emotional lives.

Kyle Chayka is one of our sharpest cultural observers. After spending years covering minimalist trends for leading publications, he now delves beneath this lifestyle’s glossy surface, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. He shows that our longing for less goes back further than we realize. His search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism and to the stories of artists such as Agnes Martin and Donald Judd; composers such as John Cage and Julius Eastman; architects and designers; visionaries and misfits.

Five women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times). Set amid the most turbulent social and political period of modern times, Ninth Street Women is the impassioned, wild, sometimes tragic, always exhilarating chronicle of five women who dared to enter the male-dominated world of 20th-century abstract painting - not as muses but as artists.

The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering party. But none of it would happen without the dealers - the tastemakers who back emerging artists and steer them to success, often to see them picked off by a rival. Dealers operate within a private world of handshake agreements, negotiating for the highest commissions. Michael Shnayerson, a longtime contributing editor to Vanity Fair, writes the first-ever definitive history of their activities.