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Like life: sculpture, color, and the body
Hardback. English.
Published
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Explores how artists from the European Renaissance to the global present have used sculpture and color to evoke the presence of the living body Since...
Drawing people: the human figure in contemporary art
Paperback. English.
Published
London: Thames and Hudson, 2015
The act of drawing has long been considered the foundation of an artistic education, and the life class essential to the formation of an artist's style...
Artists working from life
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Royal Academy of Arts, [2017]
From Michelangelo's marbles to photographic self-portraits, artists have always been fascinated by their creative encounters with the human body. Often...
Body of art
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2015
This work celebrates the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized, and utilized the body over centuries. It examines art through...
Picturing people: the new state of the art
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Thames & Hudson, 2015
Figurative art is currently riding high. Contemporary works depicting the human form grace the walls of public institutions and commercial galleries alike...
Kira O'Reilly - untitled (bodies)
Paperback. English.
Published
London; Bristol: Live Art Development Agency; Intellect, 2018
The works of interdisciplinary artist Kira OReilly use the uncertain boundaries of bodies as the starting point for their enquiry. Specifically, OReilly...
The remembered present
Hardback. English.
Published
London: Black Dog, c2009
As one of the leading figurative painters of his generation, the work of Andrzej Jackowski is largely autobiographical. This book includes Jackowski's...
Jenny Saville - Oxyrhynchus
Hardback. English.
Published
New York: Rizzoli, 2015
Oxyrhynchus is a city in upper Egypt that was established in 332 BC and is considered one of the most important archaeological sites ever discovered....
