Bringing the famed Parisian illustrator to light, this biography centers on Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, who studied at the prestigious Royal Academy but failed to win the coveted Prix de Rome. The study relates that the subject reacted to this disappointment by throwing aside all hopes of a traditional artistic career and hastening out into the thoroughfares of Paris to sketch everything in sight, living an errant, bohemian existence and succumbing increasingly to an obsession with drawing. Detailed and engaging, this recollection demonstrates that, despite his personal eccentricities, Saint-Aubin was employed as an artist all his life.

Gabriel De Saint : Aubin 1724-1780

Arts & Photography

Bailey, Colin B.

ROSENBERG, Pierre

de Beaumont, Kim

Folds McCullagh, Suzanne

Leribault, Christophe

History & Criticism

Somogy Art Publishers

The Louvre is home to the largest collection in the world of sculptures by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-18281). Its range, quality and versatility make this collection a wonderful showcase

Houdon at the Louvre: Masterworks of the Enlightenment

Scherf, Guilhem

Mischievous, roguish, or kind spirits of nature represented by handmade children’s dolls, known as kachinas, are explored in this colorful volume in the context of the Hopi and Zuñi Native American cultures of New Mexico and Arizona. The study covers their origins, the religious practices surrounding them, their creator’s carving styles, restoration, ornamentation, and a chapter on the world’s oldest known kachina. Illustrating the Western culture’s fascination with the strong suggestive power of these figurines, this investigation also delves into their form within the context of ritual celebrations, during which they are embodied by masked and costumed dancers. This edition is written in both English and French.

Kachina: Messengers of the Hopi and Zuñi Gods

Geneste, Eric

Mickeler, Eric

Going beyond primitive superstitions and the many expressions of identity, this collection offers the first artistic and aesthetic anthology regarding representations of the hand and of the esoteric marks that past civilizations have left on these representations. The featured items originate from all of Morocco’s cultural spheres: jewels forged from fine metal, printed matter, lamps, ex-votos, clothes, weaves, pieces of embroidery, manuscripts, and the numerous functional objects used in everyday life as well as on special occasions. Taking a sensitive look at Muslim and Jewish craftsmen and goldsmiths, this guide demonstrates how, through the creation of these objects, they have invented an identity which still nurtures Moroccan arts today.

The Hand in Morocco: Hamsa, Art, Symbol and Tradition

El Gharib, Khalid

The subject of this exhibition catalogue is the donation by the Matisse family of some 400 paper cut-outs to the Musée Matisse du Le Cateau-Cambrésis in 2012. These painted cut-outs served as a palette of forms and colours for Matisse, and when he died there were almost a thousand of them left in his studio. They are presented for the first time in this catalogue, which provides a unique window into the working process behind some of Matisse’s most important works and reveals a new facet of his creativity.

Matisse: Cutting into Colour (French Edition)

Deparpe, Patrice

Lü Peng, China’s foremost modern art historian, incisively analyzes developments in Chinese art from the late Qing Dynasty through to the opening years of the 21st century in this new revised edition of A History of Art in 20th-Century China, published for the first time simultaneously in French and English editions. The art that emerged over the course of a troubled century and more of Chinese history reveals a complex evolution with intrinsic connections to contemporary life. Lü Peng ably charts that evolution, not only in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, but also in important centers such as Paris and Tokyo. This comprehensive narrative will remain for many years the reference to which those seeking knowledge of this history will inevitably turn.

A History of Art in 20th-Century China

Lü, Peng

<div>Menene Gras Balaguer's new book on Manuel Ocampo deals with more than three decades of the artist's career, from the late 80s to the present. "Fear of a Kitsch Existence" refers to how Ocampo believe his artwork should be considered, although he leaves it open to interpretation. Balaguer has gathered around three hundred images of his artwork, some of which act as key representations of a postcolonial discourse that it is clearly explicit through all his work. This volume aims to make accessible an art work that is not always easy to understand, despite the apparent popularity of the images and their relationships to a very familiar iconography. As an illegitimate son, or a "bastard" as he calls himself and the artists of his generation, he had to appropriate the ability to misrepresent reality in order to be a free individual.</div>

Manuel Ocampo: Fear of a Kitsch Existence

Gras Balaguer, Menene

Picasso, La Suite Vollard

Ballester, Frédéric

Magni: Paintings, Sculptures & Humanobiles

Xuriguera, Gérard

Individual Artists

Too big to fit onto a standard bookshelf, too heavy to be lifted by a single individual, and so expensive that readers could buy a good used car with the purchase price, "Modern Art - Revolution and Painting" is sure to be this season's most talked about art book Published by Artmedia-Edizione in Padua, Italy, this magnificent volume presents reprints of Blake, Botero, Chagall, Daft, Goya, Gaugun, Hanng, Hiroshige, Magritte, Picasso, Turner, Van Gogh, Warhol, and more than 100 other world famous artists a work of art itself For art fanciers and readers who have fantasized about having an art gallery of their own, "Modern Art - Revolution and Painting" is not just a book, it is a dream come true it is an heirloom quality investment that will be handed down for generations to come. It is a masterpiece. "Modern Art - Revolution and Painting" for more details have a look at its own homepage http//www.modernart-thebook.com.

Pierre Marie Brisson: Les Jeux Seculaires

Brisson, Pierre Marie

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