Over 300 An artist both of


and before his time The Old Master who ushered in the modern era 70660 GOYA


by Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), one of Spain’s most revered and controversial painters, is known for his intense, chilling and sometimes grotesque paintings depicting the injustice of society with brutal sincerity. A court painter to the Spanish crown, he captured, through his works, a snapshot of life in Spain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Coming at the tail end of the Old Masters period, Goya, with his audacious, subversive and highly influential works can be considered the first painter of the modern era. His influence can be seen in the works of artists as varied as Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. His famously unsmiling women, cheerful scenes for gloomy places, the Circumcision of Christ, the Crockery Vendor, the Straw Mannequin where four girls are tossing what seems like a boy high into the air in a light-hearted but cruel carnival tradition, his self portraits, portraits of nobility, the Inquisition Tribunal, the Miracle of St Antony, his famous Saturn in which Goya ignores ancient myth and shows only a humanoid monster in a feeding frenzy upon a headless, half-armless corpse, and Picador caught by the bull, 1793 showing all of the gore and fascinating with bull fighting which lasted his lifetime. Features a detailed chronological summary of the artist’s life and work, covering the cultural and historical


importance of the artist,


approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions and a concise biography. 9.4" x 11.8", 96 pages. New from Taschen.


ONLY £9.50


70833 SKIN SHOWS: The Tattoo Bible by Chris Wroblewski


Not for the faint-hearted or the prudish, this unique, photographic journey encompasses the history and the global culture of tattoo art. From the rebirth of tattooing in Europe during the 19th century, with wonderful images of early studios and equipment, to 1970s America, the renaissance of iconic tattoos is still being felt worldwide today. Above all, this is a book about people and personalities: headhunters, skinheads, circus freaks, Buddhist monks and tattoo fetishists all reveal their obsessions and dedication to the ritual of ink and pain. 392 softback pages absolutely choc-a-bloc with colour photos.


£16.99 NOW £7.50 69206 IMPRESSIONS OF


ARABIA: Architecture and Frescoes of the Asir Region


by Thierry Mauger A ten-year stay in Saudi Arabia inspired the author to conduct a very extensive exploratory survey. After travelling across the country,


he focussed on Asir, one of the least known and most inaccessible parts of the globe. With its awe-inspiring landmarks, its dense woodlands and the delightful coolness of its mountain tops, the region of Asir stands in sharp contrast to the usual patterns of the Saudi Arabian landscape. The illustrations reveal how the art of the region, the hand painted, brightly coloured interior decoration, the painted façades, the symbolism of the architecture and the unique landscape form a complex code which provides valuable insights into understanding this little-known culture. 199 very large pages, colour with maps.


£37.50 NOW £10 70546 LITHOGRAPHS OF JAMES MCNEILL


WHISTLER: Two Volumes Slipcased by Katherine Lochnan, Harriet Stratis and Martha Tedeschi


This rare collection of museum prints have been compiled by the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Prints and Drawings. It is a new catalogue raisonné of the lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Beginning with his first experiments in the medium in 1878, Whistler developed a growing enthusiasm to lithography over the next two decades. He challenged himself to create the most distilled images of his career at a period when lithography was generally associated with industrial printing. His ‘airy drawings’ as he thought of them were as innovative as his nearly abstract painted Nocturnes. Since his day, the 179 lithographs he created have continued to be overlooked and largely misunderstood and here a team of scholars have corrected this situation by providing the best possible reproductions of these hauntingly beautiful works. Listed marginally alongside the main body of text are the Chicago numbers according to their chronological order, title, date, Way number from T. R. Way’s catalogue raisonné 1896, 1905, Levi number, medium, ink colour, signature, number of dates exhibited in, image size, number of impressions, printer watermarks, published edition, legend/blind stamp, full sheet size, stone indicating when or if the lithographic stone was erased, lifetime exhibitions and collections such as Glasgow, London and Washington and physical descriptions. See La Jolie New Yorkaise of 1894, Draped Model Standing by a Sofa, Drury Lane Rags of 1888 and hundreds of others, maybe for the first time. The second volume is subtitled Correspondence and Technical Studies and has contributions by Kevin Sharp and Harriet Stratis. It includes most of the Whistler-Way correspondence, his techniques covering beauty and business, a selected chronology of exhibitions, publications and sales, notes on important individuals, publications and galleries, watermarks in Whistler’s papers including Posthumous Lithographs, bibliographies and photography credits. Very collectable US first edition, both volumes are illustrated, 34 x 24 x 10cm, 992 pages in two volumes slipcased. Published by Yale University Press, May 1998. £250 NOW £70


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70846 POP ART by Martina Angelotti Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, George Segal, Mel Ramos, Peter Blake, David Hockney, Mario Schifano were among the pioneering artists of Pop Art which first appeared in the UK but really came into its own in the US where the very concept of the work of art was questioned. White Star Publishers have produced this tiny square quality hardback stuffed with primary examples in bold primary colours. Enjoy painted bronze ale cans from 1964, Lichtenstein’s Reverie from 1965, one of David Hockney’s many self portraits. Colour, 320pp.


£9.99 NOW £3.50 67454 VIENNESE SECESSION


by Victoria Charles and Klaus H. Carl The ultra-conservative Vienna Künstlerhaus exerted an oppressive influence over the city, the epoch and the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it was against this that, as a symbol of modernity, that 20 artists rebelled. This artistic movement, created in 1897 by such artists as Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll and Josef Hoffmann, became known as the Viennese Secession. They immersed themselves in organic, voluptuous and decorative shapes, to an evocative, erotic aesthetic which went out of its way to offend the bourgeoisie, and soon found its way into all aspects of painting, sculpture, crafts and architecture. With a history of the important figures. 180 illus. in colour and b/w photos. 9¾”×11¼”, 200pp. ONLY £11


70894 A HAND TO OBEY THE DEMON’S EYE: The Life and Work of the Painter Norman


Douglas Hutchinson by Julian Halsby If you have never previously paid much attention to the paintings of Norman Douglas Hutchinson we urge you to read this stunning book. Not only does it contain a wealth of superb reproductions but also a full account, by the painter himself, of his life in India, Britain and France, his commissions for the Royal Family and his ever-regular subjects - his own family. There is here a love of technique and sophistication contrasting with elements of raw sexuality and vibrant colours. What is certain is that, whoever the subject of his pictures - Christian, Indian or historical - NDH (as he is called throughout) always reinterprets them, depicting events that he has experienced himself. The Last Supper at Duras, for instance, portrays a number of local people in the role of apostles. The paintings are about the different qualities and states of being a woman, girl, mother, seducer, saint, prostitute, heroine or queen. This splendid volume explores in detail all aspects of the artist’s technique, his mediums, his main influences, and his sexual philosophy. 149 pages 24cm x 31cm, glorious colour plus many photos. £30 NOW £9.50


68739 RENOIR IN THE 20TH CENTURY


by Claudia Einecke and Sylvie Patry In the early years of the 20th century, Pierre-August Renoir enjoyed an undisputed reputation in the art world. Great champions of modern art, such as Gertrude Stein and Paul Guillaume collected his work alongside that of Cézanne, Picasso and Matisse. This catalogue, with 11 authoritative essays by experts in the field, examines these highly productive years and invites the reader to take a fresh look at almost a quarter of Renoir’s career. 440 large pages with 319 illustrations, 213 of them in colour, catalogue of exhibited works, chronology, photographic record of Renoir, list of photos exhibited in Paris, index of exhibited or illustrated works by Renoir, index of names, and list of exhibited works by Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard, Denis, Maillol and Albert André. $65 NOW £14


70916 EUROPE IN THE AGE OF MONARCHY by John Spike and John P. O’Neill


This imposing volume reproduces works of art in every genre and medium from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum. They provide a breathtaking picture of the 17th century in Europe, a turbulent and exciting epoch which was at


once the Age of Monarchy and a Golden Age of art. Here are all the Old Masters: Caravaggio, Bernini, Tiepolo, El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens as well as Poussin, Watteau, Boucher and a host of others whose work will delight the reader. At the same time, workers in stucco, wood and marble were crafting rooms of magnificent proportions and exquisite detail. Goldsmiths and porcelain designers were producing objects that epitomized luxury and, in France, the weavers at Beauvais, the porcelain factories at Sèvres and the royal cabinet-makers at Versailles were developing the grand goût or grand style. It is all recorded in this treasure of a book. 160 pages 23.5cm x 31cm with 132 illus, 129 of them in superb colour, and large fold out map. ONLY £9.50


70562 TREASURES OF ISLAM: Artistic Glories


of the Muslim World by Bernard O’Kane Islam has produced one of the most glorious cultural legacies of any great faith. From the Caliphate of Córdoba in the west to the Sultanate of Delhi in the east, countless sumptuous examples of sacred art and architecture have been created. Here are the ornately tiled splendour of the mosque complexes at Isfahan in Iran and the heavenly serenity of the Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India - to mention but two - which are portrayed in superb colour photographs. Unrivalled coverage of the great Islamic kingdoms and empires of history features beautiful buildings such as Ottoman Turkey’s Selmiye Mosque and spectacular sites such as the Alhambra palace complex in Moorish Spain. There are examples of the finest craftsmanship from exquisite manuscript illumination and jewellery to intricately adorned metalwork, textiles and ceramics, with insightful commentary on the symbolism they use and the underlying beliefs they represent. 224 pages 24cm x


30.5cm, more than 170 photos in dazzlingly colour.


$35 NOW £14


70946 JAPANESE PRINTS


by Catherine David


An unbelievably heavy, deliciously beautiful, exquisitely produced heavyweight tome, 446pp measuring an unusually shaped 12" across by nearly 17" tall. Oxford scholar Catherine David spent three and a half years as Assistant Curator in the Asian Department at


the Victoria & Albert Museum. She devoted much of her attention to its superb collection of Japanese prints and created several displays, published and spoke about the collections and played a key role in organising the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the V&A that toured to seven museums in Japan 2007-2008. Her monumental tome covers landscapes and city scenes, the natural world, beauties and erotica, entertainment and festivals, literature, poetry and art, children, tales and myths. Here is Hokusai, Toyokuni, Hokkei, Hiroshige, Shigemasa, Utamaro, Shunsen and among our favourites, the geisha ladies as depicted by Mizuno Toshikata. With text in three languages. Superb quality and value for money with hundreds of colour full page examples. New full price publication. ONLY £47


70240 APOCALYPSE by Camille Flammarion From as early as 34 AD, the Christian church was already awaiting the return of Jesus Christ. The more than 100 gorgeous works of art which pack this amazing book reflect humankind’s constant terror under the threat of its own destruction. They range from canvases in 15th century missals through luminaries of the status of Hieronymus Bosch, Titian, William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, Antony Van Dyck and Leonardo da Vinci to the modernist Jackson Pollock, whose The Flame brilliantly portrays cataclysm. The most terrifying, as far as we are concerned, is Salvador Dalí’s The Horseman of Death. 255 pages with plates, mostly in colour, and selected dates of apocalyptic predictions. New publication. ONLY £7.50


70950 MAPPING THE WORLD by C. J. Schüler


384 spectacularly heavy, giant pages, 13½” wide by nearly 16" tall and published in association with the Royal Geographical Society, London, this is a very special Frechmann coffee table tome. ‘Geographical maps are simply indispensible’ wrote the Dutch map maker Joan Blaeu in his preface to his Atlas Maior of 1665. Blaeu was acutely aware of the importance of maps to navigation and trade, but as a commercial publisher he also understood their imaginative appeal to the armchair traveller. The map painted on the wall of the Neolithic settlement at Catal Huyuk in Turkey is more than 8,000 years old and the Roman General Marcus Agrippa had a world map carved in marble and set up beside the Via Flaminia. We can cross rivers and seas without leaving our armchairs and enjoy world maps from Ptolemy’s Geographia, printed in Germany in 1486 and here reproduced in stunning colour across two pages, a 19th century copy of a map of Africa by Juan de la Cosa who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage, a map of the world showing Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe between 1519 and 1522, a series of more conventional portolans covering North Africa, Spain and the Balearics, faithful and much enlarged reproductions of Münster’s 1546 Cosmographia, famous battles like Trafalgar and Salamis, Cornwall and the English Channel, mariners’ and explorers’ maps, the Dutch settlement a the Cape of Good Hope in a drawing, Amsterdam 1694, Japan 1747, World Magnetic Meridian 1851, Gertrude Bell’s notebooks which led to the present borders of the state of Iraq and the voyage and Arctic explorations of Amundsen, RGS, 1907. A very collectable volume. ONLY £47


67323 ART NOUVEAU by Gordon Kerr 80 full page photos of masterpieces of Art Nouveau design, with a short general introduction to familiarise the reader with names such as Tiffany, Liberty, Lloyd Wright, Sullivan, Mucha, Siegfried Bing and others. It also outlines the development of the style which included swirling organic forms on the one hand and the geometric precision of Rennie Mackintosh on the other. Starting with the Moorish smoking room in Rockefeller House, the book moves through the elegant Swan, Rush and Iris wallpaper by Walter Crane. Toulouse Lautrec, Beardsley and Mucha need no introduction. 96pp, 80 full page colour reproductions. £12.99 NOW £5


68698 FRA ANGELICO by Diane Cole Ahl


Born in Mugello, Tuscany, as Guido di Pietro, Fra Angelico (c.1395-1455) was given his infamous title by his Dominican Order. They called him Angelicus pictor (angelic painter), on account of both his skill and piety. Dedicating his life and talent to the service of God, the friar painted altarpieces, frescoes and manuscripts of supreme beauty for over four decades. He is today one of the most celebrated painters of the early Italian Renaissance, whose works still resonate with religious sensitivity, and was formally beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982. In 240 10"×11½” pages of heavyweight paper, it presents all of Fra Angelico’s most famous works, mostly full page or double page spread, and sets them all in their full historical and cultural context. There are appendices featuring digital reconstructions of the churches and priories where his altarpieces and frescoes were originally created, mini- biographies of important people in his life story, a life chronology and context of events plus a glossary with map. 166 colour reproductions. First time discounted. £39.95 NOW £23


69083 PICASSO: Life with Dora Maar: Love and War 1935-1945 by Anne Baldassari


Dora Maar, born Henriette Markovitch in 1907, and famous for her liaison with Picasso, was a talented artist in her own right and became a prominent member of the Surrealist movement. This exhibition catalogue traces the relationship between the two artists. The photographs by Dora Maar, as well as drawings, paintings and poems by Picasso, serve as guides through the critical period of Fascism in which the two figures influenced each other. Preserved in her studio archives, Dora Maar’s negatives and contact prints, as well as previously unpublished details on the genesis of the work that was to become admired world-wide as Guernica, allow the reader a privileged insider’s view of the life Dora shared with the great painter. 318 large pages illus in b/w and colour. £45 NOW £14


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70934 THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY AND SPAIN


by Frederick Hartt, edited by John P. O’Neill Professor Hartt examines the styles and themes of the Renaissance in terms of the objects reproduced in this volume. During that time, the full range of artistic endeavour flowered, from its first awakenings in the works of the likes of Giotto and Pisano to the climactic creations of Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian and Veronese, the masters of the High Renaissance. The artists of Italy and Spain worked in every medium, all of which are lavishly represented in this volume: paintings, drawings, sculpture in stone, wood and terracotta, glass, metal and porcelain, furniture and musical instruments, costumes and armour. Botticelli’s Annunciation, Raphael’s Madonna, Michelangelo’s Study for the Libyan Sybil and Titian’s Mars and Venus plus lesser-known decorative works are shown such as a Spanish earthenware apothecary’s jar, a Venetian glass goblet, a magnificently crafted suit of armour. 159 pages 24cm x 31cm, 131 colour illus, and fold out map.


ONLY £9


68738 RAPHAEL by Bette Talvacchia Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) was the kind of model young socialite described in Castiglione’s Renaissance manual The Courtier, and his paintings have often been praised for their charm and sweetness. Raphael adopted Perugino’s lyrical and poised style before beginning to inject more dynamism into his compositions. The great Madonnas belong to this period, including the iconic Madonna of the Goldfinch, not forgetting Scotland’s lesser known and much more lively Bridgwater Madonna. Raphael’s frescoes in the Vatican are among his best-known work, particularly The School of Athens and The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament. His later patron Pope Leo X gave him the massive commission of drawing the monuments of ancient Rome in reconstruction, and his portrait Leo X with Two Cardinals is a masterpiece of the psychology of power. 200 colour reproductions, double page spreads. 240pp, 29 x 26cm. £24.99 NOW £17


69065 BAGS: A Lexicon of Style by Valerie Steele and Laird Borelli From the Utility to the Luxury and from the Practical to the Precious - not to mention the Status - here are bags for everyone to lust after. In the domain of the uptown heiress are bags fashioned with expert craftsmanship from luxury materials. Hands-free practicality combined with chic are for the sporty types with no-nonsense style. 192 pocket size pages lavishly illus in colour. £9.99 NOW £2.75


69324 CARICATURES OF THE PEOPLES OF


THE BRITISH ISLES by Tim Clayton From the British Museum Press collection of over 20,000 satirical prints - the largest, in fact, in the world. As we might expect Rowlandson and Hogarth are here, and Richard Newton is well represented. Newton was a brilliant caricaturist, as skilled as any, but his body of work remained almost unknown until catalogued by the Museum in 1998. Newton’s Scotsman’s Progress is particularly cleverly done, and Martinet’s Le Pretext is a delight. 45 colour illus. 96pp. £9.99 NOW £3.75


69334 FLOATING WORLD: Japan in the Edo Period by John Reeve


In the 17th century Edo (modern-day Tokyo) was transformed from a swampy village to a metropolis of a million inhabitants, then one of the largest in the world. At this time came about a social phenomenon known as Ukiyo - the floating world. An explosion of new art, song and theatre accompanied this new freedom. The natural world too was celebrated, and the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige depicted animals, land and seascape, from the well-known Under the Wave to the various images of Mount Fuji in its many moods. 45 artworks from the Museum’s collection, reproduced here in colour. 96pp. £9.99 NOW £4


69349 LOVE AND MARRIAGE by Jennifer Ramkalawon


The timeless subjects of love and marriage provide a rich vein of comic possibilities as seen by the masters of caricature such as Rowlandson, Gillray, Cruikshank, Newton and their ilk. This charming little tome, published by the British Museum Press showcases 50 colour prints from the Museum’s collection, many of which have never before been published. For each print we are given title, date, artist, medium and publisher. A Rowlandson from 1813 shows a brutish cobbler sewing up the mouth of his nagging wife. 96pp. £9.99 NOW £2.50


69367 SHAH ABBAS AND THE TREASURES


OF IMPERIAL IRAN by Sheila Canby Shah Abbas restored Iran’s fortunes through a blend of ruthless ambition and skilful diplomacy. Art flourished during his reign. The spectacular architecture of Isfahan is a symbol of his power to this day, while the magnificent shrines at Ardabil, Mashhad and Qum are a testimony to his public piety. His world is richly illustrated in this beautiful British Museum Press book with contemporary scenes taken from beautiful miniatures and calligraphies. 61 illus, colour photos and map.


£9.99 NOW £2


69555 COURBET by Linda Nochlin


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From Gustave Courbet’s vast realist depictions of provincial French life, allegorical works and paint- encrusted landscapes to his dark, brooding portraits, sensual nudes and earthly still-life come under scrutiny from this influential art historian. In a specially written introduction Linda Nochlin considers his lasting impact not only on later paintings but also on the practice of art history itself. The essays span 40 years and are much more than a monograph on a single artist but rather the story of an intellectual development. 109 illus, 14 in colour, 224 page Thames & Hudson large paperback. £18.95 NOW £7.50


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