The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who burned like a comet in nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna society. Yet by the end of World War II, almost…

An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a…

As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of three men and an extraordinary deception: the revered artist Johannes Vermeer; the small-time Dutch painter…

Art history is more than just a collection of dates and foreign-sounding names, obscure movements and arcane isms. Every age, for the last 50,000 years has left its unique imprint on the world, and…

A painter and architect in his own right, Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) achieved immortality for this book on the lives of his fellow Renaissance artists, first published in Florence in 1550. Although he…

Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime. With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first…

The Cave Painters is a vivid introduction to the spectacular cave paintings of France and Spainthe individuals who rediscovered them, theories about their origins, their splendor and…

In this landmark work, Jed Perl captures the excitement of a generation of legendary artistsJackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly among themwho came to New York…

The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of Asian Art. It introduces the reader to Asian Art major styles, media, statues, buildings and artists.FEATURES:- Fully illustrated…

Mortimer Menpes happily played the loyal and obedient follower to famed nineteenth-century artist James McNeil Whistler for nearly a decade. Then abruptly, the relationship ended and barely a word…