Artists, Architects & Photographers

Schlesinger, historian and friend of Bobby Kennedy, has had access for the first time to private papers, letters, and journals which make possible a fresh l...

Offers A Detailed Biography Of The Seventeenth Century Spanish Painter, Looks At All Of His Paintings, And Discusses The Original Technique Velazquez Develo...

The irreverent designer of the window displays for Barney's clothing store in New York looks back on his most talked-about creations and his collaborations ...

An In-depth Biography Of Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo Details Her Haunting And Original Painting Style, Her Turbulent Marriage To Muralist Diego Rivera, Her A...

Andrews McMeel Publishing: Anne Geddes' A Labor of Love: Anne Geddes A Biography reveals the events, emotions, and images that have shaped Anne's life. Her ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST 2011 – Ottawa Book Award for Non-FictionRoy MacGregor's lifelong fascination with Tom Thomson first led him to write Canoe La...

growing Pains Tells The Story Of Writer And Painter Emily Carr's Life, From A Proper Canadian Girlhood, Through Her Artist's Training In San Francisco And...

In an intimate talk with his protégé, the great sculptor offers candid, wide-ranging comments on a diverse range of topics: the meaning of art; other fame...

Peter C. Newman’s poison pen has lodged itself in the viscera of the Canadian elite. In Mavericks, he has selected his most evocative writing about those...

Julien Levy (1906-1981) was one of the most influential art dealers of the twentieth century. The Julien Levy Gallery, which opened in New York in 1931 and ...

The Paper Garden is unlike anything else you have ever read. At once a biography of an extraordinary 18th century gentlewoman and a meditation on late-life...

The definitive biography of a fascinating and paradoxical figure, one of the most influential artists of his--or any--age To this day, mention the name...

The definitive biography of Karl Lagerfeld--the last iconic fashion designer--now in paperback! "It starts with me and it ends with me." --Karl Lagerfeld ...

Full Of Never-before-seen Illustrations, Life Sketches Is An Inspiring And Elegant Portrait Of Robert Bateman’s Life As An Artist And Of His Belief That â...

He Was History's Most Creative Genius. What Secrets Can He Teach Us? The [bestselling Biographer] Brings Leonardo Da Vinci To Life In This Exciting New Biog...

A twentieth-century photographer, artist, writer and designer for more than fifty years, Cecil Beaton was at the center of the worlds of fashion, society, t...

Gathers Classic Short Stories By Such Authors As Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, And Anton Chek...

Describes the careers and techniques of top illustrators, including Caldecott, Crane, Teniel, Lear, Wyeth, Dulac, Rackham, Potter, and GreenawayCategories: ...

A New York Times Bestseller An Economist Book Of The Year Costa Book Award Winner For Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (new Writer Of The Year Aw...

a book.Categories: Literature & FictionPoetry

Behind The Scenes At The World's Major Art Museums, The Life Of A Curator Can Be Thrilling, Amusing, Disappointing--but Never Boring. In These Fifteen Essay...

Gloria Vanderbilt is many things: an heiress, a painter, a muse, a designer, a model, a writer, an entrepreneur, an actor, a socialite, a survivor, an icon...

Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative...

This deeply engaging book introduces the reader to the creative chaos of the tiny Parisian studio of the great sculptor Alberto Giacometti, from the moment ...

Forgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand t...

By Jimmy Ernst. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Arts & LiteratureArtists, Architects & Photographers

Michael Lesy. Text Previously Published As Part Of Visible Light / Michael Lesy. New York : Times Books, 1985.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Arts &am...

A writer's search for inspiration, beauty and solace leads her to birds in this intimate and exuberant meditation on creativity and life—a field guide to...

Odin’s Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind’s literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is...

Winner of the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award: A unique alchemy of art and natural history—a four-color hand-lettered and illustrated ta...